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Should Sarfaraz Ahmed resign as Pakistan's ODI skipper?

Should Sarfaraz Ahmed resign as Pakistan's ODI skipper?

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Would be interesting to see Amir as captain. Does he have any prior experience at domestic level?
 
I will suggest to release him from captaincy and try alternative wicket keepers. Sarfaraz does not look like captaincy material but you guys did not have too many alternatives so far either. Wondering how Harish Sohail will perform as a captain. He definitely looks to stay there for 5-6 years and may be worth giving a shot. Won't suggest Babar yet, he can be a vice captain though. Do not go for Imam or Imad as they are not that consistent yet.
 
Amir is also not a recommended choice. I am not sure how he will perform once you resume palyingn in UAE or Pakistan.
 
73% so far saying he should resign.
 
Start planning for the 2023 World cup.

Sarfraz is already unfit and his individual performance has been pathetic for the last 3 years. There is only 1 man who can merit a place in all three formats and that's Babar Azam.
 
Yup! he got almost 3 years to form this team . . his performance and Pakistan's performance barring the CT has been abysmal! He's not goign to be around for the next world cup . . so its only fair the next guy is inducted now and is given 4 years!
 
No change in captain or coach is need. Stability at the top is what is needed by Pakistan now. A new crop of players will be coming into the side after the likes of Malik, Hafeez, Wahab move on. Changing the captain and coach now will be a disaster.
 
DO NOT give the captaincy to Babar!!!

He je finally coming in to his own with his batting and doing justice to his talent and Ive the feeling that he is such a player that will fail under the pressure of captaincy.
 
NauV said:
Yup! he got almost 3 years to form this team . . his performance and Pakistan's performance barring the CT has been abysmal! He's not goign to be around for the next world cup . . so its only fair the next guy is inducted now and is given 4 years!
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4 years is enough time to groom a new captain like babar azam and on the top of that post world cup we have easier series to begin with ,which is against sri Lanka ,so new captain wont find it hard to establish himself.
 
Unfortunately for him, yes.

Rizwan will most probably take over his place and Amir will be made captain.
 
szundercover said:
4 years is enough time to groom a new captain like babar azam and on the top of that post world cup we have easier series to begin with ,which is against sri Lanka ,so new captain wont find it hard to establish himself.
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It's good thinking actually. Next captain should get minimum of 4 years to be judged. This would be good consistent policy from PCB.
 
Hasan said:
No change in captain or coach is need. Stability at the top is what is needed by Pakistan now. A new crop of players will be coming into the side after the likes of Malik, Hafeez, Wahab move on. Changing the captain and coach now will be a disaster.
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I will have to agree with this.

But Mickey and Sarfraz will be made scapegoats for this WC.
 
Babar should be given the mantle now. He will have 4 years to build a team and gain command. Cant see Sarfraz playing another world cup. Anyone else but Babar would be short term thinking from PCB. T20 will be a good start.
 
Hasan said:
No change in captain or coach is need. Stability at the top is what is needed by Pakistan now. A new crop of players will be coming into the side after the likes of Malik, Hafeez, Wahab move on. Changing the captain and coach now will be a disaster.
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What the hell? You want a mediocre clown like Sarfraz staying? Captain should merit a spot on the team, this guy is **** at batting. Mediocre at keeping. As for coach I like Mickey but his tactics are awful especially regarding spin. He needs to go as well
 
Ahmed216 said:
With that awfuĺ technique where he crouches so low,almost to the level of stumps what future does he have as an opener? It might work in uae but he'll be a sitting duck in NZ Aus SA
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He was pretty decent as a opener in the 2015 World Cup in Australia.
 
I think its time.

Not sure who should be captain though. Not an easy decision.
Who is the current vice captain?
 
lol pakpassion fans think that we have a captain awaiting in the backyard to lead the team.

you dont understand the pressures of fans and leading pakistan so stop being childish.

i really hope PCB acts responsibly for once, keep sarfraz and mickey, get rid of inzamam, malik and hafeez, and give sarfraz the full authority to make his team. in 2015 wc, he was our opener and best batsman, he took apart sa and scored centuries as well against ireland. he played many matchwinning knocks.
yes i understand that latetly performance has dwindled, but its not like wasim, waqar, inzamam, afridi, misbah had any success.
 
Junaid_ahmed said:
Babar will fail like sachin and saeed, he is not a captaincy material.

Sarfraz shouldnt resign ifact inzi & coaches should go.
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So was it predicted that Williamson, Kohi and even Steve Smith (Till he was banned) will start to perform much better after becoming captain and also become better leaders and tacticians with time?

Babar has captained Pak in U19, we wont know how he fares unless he is appointed. He is the only player we are quite certain will play for Pak next 10-12 years.
 
Only time will tell how Babar fares as a captain but i don’t see any other choices besides him, unless you guys want Sarfraz to lead the team for a while longer.
 
So according to some people changing Azhar Ali after months-year of poor team performances didnt stabilize the time but removing Sarfaraz who has lost almost everything barring CT17 and T20 series will de stabilize the team?

You shouldnt destabilize a team which is consistently doing well but witnesses a small rough patch, 2 years of mediocrity manifests there was no stability to start with.

Its high time we appoint someone who merits a place in the team and has some fitness to be the captain.
 
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Titan24 said:
So according to some people changing Azhar Ali after months-year of poor team performances didnt stabilize the time but removing Sarfaraz who has lost almost everything barring CT17 and T20 series will de stabilize the team?

You shouldnt destabilize a team which is consistently doing well but witnesses a small rough patch, 2 years of mediocrity manifests there was no stability to start with.

Its high time we appoint someone who merits a place in the team and has some fitness to be the captain.
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Consistently doing well? Biggest joke of the year. We were schooled by SA, Aus and then England in bilaterals. in fact thrashed so bad that even Nasser Hussain had to say Pakistan don't look unpredictable anymore in fact they look consistently poor. We only one 1 or 2 games in last 20 odd games before wc. Lost even warm up game against Bangladesh. Just because we managed to beat Eng and NZ suddenly our performance become very consistent. Lol
 
We even lost to SL of all team in tests at our fortress something we used to be very good at. Under Sarfraz Pakistan has been abysmal in last two years.

But I don't care even if IK is captain, if he is such unfit, lazy and can't perform I will want him out of the team. Gone are the days of captain specialist. Pakistan should start building their team now. Sarfraz is a big time liability.
 
Amir should be the first choice not Babar. We have seen a lot of quality batsmen not performing while captaining their respective sides. So not in favour of babar.

Having said that, pcb should ideally make a pool of potential candidates, train them, conduct tests of those players to see who has better cricketing knowledge, can take better tactical decisions etc and pick the right candidate as we still have a few months before our next series.
 
Ucdkee said:
Amir should be the first choice not Babar. We have seen a lot of quality batsmen not performing while captaining their respective sides. So not in favour of babar.

Having said that, pcb should ideally make a pool of potential candidates, train them, conduct tests of those players to see who has better cricketing knowledge, can take better tactical decisions etc and pick the right candidate as we still have a few months before our next series.
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A bowler as a captain?
How are you going to drop Amir if he doesn't perform?
 
PCTPost2019 said:
A bowler as a captain?
How are you going to drop Amir if he doesn't perform?
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Why can't we have a bowler as our Capitan? We had wasim Akram earlier. I get your point that Aamir is not very consistent but who knows Babar may also fail to perform when given the captaincy.

Imo whoever is given the captaincy should actually have the best cricketing knowledge and acumen.
 
Ucdkee said:
Why can't we have a bowler as our Capitan? We had wasim Akram earlier. I get your point that Aamir is not very consistent but who knows Babar may also fail to perform when given the captaincy.

Imo whoever is given the captaincy should actually have the best cricketing knowledge and acumen.
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Bowlers are a lot more prone to injury than batsmen hence shouldn't be considered.
 
Shouldn't even be a debate now. The WC failure and the results before it are unacceptable. If he doesn't go quietly then should be booted.
 
Mueez said:
I will have to agree with this.

But Mickey and Sarfraz will be made scapegoats for this WC.
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There's already a scapegoat. Dhoni. Jokes apart, there's a bit of sympathy now and that will erode if they lose to BD. Sarfi's future might depend on this game. Hasan is right that there needs to be stability with all the new players coming around. However, that should be for only a year. Sarf should be on probation pending improvement in his batting. He's a walking wicket and doesn't know what his best batting position is. Groom Babar. Make him the captain to tours like Zim like India did with Kohli. Pakistan batting in general is weak with poor techniques as it is. Can't have a walking wicket just because he's a captain.
 
MRSN said:
Consistently doing well? Biggest joke of the year. We were schooled by SA, Aus and then England in bilaterals. in fact thrashed so bad that even Nasser Hussain had to say Pakistan don't look unpredictable anymore in fact they look consistently poor. We only one 1 or 2 games in last 20 odd games before wc. Lost even warm up game against Bangladesh. Just because we managed to beat Eng and NZ suddenly our performance become very consistent. Lol
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Bro, you misread my post I think. I said Sarfaraz should be removed as there was no stability to begin with.
 
Sarfraz should not be removed because it will set the precedent that if you want to become captain you just have to sabotage the current captain. Need continuity and stability.
 
Imad is being groomed as the next leader. Sarfraz got the job when expectations were very low, he has done the best he could, he should make way for the new generation and let us build for the next world cup.
 
PaceOverEverything said:
Sarfraz should not be removed because it will set the precedent that if you want to become captain you just have to sabotage the current captain. Need continuity and stability.
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Stability of what exactly? Loosing every single thing?

You want to keep successful things stable, failures require necessary actions to be taken.
 
Titan24 said:
Bro, you misread my post I think. I said Sarfaraz should be removed as there was no stability to begin with.
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My bad. I think you were in the process of editing your post so misread that.
 
PaceOverEverything said:
Sarfraz should not be removed because it will set the precedent that if you want to become captain you just have to sabotage the current captain. Need continuity and stability.
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Mediocrity should be removed whenever you have time to. Also on performance alone he should be kicked out. No one is stopping him to perform or loose some fat belly. He is only himself to blame for that.
 
For once cant we become a consistent side and head in to the world cup being ranked as a top 3 odi side ,instead we come in to this world cup on the basis of prayers not the hardwork and professionalasim which top teams like england,Australia and india are renowned for.First thing the pcb needs to do is with thorough analysis select a new cheif selector and a coaching management which meets the requirements for the team.In my opinion the coaching staff should be foreign most preferably Australian or English as they are very professional unlike the local pakistani coaches who are neither professional or meet the demands and criteria for modern cricket which is evident from the talk shows they feauture in, secondly we need a cheif selector who strongly selects the team on merit and most importantly keeps the conditions of the country in mind for which the team tours in(like uae,south Africa,Australia etc),the cheif selectors main job is to select the right players for the right format and most importantly the right CONDITIONS for eg strong back foot batsman for Australia,good spin bowlers in uae not darters etc,Whats the use of the cheif selector as even an ordinary person like me can select a player by just picking the players based on stats.So the cheif selector should have a good eye and he should be confident that the players he has selected will preform in the conditions for which the players game is suited to and the format for which he is selected for.After the management is decided next comes the captain. Captain should be strategically smart,have resonable english communication skills ,be fit,And most of all is an consistent performer and merits a place in his side so that groupings and other things are kept in check.For me two candidates currently meet these criteria those two are Babar azam and haris sohail and I am confident these two will be consistent performers and most possibly will feature in the next world cup,Four years are enough to groom a new captain and pcb should give ample time to the new captain to establish himself and be persistent.
 
Yes he needs to. He has fitness issues and for the sake of cricket PCB groom your next captain so they don't make stupid statements in front of media. Already this team is very insecure but when you add a captain whose memes go viral then it becomes more insecure.
 
we need good striker at 6 7 and 8 if you want to b in top tier. Sorry to say but he is not even half decent a player for such role. And the fact he failed to inspire the team means he is not going to go far in future.

So if you want to build a decent team there's no place for him. its better to invest in a young player right now rather than lambasting the fact in 4 years time " we should have groomed a young player "
 
Were you guys expecting Pakistan to win the WC? we know for years we were no 7-8 ranked ODI side. I think Pakistan has done really well in the WC overall. One disappointment was heavy loss against WI
 
Yes. It’s time to drop drop him from team aswell.


Thank you Sarfraz bhaee. Go back to domestic, improve your fitness and game and comeback stronger fitter and better else play PSL and domestic for next few years.
 
Sarfraz should have some shame and resign as captain

Sarfraz should have some shame and resign as captain
 
This guy has no shame; Inzi resign and Inzi is not as big a culprit as this guy but he is shamelessly holding on to captaincy :facepalm:
 
RameezRambo_Fan said:
Sarfaraz Ahmed has no business being a captain. What exactly are his skills as a leader? None whatsoever. It's embarrassing to see what great captains we've had in the past, and then seeing this clown lead us.

Here are some of my biggest issues with him:

1. Totally Unfit
If this guy is your captain and looks like a potato, what example are you setting for younger players? There is something called a diet, which I'm almost certain PCB have advised its players to strictly follow. if he's more interested in Nihari and Gol Gappay and refuses to lead by example, then what more are you expecting? Why else do you think Hassan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Imam-ul-Haq were out smoking sheesha and eating fast food DURING the world cup?

2. Badtameez
Has anybody ever taught him how to speak properly? When he's on the pitch, he's always screaming at his own players like he's some field marshall, not to mention making that silly frustrated face of his. If this guy is going to loose his marbles every time Pakistan goes through a rough patch during a match, then he isn't a leader let alone a captain.

3. A Coward
When Babar Azam was bowled out versus South Africa and Pakistan was 222/4, I totally expected him to come out and lead us to victory. Instead this coward sat in the dressing room while sending out Imad Wasim first and then Wahab Riaz. He decided to come out when only 2 runs were needed to win. What an absolute coward.

4. Crying To The Media
He made a comment about how we should all support the team through tough times blah blah blah. It's only thing to support the team when they're playing 100% and just having bad luck. It's another when 5 of your players are out smoking sheesha at 2:00 am and eating fast food, while completely getting bamboozled on the pitch. The only reason we're not in the semi final right now is because of that pathetic display against West Indies. Those were 2 points we could have used.

And I love how he's now involving is wife about how she cried. Why is your wife in England to begin with? Almost every world cup team in any sport knows to keep family and friends away during these tournaments - it's been a practice since the 90s. And here he is bringing everyone from Karachi with him like it's some free vacation.

Please get rid of him.
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1... very true.. totally unfit and not best of shape.
2... can go either way .. his over the moon yelling is something that works .. if he doesnt do that, players slack even more
3....True comment , wrong example... when imad came ahead of him in SA and Bang game, the match situation demanded that.. Sarfraz inst a natural hitter, imad is .. HE IS A COWard no doubt when he hid behind SSA in Aus game.. when he got run out against Afg when he should have taken the strike as imad was seriously struggling ... so wrong example but right comment..

4... on sheesha bar, he wasnt there and yes, they should be massacared for their diet but what that idiot did to him when he had his child in his arms and the words he used for sarfraz was guttered.. i aint no saint and probably use worse words every day but u dont do that when the man has his kids and family around him... that was soo un fair and blow the belt ... and why shouldnt he have his wife and kids with him? they have free days and free time .. why cant they spend with family? u think its better to spend time with famil or a casino?
 
Keep him as T20 Captain as he has good results there and the World Cup will be coming up next year. He needs to resign from Tests and ODIs.
 
To add to your list:

5) doesn't make team on merit. Woeful batting technique, chokes under pressure.

6)Bad tactics: he often sets defensive fields which allows a new batsmen to settle in. E g not giving a slip for Wahab when he was bowling well and creating chances v England in WC.
Or vs BAN in Asia cup - they were 15-3 but of course he went defensive and they posted 239 instead of closing then out earlier.

Also, he doesn't know how to use the conditions properly- I've seen him use spinners while the ball is swinging etc.
 
Some brilliant posts here detailing Sarfaraz’s misadventures with Pak cricket. #gosarfarazgo
 
Make Amir captain for one or two years with Babar as voice captain. It might give Amir a bit more confidence. I noticed that since Amir's comeback, he has never been aggressive regarding fielding and placement. I wonder what would be his reaction on dropped catches had he not been convicted of spot fixing?
 
He should have been shown the door already. He just doesn't make the team anymore. He's blocking a much superior player in Rizwan at this point. He can continue playing tests though for a couple of years.
 
Decent leader, decent strategist, but poor batsman... he doesnt make the team as a wicket keeper batsman, he has to go work on his batting, go down to first class and work on being a better batsman and then come back to the team
 
Of course...should be asked to lose weight and gain fitness to start off with
 
shahidbhai said:
Decent leader, decent strategist, but poor batsman... he doesnt make the team as a wicket keeper batsman, he has to go work on his batting, go down to first class and work on being a better batsman and then come back to the team
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Explain one decent strategy on the field. There were a bunch of times in this world cup where bowlers had facepalms because of a missing slip fielder for new Batsmen. He can't bat either
 
rhony said:
Explain one decent strategy on the field. There were a bunch of times in this world cup where bowlers had facepalms because of a missing slip fielder for new Batsmen. He can't bat either
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Strategy of shouting and pressurising his own fielders. Introducing a culture of badtameezi and disdain for fitness.
 
Saj said:
So Pakistan have failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the World Cup, have had a terrible run leading into the World Cup, whitewashed by Australia and thrashed by England.

At the World Cup they were humiliated by West Indies, beaen easily by India and also lost to Australia.

Do you think it's time for Sarfaraz Ahmed to resign as Pakistan's ODI skipper?
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Australian whitewash was selectors fault sending a 'B- team' against likes of Australia
 
Well he has refused to Resign, he knows he can't hold a place in the side (without captaincy) ahead of Mohd Rizwan. And PCB is considering a new Captain.
Hope they bring in a New Skipper with Babar as Vice Captain.
 
rhony said:
Explain one decent strategy on the field. There were a bunch of times in this world cup where bowlers had facepalms because of a missing slip fielder for new Batsmen. He can't bat either
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"missing slip fielder" cmon man, thats part of the game, happens to every captain who sets a field.

But the field he set for Jos Buttler, when amir got him caught, it was like a fly slip/gully kinda of position that wahab was in, great call when we needed a wicket.

Opening with Shadab against bairstow was a good call (got him lbw)

his DRS decisions have been good, that Amir wicket of Amla, A LOT of ppl thought that was going down leg, but he took it.

his team selection from the South Africa game onwards has been perfect considering who we had.


there's more but i cant remember off the top of my head right now

and YES i agree, he cant bat, thats what stopping him from being in my team...he fixes his batting, and improves his fitness, he should re enter the team, and then we can figure out captaincy later.
 
Who's our ODI captain?

Is Sarfaraz going to stay as our captain for the Sri Lanka odi series or are we gonna get a new captain?
 
Have a feeling his days may be numbered as captain - all depends on the coach we get.
 
Don't think he should resign on account of failure as skipper. If anything, team exceeded expectations at World Cup.

As wk batsman is he best option on date in Pak cricket is question. Answer is quite likely no and as such he automatically loses captaincy.
 
pratiktc said:
Don't think he should resign on account of failure as skipper. If anything, team exceeded expectations at World Cup.

As wk batsman is he best option on date in Pak cricket is question. Answer is quite likely no and as such he automatically loses captaincy.
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Placing 5th isn't exceeding expectations. They performed at par of what we expected. Going to the semis would have been exceeding expectations.
We're no Bangladesh.
 
Changed my mind. I'd keep him as captain. See if he can do something with new coaches.

We have few other captaincy choices, and I don't want to burden someone like Babar or even Fakhar who's wilting recently with captaincy. Sarfraz still averages over 41 this year, and his only terrible year in ODIs since becoming a regular was 2018. Tests, Sarfraz has been awful 3 years straight so needs to go.

Not worth messing with the development of the team. And looking at the PSL too, I'm not sure we really have better captains out there. And he's doing well in T20s, and the T20 world cup is coming up soon.

Rather than rocking the boat too much, I would see how Rizwan does with gloves and bat in tests. I would also play Rizwan as a ODI batsman, hopefully higher up in the order. And maybe Sarfraz will do better just focusing on LOI.

We don't want to be in the situation where there is chaos if the new captain (who will be inexperienced as there's not much to choose from) is a disaster, or Rizwan doesn't work out (who's had issues breaking into the team before).
 
Should have been booted after the WC. The results from the past two years do not merit him staying on.
 
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