[VIDEO] "Babar Azam's captaincy is like a sacred cow that cannot be criticized": Mohammad Hafeez

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[VIDEO] "Babar Azam's captaincy is like a sacred cow that cannot be criticized": Mohammad Hafeez

Mohammad Hafeez while speaking on TV

"Babar Azam's captaincy is like a sacred cow that cannot be criticized"

"It's the third consecutive big game that we are seeing flaws in Babar Azam's captaincy, but we are saying that by the time he gets to the age of 32 he will learn"

"This is not about learning, but about taking responsibility. If you are not able to deliver as captain, then you have to accept responsibility. You can't just say that I am still learning"

"In the last World Cup (ICC World T20 Cup 2021) that we lost (to Australia), we saw issues in captaincy and in the wrong usage of bowlers"

"In today's match, from 7th over till 11th over, when India were struggling for even 4 runs an over, why did you not fulfill your spin quota over in that time frame?"

"How can you make such a big mistake in such a big match, that the bowler whose 1 over is stuck, you are making him bowl the last over"

"Also, your left-arm spin bowler who got hit for 3 sixes bowling spin, who told him (Nawaz) to bowl seam up and become a medium pacer"

"To me, we have given away that match we could had won, a big game that we and the world were waiting for. The match was in our hands, but again a wrong decision, regardless of who took it, should take responsibility for this."

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[GLORY OF '92]

Spot on by Hafeez. Times up for Babar as Captain.

I'd try Shadab.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Hafeez is being a phuphi here.

Everyone criticizes Babar's captaincy.

He made one glaring error today which was to go in with 3 pacers instead of 4.

 

[GreenKhan]

I have little respect for analysts who were perennial chokers on the big stage eg Hafeez. I remember when Hafeez was captain in the 2012 and 2014 WCs.

You could tell he was bricking it at the toss when we played India . That fear went down all through the team and resulted in major one sides losses .

This team has its flaws but it is a major upgrade on those rubbish days.

 

[Rana]

Hafeez chatting breeze

The bowling change decisions were pretty accurate

Babar faults generally as a captain and leader due to his own selfishness and not batting at 3 or 4. Instead he opens and looks for soft runs to make himself look like a prolific scorer with his poor strike rate

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Hafeez is being a phuphi here.

Everyone criticizes Babar's captaincy.

He made one glaring error today which was to go in with 3 pacers instead of 4

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He and Rizwan been carrying their friends and relatives upto here in the WT20 right Khusdil, Ifthikar, Asif ali, Usman Qadir etc.

Who is to blame for that ??

Haydos came to talk in the drinks break , Fat Saqi found to be sitting in the dugout..

 

[moghul]

Agree, Babar has been poor as captain , costing us some major titles . Even today , I was worried he would leave that one over from Nawaz for at the end and he did. He could have tried one over from Chacha around 14-15 overs . Chacha was in better state of mind after his good batting today.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

I cant blame babar, when nawaz went for 20, he couldnt risk him again.

He took the game to the end, poor umpiring decisions cost us.

 

[chacha kashmiri]

Another Pakistani cricketer stabbing the captain in the back

 

[Major]

Hafeez is being a phuphi here.

Everyone criticizes Babar's captaincy.

He made one glaring error today which was to go in with 3 pacers instead of 4.

not one. he made same mistake in asia cup and against australia he did same thing.

Stoinis cant play spin and he had no spinner to bowl to. Hafeez bowled one full tosses the rest of the 6 deliveries were good. He didn try hafeez again. Babar placed himself in a tighspot as he didnt had another bowler to go to to help him out.

If he had one less over to give to shaheen or haris rauf, pakistan would had not been hit for so many runs.

Babar messed up his usasge of bowlers.

 

[shokz1408]

Babars made the right call not balling out nawaz and giving him as much runs to play with in the last over. He had already given abut 20 runs in an over earlier, would be suicidal letting him continue. I liked the bowling changes that Babar did today, what I didn’t like however is the selection, you need 4 pacers in Australia.

 

[moghul]

Waseem Jr or even Husnain could have played for that " single digit batsman" Asif.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

I have little respect for analysts who were perennial chokers on the big stage eg Hafeez. I remember when Hafeez was captain in the 2012 and 2014 WCs.

You could tell he was bricking it at the toss when we played India . That fear went down all through the team and resulted in major one sides losses .

This team has its flaws but it is a major upgrade on those rubbish days.

True , easy to criticize as armchair critics... When given the job becomes a super bottler..

He did play the 2021 Semi against Aus , waht was he doing as a senior pro, sit n watch the in-experienced captain to make mistakes and the team to lose so that one year later u can sit and criticize..

Very bad from Hafeez

 

[Concerned]

Not sure what cricket he follows - All Pakistan captain get criticised, even when they perform!

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Waseem Jr or even Husnain could have played for that " single digit batsman" Asif.

This Asif guy wont go anywhere until he get hit on head, May Allah save him, he is living dangerously here in Aus, surely not cut for intl..

Better carry drinks to save his life..

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Agree, Babar has been poor as captain , costing us some major titles . Even today , I was worried he would leave that one over from Nawaz for at the end and he did. He could have tried one over from Chacha around 14-15 overs . Chacha was in better state of mind after his good batting today.

These kind of things come naturally only for thinking captains, not someone like Babar who follows whats given to him in a paper..

Rohit is just there for his thinking captaincy, his fitness is very bad and not in form too..

 

[Snowflake]

If he had brought spinners early, then the criticism would've been that he let the batsmen off the hook and should've gone for the kill.

Babar's captaincy was spot on today. He had to work with what he had.

 

[Ashmal]

Babar made the right bowling changes today.

He was right to hold Nawaz back and give him as many runs as possible to defend....but Nawaz choked and even the likes of Haris and Shaheen leaked runs.

These toxic ex-cricketers like Hafeez and Malik showing their true face after a defeat.

 

[Ashmal]

Agree, Babar has been poor as captain , costing us some major titles . Even today , I was worried he would leave that one over from Nawaz for at the end and he did. He could have tried one over from Chacha around 14-15 overs . Chacha was in better state of mind after his good batting today.

Nah...bowling an offspinner to two right-handers esp Pandya who likes to murder the spinners.

Glad Babar didn't do that....match would've ended even earlier and Babar would've been crucified even then.

The only fault was not playing an extra seamer over a hapless Asif Ali.

 

[Major]

Babar made the right bowling changes today.

He was right to hold Nawaz back and give him as many runs as possible to defend....but Nawaz choked and even the likes of Haris and Shaheen leaked runs.

These toxic ex-cricketers like Hafeez and Malik showing their true face after a defeat.

nope/ Even if Nawaz went for 20 runs, Pakistan could had defended the last overs with pacers.

When India needed 48 off 18 deliveries, giving the 17th over to nawaz would had worked. lets assume if he went for 20 runs. 30 o 28 offf two overs was enuff for the pacers to defend.

Babar was never gonna get bigger margin than that. He became greedy and wanted a bigger margin. In the end Nawaz bottled under pressure while defending 16.

 

[IMMY69]

Babar's mistake was not leaving Nawaz to bowl the last over.

The mistake was bowling him the third over because at that stage the Indians had faced five or six consecutive overs of spin and were always going to take Nawaz's third over on which they did.

He should have brought on a seamer at that point and let them take risks against a pacer.

With just three seamers, Nawaz would have had to bowl at some stage but it he shouldn't have bowled his third over when he did.
That was a big mistake.

The really big one was not playing four seamers

 

[IMMY69]

If he had brought spinners early, then the criticism would've been that he let the batsmen off the hook and should've gone for the kill.

Babar's captaincy was spot on today. He had to work with what he had.

Does he not get a say in team selection?

 

[GreenBee]

Babar's plan was to not feed that spinner to Kohli and Pandaya and expected fast bowlers to get rid of dangerous batsmen by last over.

A very sound idea that is only being blasted in the hindsight.

 

[GreenBee]

Even the match thread was like.. "Pandaya will eat the spinner alive", and now posters are totally bashing bringing the spinner late.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

not one. he made same mistake in asia cup and against australia he did same thing.

Stoinis cant play spin and he had no spinner to bowl to. Hafeez bowled one full tosses the rest of the 6 deliveries were good. He didn try hafeez again. Babar placed himself in a tighspot as he didnt had another bowler to go to to help him out.

If he had one less over to give to shaheen or haris rauf, pakistan would had not been hit for so many runs.

Babar messed up his usasge of bowlers.

I was talking about today's game. The semi 2021 is long gone. We didn't play well enough as a team in that match. As simple as that.

 

[zaidihusain]

Shaheen, Harris, Nawaz all 3 got 15-16 runs in their last 3 overs and this was bound to happen. Virat as usual played exceptional innings and he was well supported by Hardik. Pak bowlers did really well almost defended below average target. Pak mainly choked in batting specially Riz & Babar. Even, if Shadab, Haider and Asif might have played little longer Pak might have got 180+

 

[rhony]

No issues with the bowling changes. Babar didn't expect Shaheen and Rauf to be smashed for 32 runs in 2 overs. No point in blaming Babar or even Nawaz.

 

[Major]

I was talking about today's game. The semi 2021 is long gone. We didn't play well enough as a team in that match. As simple as that.

its not long gone. its about his captaincy.

point is, the mistakes he made in 2021, he has not learned and still making the same blunders

 

[Major]

Even the match thread was like.. "Pandaya will eat the spinner alive", and now posters are totally bashing bringing the spinner late.

in the match thread i kept crying that plz use nawaz, if you dont use up his qouta this will come back to bite us. Use him. By the 17th over i figured out that Babar is gonna do his usual thing, giving nawaz the last over

 

[riddu]

This Asif guy wont go anywhere until he get hit on head, May Allah save him, he is living dangerously here in Aus, surely not cut for intl..

Better carry drinks to save his life..

why hate asif ? babar made 0 .. asif is greatest hitter in the world ..anyway babar will never remove his good friend asif ali from the team ..

 

[Kianig89]

Nawaz did his part it's a game that happens nothing wrong problem is the dead Woods Asif Haider who re wasting spots and the self proclaimed preachers who plays an innings of 3(12) in T20 you got to start in 4 5 deliveries hit it or get out blocking/dots in T20 is criminal

 

[Ashmal]

nope/ Even if Nawaz went for 20 runs, Pakistan could had defended the last overs with pacers.

When India needed 48 off 18 deliveries, giving the 17th over to nawaz would had worked. lets assume if he went for 20 runs. 30 o 28 offf two overs was enuff for the pacers to defend.

Babar was never gonna get bigger margin than that. He became greedy and wanted a bigger margin. In the end Nawaz bottled under pressure while defending 16.

Bro....India did score 33 runs off Haris and Shaheen in the 18th and 19th over.

So don't think they would've managed to defend 28 in 2 overs here.

Pakistan had the match until those 2 sixes off Haris Rauf....that was the real turning point.

Babar was banking on Haris leaving atleast 20 runs for Nawaz in last over.

 

[Savak]

Nawaz isn't to blame much. Shaheen, Rauf bottled it against Kohli. These bowlers have enough experience now in pressure situations and should not have bottled it.

The pitch had plenty of pace, bounce where both Kohli, Pandya were having trouble putting away the full face back of a length deliveries and bouncers but out of no where Shaheen and Rauf decided to bowl 4-5 slower ball bouncers which all went for boundaries and sixes. Kohli is the sort of batsmen where once he faces a particular bowler once in the past, he figures out the bowlers tactics and adapts his game accordingly the next time he faces them.

Part of pressure handling in the modern T20 game as a bowler is deciding the right delivery to bowl at the right time.

 

[Savak]

Babar has to be axed as captain once this T20 WC is over. Ramiz gave him all the authority in the world and he along with the CS advised him to have a rethink about the middle order but Babar stubbornly said these are the players I want and that's final.

If Pakistan doesn't do well in this cup and the middle order costs Pakistan badly then surely the captain has to be held accountable.

Babar has been in the job for 3 days now and I think he has reached his maximum cealing. He cannot improve any further as captain. The Karachi Kings debacle is proof that he can't really inspire the team as a leader.

With the likes of Rizwan, Shadab available, I would prefer that Babar fully focuses on his batting and give the captaincy to someone else who deserves it.

 

[Ashmal]

Babar also went for the more attacking option of Shaheen & Haris....hoping that they'd get a wicket and then he can bowl that Nawaz over but the fast bowlers didn't deliver on that front.


Nawaz needs to really improve, not the first time he has lost it under pressure.

He needs to learn how to dart those quick ones at a Yorker length outside off.....to get out of an over when someone's attacking him.

 

[Ami]

The bowlers just bottled it. End of.

 

[shariqnoor]

Once Babar chose to not bowl Nawaz after that 20 run over, Nawaz had to bowl the 20th. Im fine with that choice.

The thing is match wasn't terribly lost by captaincy today. It was lost because Nawaz couldn't handle his nerves. 13 off 3 is a humongous task for the batting team. 99 times out off 100 it doesn't get made, spinner or no spinner. That noball plus two wides were criminal.

India had the luck element going their way as well. It was a 50 50 noball call that fortunately for them went their way. Also the ball ricocheting to third man boundary was very unlucky on Nawaz's part.

 

[Energy]

Babar did miss a trick by not bowling Ifti immediately after Nawaz's 3rd over which was also a poor one. Then he should have carried on with pacers.

But. India would have still won they took Shaheen and Rauf apart too at the end.

 

[PakLFC]

Hafeez is totally right, Babar's body language is of a scared kitten instead of an aggressive captain that it should be. It's almost as if he's about to burst in to tears anytime. As captain he is one dimensional always playing two spinners and three pacers instead of playing to the weakness of the opposition. Ya know Indian lads play spin well then why not play and extra pacer? Babar should walk as skipper if we don't reach the semi final.

 

[D/DAhmed]

It’s disgusting to see these two-faced ex-players like Malik & Hafeez sit and spew such vitriol in the media, especially since Babar’s been nothing but respectful to them throughout his career. Someone should expose them and tell them that during their career, they weren’t even able to provide any form of challenge to India, let alone take games to the last ball regularly and start games as favourites.

Out of all our so called ‘analysts’, only Wasim and Waqar (to an extent Misbah) show respect to the players and aren’t sitting there with agendas and waiting to target everyone after a loss. The actual legends of Pakistan cricket know how to treat the team and respect the players, it’s these third-class, shamless, minnow-level ex-cricketers who spread toxicity on our media platforms

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Babar made the right bowling changes today.

He was right to hold Nawaz back and give him as many runs as possible to defend....but Nawaz choked and even the likes of Haris and Shaheen leaked runs.

These toxic ex-cricketers like Hafeez and Malik showing their true face after a defeat.

Rauf is best in 20th. He put too much pressure on him and used
Nawaz as scapegoat. No planning went in to it

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pakistani ex players are like snakes ready to spit venom at every opportunity they get.

 

[Caved12]

lol, Babar's captaincy was spot on yesterday. Babar does need to improve his body language at times, but yesterday it had nothing to do with the outcome of the game. Babar has done the unthinkable by uniting the team and making them believe that they can beat just about any team in this world.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

lol, Babar's captaincy was spot on yesterday. Babar does need to improve his body language at times, but yesterday it had nothing to do with the outcome of the game. Babar has done the unthinkable by uniting the team and making them believe that they can beat just about any team in this world.

Believing and doing are different things. Right now all we do is throw away trophies.

 

[topspin]

I thought Babar was actually better than his usual subpar standards as captain. He got his bowling changes correct and he had no choice but to bowl Nawaz in the final over.

The problems we have with him are things we can't fix or things we can't fix quickly.

Firstly, he's not a natural leader and this is reflected by his body language on the field. He's no leader of men because he's timid and doesn't have what it takes to inspire his team.

Secondly, he needs to put his team ahead of his personal milestones. Pakistan needs him batting at 3 especially in tournaments because he doesn't have the mental toughness to lead from the front and is simply unable to impose his presence on the opposition.

 

[moghul]

I won't blame Nawaz , its not easy to bowl 20th over to Kohli and Panday when they were extremely set and were ready to go for kill.

Poor thinking from team's think tank including Saqi and Yousif, not just Babar , poor team selection and bowling strategy.

 

[light]

is this really necessary during the ongoing World cup, lol? Way to lower the confidence even further. If he isn't good at taking pressure (as per many pundits and fans alike), probably these talks aren't making his captaincy decision-making any better. Something to discuss after the WC campaign is over.

 

[Caved12]

Believing and doing are different things. Right now all we do is throw away trophies.

I understand what you are saying and totally respect your opinion, but teams don't improve overnight as it takes years. Couple of years ago, we all heavily criticized our team and called them a minnow level team but look where they are now.
At least now we are coming close to winning trophies.

 

[Rana]

lol, Babar's captaincy was spot on yesterday. Babar does need to improve his body language at times, but yesterday it had nothing to do with the outcome of the game. Babar has done the unthinkable by uniting the team and making them believe that they can beat just about any team in this world.

Lol

Sending Shadab and 5 was good captaincy?

Nawaz who won you two back to back games at 4 goes at 7?

 

[Caved12]

Lol

Sending Shadab and 5 was good captaincy?

Nawaz who won you two back to back games at 4 goes at 7?

Both players have helped us win games in the recent past, so don't see any issue with Shadab's batting number especially when specialized batsman/future captain Asif Ali can hardly buy a run or stay at the wicket for more than an over.

 

[Rana]

Both players have helped us win games in the recent past, so don't see any issue with Shadab's batting number especially when specialized batsman/future captain Asif Ali can hardly buy a run or stay at the wicket for more than an over.

Aha

Long World Cup

 

[Caved12]

Aha

Long World Cup

Shadab is not ideal but honestly bro, What would you do as captain when your middle order is flopping left right and center? Of course you would go with players who are raising their hands and accepting the challenge. Sometimes this is necessary to teach others a lesson and make them realize that this is all performance based
All these moves are working as our middle order have started to get better. Asif and Haider should be nowhere near this team

 

[Savak]

Although i find it unethical for the likes of Malik and Hafeez to openly attack Babar like this in public. I cannot disagree with their frustrations over his captaincy. 2-3 years as international captain is enough to guage whether someone is good enough to handle the job in the long run or not. Sachin Tendulkar was smart and less ego-driven to understand his limitations and do what was best for the team i.e. step down from the captaincy to give it to someone more competent at the job and to focus on his own performance as a player.

 

[Firebat]

What was the need of this from Hafeez? What planet is he living on? Every Tom, D and Harry criticise Babar if he even ties his shoelaces wrong.

You, as a huge figure of Pakistan cricket in recent times, going on national TV in the middle of a World Cup to publicly trash your former teammate and captain.

Surely Hafeez knows better than us the impact of such statements, absolutely no shame or decorum in these ex-players. Babar will not see the entire PP forum bashing him but he will take notice of one of his former senior players trashing him on TV, and I doubt it will ease the pressure on this team. Anything for headlines I guess.

 

[Zaz]

These players are unethical and basically have axes to grind I wouldnt listen to anything the likes of malik amir hafeez akmal etc have to say

There were No issues with the bowling changes today

The best option was to hold nawaz back till the last over and hope he had enough runs 25 or so to close out
This is where shaheen and rauf messed up

The problem today was the team selection as their wasnt enough bowling options You cant go in to any game with only 5 dead cert bowlers because like today it could cost you if one has a bad day

India had 6 genuine options today

Going forward he needs to play an extra pacer and not fall into this issue again

 

[ritzy_123]

These players are unethical and basically have axes to grind I wouldnt listen to anything the likes of malik amir hafeez akmal etc have to say

There were No issues with the bowling changes today

The best option was to hold nawaz back till the last over and hope he had enough runs 25 or so to close out
This is where shaheen and rauf messed up

The problem today was the team selection as their wasnt enough bowling options You cant go in to any game with only 5 dead cert bowlers because like today it could cost you if one has a bad day

India had 6 genuine options today

Going forward he needs to play an extra pacer and not fall into this issue again

You're right brother.. I agree fast bowlers messed it up in the end

 

[Usergame]

I have little respect for analysts who were perennial chokers on the big stage eg Hafeez. I remember when Hafeez was captain in the 2012 and 2014 WCs.

You could tell he was bricking it at the toss when we played India . That fear went down all through the team and resulted in major one sides losses .

This team has its flaws but it is a major upgrade on those rubbish days.

Atleast he played at a world cup unlike you

 

[OmaIR1]

Hafeez chatting breeze

The bowling change decisions were pretty accurate

Babar faults generally as a captain and leader due to his own selfishness and not batting at 3 or 4. Instead he opens and looks for soft runs to make himself look like a prolific scorer with his poor strike rate

Babar's captaincy was spot on in my opinion. I am very critical of Babar but he did everything right. Hindsight is 20/20 and Babar made the right calls in heat of the moment. Sometimes you just have to accept that the better team won.

 

[Shafi]

India still have won the match. Apart from Haris & Shadab, Kohli can take 20 runs from our other bowlers. We made a mistake to take parchi Haider and useless Asif in the team and sacrificing a bowling allrounder plus. Imad as a batsman can easily get in our team. But this team is full of parchis and over-hyped players. India should have won by 17-18 overs.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Nope, we were using spinners 7 onwards and the minute Shadab got hit for a six and next over Nawaz went for 3 sixes we moved to pace with Shadab on one end. We took a risk and it didn't paid off, if Kohli or Pandya were out earlier or Harris/Shaheen didn't give 15 plus each, everyone be singing a different tune. That being said, the openers needs to up the SR and middle order don't need to give catching practice to others. If Rizwan had made 12 off 12 we would have won. If Rauf has made 6 off last three instead of 2 we would have won. Yes, Baber captaincy have issues but this analysis is totally wrong. Ajmal couldn't defend last over, how was Nawaz suppose to.

 

[Shafi]

Both Shaheen and Babar should talk less and prove themselves under pressure. Both choke when needed most.

 

[Bilal7]

Poor from Hafeez, especially when he played under Babar last year. Seems like he's jealous.

Shadab and Nawaz were going to finish their quota but Kohli took Nawaz down and you couldn't have given him another over when the guy had just gone for 20 in his third.

It was the right decision to hold Nawaz back at that stage. Had Kohli been dismissed by any of the pacers or if he hadn't unlocked some cheat code to hit those two sixes off Rauf, Nawaz would have a much easier time.

The biggest tactical mistake was not playing Wasim. Asif is a luxury we cannot afford to have at this point and we need six proper bowling options. Nawaz is more of a batsman than a bowler these days and even Shaheen and Rauf showed that they can hit sixes.

 

[KyoOne]

Right criticism. Babar should have bowled Nawaz on 17th or 18th over. Last two overs should be reserved for pace bowlers who can land those yorkers at pace. A good fast bowler can defend 8-9 runs an over with accuracy, which is far more difficult for a spinner.

 

[saabir]

His captaincy was good against India. He kept the 1 over in the end and he was expecting RR goes over 25-30 in the last over . Actually that 2 sixes of Haris was the real difference. 48 required in last 3 . Even share gave away plenty and Rauf as well.

 

[SamNJ]

Why so many ex-Pakistani cricketers so vile and toxic. They have frustrations with the top management but taking it on their colleagues shows their narrow mindedness.

 

[Ashmal]

Rauf is best in 20th. He put too much pressure on him and used
Nawaz as scapegoat. No planning went in to it

19th over is usually the most crucial over, those 2 sixes off Rauf just changed the game

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Babar's mistake was not leaving Nawaz to bowl the last over.

The mistake was bowling him the third over because at that stage the Indians had faced five or six consecutive overs of spin and were always going to take Nawaz's third over on which they did.

He should have brought on a seamer at that point and let them take risks against a pacer.

With just three seamers, Nawaz would have had to bowl at some stage but it he shouldn't have bowled his third over when he did.
That was a big mistake.

The really big one was not playing four seamers

Saved my time writing this.. Exactly these are the small things that separates great captains from mediocre bunch..

one more thing to highlight is that he bowled his 3rd over with the short leg side boundary, if he brought Shaheen to bowl and bowl on outside off stump channel surely they will take risk because thats the 11th over and 1st over after drinks break.. and then given the next over to Nawaz with long leg side boundary, if the prev over was a quiet one, Nawaz would've got one of Kohli or Pandya for sure , because not easy to clear the boundary leftarm spin vs right hand batsman 95% chance for wickets there, match would hv been in Pakistans pocket.

Thinking captains know how to read the situations on spot and also should be courage enough to change things.. Need to be a good reader of the match situation first..

 

[Boxer]

What a pathetic person Hafeez is. Criticizing your captain in the middle of a World Cup and earning his bread.

 

[Rana]

What a pathetic person Hafeez is. Criticizing your captain in the middle of a World Cup and earning his bread.

Muqaddas Gai

Freedom of expression

He can say whatever he wants and whenever he wants.

As Babar Azam himself says: “koi farq nahi parhta”

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

I watched this match with a few family members and we were all debating when Nawaz should be brought back on (or continue his overs).

We were pretty evenly divided so it was a tough choice for Babar to make. My own take was to let Nawaz bowl his last over and have a pace bowler bowl the last over. But the rest of the guys agreed with Babar's decision to try to break the partnership and in the end I agreed with them too.

He tried it, and our best bowlers still got smacked.

The other thing I was going to mention is that Iftikhar never got an over. I might have tried to have him sneak one in to see how the INdians responded.

 

[JibranAnsari]

What? How could you give nawaz another over when he was hit for 23 in the 12th over.

The problem was with bowlers selection , we needed another quick. Imagine if axar had to bowl 3 more overs.

 

[asadee]

The funny thing is when Hafeez cites the previous WC semi final example he was there in the match as a senior player. Why didn't he go advise Babar I am sure knowing Babar's personality he wouldn't have shunned him off

 

[PakPremi]

Babar's mistake was not leaving Nawaz to bowl the last over.

The mistake was bowling him the third over because at that stage the Indians had faced five or six consecutive overs of spin and were always going to take Nawaz's third over on which they did.

He should have brought on a seamer at that point and let them take risks against a pacer.

With just three seamers, Nawaz would have had to bowl at some stage but it he shouldn't have bowled his third over when he did.
That was a big mistake.

The really big one was not playing four seamers

This was exactly what I was thinking, when you got away
with 4 spin overs from batsmen who absolutely murder them usually,why are you tempting them again. Bowling a pacer at that stage and going for a wicket at that point would had been vital. Biggest mistake still was playing Asif Ali instead of a pacerwhen you know even if Asif scores 15 runs with one or two sixes, this can be replicated by any of the tailenders, as Shaheen showed, and Wasim Junior ,Haris, Naseem are all capable of too.

 

[world cup captain]

This was not the match to question Babar's captaincy decisions. He was spot on with bowling changes and holding off Nawaz till the end. Kohli's incredible slap shot off Rauf threw off the entire team. To add to everything, nothing can excuse Nawaz's last over. Two wides and a no ball are simply unjustifiable at any point of the game and in any format.

 

[Shariq7]

Hafeez and Malik are perennial losers. First, they were losers on the field, and now on-screen.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Looks like Mohammad amer has also released an analysis on Babar's captaincy with respect to using of Shaheen?

 

[Suleiman]

Can see the insecurity in both Malik and Hafeez’s comments as panelists. Poor to see.

Need to have panelists who have no ties to current set-up or they will show ill will of being dropped.

 

[Major]

In hindsight everyones an expert.

 

[zafarsyed]

The reality is that most people that follow Pakistani cricket don't really understand the game as well and whenever we suffer a heart breaking loss, we start to irrationally criticize everything about everyone in the team. The saddest part it all is that former players (who in their time did not appreciate others criticizing them without knowing all the facts) are the same people now playing critic. Hafeez and rest of these former players should be ashamed of themselves.

 

[Major]

The reality is that most people that follow Pakistani cricket don't really understand the game as well and whenever we suffer a heart breaking loss, we start to irrationally criticize everything about everyone in the team. The saddest part it all is that former players (who in their time did not appreciate others criticizing them without knowing all the facts) are the same people now playing critic. Hafeez and rest of these former players should be ashamed of themselves.

Man, if someone decides to pull out Dale steyn and ask hafeez that you are so technical, why couldn't you fix up self and play him. He will come up with something lame that steyn was quality.

Hafeez retired with a batting avg of 30 but talks as if he avg 50plus.

Hafeez, wahab, amir... they all are just sprouting garbage..

Africa has been very supportive and hasn't said anything which is nonsense. Waseem and his team keep saying that these guys are the selected bunch so back them now no matter what