We were missing a dynamic game plan and a killer instinct. Sarfaraz's captaincy has been scrutinized heavily which is fair since he made some awful decisions during the match. But sacking him is wrong, he can learn from this as his first real embarrassment (We were still on the high of CT win to care about performance in NZ series so didn't really count and other contextual forces were at play). In our own "backyard" being humiliated by India twice, losing to BD and nearly losing to Afghanistan is going to require examining into what happened and I trust Mickey to sit down with Sarfaraz and go into detail about what happened on the field. Not going for the kill when BD were 15-3 or simply allowing India to rotate strike with such ease will be fixed for the upcoming series.
This "not going for the kill" can be explained by the lack of cricket against big teams since normally against minnows, the players' ability is a lot better than minnows so you can just rely on ability and minnows making mistakes rather than using an articulate plan to win the game which is needed in big games. I also think he is hampered by the lack of "advisors" in the field who he can trust with making decisions as every catqin has players who they go to for advice on decisions.
However, Sarfaraz is still the right man for the job because there is no better alternative. It was the incompetence and arrogance of management and squad that led to this failure but Sarfaraz is the man, only last year were we praising his agressive captaincy and the way the team played with their heart on their sleeve. The potential alternatives are:
Malik - Has become everyone's favourite which is interesting considering people were calling for him and Hafeez to be kicked out because they were taking up spots that deserved to be filled by youngsters not too long ago. All of sudden people realised how important experience is to a young side. Just shows how quickly people can change their opinion. Personally, whilst I think he would be a great fit, we can't be appointing a 36 year old as a new captain and I think he will retire after the 2019 World Cup (He may continue T20Is but not ODIs)
Amir - Was the favourite last year, again how opinions change so quickly. Is now fighting for his place in the XI and why award someone who half the time looks like he doesn't care. His tainted past doesn't help him either.
Babar - Good player with potential, but doesn't look like captaincy-material based on his demeanour in the field and will be too much of a burden.
Fakhar - Similar to Babar but seemingly lacks a cricket brain
Hasan/Shadab - Again similar cases to Babar and Fakhar, too young and raw and we don't know how they would act with this responsibility and the effect it could have on their performances.
Imam - Even though he has many critics and some PPers simply don't like him for being in the side, I like the way he fought in the BD game, seems quite cricket smart and I admired the way he was calming down Asif Ali in between overs despite being younger than him and he was counting the runs per over by the ball and informing Asif which was a smart thing to do. This was followed by the frustration he felt after Asif was stumped and it looked like he was crying after he was out which shows he wears his heart on his sleeve. But he is too raw, hasn't properly proven himself in big games and as long Inzi is CS, he cannot be captain due to nepotism accusations. Wouldn't mind seeing him, Malik and another young player to become "advisors" to Sarfaraz to support him and learn from him.
Hafeez/Azhar - Just no
Everyone else is simply not captaincy-material in the slighest so I am shocked at this 50/50 split on whether Sarfaraz should resign as PCT would be in a worse state than what it is right now. This shouldn't be a question but our fans are too emotional and we don't look at the bigger picture.
