Sarfaraz Ahmed as captain again - Is there a chance? Would it be good or bad?

[Jatlahoria]

Is there a chance for Sarfaraz Ahmed to lead the team once more? Would it be a good or bad move?

Pros:

- Proven experience: He has done it before and knows what it takes to succeed.
- Still in his playing prime: With a couple of years left as a player, he can still contribute on the field.
- Winning mentality: He has a deep understanding of what it takes to win and hates losing visibly.
- Another shot at the Champions Trophy: He could lead the team to victory in a major tournament.

Cons:

- Potential disfavor: He may not be in favor with the current selection committee, having been ousted by Misbah and co.
- Threat to Rizwan's position: His return as captain could jeopardize Rizwan's place in the team.
- Revisiting the past: Going back to someone who has already been tried may not be the best approach for the team's future.

 

[Rana]

I don’t think he should captain in white ball formats (nor play in them), but I do think it makes sense to hand over the reigns to him until the end of this current WTC cycle with a captain in view to take over as soon as it ends.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Problem is his performance is down. Rizwan is a much superior WK Batter than him in red ball. He cannot be dropped. Where will you fit Sarfraz? Given the woes he has had lately with red ball. And don't even get me started on his white ball performances.

He is done. He is of the past. He doesn't have performances of late in any format. You are better off making someone like Rizwan your all format or at least the Test and ODI captain.

 

[Rana]

Problem is his performance is down. Rizwan is a much superior WK Batter than him in red ball. He cannot be dropped. Where will you fit Sarfraz?

Heard enough of these stupid excuses from the same set of fans that had an extreme agenda against Sarfaraz in 2019…and have carried it through to this point in different forms.

Bangladesh MAULED your side 2-0 at home with 2 Keepers in the side. Your ‘keeper who can’t be dropped’ whimped out on day 4/5 from keeping and didn’t even keep in some parts of the first Test.

 

[kingusama92]

Not ideal but I would have made him captain over Shan Masood.

To be fair, the issue is far worse than just captaincy but at least this way you can drop Shan.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

As a stop gap it's possible.

But I think Shan will serve well as a stop gap to work alongside Gillespie for now.

He will be gone after this season of tests anyway.

Basically we need someone to plug a gap while Gillespie and team iron out flaws in the team. That role suits Shan.

 

[gazza619]

Is Rizwan an Israeli? He is the automatic choice for me.

Sarfaraz was a great ambassador but his time was over long time ago.

 

[zaidihusain]

As a stop gap it's possible.

But I think Shan will serve well as a stop gap to work alongside Gillespie for now.

He will be gone after this season of tests anyway.

Basically we need someone to plug a gap while Gillespie and team iron out flaws in the team. That role suits Shan.

Who will leave first Shan or Gillispie? This should be the question, one of this will happen after couple of more series. No captain or coach can do miracles when your main batsman cannot score more than 25-30 runs in series after series, when your frontline pace bowlers are bowling at a speed of 120-130 without any threat and when your main spinner is bowling like bowling machine without taking wickets and finally fielders keep dropping sitters. Only fair and transparent selection process on 100% merit can change some fortune

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Is Rizwan an Israeli? He is the automatic choice for me.

Sarfaraz was a great ambassador but his time was over long time ago.

He is not an Israeli but Israelis dislike him. Remember their embassy was annoyed at his post match comment.

I think they have paid trolls on social media to give him unnecessary criticism after he said free Gaza.

He is good in test cricket but I have a gut feeling he is just not captaincy material for the long format.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Who will leave first Shan or Gillispie? This should be the question, one of this will happen after couple of more series. No captain or coach can do miracles when your main batsman cannot score more than 25-30 runs in series after series, when your frontline pace bowlers are bowling at a speed of 120-130 without any threat and when your main spinner is bowling like bowling machine without taking wickets and finally fielders keep dropping sitters. Only fair and transparent selection process on 100% merit can change some fortune

Shan will be gone soon.

I think Gillespie will stick around for a bit. He won't want to be remembered as the coach that helped Pakistan lose to Bangladesh.

 

[adi_62941]

Why do the majority of our countrymen, regardless of where they were born or raised, live in the past? I mean, Sarfraz is already over 37 years old and on the verge of retirement. I know he was a decent player and a good person, but that doesn’t mean we should bring him back, expecting him to deliver results.

When he was removed from captaincy, he had already lost several important Test series, as well as ODI and T20 series. Apart from the 2017 Champions Trophy, he doesn't have any major achievements as a captain or player, aside from the famous 9 consecutive T20 series wins, most of which were against weaker nations or in home conditions

 

[Asif321]

Sarfraz would make a better team manager

 

[Rana]

Is Rizwan an Israeli? He is the automatic choice for me.

Yeah no sorry we can’t trust you.

 

[mominsaigol]

Is there a chance for Sarfaraz Ahmed to lead the team once more? Would it be a good or bad move?

Pros:

- Proven experience: He has done it before and knows what it takes to succeed.
- Still in his playing prime: With a couple of years left as a player, he can still contribute on the field.
- Winning mentality: He has a deep understanding of what it takes to win and hates losing visibly.
- Another shot at the Champions Trophy: He could lead the team to victory in a major tournament.

Cons:

- Potential disfavor: He may not be in favor with the current selection committee, having been ousted by Misbah and co.
- Threat to Rizwan's position: His return as captain could jeopardize Rizwan's place in the team.
- Revisiting the past: Going back to someone who has already been tried may not be the best approach for the team's future.

Threat to rizwan's position? How is that a con?

 

[mominsaigol]

Sarfraz coming back as captain would only make him a scapegoat.

2015 was a different era. We has talented young blood consistently coming through. The likes of Sohaib maqsood who scored back to back 50's, fawad alam averaging 40, a young and eager Babar waiting in the ranks and an established test team.

Sarfi just had to fix the azhar and misbah mess.

Rn the situation is so bad. Not only did misbah ruin the entire established structure but ramiz raja, imran Khan and Naqvi killed pakistan at a grass root level.

No captain can come and fix things. To top it off, this current lot does not respect sarfi.

Azhar Ali is a shariff guy and was willing to step down and respect his captain. Malik, Amir and Imad are professional cricketers who at the time knew to back their captain and they actually respected a captain who equally backed them.

The likes of Hasan ali could be contained and so could any new youngster like babar. And finally fakhar zaman was the ultimate team player. Even hafeez set his ego aside for 2 to 4 years.

The current lot doesn't even respect themselves? What can sarfi even do now?

You can bring pat cummings to captain and he won't be able to do a damn.

The issues you guys have rn will take 10 to 20 years to fix due to the insane damage you've done.

The only quick fix atm is to go back to the UAE and play your domestic structure their like the champions cup.

That way atleast the current lot won't be clueless chimpanzeez agaisnt spin. Pindi is in no condition to host anything atm

 

[ghalib kichlu]

Only to accommodate azam khan in the team otherwise rizwan is a good keeper
Sarfraz is a good karachi level street cricketer but that's all

 

[gazza619]

Yeah no sorry we can’t trust you.

Says the guy who celebrated by a nagin dance when Naqvi was appointed, who was blinded by his love for Azam Khan and who madly wanted Asif Ali as captain.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Heard enough of these stupid excuses from the same set of fans that had an extreme agenda against Sarfaraz in 2019…and have carried it through to this point in different forms.

Bangladesh MAULED your side 2-0 at home with 2 Keepers in the side. Your ‘keeper who can’t be dropped’ whimped out on day 4/5 from keeping and didn’t even keep in some parts of the first Test.

I suggest you be very careful when promoting a casual agenda against Sarfaraz, I am not too kind towards hypocrites

Beautifully said. I could hear all the noise only.

How long will you keep clinging onto Rizwan hate?

 

[followed]

Lol hahahah very funny thread. Keep em coming.
Sarfraz the blob as a captain. Hahahah
40 years old uncle with pathetic fitness who can't even dive properly is gonna be captain again after getting humiliated before.

 

[mominsaigol]

Beautifully said. I could hear all the noise only.

How long will you keep clinging onto Rizwan hate?

He has a point though and whenever anyone questions you guys vanish or never respond?

 

[Rana]

Lol hahahah very funny thread. Keep em coming.
Sarfraz the blob as a captain. Hahahah
40 years old uncle with pathetic fitness who can't even dive properly is gonna be captain again after getting humiliated before.

Rizwan the horse jockey didn’t keep for 2 days out of the 10 allotted for these two Tests

 

[followed]

Lol I just checked sarfraz the blob's test captaincy record he has his losses are double than his wins. Hahahah.
He was a abysmal captain and very poor batsman as well
His test captaincy record-
13 matches
8-lost
4-wins
1 draw.
Very very poor record.
Sarfraz was only good at shouting.

 

[followed]

Rizwan the horse jockey didn’t keep for 2 days out of the 10 allotted for these two Tests

Lol that's what this blob was for. I don't know what happened to rizwan, I don't care about him but he is miles better than this blob.

 

[Rana]

Lol that's what this blob was for. I don't know what happened to rizwan, I don't care about him but he is miles better than this blob.

The blob replaced him on merit at the age of 36 having been on the bench for 3 years.

Since Sarfaraz has been out of the side, Pakistan has been declining fast, why is this the case?

 

[Varun]

Lol that's what this blob was for. I don't know what happened to rizwan, I don't care about him but he is miles better than this blob.

From my perch outside, it seems like there is regionalism at play here: mainly people from Karachi are Sarfraz supporters.

 

[mominsaigol]

The blob replaced him on merit at the age of 36 having been on the bench for 3 years.

Since Sarfaraz has been out of the side, Pakistan has been declining fast, why is this the case?

The only saving face of Pakistan's horrible record at home is sarfi vs NZ lol

 

[Rana]

The only saving face of Pakistan's horrible record at home is sarfi vs NZ lol

Otherwise Pakistan would have lost 7 consecutive games at home I believe if Sarfaraz had not played

 

[followed]

The blob replaced him on merit at the age of 36 having been on the bench for 3 years.

Since Sarfaraz has been out of the side, Pakistan has been declining fast, why is this the case?

His performance was not upto mark so he got replaced by blob who should be nowhere near national team.

Lol so when blob was the captain why did Pakistan lost so many matches. He has only 4 wins in 13 tests with 8 losses.

I don't care about rizwan I don't even like him.

He should be nowhere near t20is team even not in the odis team. He failed in odi World cup,but in tests he has always scored runs even outside Asia which blob which couldn't even dream to score.

He is the best test batsman in pakistan lineup.

 

[RidiculousMan]

He has a point though and whenever anyone questions you guys vanish or never respond?

I don't think it's appropriate to reply a troll or a hate post. My reasoning was stated above. If he doesn't want to get off Rizwan problem then it's his problem. I'm not responsible to post in a new way where I show the ear being grabbed from another side.

 

[followed]

From my perch outside, it seems like there is regionalism at play here: mainly people from Karachi are Sarfraz supporters.

Yeah it seems like that but it's not right to support sarfraz at 37 with his fitness and performance. No one should be supporting him.

 

[Rana]

I don't think it's appropriate to reply a troll or a hate post. My reasoning was stated above. If he doesn't want to get off Rizwan problem then it's his problem. I'm not responsible to post in a new way where I show the ear being grabbed from another side.

Why did your fit, undroppable keeper not keep in the last day or so?

 

[RidiculousMan]

Why did your fit, undroppable keeper not keep in the last day or so?

I don't know. Journalists should've asked this question. Why he missed those couple days.

 

[Rana]

I don't know. Journalists should've asked this question. Why he missed those couple days.

You don’t know now?!!

Rizwan is a much superior WK Batter than him in red ball. He cannot be dropped. Where will you fit Sarfraz? Given the woes he has had lately with red ball

You said this with conviction didn’t you? You were fluffing around here?

 

[Ahmed216]

We need Sarfraz to come back as an all-format captain.
This guy always prioritised the team ahead of himself.
Look at how we have declined since the day of his departure.

Brilliant student of the game and knows exactly how to manage the Pakistani cricketers.

He has improved his fitness and can play till 40.

I have talked to him on the phone few years ago through an acquaintance, just a very humble guy.

 

[Rana]

We need Sarfraz to come back as an all-format captain.
This guy always prioritised the team ahead of himself.
Look at how we have declined since the day of his departure.

Brilliant student of the game and knows exactly how to manage the Pakistani cricketers.

He has improved his fitness and can play till 40.

I have talked to him on the phone few years ago through an acquaintance, just a very humble guy.

Oh yar cut this nonsense

There is a time and place for it.

 

[Ahmed216]

Oh yar cut this nonsense

There is a time and place for it.

I am dead serious. Rizwan can play as a batsman.

Our issues are much deeper that need to be resolved.
But currently there is serious leadership crisis in the national side that needs to be taken care of immediately

 

[mon858]

too late. let him mentor the dolphins.
right now captaincy won't fix much. issues are deeper. just captaincy/strategy alone can't make you not edge to slip/keeper even after you have scored 20 and settled in.

 

[RidiculousMan]

You don’t know now?!!

Who do you think I am? The Coach or Captain of Pakistan Cricket Team?

If you are that naive then I will tell you that I'm not.

 

[PakHammer]

What did not make sense was to drop Safi as a batsmen for the Bangladesh home test series. They dropped him after one test match in Australia as the keeper which was the right thing to do.

But this guy had an test average at home against New Zealand of 83 with 1 ton and 3 fifties earlier this year! I tell you one thing, he would held the batting together in the second innings in both tests against Bangladesh.


I don't think he should be named captain now as but if Shan is still captain, then Safi must be a specialist batsmen against England. He can easily replace Abdullah in the line up with Shan opening.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Sarfaraz has passed his prime... we don’t just need his captaincy but we need him to perform as well and at this age you cant expect him to do any wonders, so its better to go for youngsters and invest in them.

 

[aqua99]

I can’t forget the scene of him yawning behind the wickets against India in WC game.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Pakistan has a habit of doing this for every guy sitting on the bench and when they fail they want that guy to step down like in the case of babar azam. They wanted to make shan captain because supposedly he would do a better job than him because he is a foreign degree holder or whatever and can speak good English so ho is more intelligent because of this thing but the world saw what happened.

Brining Safaraz back wont make any difference until we get rid of the rotten root.

 

[charlie007]

Is your new captain bat for your batsmen or bowl for your bowlers to cover their respective shortcomings?
I think your problems run a lot deeper than just the captaincy.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

We need Sarfraz to come back as an all-format captain.
This guy always prioritised the team ahead of himself.
Look at how we have declined since the day of his departure.

Brilliant student of the game and knows exactly how to manage the Pakistani cricketers.

He has improved his fitness and can play till 40.

I have talked to him on the phone few years ago through an acquaintance, just a very humble guy.

its too late for him to make a comeback now...

 

[CerebralPatriot]

It is the only way we can prevent Pakistan cricket from being fully destroyed

Although it may be to late it is worth the shot. Saifi is currently 37, in the next ODI world cup he will be 40. Considering how long someone like Misbah was able to occupy the team, the same concessions should be made for a 2 time ICC trophy winning captain

But him being captain is not enough. He has to be given as much power as possible when it comes to selection. The PCB must also ensure that the coaching staff surrounding him are those with similar ideas. Currently the best man for the job would be Sikander Bhatt and maybe Asad Shafiq however I'm not 100% certain where his loyalties lie

 

[big_gamer007]

Better option would be to get Wasim to un retire and make him captain, or wait even better to break out Imran Khan from jail and get him to lead the side, or even better resurrect Abdul Hafeez Kardar from the dead and make him the captain.

 

[mominsaigol]

It is the only way we can prevent Pakistan cricket from being fully destroyed

Although it may be to late it is worth the shot. Saifi is currently 37, in the next ODI world cup he will be 40. Considering how long someone like Misbah was able to occupy the team, the same concessions should be made for a 2 time ICC trophy winning captain

But him being captain is not enough. He has to be given as much power as possible when it comes to selection. The PCB must also ensure that the coaching staff surrounding him are those with similar ideas. Currently the best man for the job would be Sikander Bhatt and maybe Asad Shafiq however I'm not 100% certain where his loyalties lie

Sarfi and Gary is a killer combo.

Babar doesn't let Gary do his job and have any say

 

[shaz619]

He is not an Israeli but Israelis dislike him. Remember their embassy was annoyed at his post match comment.

I think they have paid trolls on social media to give him unnecessary criticism after he said free Gaza.

He is good in test cricket but I have a gut feeling he is just not captaincy material for the long format.

Didn’t he get a go a while back during the tour of NZ, can’t remember if it was one or two games but his leadership was very dull based on the smaller sample. He was a lot more animated behind the stumps however.

 

[pratiktc]

Let us talk about the future of Pakistan cricket and not its past.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Didn’t he get a go a while back during the tour of NZ, can’t remember if it was one or two games but his leadership was very dull based on the smaller sample. He was a lot more animated behind the stumps however.

I don't remember that series but my gut feeling is he doesn't look like a test captain to me. Seems like the type of guy who will discard plans and strategies at the drop of a hat and just do what he likes.

Funnily enough I think he would be ok in T20. Done ok at PSL level but given the results of the past few years he isn't an automatic started in T20 anymore.

 

[Azzurri]

Make rizwan captain

 

[Punjab Kings]

Release imran khan from jail...
And allow him to lead your team
...
Pagalpan ki be koi hadd hoti hai...
I think not only PCB management but whole Pakistani people don't know how teams are built....
Sorry to say Pakistani people don't know zero about cricket

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Sarfraz is a ICC tournament winner as captain. Put some respect on his name.