"To have Shadab Khan as T20 captain must have been decided beforehand”: Mohammad Amir

[BouncerGuy]

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Mohammad Amir speaking during the TV show:

"Mike Hesson wouldn't have said that Shadab Khan would come back into the team once he gets fit. It was already decided during the PSL itself that Mike Hesson would become the coach, and at that time, Shadab was injured. Mike Hesson was new at that time, so who had so much power that they said Shadab would directly come back into the team? It must have been decided beforehand.”

Ahmed Shahzad:

“Once you've made a decision, you also need your own people to execute it. They're even talking about making him captain now. And we already know that Salman Ali Agha will be removed from captaincy after the World Cup and they will make Shadab Khan captain.”

 

[shah9425]

He should never be near any captaincy role

 

[Professionalismandflair]

He should never be near any captaincy role

He should be nowhere near the team

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Shadab could be a very lethal captain but "Bhangray da"

 

[Hyder]

He should be nowhere near the team

He has scored more runs than any other batsman barring sahibzada. He walks into this team as hitter solely. Stop this agenda. Come for him when you are done with babar, agha, nawaz, usman.

Otth, i so hope someone plays gem of an inning be it usman khan or agha or anyone and Pak somehow scrapes through super8.

 

[shah9425]

Shadab could be a very lethal captain but "Bhangray da"

Will be chest thumping after beating associates

 

[DeadlyVenom]

The Rhona dhona of these two is incredible.

Any topic. These guys are ready to have a moan and a groan.

If there is no topic. They make one up.

 

[Hawkeye]

He has scored more runs than any other batsman barring sahibzada. He walks into this team as hitter solely. Stop this agenda. Come for him when you are done with babar, agha, nawaz, usman.

Otth, i so hope someone plays gem of an inning be it usman khan or agha or anyone and Pak somehow scrapes through super8.

You are on whose payroll?

Shadab is the least deserving person to be in the team.

He cannot bat, he cannot bowl. He’s absolutely pathetic at both these roles and is wasting an extremely important position.

He cannot play pace, he cannot hit spin, he cannot bowl spin either and is a runs machine.

Stop this propaganda.

Nawaz is also terrible but slightly better than Shadab as he at least can bowl sometimes.

 

[Rana]

Shadab could be a very lethal captain but "Bhangray da"

And Naseem can be giddeya di Rani

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shahid Afridi speaking during a TV show on Samaa:

"If Mike Hesson stays on as the coach, then I think Shadab Khan will be made the captain. They have a connection and go back a long way, stemming from their stint with Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League. Shadab Khan is not a bad choice because we don’t have many options but if his performance as a bowler was better, then it would have been great."

"We need Shadab to come up with consistent performances. If that happens, we will also feel good about calling him the captain. I always used to say he was the backbone of the team. I think Shadab will be made the captain as they don't have any other choice. Make him the captain, but he should be a performer."

 

[Hyder]

You are on whose payroll?

Shadab is the least deserving person to be in the team.

He cannot bat, he cannot bowl. He’s absolutely pathetic at both these roles and is wasting an extremely important position.

He cannot play pace, he cannot hit spin, he cannot bowl spin either and is a runs machine.

Stop this propaganda.

Nawaz is also terrible but slightly better than Shadab as he at least can bowl sometimes.

How come shadab scored more than all other batsman including your captain who is batting at no 3 of all spots and once in generational talent opener??

I am all in for accountability for players but stop this nonsense. Shadab deserves to be in team more than agha, saim, usman, nawaz, babar.

 

[shah9425]

Shahid Afridi speaking during a TV show on Samaa:

"If Mike Hesson stays on as the coach, then I think Shadab Khan will be made the captain. They have a connection and go back a long way, stemming from their stint with Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League. Shadab Khan is not a bad choice because we don’t have many options but if his performance as a bowler was better, then it would have been great."

"We need Shadab to come up with consistent performances. If that happens, we will also feel good about calling him the captain. I always used to say he was the backbone of the team. I think Shadab will be made the captain as they don't have any other choice. Make him the captain, but he should be a performer."

Oh please no

 

[zaidihusain]

Shahid Afridi speaking during a TV show on Samaa:

"If Mike Hesson stays on as the coach, then I think Shadab Khan will be made the captain. They have a connection and go back a long way, stemming from their stint with Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League. Shadab Khan is not a bad choice because we don’t have many options but if his performance as a bowler was better, then it would have been great."

"We need Shadab to come up with consistent performances. If that happens, we will also feel good about calling him the captain. I always used to say he was the backbone of the team. I think Shadab will be made the captain as they don't have any other choice. Make him the captain, but he should be a performer."

Wow Afridi used to call Shadab backbone of the team that's why team is in such a poor condition. They guy who stays unfit every 6 out of 12 months, who can't bowl more than 4 overs is being proposed as captain. On what basis Shadab was allowed to return after injury without playing any domestic match to prove his form.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

The Rhona dhona of these two is incredible.

Any topic. These guys are ready to have a moan and a groan.

If there is no topic. They make one up.

They have a point. Earlier we all felt they are cry babies

 

[shah9425]

Wow Afridi used to call Shadab backbone of the team that's why team is in such a poor condition. They guy who stays unfit every 6 out of 12 months, who can't bowl more than 4 overs is being proposed as captain. On what basis Shadab was allowed to return after injury without playing any domestic match to prove his form.

This is a poor statement from Afridi

 

[hassan918]

The captain should be performing great himself and this is certainly not the case with Shadab.

 

[shah9425]

The captain should be performing great himself and this is certainly not the case with Shadab.

Exactly no need to make captain whose half deliveries are full tosses

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Who idiot made this suggestion, he doesn't deserve to be in the team.

 

[TeymurBlake]

Pakistan choosing Shadab as the next captain will be diabolical decision.

He doesn’t warrant a position in the team forget about captain. There is a serious lack of leaders to take over.

 

[shah9425]

If this joker is made captain

I urge everyone to boycott this team

 

[Cric1234]

He needs interviewing again about the Shadab the great legspinner we were going to see after the Namibia game...... Where did he go?

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

They want another player as captain who doesn't deserve to be in the team? I thought we just went through that

 

[GudduBadmash]

Whenever I think of this guy nothing but explicit curses come to mind. If he is captain being as garbage as he is then rest in peace Pakistan Cricket

Can’t bowl can’t bat he’s only good for getting diseases from gande kaaM in the Caribbean

 

[zaidihusain]

Those ex players who are in favour of making Shaheen, Shadab, Babar or Rizwan as captain must be completely banned from appearing on any TV channel. Enough of this Sasur Damads nexus, this culture has ruined entire team.

Shaheen, Babar, Shadab, Nawaz, Rizwan, Naseem must be dropped forever from international cricket. They are since 9 years in team but never won anything big

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Mercenary needs ditching altogether

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Pakistan choosing Shadab as the next captain will be diabolical decision.

He doesn’t warrant a position in the team forget about captain. There is a serious lack of leaders to take over.

Fakhar Zaman is the best choice for LOIs and on merit he is the sher of this team... Countless number of ICC tournament performances opening the batting... Misbah was the reason behind Fakhar didnt open all these years... when he was injured during an away series to NZL he promoted Rizwan and he stayed there lost countless no. of matches with his slow batting......

Fakhar Zaman with half fitness battling illness and **** was world class today back in opening shoes among those rubbish cricketers...

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Those ex players who are in favour of making Shaheen, Shadab, Babar or Rizwan as captain must be completely banned from appearing on any TV channel. Enough of this Sasur Damads nexus, this culture has ruined entire team.

Shaheen, Babar, Shadab, Nawaz, Rizwan, Naseem must be dropped forever from international cricket. They are since 9 years in team but never won anything big

Totally agree with you... Kick out all those nepotistic father in laws.....

Starting from Rameez Raja to Imran Farhat to now Shaheen and Shadab...

 

[AAli98]

Saqlains son In law would not make a Sunday pub xi here he is being made national team captain.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Actually he somewhat got away unscathed because others sucked even worse.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Please don’t ever bring this topic to me.

I respect the forum rules here and my fellow posters and I don’t want to put into words my real emotions right now so please do not push me.

 

[khyberlion]

To think this clown is likely to be the new captain shows how far our cricket has fallen and the direction it's heading towards.

 

[AZulfi]

Making Shadab (defensive mindset, cut from the same cloth as Misbah, Babar etc) T20 Captain will be another pathetic decision if rumours are true.

A captain should be someone who is an automatic choice in the eleven as a batsman or bowler.

Fakhar is the 1st choice as captain for me (and it is not now; I have been saying this for a year), then Farhan

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Actually he somewhat got away unscathed because others sucked even worse.

Only because he did some minnow-bashing while the others couldn't even do that lol

 

[Obaidd]

If this joker is made captain

I urge everyone to boycott this team

Shady was given a category B central contract too when he was nowhere near the team and hadn’t played for pak in a long time. Agha was just keeping the seat warm for the real captain of pak - Shadab

 

[harshjoshi87]

What has Shadab done to get captaincy??

Better to make Saim Ayub as captain & build team for 2028 edition.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Only because he did some minnow-bashing while the others couldn't even do that lol

yea some unconvincing runs edging his way through. AT the end stats won't tell that. He is one o fthe three guys who crossed 100 runs tally in this edition.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

yea some unconvincing runs edging his way through. AT the end stats won't tell that. He is one o fthe three guys who crossed 100 runs tally in this edition.

Yeah and at a high SR too. The epitome of misleading stats...

 

[shah9425]

What has Shadab done to get captaincy??

Better to make Saim Ayub as captain & build team for 2028 edition.

Saim batting woes are troubling

I think Farhan is best option

 

[Rana]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028017541453644003

 

[shah9425]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028017541453644003

Can't believe this was one of our greatest spinners

 

[Rana]

Can't believe this was one of our greatest spinners

That’s how it is.

Wasim Akram was the Zinadine Zidane of cricket in his time.

He sounds like a total pelican when talking and commenting on cricket now.

 

[shah9425]

That’s how it is.

Wasim Akram was the Zinadine Zidane of cricket in his time.

He sounds like a total pelican when talking and commenting on cricket now.

Don't know what happens to them post retirement

I was big fan of saqlain but now I hate him seeing his face on TV

Also others wasim ramiz waqar

 

[gazza619]

What has Shadab done to get captaincy??

Better to make Saim Ayub as captain & build team for 2028 edition.

Well if there is one player currently who is the first one the team sheet it is Farhan. Why not make him captain?

Farhan is experienced, is 29 years old and deserves it more than anyone else. I also dont mind experimenting with him in ODIs and red ball.

 

[Concerned]

Shadab will have a half decent season in PSL and the think tanks will give him captaincy

 

[shah9425]

Shadab will have a half decent season in PSL and the think tanks will give him captaincy

Never

Hopefully will be thrashed in psl too

 

[Rana]

Well if there is one player currently who is the first one the team sheet it is Farhan. Why not make him captain?

Farhan is experienced, is 29 years old and deserves it more than anyone else. I also dont mind experimenting with him in ODIs and red ball.

Oh bhai tu rehnde

Tera koi deen imaan nahi hai!

 

[shah9425]

Well if there is one player currently who is the first one the team sheet it is Farhan. Why not make him captain?

Farhan is experienced, is 29 years old and deserves it more than anyone else. I also dont mind experimenting with him in ODIs and red ball.

Hmmm yeah why not

 

[gazza619]

Oh bhai tu rehnde

Tera koi deen imaan nahi hai!

Rozay ki halat main jhoot nahin bolta

 

[Rana]

Rozay ki halat main jhoot nahin bolta

I know, that’s why I still don’t trust you

 

[gazza619]

I know, that’s why I still don’t trust you

As if I care, lol

 

[Shaka81]

Shadab would be a disaster as a captain, he shouldn't even be near the team. But not sure Fakhar or Farhan have shown any aptitude as captains domestically to be considered. There must be someone in Pakistan cricket who earns a place in the team on performance who has shown some tactical nous to be captain. Might need to be a youngster who can develop further into the role.

 

[harshjoshi87]

Well if there is one player currently who is the first one the team sheet it is Farhan. Why not make him captain?

Farhan is experienced, is 29 years old and deserves it more than anyone else. I also dont mind experimenting with him in ODIs and red ball.

Saim has played more cricket than Farhan & is also young.

 

[Professionalismandflair]

Shadab would be a disaster as a captain, he shouldn't even be near the team. But not sure Fakhar or Farhan have shown any aptitude as captains domestically to be considered. There must be someone in Pakistan cricket who earns a place in the team on performance who has shown some tactical nous to be captain. Might need to be a youngster who can develop further into the role.

Sahibzada

 

[shah9425]

Saim has played more cricket than Farhan & is also young.

He can't even score runs and adding captaincy to it would be catastrophic

I think Farhan is suitable

 

[gazza619]

Saim has played more cricket than Farhan & is also young.

The comparison between is quite interesting actually. Saim has indeed played more international cricket but Farhan is a domestic cricket beast.

Saim’s time will come eventually in a couple of years.