Should Sarfaraz Ahmed be made captain again for the upcoming World Cup?

[Mrhandsome]

Not a knee jerk reaction but as they say that the team takes image of its captain and Sarfaraz is an honest, street smart fighter who in many ways reminds me of Javed Miandad. He also has the respect of whole team and in India can play nice counter attacking innings in middle order in the upcoming world cup. Can even be considered as a floater batsman and come anywhere from no 3 to no 7 position depending on the status of the match. Can the team be molded as a redemption story based on his own life and reproduce CT 17? There is no better alternative at present and Babar simply cannot lead the team. Should be relieved of his misery

 

[sweep_shot]

Not a bad idea.

He is a better captaincy option than Babar. That's for sure.

 

[Concerned]

Pakistan moved away from specialist captains. The captain of the team needs to warrant a place either on his batting or bowling as starters.

 

[PakPremi]

He has not even been considered as a player for the ODIs. I think Babar will remain captain for ODIs.

 

[Mrhandsome]

Pakistan moved away from specialist captains. The captain of the team needs to warrant a place either on his batting or bowling as starters.

How do you compare Rizwan and Sarfaraz as ODI batsmen? Rizwan has been an utter failure in ODIS. Can a redeemed Sarfaraz do any worse?

 

[indianpanacea]

Yes,a good moot...Babar seems to be lost while captaining..Sarfaraz should play at 4 in ODI.
My team for worldcup to be played in India shall be
Babar
Shaan
Haris Sohail
Sarfaraz
Kamran Ghulam
Tayyab tahir
Shadab
Zaffar gouhar
Hassan ali
Shaheen
Naseem

 

[Sherazkhalid]

I mean we are going back to mid 30s folks, there is never a succession plan, we bring in the oldies for one last hurrah and kick them out. What is the point of this? Fawad never got a chance until he was mid 30s, we debut a spinner who is 36 years old, Shan is going to mid 30s soon, Safi is already 35 plus. I mean when we will learn.

 

[cricketAXEpert]

Not a knee jerk reaction but as they say that the team takes image of its captain and Sarfaraz is an honest, street smart fighter who in many ways reminds me of Javed Miandad. He also has the respect of whole team and in India can play nice counter attacking innings in middle order in the upcoming world cup. Can even be considered as a floater batsman and come anywhere from no 3 to no 7 position depending on the status of the match. Can the team be molded as a redemption story based on his own life and reproduce CT 17? There is no better alternative at present and Babar simply cannot lead the team. Should be relieved of his misery

He first needs to be selected for the Odi team. At the moment he is only back in the test side. However if Rizwan fails in the Odis, Sarfi will show up that's for sure.

 

[Kroll]

I mean we are going back to mid 30s folks, there is never a succession plan, we bring in the oldies for one last hurrah and kick them out. What is the point of this? Fawad never got a chance until he was mid 30s, we debut a spinner who is 36 years old, Shan is going to mid 30s soon, Safi is already 35 plus. I mean when we will learn.

We could bring in Ifti the youngsta beauty!

 

[Plumb]

Now people want Sarfaraz as Captain... I hope this happens and Sarfaraz publicly refuses to be the Captain

 

[SpiritOf1903]

He'd the only ! man with character in Pakistan cricket.
Third captain to win an ICC trophy after the two great Khans.

Yes, he shouldn't keep. But a huge presence! He stood up to the braying Black Caps

 

[ArabKnight]

Sarfraz Ahmed is Lion and most importantly a High IQ player who understands the game deeply.

He is a passionate, charismatic, charming, eloquent, and confident individual.

He is a natural leader and has all the good qualities that a captain should have. He is a stark contrast to the current dull captain (Babar).

He already has extensive captaincy experience (U19, Test, ODI, T20I, PSL, etc.) and would ease into the role smoothly.

 

[moghul]

That,s what you call being carried away or a knee jerk reaction .

The guy was in wilderness for lack of performance for long time ,now he has shown some form on this tack where he grew up playing cricket and its not more than a highway .

Deserves great appreciation and hope he will carry on his form for a little longer . He still has competition for the spot from Rizwan, Haris and young Haseeb. Talking about his captaincy is just ridiculous .

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Yes,a good moot...Babar seems to be lost while captaining..Sarfaraz should play at 4 in ODI.
My team for worldcup to be played in India shall be
Babar
Shaan
Haris Sohail
Sarfaraz
Kamran Ghulam
Tayyab tahir
Shadab
Zaffar gouhar
Hassan ali
Shaheen
Naseem

Not against the selection of Tayyab Tahir and Kamran Ghulam but how can you pick them for a World Cup squad based on just their domestic performances?

They’ve not proven themselves at international level and we all know how bad the standard of our domestic cricket is.

 

[Bewal Express]

So whoever scores a few runs deserves captaincy. Brilliant

 

[Rana]

So whoever scores a few runs deserves captaincy. Brilliant

No. Someone who scored the most runs even after being 3 years out of the game and already has the experience of winning an ICC trophy, let me guess who that is?

Yes, it’s Sarfaraz

 

[Bewal Express]

No. Someone who scored the most runs even after being 3 years out of the game and already has the experience of winning an ICC trophy, let me guess who that is?

Yes, it’s Sarfaraz

And 2019? Or is that too recent. Keep looking back, it's what we do best as a nation

 

[SentOff]

Only a discussion if he can make the team on the merits of his batting. Last time he was in the ODI/T20 team, he was struggling a lot. It would take a lot of convincing on his part to show that he is a better limited overs batsman.

He can't play below the top 5 because then you might as well play Mohammad Haris. Is he willing to bat at 4?

If Sarfaraz is serious about making a come back in the ODI side, then he should nominate to bat at 4 and put some numbers up. If he does then we can discuss captaincy.

Also, he definitely should not be a 3 format captain regardless.

 

[shariqnoor]

Simple answer is no.

He was never a good Test/ODI captain and should not be considered for captaincy. His behaviour on the field was appalling and we cannot go back to publicly berating fielders on live television.

In other countries, when one player is removed from captaincy that is the end of their captaincy tenure for life. It's only in Pakistan that we continue to recycle captains. I'm happy that this trend was broken with the appointment of Misbah and we haven't seen ex-captains becoming captains again. Sarfraz is already 35+ and him becoming captain will be another decision taken for the short-term and not actually moving the team forward.

 

[AZulfi]

Babar is too defensive as captain. Sarfraz is a more thinking captain whereas Babar does things in a set way (he does not think out of the box, is reluctant to take risks, and does not know which bowler to bowl when esp. in white ball cricket!). After Imran Khan and Miandad, Younis Khan was our last attacking captain. Sadly he succumbed to player politics as is often the case in Pakistan. Inzi, Yusuf, Azhar, and Misbah all had a very defensive mindset (first priority was to save the game rather than to win it!)

I believe that it is too much for one person to lead in all three formats.

Sarfraz could be our test captain and Shadab (an automatic selection in both ODI and T20Is) would be a good choice as captain in white ball cricket. OR Sarfraz could lead in tests and ODIs and Shadab in T20Is.

 

[ArabKnight]

No. Someone who scored the most runs even after being 3 years out of the game and already has the experience of winning an ICC trophy, let me guess who that is?

Yes, it’s Sarfaraz

He has TWO ICC trophies. Not just one.

He has PSL trophy as well!

 

[gazza619]

Absolutely not! Sarfaraz does not merit a place in the white ball team.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Rizwan might not be consistent, but still has more to offer compared to Sarfraz in white ball cricket with the bat. Also he is a much better wicket keeper compared to Sarfraz.

Doubt Babar will drop his mate Rizzy.

 

[Rana]

Rizwan might not be consistent, but still has more to offer compared to Sarfraz in white ball cricket with the bat. Also he is a much better wicket keeper compared to Sarfraz.

Doubt Babar will drop his mate Rizzy.

You all said the same thing in Test and look at how that turned out.

I’ll tell you again. Sarfaraz is a better middle order batsman in T20 and ODI than Rizwan. Period

 

[moghul]

Sarfraz , like Akmal is a very good goalkeeper batsman.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Not a knee jerk reaction but as they say that the team takes image of its captain and Sarfaraz is an honest, street smart fighter who in many ways reminds me of Javed Miandad. He also has the respect of whole team and in India can play nice counter attacking innings in middle order in the upcoming world cup. Can even be considered as a floater batsman and come anywhere from no 3 to no 7 position depending on the status of the match. Can the team be molded as a redemption story based on his own life and reproduce CT 17? There is no better alternative at present and Babar simply cannot lead the team. Should be relieved of his misery

No, No and NO!
We have seen this an unlimited number of times now.

Our criteria to make some a captain is basically two things, either he is the next senior OR he has performed well.

Both of these qualities are imperative to become the captain; however, there is an EVEN BIGGER requirement that must be consider first, and we all ignore it, all the time.

And that is, leadership ability and man handling skills.

Many at times, when we make someone captain because he has performed well with the bat, guess what happens? His performance with the bat starts going down. We have seen this with many players.

It's primarily because they don't have the leadership skills, and they don't know how to handle different personalities in the team to get the best out of each player. So the unconscious guilt puts an adverse effect on their personal performance.

Same is gonna happen with Sarfaraz. Make him the captain, and this one off performance that he gave, will take a nose dive (I think it's happen anyway, whether you make him the captain or not).

It's was good batting performance and credit must be given where due, but IMO, it was also a few flashes in the pan. We already know, he is an extremely limited batsman that has primarily only one shot, and this, sweep towards midwicket.

Even though he performed well in the previous stint and saved this game, and credit where due, but it doesn't warrant the notion of him now being made the captain. That's quite a stupid thought process.

 

[Bewal Express]

So if Sarfi becomes captain and Riz gets back to form and he loses form, then what.

 

[Rana]

So if Sarfi becomes captain and Riz gets back to form and he loses form, then what.

Yeah sorry, Rizwan still won’t amount to anything until he learns how to use the other half of the field that isn’t the leg side

 

[shaz619]

ODI is Babar’s best format and I feel like he largely thrives. In an ideal world if Sarfraz was still fit, hungry and firing a few years ago, it would have been great for Babar to learn under his wings, instead he was brainwashed by Misbah and Waqar.

I think it would be harsh to get rid of Babar in ODI’s, but perhaps Sarfraz can be made the VC, the two seem to get along well. Sarfraz needs to play as a specialist batter if he’s in the XI.

 

[pak.cricket]

He cannot because his keeping is worse than Kamran Akmal even. Moreover, he isn't good enough to make the team on the basis of his batting alone because he struggles to hit big shots in limited overs cricket.

 

[SamNJ]

Sarfraz won U-19 WC and ICC CT.
One thing I see with him is that he has winner captain's luck. That Bumrah no-ball in finals.
Is the destiny conspiring for him to be the world cup winner captain ?

 

[Asif321]

Sarfraz is at its best when he isn’t captain . He becomes a different player

 

[MenInG]

Rumman Raees speaking in an interview:

"The one who has won you Champions Trophy, took the team from number seven to three in Tests, from number seven to one and two in ODIs and from number six to one in T20Is, and under his captaincy Pakistan won a record 11 consecutive T20I series, how can you remove him as captain on the basis of one bad series?"

"You didn't just remove him from captaincy but also dropped him. And when you brought him back, he had to wait for four years to play his first international match. What sort of justice is this?"