Shahid Afridi should make a return to the Pakistan team

[wmuhammad63]

Guys, As we have seen that we had notorious Asia Cup 2018 in which we continue to suffer loss from Bangladesh 4th time in a row now. As we have seen the spinners played great role in India winning the Asia Cup, Shahid Afridi will be great asset back into the team and surely he can't do any worse than what Mohammad Nawaz. Nawaz is useless bowler and batsman.
Since we have World Cup coming in next year which will take place in England and Shahid Afridi has great record in England.

I think we are going to need him back in the team if we are going to stand any chance of qualifying for the Final. I remember when Mickey Arthur become our coach, Afridi made himself available for the team if needed.
I believe he still can offer great service to Pakistan team and have easily 3-4 years left in him.

Guys, Please give your thoughts on what you think about Afridi returning back to the Pakistan Team? Thank You.

 

[Mir jibran]

yes and imran khan should be the captain

 

[WengerOut]

Damn. Time machine landed me in 2010

 

[Hasan123]

No thank you. We need to move on.

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[freezerburn]

Bring back arshad khan!!!

 

[Savak]

Felt Afridi left 2-3 years too soon, he should have been ordered to improve his fitness and bowling. But if it was his personal decision then you cant do much about it.

 

[adil_909]

Sure, tell him to play domestic cricket and if he can outperform his peers then he can be in the team. Otherwise, forget about it.

 

[the_outsider]

Felt Afridi left 2-3 years too soon, he should have been ordered to improve his fitness and bowling. But if it was his personal decision then you cant do much about it.

Isn't he 45-46 years old now?

 

[RyanRyan10]

In the u-19 team since he is still 16

 

[alized]

we can give him another go. He can’t be worse than Shadab.


World Cup 2019 Retirees.... farewells (These guys perform!!)


-Shoaib Malik
-Mohammed Hafeez
-Shahid Afridi
-Kamran Akmal
-Mohammad Asif

SQUAD:

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Babur Azam
4. Kamran Akmal
5. Sarfraz Ahmed
6. Mohammed Hafeez
7. Shoaib Malik
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Junaid Khan
11. Mohammed Asif

 

[B_Positive]

we can give him another go. He can’t be worse than Shadab.


World Cup 2019 Retirees.... farewells (These guys perform!!)


-Shoaib Malik
-Mohammed Hafeez
-Shahid Afridi
-Kamran Akmal
-Mohammad Asif

SQUAD:

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Babur Azam
4. Kamran Akmal
5. Sarfraz Ahmed
6. Mohammed Hafeez
7. Shoaib Malik
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Junaid Khan
11. Mohammed Asif

That is one hell of a lineup. )

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Afridi , Misbah, And Younis all should come back and with them the glory days of 2010-2016 will be back

 

[happydavy]

we can give him another go. He can’t be worse than Shadab.


World Cup 2019 Retirees.... farewells (These guys perform!!)


-Shoaib Malik
-Mohammed Hafeez
-Shahid Afridi
-Kamran Akmal
-Mohammad Asif

SQUAD:

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Babur Azam
4. Kamran Akmal
5. Sarfraz Ahmed
6. Mohammed Hafeez
7. Shoaib Malik
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Junaid Khan
11. Mohammed Asif

You know most people after seeing your XI aren't able to decide what exactly to fault at. The team actually looks pretty compelling!

 

[Dr_Bassim]

You know most people after seeing your XI aren't able to decide what exactly to fault at. The team actually looks pretty compelling!

Batting ends at 3.

 

[Savak]

Afridi's presence in the team always uplifted everyone else. Just look at how big his presence was to the Karachi Kings team.

 

[alized]

Batting ends at 3.

At Opener Fakhar Zaman averages 59.00 at SR of 98.77
At Opener Imam ul Haq averages 64.08 at SR of 83.50
At #3 Babar Azam averages 61.08 at SR of 83.53
At #4 Kamran Akmal averages 73.50 at SR of 90.74
At #5 Sarfraz Ahmed averages 53.38 at SR of 92.22
At #6 and #7 both Hafeez and Malik respectively are mediocre
At #8 Shahid Afridi averages 23.50 at SR of 145.36

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

we can give him another go. He can’t be worse than Shadab.


World Cup 2019 Retirees.... farewells (These guys perform!!)


-Shoaib Malik
-Mohammed Hafeez
-Shahid Afridi
-Kamran Akmal
-Mohammad Asif

SQUAD:

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Babur Azam
4. Kamran Akmal
5. Sarfraz Ahmed
6. Mohammed Hafeez
7. Shoaib Malik
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Junaid Khan
11. Mohammed Asif

Good team, but I will add some changes

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Saeed Anwar
3. Inzamam
4. Mohammad Yusuf
5. Zaheer Abbas
6. Shoaib Malik
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Abdul Razzaq
9. Wasim Akram
10. Saqlain
11. Waqar

 

[alized]

Good team, but I will add some changes

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Saeed Anwar
3. Inzamam
4. Mohammad Yusuf
5. Zaheer Abbas
6. Shoaib Malik
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Abdul Razzaq
9. Wasim Akram
10. Saqlain
11. Waqar

Can you quote how exactly your respective players are performing in the recent PSL/QeA trophy if you even know what that is??

 

[gazza619]

Geez. I dont think you understand that Afridi can never get back to the fitness level which is needed for him to bat, bowl and field. His real age is around 42

 

[Usman Chadda]

[MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION] here's the left-field option you were looking for.

 

[Major]

WHile we are at it

Imran Farhat
Imran Nazir
Mohammad Hafeez
Shoaib Malik
Sohaib Maqsood
Kamran Akmal (WK)
Shahid Afridi
Rao Iftikhar
Rana Naveed
Danish Kaneria
Umar Gul

worst 11

 

[TeamPak95]

No offense to OP but you know the panic is real when you feel the need for the team to recall Shahid Afridi.

 

[fitCricFan]

Ok, while we are rebuilding our team for the future with our stars from the past, Pl. add Abdul Qadir and Salim Malik to the team as well

 

[Zaz]

Dear oh dear...

 

[in_cutter]

Guys, As we have seen that we had notorious Asia Cup 2018 in which we continue to suffer loss from Bangladesh 4th time in a row now. As we have seen the spinners played great role in India winning the Asia Cup, Shahid Afridi will be great asset back into the team and surely he can't do any worse than what Mohammad Nawaz. Nawaz is useless bowler and batsman.
Since we have World Cup coming in next year which will take place in England and Shahid Afridi has great record in England.

I think we are going to need him back in the team if we are going to stand any chance of qualifying for the Final. I remember when Mickey Arthur become our coach, Afridi made himself available for the team if needed.
I believe he still can offer great service to Pakistan team and have easily 3-4 years left in him.

Guys, Please give your thoughts on what you think about Afridi returning back to the Pakistan Team? Thank You.

Are you serious??

 

[moghul]

Bring back Imran Farhat also, and what about Rana Naveed

 

[moghul]

Ok, while we are rebuilding our team for the future with our stars from the past, Pl. add Abdul Qadir and Salim Malik to the team as well

)) the whole thread is hilarious .

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

Afridi's presence in the team always uplifted everyone else. Just look at how big his presence was to the Karachi Kings team.

Yes a team that struggled to reach the finals even

 

[PakSarZameen]

He's barely fit enough to play T10.

What I would give to see another Afridi special in the Pakistan shirt though

 

[hamid.s]

Why not Wajahatullah Wasti as well?

 

[hafizexpress]

Although I don't think he'd do too bad in the team even now... him coming back will tarnish his reputation even more in terms of coming out of retirement. Pak has failed to find a replacement for him ever since he left; and in terms of charisma and personality, a replacement will never be found. I believe he can still play but 1) his superiority complex could hurt team chemistry and 2) his reputation will further go down

 

[Savak]

I dont think he is fit enough to play anything more than T-10 or T-20 cricket, he suffered a serious knee injury in the last PSL which forced him to withdraw from the CPL

 

[PakLFC]

Please! We need to move forward instead of looking back. May as well bring back Imran Khan, Akram, Miandad, Younis and Inzi as well while we're going down memory lane

 

[Mirpur express]

I say bring back the Asian Don would love to see Saqi too.. maybe a cheeky call to Saeed Anwar

 

[fitCricFan]

Last but not the least, everybody petition Imran Khan to lead this team. To heck with leading the country when leading the team is more important. With IK around, Javed Miandad came ne fast behind and we have just resolved the quandrum of who should open the batting and bowling

Just heard that the desperate Indians are also considering bringing back Kapil dev and Md. Azzaruddin

Gonna be one heck of a world cup next year

 

[docteurmanish]

bhaijaan indians need yuvraj and ajay jadeja back

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Also bring back Salman butt

 

[JattMaula]

I would like to wish OP long, health and happy life.

But Lala is not coming back unfortunately. He was disrespected by team management one too many times.

 

[Zaz]

How can Pakistan cricket move forward when fans such as OP keep looking back?

Time to stop this nonsense and invest in the future

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

It's like WWE bringing back Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock when their TV ratings goes down. [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION]

 

[Madplayer]

I seriously think Inzimam and Mohamad Yousuf should make a come back.

 

[Minnowbasher]

Bring back 92 world cup team for 19 world cup as it's round robin like 92.

 

[Something]

Why are threads like these even popping up.

 

[Adil_94]

Inzi should come back and replace his nephew

 

[RyanRyan10]

we can give him another go. He can’t be worse than Shadab.


World Cup 2019 Retirees.... farewells (These guys perform!!)


-Shoaib Malik
-Mohammed Hafeez
-Shahid Afridi
-Kamran Akmal
-Mohammad Asif

SQUAD:

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Babur Azam
4. Kamran Akmal
5. Sarfraz Ahmed
6. Mohammed Hafeez
7. Shoaib Malik
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Junaid Khan
11. Mohammed Asif

Should bring back Razzaq too
He scored 58* of 52 in his last match
Won't do worse than Faheem

 

[Jin Chacha]

Only true students of history can appreciate why this plan will succeed. We were in a similar situation when president Zia requested Imran khan to come out of retirement for the sake of the country. He did that and led us to victory in the 92 world cup taking the last wicket in the final himself at the age of 39. Like IK, Afridi will be 39 by next years world cup. Just thinking of Afridi taking the final wicket in the world cup final and doing the typical Lala celebration makes my heart melt and my eyes well up with patriotic tears.

I am sure Afridi will not refuse if Imran Khan requests him to come out of retirement for the sake of Pakistan cricket. It will be Imran Khan's biggest service to Pakistan; greater even than the 92 world cup win and election victory.

History repeats itself and if we don't learn from history we are bound to languish at the bottom of world cricket.

 

[Wonderwoman]

Existence of this thread is everything wrong with Pakistan cricket... worshiping mediocrity like Afridi!!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bringing Afridi back just for one team in this case Bangladesh? lol

 

[ShahidNaziir]

Kick Sarfi out. Make Shoaib the captain, and bring in Razzaq.. This would be one hell of a squad for the early English summer when the ball nips around, and Razzaq bowled fabulously back in the WC '99

So the squad would have 3 quicks (2 left armers)
one in-dipper/ medium - razzaq
two spinners in hafeez and shahid afridi

and look how deep the batting would go, with number 8 being afridi or razzaq depending on the situation

we can give him another go. He can’t be worse than Shadab.


World Cup 2019 Retirees.... farewells (These guys perform!!)


-Shoaib Malik
-Mohammed Hafeez
-Shahid Afridi
-Kamran Akmal
-Mohammad Asif

SQUAD:

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Babur Azam
4. Kamran Akmal
5. Sarfraz Ahmed
6. Mohammed Hafeez
7. Shoaib Malik
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Junaid Khan
11. Mohammed Asif

 

[shaz619]

It's like WWE bringing back Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock when their TV ratings goes down. [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION]

Anything is possible with saudi money involved

 

[mystical man]

yes and imran khan should be the captain

POTW and maybe bring Saeed Anwar to open as well...

 

[mystical man]

Only true students of history can appreciate why this plan will succeed. We were in a similar situation when president Zia requested Imran khan to come out of retirement for the sake of the country. He did that and led us to victory in the 92 world cup taking the last wicket in the final himself at the age of 39. Like IK, Afridi will be 39 by next years world cup. Just thinking of Afridi taking the final wicket in the world cup final and doing the typical Lala celebration makes my heart melt and my eyes well up with patriotic tears.

I am sure Afridi will not refuse if Imran Khan requests him to come out of retirement for the sake of Pakistan cricket. It will be Imran Khan's biggest service to Pakistan; greater even than the 92 world cup win and election victory.

History repeats itself and if we don't learn from history we are bound to languish at the bottom of world cricket.

Chachaji now it is team to wake up and have some garam chai
Comparing Imran to Lala is an abomination to cricket.

 

[indianpanacea]

Rubbish... Pakistan need to urgently fix problems.. Post champions trophy they didn't play quality opponents... They were thrashed by newzealand...they only played good one day against Zimbabwe... World Cup will be early summer next year and Pakistan batting stand no chance... For them to succeed they should select technically correct players.. My team shall be
Imam ul haq
Sarfaraz
Babar
Hari's sohail
Fakhar zaman
Shoaib malik
Hafeez
Hassan ali
Amir
Junaid
Shaheen afridi
This for me is balanced and attacking team for Pakistan..
Hafeez at 7 is pivotal...will provide stability and better to play him rather than bits n pieces like shahdab etc.. And it will allow to play 4 regular front line pacers..

 

[Mir jibran]

POTW and maybe bring Saeed Anwar to open as well...

we can even go back to farhat and yasir hameed

 

[alized]

I seriously think Inzimam and Mohamad Yousuf should make a come back.

MoYo isn’t even that old. He’s 41 and retired like 8 years ago.

 

[Jin Chacha]

Chachaji now it is team to wake up and have some garam chai
Comparing Imran to Lala is an abomination to cricket. ��

The similarities are uncanny. They are both the most glamorous Pakistani cricketers of their time, both are known for their lion-hearted attitude and both are the embodiment of Pathan manliness and charm. They are practically twins if you set aside cricketing skills and Oxford education.

 

[iniqbal223]

my XI:

Imran Farhat
Kamran Akmal
Umar Akmal
Adnan Akmal
Hafeez
Malik
Afridi
Saeed Ajmal
Umar Gul
Rana Naved
Iftikhar Rao

 

[Sunny_majoka]

my XI:

Imran Farhat
Kamran Akmal
Umar Akmal
Adnan Akmal
Hafeez
Malik
Afridi
Saeed Ajmal
Umar Gul
Rana Naved
Iftikhar Rao

All rotten eggs in one bucket

 

[volcyz]

We need Azhar Mahmood back too
And Faisal Iqbal/Salim Elahi/Shabbhir Ahmed/Rao Iftikhar/Mohammed Khalil and Rana Naveed etc

 

[Ned Flanders]

Too bad ICL isn't around.

Lahore Badshahs

it was fun watching

Nazir, Farhat, Inzamam, Azhar Mehmood, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shabbir Ahmed etc.

 

[volcyz]

Need the experience and cover drives of Yasir Hameed too