I have no problem with Misbah's batting style... The problem is the mind set that every batsmen should be defensive one... You need variety on the team, one aggressive batsmen is a must... Mark my words Pakistan can never improve batting unless they have atleast one aggressive batsmen... Every other team has it... We don't have the same apporach in bowling, we look for aggressive wicket taking bowlers, the same applies to batting...
The rise of Auses was starting with Haddin at top and Gilly at 7... Indian get much better results when they had Sewag at open... Auses replace Haddin with Warner to keep aggression going... SA has Amla, Eng had KP... We are not going to develop aggressive batsmen if entire nation is after aggressive batsmen... Umer Akmal was our best bet, but every past and present test cricketer is after him, and so or the selectors, as if we a long line of Rahul Dravidian in our current line up... It just boils me when team strategically does not even look for aggressive batsmen, it is a must, if you want to improve batting
India has the same problem in bowling department, they don't look for aggressive fast bowler... Atleast we all agree without aggressive fast bowlers you cannot win test matches... My argument is in batting that's also as important... With KP England cannot win because Cook knows without his aggression, no matter how many centuries he score they will not win... Pakistan need this more than anybody else because our defensive batsmen or not traffic strong defense any way... We need a change of culture in batting department... That's my main greviance with Misbah... He just don't like batsmen getting out rashly, but aggressive batsmen will and you need to give them this room, no risk no reward... I don't want everybody to play like that but somebody must do that, the one that has natural tendency and shots should be nurtured rather than discouraged...
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