Shaheen Shah Afridi as new T20 Captain: Will he be insurmountably better than Babar Azam or just another casualty at the altar of captaincy?

[The Bald Eagle]

Not the wise decision to have SSA as skipper, Rizwan should have been the t20 captain. SSA workload is having toll on him , also the variety in our pace attack gets compromised.
SSA Naseem Rauf Zaman WasimJr Hasnain
That's 6 good bowlers for T20 cricket, fighting for 3 slots but with SSA as captain the competition reduces to 2/5.
Another baffling decision by PCB, no wonder Justice Cooke said "Clowns work in PCB"

If Shaheen fails then certainly Rizwan will step in not only as T20 but also as a ODI captain. Shaheen should realize it that his performances here will be crucial for his case as captain in ODI. Which in all fairness belongs to Rizwan.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

What a poor start to captaincy by young Shaheen. Did not expect him to be this pedestrian as captain. It seems a series loss is incoming.

 

[Asad T]

What a poor start to captaincy by young Shaheen. Did not expect him to be this pedestrian as captain. It seems a series loss is incoming.

Yes, I thought his streategies were very poor. no out of the box thinking when things were not going his way

 

[hitthestump]

Shaheen's captaincy days are already numbered. He's barely been visible as a leader at all and we're about to be spanked 5-0.

This opportunity came too soon for him.

 

[Rana]

What is his vice captain, the greatest leader in Pakistan history doing to help him? Besides laughing and giggling with Babar Azam??

 

[volcyz]

Shaheen Afridi is on route to be the new Irfan Pathan


Lose pace and then try to be a batting allrounder

 

[Muhammad Saad]

It's better if he rest otherwise he will start bowling at 70mph soon.

 

[moghul]

Looks like a guy with very low IQ to me.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Shaheen Afridi is on route to be the new Irfan Pathan


Lose pace and then try to be a batting allrounder

Pathan didn't try, he was - The difference

 

[Asif321]

Truth is we didn’t have any good captain after Sarfraz in t20s . Shaheen is gonna end up as average or even worst than Babar I feel.sarfraz won series with Umar Amin , Amir yamin , inexperienced fakhar shadab Nawaz .

 

[Asif321]

Shaheen's captaincy days are already numbered. He's barely been visible as a leader at all and we're about to be spanked 5-0.

This opportunity came too soon for him.

Guess he can’t focus on his game and captaincy at same time . Also captaining LQ is very different. There he had Rashid khan rescue them many times . David Weise etc but here it’s hard for him . Will see if he can learn and cope up but seems hard for him

 

[Shafi]

Big problem is PCB. Our players' greed have no limit and PCB let them do whatever these people want. They are too busy playing all over the World franchise leagues. Average over-rated bowler.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Truth is we didn’t have any good captain after Sarfraz in t20s . Shaheen is gonna end up as average or even worst than Babar I feel.sarfraz won series with Umar Amin , Amir yamin , inexperienced fakhar shadab Nawaz .

Yep in hindsight now it appears, Sarfaraz may had a poor form as captain but may be there was something in his captaincy that he won straight 11 T20 series. Expectations were sky high from Shaheen but at the moment only disappointment surrounds us.

 

[shamaan]

His captincy has been pathetic.

 

[Asad T]

His bowling choices have been super poor.

Today we conceded 225 and only tried 5 bowlers. If a player is getting tonked, then he should have at least tried ifti or ayub for an over or two. It's just not logical to continue to bowl such bowlers. He has done this for the past few matches.

At least for Masood, there were cetain elements of brilliance in his strategies, not seeing any from Shaheen just yet.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

His bowling choices have been super poor.

Today we conceded 225 and only tried 5 bowlers. If a player is getting tonked, then he should have at least tried ifti or ayub for an over or two. It's just not logical to continue to bowl such bowlers. He has done this for the past few matches.

At least for Masood, there were cetain elements of brilliance in his strategies, not seeing any from Shaheen just yet.

Yep and these things are just no brainer but fail to fathom why Shaheen did not opt for Ifti for once. Poor captaincy tactics so far from SSA.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shaheen has done nothing different to the previous captains. Still the same approach and strategies. He needs to learn that this is not LQ and it is not necessary to play haris rauf every game.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Brilliant spell from SSA today. 3 wickets from him so far. I just hope that Pakistan wins today or else Shaheen may lose faith in his own captaincy skills at all.

 

[Ali T]

Few mistakes in this T20 game (4th T20 vs NZ):

1. Bowling Haris Rauf within the first few overs instead of Wasim Jr.
2. Not bowling his first 4 overs upfront
3. Not keep a slip in his 3rd over while bowl was swinging. First ball edge would have carried to first slip.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Really happy for Shaheen today finally he made Iftikhar bowl today and the result was just too clinical for team green. Really wonder why on earth he did not test him before. He might would have kept us alive in series.

 

[zaidihusain]

Not idea why Shaheen used Zaman only for 1 over today. In this series Zaman played only 3 matches, Wasim played only 2 matches and Haris played 4 matches. Need to give more chances to likes of Wasim & Zaman with full quota of overs.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Abbas also bowled just 1 over today. Although team won today but guys like zaman, abbas and wasim should be the go-to guys instead of that haris who got slammed.

 

[greatest]

I hope the captain is done with his experiments. The next series would decide how much Shaheen has progressed as a captain.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

I hope the captain is done with his experiments. The next series would decide how much Shaheen has progressed as a captain.

As a captain we will get to know soon but as a bowler he has already gone down the hill significantly which means another hit like Babar Azam is on the cards now. Management got over excited after watching him win the PSL title but they need to understand that it's international cricket and the dynamics are totally different compared to leagues here.

 

[daytrader]

Take the captaincy away from him please, it will ruin him as a bowler. We need Shaheen the bowler more than Shaheen the captain.

 

[greatest]

As a captain we will get to know soon but as a bowler he has already gone down the hill significantly which means another hit like Babar Azam is on the cards now. Management got over excited after watching him win the PSL title but they need to understand that it's international cricket and the dynamics are totally different compared to leagues here.

Agree!
Too much importance is given to PSL performances. You can't judge a player in this format. Among all the nations Pakistani management has the lowest cricketing IQ.

 

[Major]

Shaheen Afridi ranks his favourite captains:
- Misbah Ul Haq- Sarfaraz Ahmed- Babar Azam- Younis Khan

Damn, he rated Younis as the worst. Hopefully Younis doesnt go crazy now