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Possible replacement for Sarfaraz Ahmed as captain and wicket-keeper?

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Who do we have as back keeper up and captain atm?

If Sarfraz loses an other series i DONT see him captaining till the world cup.
 
He will stay till 2019 WC but any keeper with potential and who is competent with the bat will do.
 
Why don't we have a reserve wk keeper? This is mind boggling. I am sure this is to not out pressure on this Gilchrist. Lmao
 
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I think its time we go back to Umar Akmal as a keeper batsman. Cant think of anyone else
 
Rizwan can be a temporary solution. Although don't see much difference in terms of quality between him Sarfaraz (who used to be a lot better than Rizwan). But in the long run we need to move beyond Rizwan and test youngsters like Umair Masood and Rohail Nazir.
 
For the Pakistan team you might as well select the XI and choose the captain on the day, at least this way you dont have to put up with a player not performing because he is the captain.
 
Instead of bringing back garbage like Umar Akmal or Mohammad Rizwan, why not try someone new and who has been scoring runs as of late?

Like Rohail Nazir, Umair Masood, and or Mohammad H (?).
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sarfaraz Ahmed since the Champions Trophy:<br>10, 44, 8, 6, 6*, 13*, 3, 51, 14*, 3, 8, 5, 1<br>Innings 13<br>Runs 172<br>Average 17.2<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AsiaCup2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AsiaCup2018</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BANvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BANvPAK</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1044996490706513920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Let's be honest as a wicketkeeper it's Kamran. He probably deserved to have been brought back batting alone given how he's been performing in domestic.

If Rizwan's sorted his issues out maybe, he has done well in domestic recently. But Kamran is arguably been the best domestic batsman across all formats in recent years and was the best batsman in PSL 3.

As captain, Malik is the only choice. If Hafeez happens to come back, he'd be an option too for captaincy.

Before getting rid of Sarfraz altogether, I'd relieve him of captaincy first. His batting was a lot better without captaincy, and would give him less to focus on. So yeah, give captaincy to Malik.
 
Those who are coming out in numbers in support of UA should be ashamed. UA has cost many games to pakistan and I can't believe such a useless overrated hack is being named as a replacement for Sarfi who is not in the greatest form of his life:misbah3
 
MenInG said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sarfaraz Ahmed since the Champions Trophy:<br>10, 44, 8, 6, 6*, 13*, 3, 51, 14*, 3, 8, 5, 1<br>Innings 13<br>Runs 172<br>Average 17.2<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AsiaCup2018?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AsiaCup2018</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BANvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BANvPAK</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1044996490706513920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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exactly 14 innings are more than enough to think about it, change the captain perhaps or bring back Umar as keeper batsmen.
 
I am sorry but Pakistan cannot have a non performing captain especially someone who is no Einstein as an on field captain either
 
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Let's be honest as a wicketkeeper it's Kamran. He probably deserved to have been brought back batting alone given how he's been performing in domestic.

If Rizwan's sorted his issues out maybe, he has done well in domestic recently. But Kamran is arguably been the best domestic batsman across all formats in recent years and was the best batsman in PSL 3.

As captain, Malik is the only choice. If Hafeez happens to come back, he'd be an option too for captaincy.

Before getting rid of Sarfraz altogether, I'd relieve him of captaincy first. His batting was a lot better without captaincy, and would give him less to focus on. So yeah, give captaincy to Malik.
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Akmal averaged in the low teens against Windies in ODIs last time and in the T20s he played most innings his dots were 85% of the innings. Some of you people are so unbelievable.
 
What I'm mad about is how he has a free-pass in the team. He should be under pressure but he's not fsr.
 
Can't see any good replacement available at this point. It does not make Sarfraz's situation any better. He has been awful.
 
If only the akmals could catch the ball, they'd probably be able to do more with the bat than Sarfraz. Really wish there was a wicketkeeper in pakistan that is a game changer and can also catch the ball 98% of the time. Throughout his wicket keeping career we've hardly ever talked about his dropped catches, as hes been very good behind the stumps. Probably one of our best wicket keepers in recent years, so by changing him there is the risk of losing matches not by lack of good batting but poor wicket keeping, that would be painful.

In other words, sarfraz is going to have to find a way to manage his limitations, and find ways to score. Will need him at his potential best for the WC 2019 .
 
For now Malik should be tried as captain. There isn't any other WK who will be able to get into the side before the WC. Just switch captaincy from Sarfraz to Malik.
 
No patience, no faith. He won you the CT17.

Fakhar's weakness/reckless batting is having a negative effect on Babar and everyone else. The Management gave Fakhar "license to kill" where 240/250 is par. This wasn't 300 run pitch like England's. This whole failure was a management planning failure. Not a captain failure.
 
There arent any.

The PSL team squad keepers are too young with no experience.

Only way is for Malik to lead and Kamran Akmal to return at the top of the order. Akmal is poor behind the stumps though.

I would simply drop Sarfraz to number 7 and tell him to shut up in the field because I truly believe his words are having a negative effect on the team.
 
There is no replacement for him, besides Kamran Akmal maybe. Going back to Kamran will be a death wish for Pakistan cricket.
 
ManFan said:
Instead of bringing back garbage like Umar Akmal or Mohammad Rizwan, why not try someone new and who has been scoring runs as of late?

Like Rohail Nazir, Umair Masood, and or Mohammad H (?).
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Umair Masood I really like him seen him in U-19 seems a very good young prospect, hope is in the starting xi for one of the PSL teams.
 
Only possible replacement is Kamran Akmal which is a really risky pick since he has a horrible reputation and a domestic bully. He also dropped the world cup back in 11 :srt:akhtar
 
Its a really good question to ask. We really don't have any WK right now that can come in and do an amazing job. Just some that can do a job. Rizwan is probably the front runner, as other WK with potential are all quite young and/or have not played enough. Whereas captaincy is more of a difficult question to answer, everyone is saying Malik but he himself doesn't want it, other option is bringing in Hafeez and we REALLY DON'T WANT THAT. Besides Malik right now there aren't any leaders in the Pakistan team which is an issue that the management should have sorted out, Babar is too young, Fakhar is out of form, Shadab and Hasan don't have captaincy material and are also too young. There really isn't one, Haris Sohail doesn't play much due to being injury prone. This is a really issue that Mickey and Inzi will have solve soon. Lack of leaders in the team could be problems for Pakistan crickets future.
 
Update to the 21st century differant captain foe each format, it is not a team theyre are family brothers an uncles
 
PCB has brought PAK cricket exactly at the dream state of Sarfraz pankha base. For 15 months what PCB has done is they have ereased any threat for him so that there is no alternative but to stick with him.

Bull sh!t. Life goes on - PAK lost Anwar & Waquar 2 weeks before WC and we lost Tamim in 2nd over if the tournament, then Shakib in the morning of effectively SF; Aussies lost Warne 24 hours before 1st game of 2003 WC.

Now full 8 months before WC, this tailender is irreplaceable..... that’s why I say what Kohli, this guy is more valuable as captain than Khan - saviour of PAK cricket.
 
Captain we can make due with Malik.

But who will take his place as a wicketkeeper?

Only two names that come to mind are Rizwan and Kamran.

Rizwan will do just as badly with the bat.

Kamran has proven that he is a domestic legend, but a failure in international cricket.

So at the moment there are no better options than Sarfraz, only equal options. Why trade laterally?

Might as well let him continue until after the 2019 world cup for the sake of continuity.

Malik is in the form of his life, why ruin it with captaincy burden?
 
Sarfraz can stay as a keeper but as a captain he needs to be replaced asap. He does not have the stature to lead with authority, he comes off as a bad manager who whines more than he contributes. My vote goes to Malik if he wants it if not him then Amir.
 
Malik... sarfaraz and hafeez are the only options that we are left with. The rest of them are just not captaincy material. For me i think sarfaraz needs to take a break and maybe hafeez or malik lead the team in interim. Sarfaraz is possibly still your best option but sometimes getting away from the game can make you reflect upon your actions. We all make mistakes and sometimes just getting away from it can bring some sense to it. Honestly wjats done is done... he has accepted his shortcomings, he now needs to assess himself and for once forget about the outcome of the game and perform for himself. If he performs pakistan wins simple as that
 
Seniors need to be respected. The way hafeez and azhar have been handled is completely inacceptable. Sarf needs to understand that mickey is just on contract basis, sarfaraz will have to live with whatever decisions he makes. Its about time if mickey does what he has to and that is coach, not be a shadow captain cum selector
 
Right now we've got only 1 option Rizwan, otherwise if you want to go with Kamran, it would be much better to stick with Sarfaraz, however I think he can improve himself lil bit.
 
Sarfraz the WK batsmen was on rise and was top batsmen
Pakistan should have chose some other for Test and T20 and let him captain ODIs only
 
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