Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
- 44,825
Shoaib Akhtar's 'analysis' (I use that term loosely) after Pakistan lost the 1st T20I to SL:
"Pakistan dressing room needs some personalities who can motivate them"
"Sarfaraz Ahmed as a captain seems lost; For the last 2 years I have been telling him bat in the top order and score runs but he didnt do that and seems that the saying "Sarfaraz Dhoka naheen dega" has been proven wrong and he is giving "dhoka" (letting down) everywhere"
"This is because now that Rizwan has made a hundred recently and there is pressure on you (Sarf) so now you are trying to come up the order"
"Now you are trying but you cannot make runs on 4th or 5th position"
"And we saw the way Sarfaraz Ahmed dived to get to the crease so that he wasnt run out - that is a sign of desperation"
"If Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad could be played, then why not Hafeez and Malik?"
"Hafeez and Malik played a huge hand in getting us to number 1 in T20s"
"To expect Ahmed Shehzad and UA to do wonders is wrong as they are already under pressure"
"Pakistan won toss, unnecessary changes to the team and then to bowl first was a mistake too"
"You had a team which didnt have Wahab, Fakhar and also Shinwari was missing with a young kid Hasnain trying to bowl fast"
"First of all lets back Sarfaraz - we have invested so much in him but he didnt listen to my advice and has become a timid and cowardly ("darpok") captain"
"Sarfaraz will be sent to Australia as captain, he will lose and then PCB will use him as scapegoat and sack him and talk about revamping"
"Sarfaraz needs to relax and fight it out and if he cant then he should raise his hands and say good night and go home"
"Ahmed Shehzad was totally lost last night - he wasnt able to play shots, not were his feet moving; Umar Akmal was out of confidence and played accross the line - I dont understand what he was thinking and I suppose he must be under a lot of pressure"
"You need to work on Shadab Khan - he is unable to bowl leg-spin and we need to see about Imad Wasim where he fits, there are doubts on his fitness"
"Since Mickey Arthur has gone, there is a lot of pressure on Imad - he probably thought he would become captain but that's not happened"
"We need 3-4 mentors for the team who have played with courage before - the kind of players the youngsters can look at for inspiration such as MoYo, YK"
"In the ODI, Sri Lanka's B Team made almost 300 runs against us with a bowling attack like Wahab and Amir"
"I had said before that with Amir gone, and Wahab following him, who will bowl in Tests? Thats why I was saying bring in Naseem Shah and Musa Khan, Haris Rauf and also bring in Umer Khan"
"How long will you play with this same boring mindset? When will you show courage?"
"We need characters in the team - the PCB has brought in timid and weak characters"
"Compare Babar Azam's body language with that of Virat Kohli (chest sticking out)..."
"Virat Kohli's body language shows bravery, like myself, Wasim bhai etc. had, it's a forte of Pakistanis. We were badmaash type. I don't see any badmaashi in Babar Azam. He is in the Fab 5 with performances"
"Players need to have attitude and need to be lifted up"
"PCB have made Sarfaraz go mad, they shouldn't do that. His captaincy is under threat, he can't score runs, he's gone mad"
"Everything will fall on PCB and NCA, if they try to play dirty games by chopping and changing captains etc"
"Pakistan needs to come back with a sensible captain, not a lost captain"
"Sarfaraz needs to relax, everyone goes through tough times. If he can't be brave, he should leave cricket and go back to where he came from. He should be brave and make his own team and talk to them and win the T20 with a good combination"
"Look for fast bowlers for Tests, Mohammad Irfan, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Musa Khan"
"I am making this video and explaining these things that Misbah also sees. He should come with an aggressive mindset and make brave decisions, bring new players. Make a team with 5 old and 5 new players and build a team with deserving players"
"We used to have the attitude before and India didn't, now they have it and we don't"
"If we want to play with a defensive mindset and play old players we should have played Hafeez and Malik"
"Players shouldn't look disinterested"
"If we continue like this then things will become really bad"
"Pakistan dressing room needs some personalities who can motivate them"
"Sarfaraz Ahmed as a captain seems lost; For the last 2 years I have been telling him bat in the top order and score runs but he didnt do that and seems that the saying "Sarfaraz Dhoka naheen dega" has been proven wrong and he is giving "dhoka" (letting down) everywhere"
"This is because now that Rizwan has made a hundred recently and there is pressure on you (Sarf) so now you are trying to come up the order"
"Now you are trying but you cannot make runs on 4th or 5th position"
"And we saw the way Sarfaraz Ahmed dived to get to the crease so that he wasnt run out - that is a sign of desperation"
"If Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad could be played, then why not Hafeez and Malik?"
"Hafeez and Malik played a huge hand in getting us to number 1 in T20s"
"To expect Ahmed Shehzad and UA to do wonders is wrong as they are already under pressure"
"Pakistan won toss, unnecessary changes to the team and then to bowl first was a mistake too"
"You had a team which didnt have Wahab, Fakhar and also Shinwari was missing with a young kid Hasnain trying to bowl fast"
"First of all lets back Sarfaraz - we have invested so much in him but he didnt listen to my advice and has become a timid and cowardly ("darpok") captain"
"Sarfaraz will be sent to Australia as captain, he will lose and then PCB will use him as scapegoat and sack him and talk about revamping"
"Sarfaraz needs to relax and fight it out and if he cant then he should raise his hands and say good night and go home"
"Ahmed Shehzad was totally lost last night - he wasnt able to play shots, not were his feet moving; Umar Akmal was out of confidence and played accross the line - I dont understand what he was thinking and I suppose he must be under a lot of pressure"
"You need to work on Shadab Khan - he is unable to bowl leg-spin and we need to see about Imad Wasim where he fits, there are doubts on his fitness"
"Since Mickey Arthur has gone, there is a lot of pressure on Imad - he probably thought he would become captain but that's not happened"
"We need 3-4 mentors for the team who have played with courage before - the kind of players the youngsters can look at for inspiration such as MoYo, YK"
"In the ODI, Sri Lanka's B Team made almost 300 runs against us with a bowling attack like Wahab and Amir"
"I had said before that with Amir gone, and Wahab following him, who will bowl in Tests? Thats why I was saying bring in Naseem Shah and Musa Khan, Haris Rauf and also bring in Umer Khan"
"How long will you play with this same boring mindset? When will you show courage?"
"We need characters in the team - the PCB has brought in timid and weak characters"
"Compare Babar Azam's body language with that of Virat Kohli (chest sticking out)..."
"Virat Kohli's body language shows bravery, like myself, Wasim bhai etc. had, it's a forte of Pakistanis. We were badmaash type. I don't see any badmaashi in Babar Azam. He is in the Fab 5 with performances"
"Players need to have attitude and need to be lifted up"
"PCB have made Sarfaraz go mad, they shouldn't do that. His captaincy is under threat, he can't score runs, he's gone mad"
"Everything will fall on PCB and NCA, if they try to play dirty games by chopping and changing captains etc"
"Pakistan needs to come back with a sensible captain, not a lost captain"
"Sarfaraz needs to relax, everyone goes through tough times. If he can't be brave, he should leave cricket and go back to where he came from. He should be brave and make his own team and talk to them and win the T20 with a good combination"
"Look for fast bowlers for Tests, Mohammad Irfan, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Musa Khan"
"I am making this video and explaining these things that Misbah also sees. He should come with an aggressive mindset and make brave decisions, bring new players. Make a team with 5 old and 5 new players and build a team with deserving players"
"We used to have the attitude before and India didn't, now they have it and we don't"
"If we want to play with a defensive mindset and play old players we should have played Hafeez and Malik"
"Players shouldn't look disinterested"
"If we continue like this then things will become really bad"
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If merit is anything to go by then Rizwan should be the first choice in all formats
