Should Shan Masood replace Azhar Ali in the next ODI squad?

[Kohli The King of Chase]

He's in a beast mode.

Yes, the quality of cricket is pretty low. But still to average over hundred and hitting big hundreds is no easy task.

He also has PSL and if he does well, then he'd be on the plane to Zimbabwe.

Whether he's the answer or not is a different question, but he deserves a place based on merit.

I can see Inzi dropping Shan from test squad and select him for the odi squad.

 

[JattMaula]

I approve this selection.

 

[Syed1]

At this point even some random welder, mistry, mochi, mechanic from the street would be a better selection than Azhar Ali.

 

[BlueDoritos]

A couple of great tournaments is not enough to warrant a place in the ODI team. Let's see if he continues like this for at least a year or so. Also Psl is about to start, let's see how he does there.

 

[BlueDoritos]

At this point even some random welder, mistry, mochi, mechanic from the street would be a better selection than Azhar Ali.

Don't have to search outside the ODI team. Hasan Ali is there, should open the batting with Fakhar. Hasan can provide us decent starts, even a 30 off 15 would be good.

 

[hailian]

Thanks God some mistry munshi and mechanic level soch type of people not running PCB otherwise Azhar average and SR would not have been better than garbage players in the team. Azhar is a class player and one bad series or munshi mechanic soch doesn't make him a lesser player.

I agree with OP both Shan Masood and Khurram manzoor should be included in our ODi and test team base on their current form,

 

[Railu Katta]

OP must want Pakistan to lose

 

[King-Misbah]

Khurram Manzoor and Shan Masood should be far from the ODI team. We need Nasir Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Sohail Akhtar etc type of players and not these slugs.

 

[hailian]

Khurram Manzoor and Shan Masood should be far from the ODI team. We need Nasir Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Sohail Akhtar etc type of players and not these slugs.

But they are in supreme form in domestic and it should be materialize into national team otherwise people would stop playing in domestic.

 

[babajee]

Would take him any day over Bhanja and Azhar

 

[GullyCricketFlop]

Yes,Masood deserves a place.Maqsood should also be in.

 

[junaidji]

Nah, I wanna see Sahibzada Farhan or Mukhtar Ahmed instead. We need dynamic power hitters to partner Fakhar. and Masood only gets chances because he has family connections.

 

[Markhor]

A guy with a career SR of 79 in List A cricket is no more the solution to our opening problem than Azhar Ali is.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Sure, why not. Good domestic performance should be always rewarded.

 

[Sirris]

Azhar Ali has to go no matter what. Based on his recent domestic performances Shan Massod could be his replacement.

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Shan deserves it based off of his recent performances.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Let me tell you what will happen if he plays.

Edges behind in the first 5 over guaranteed.

 

[SARJ_BD]

Thanks God some mistry munshi and mechanic level soch type of people not running PCB otherwise Azhar average and SR would not have been better than garbage players in the team. Azhar is a class player and one bad series or munshi mechanic soch doesn't make him a lesser player.

I agree with OP both Shan Masood and Khurram manzoor should be included in our ODi and test team base on their current form,

Azhar Ali came into ODI squad on 2015.
>How many great innings did he play?
>How many 70+ did he score?
He only had a good CL thats it!

 

[SARJ_BD]

Nah, I wanna see Sahibzada Farhan or Mukhtar Ahmed instead. We need dynamic power hitters to partner Fakhar. and Masood only gets chances because he has family connections.

But Farhan did not had a good series. He only played well last year (4 consecutive half centuries), after that he got lost.

 

[backfootpunch]

Don't have to search outside the ODI team. Hasan Ali is there, should open the batting with Fakhar. Hasan can provide us decent starts, even a 30 off 15 would be good.

I like this idea. A quick cameo to take a bit of pressure of Fakhar and put bowlers on the backfoot.

 

[UN talkz]

But Farhan did not had a good series. He only played well last year (4 consecutive half centuries), after that he got lost.

Have you even checked his recent scores

 

[Sirris]

Let me tell you what will happen if he plays.

Edges behind in the first 5 over guaranteed.

That would be an improvement!

For in the recent NZ series 3 wickets down in the first 5 overs was a norm.

 

[MMHS]

If it's between the 2 as ODI Opener/#3, then Shan definitely should be picked - but that tells more about AA than Masood.

 

[hadi123]

Nope. Sahibzada Farhan should be considered ahead of Masood.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

I would do it just for the jokes.

 

[Rayyman]

But Farhan did not had a good series. He only played well last year (4 consecutive half centuries), after that he got lost.

Averaged 57 in the tournament with 1 hundred and 3 fifties in 8 matches.

 

[Greenstorm]

One step forward, two steps backwards.

 

[ShahidDar08]

In:

Shan Masood
Hussain Talat
Iftikhar Ahmad
Sahibzada Farhan

Out:

Azhar Ali
Mohammed Hafeez
Shoaib Mallik
Imam ul Huq