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

[Rana]

Amir is history and no longer the same bowler. When was the last time he bowled in an ODI match?

When was the last time Zaman Khan bowled in a list A????!

 

[Nado_]

The reality is that Babar got more things wrong than he got right in the match against Sri Lanka and going into a World Cup that is extremely worrying.

Same mistakes with selection, field=placings, utilising bowlers, the lack of urgency with the bat etc.

More and more people are getting fed up of his captaincy but unfortunately they will not remove captaincy from him until maybe World Cup failure. This would be perfect time to hand captaincy to someone like Rizwan. Has a captain ever voluntarily removed themselves?

 

[Nado_]

The fact that Karachi Kings don’t have him as captain says it all.

 

[Asad T]

He also sent Nawaz over Ifti today, which I didn't think was a good idea
Yes, he probably wanted to send a lefty to negate Lanka's left arm spinners, but surely you want the better batsman to face more deliveries

I'm probably not going to get a lot of responses here, but was there anything today about Babar's captaincy that anyone liked? I thought it was good of him to persist with Ifti over Wasim Jr

 

[Farah Sohail]

Can anyone please specifically hire a captaincy coach for Babar Asam? One, whose only job is to point out captaincy flaws to babar Azam in every game..

 

[AAli98]

Wrong call at toss sends Ifty too low down the order.

Opens the bowling with zaman who can’t swing the ball to save his life his arm comes from a different post code & is too short to be a international bowler!!

 

[MenInG]

Gautam Gambhir on Star Sports:

"For me, extremely ordinary captaincy as well. There was a four hit in Zaman Khan's over over mid-off and there was another four hit in Shaheen Shah Afridi's over over mid-off, and both those deliveries were slower ones,"

"If you want to bowl slower ones, keep the mid-off fielder at long-off and bring the third man up. This is extremely simple captaincy. Imagine if you had 13 runs left in the last over, it would have been difficult for Sri Lanka,"

 

[Mamoon]

After the World Cup, unless Pakistan fluke the trophy, Babar should be relived of captaincy duties.

Rizwan ODI/T20 captain, Shaheen vice-captain

Sarfraz Test captain, Saud vice-captain

Shaheen can take over as ODI/T20 captain in a couple of years and Saud can succeed Sarfraz as Test captain.

I think Saud can be a very solid candidate for Test captaincy in the future and if he proves tactically inept like Babar, you can always find someone else.

No leadership roles for Babar and Shadab. Babar should focus on his batting and Shadab should not be in the team.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Wrong call at toss sends Ifty too low down the order.

Opens the bowling with zaman who can’t swing the ball to save his life his arm comes from a different post code & is too short to be a international bowler!!

Reason why they bring Nawaz over Ifthikar is because Nawaz is a better player of spin. They were hoping to bring Ifthikar in when the pacers come on which he’s more comfortable to play with.

 

[Savak]

After the World Cup, unless Pakistan fluke the trophy, Babar should be relived of captaincy duties.

Rizwan ODI/T20 captain, Shaheen vice-captain

Sarfraz Test captain, Saud vice-captain

Shaheen can take over as ODI/T20 captain in a couple of years and Saud can succeed Sarfraz as Test captain.

I think Saud can be a very solid candidate for Test captaincy in the future and if he proves tactically inept like Babar, you can always find someone else.

No leadership roles for Babar and Shadab. Babar should focus on his batting and Shadab should not be in the team.

Kohli who is a way better more accomplished educated captain vs Babar was removed by the BCCI because he failed to win an ICC trophy even though his winning percentage in terms of games is very high.

But this just is an example of high the standards and benchmark in the BCCI and Indian Cricket is. A high performance culture always breeds excellence vs a culture where mediocrity is encouraged.

 

[Major]

After the World Cup, unless Pakistan fluke the trophy, Babar should be relived of captaincy duties.

Rizwan ODI/T20 captain, Shaheen vice-captain

Sarfraz Test captain, Saud vice-captain

Shaheen can take over as ODI/T20 captain in a couple of years and Saud can succeed Sarfraz as Test captain.

I think Saud can be a very solid candidate for Test captaincy in the future and if he proves tactically inept like Babar, you can always find someone else.

No leadership roles for Babar and Shadab. Babar should focus on his batting and Shadab should not be in the team.

By making Sarfraz captain again, same mistakes are being repeated. Sarfraz is not a strategist especially in test.

Test captaincy will go to Rizwan

 

[Mamoon]

By making Sarfraz captain again, same mistakes are being repeated. Sarfraz is not a strategist especially in test.

Test captaincy will go to Rizwan

Rizwan shouldn’t be an all format captain or WK if he is going to take over as white ball captain.

Right now, Sarfraz is the only stop gap option available for Test captaincy. Someone who can do a job for 12 months or so.

 

[Major]

Gautam Gambhir on Star Sports:

"For me, extremely ordinary captaincy as well. There was a four hit in Zaman Khan's over over mid-off and there was another four hit in Shaheen Shah Afridi's over over mid-off, and both those deliveries were slower ones,"

"If you want to bowl slower ones, keep the mid-off fielder at long-off and bring the third man up. This is extremely simple captaincy. Imagine if you had 13 runs left in the last over, it would have been difficult for Sri Lanka,"

This is a very valid point by gautam.

Long off is taken off and third man or fine leg will stand near boundary if you are bowling a yorker. If you are going to bowl a slow delivery than there is no point of having both fine leg and 3rd man. Either one of those needs to be called up inside the circle and Long on and Long off should be at boundary instead of being at Mid on or Mid off.

Because if a slow ball gets connected, it will fall in long on or long off or go for a six. THis is basic captaincy 101. In PSL Shaheen has long on and Long off for Zaman Khan. WHen the idiot Babar did not have that fielder for Zaman khan and it went for 4, that was the nail in the coffin and the match was over there, cause Babar just showed how terrible he is.

Gautam Gambhir is spot on here.

If we look back at the 2007 world t20 final and 6 was needed off 5 balls. Dhoni had long on and long off at the boundary which made Misbah very reluctant to go for a shot there. Had dhoni made the same stupid mistake of bringing long on or long off to mid on or mid off, Misbah would had played over the circle from front instead of scoping it behind.

 

[Major]

Rizwan shouldn’t be an all format captain or WK if he is going to take over as white ball captain.

Right now, Sarfraz is the only stop gap option available for Test captaincy. Someone who can do a job for 12 months or so.

Sarfraz is a typical Pakistani captain who thinks pacers should play no matter what. We lost the Lanka series cause of him.

Shaheen for T20 and Rizwan for ODI and Test. Even ifti can be captain as he has experience for it. Shaheen could be made odi captain based on his T20 captaincy.

I believe that instead of having vice captain, we need to have an alternate captain if Shaheen is captain, cause he wont play all games and Rizwan can captain when he is not playing.

 

[Savak]

This is a very valid point by gautam.

Long off is taken off and third man or fine leg will stand near boundary if you are bowling a yorker. If you are going to bowl a slow delivery than there is no point of having both fine leg and 3rd man. Either one of those needs to be called up inside the circle and Long on and Long off should be at boundary instead of being at Mid on or Mid off.

Because if a slow ball gets connected, it will fall in long on or long off or go for a six. THis is basic captaincy 101. In PSL Shaheen has long on and Long off for Zaman Khan. WHen the idiot Babar did not have that fielder for Zaman khan and it went for 4, that was the nail in the coffin and the match was over there, cause Babar just showed how terrible he is.

Gautam Gambhir is spot on here.

If we look back at the 2007 world t20 final and 6 was needed off 5 balls. Dhoni had long on and long off at the boundary which made Misbah very reluctant to go for a shot there. Had dhoni made the same stupid mistake of bringing long on or long off to mid on or mid off, Misbah would had played over the circle from front instead of scoping it behind.

This is just proof about Babar being clueless and being intellectually very limited to understand the game. Indian players are very educated and literate and they pride themselves on having completed an education degree while playing cricket.

Education opens your mind and allows you to analyze the game better and make Swift educated decisions.

Someone can offer Babar a million dollars to talk intellectually about the game and as much as Babar wants to do it, he will still fail. And this guy is our captain

 

[Rana]

Sarfraz is a typical Pakistani captain who thinks pacers should play no matter what. We lost the Lanka series cause of him.

Shaheen for T20 and Rizwan for ODI and Test. Even ifti can be captain as he has experience for it. Shaheen could be made odi captain based on his T20 captaincy.

I believe that instead of having vice captain, we need to have an alternate captain if Shaheen is captain, cause he wont play all games and Rizwan can captain when he is not playing.

Please make Rizwan all format captain

Big series down under in Australia

 

[Major]

This is just proof about Babar being clueless and being intellectually very limited to understand the game. Indian players are very educated and literate and they pride themselves on having completed an education degree while playing cricket.

Education opens your mind and allows you to analyze the game better and make Swift educated decisions.

Someone can offer Babar a million dollars to talk intellectually about the game and as much as Babar wants to do it, he will still fail. And this guy is our captain

offcourse. Education makes you think logically. Misbah was amongst the best captains we had. As a captain he defended many low total thrillers. Asia Cup 2012. World Cup 2015 match against South Africa. Than there was a match against Sri Lanka where Russel Arnold infamously said that even their prayers cant save them.

 

[Rana]

“Misbah was amongst the best captains we had”

The best captain at continuously repeating the same mistakes.

World class skipper

 

[VForVendetta]

The glaring mistakes he made last night :
1) Not sending Haris instead of Abdullah on top to take the powerplay advantage
2) When Fakhar wasted deliveries & got out cheaply as usual, he could do a couple of things. Either send Nawaz /Haris with instructions of all out attack approach or he should have forced Abdullah to take the initiative who at that time was playing a solid test match knock.
3)Sending Nawaz over Iftekhar which again proved he has no faith on his premier(& frankly only) big hitter.
4) Opening with Zaman who is clearly death/old ball specialist, Wasim should have opened & Zaman should have come after the first powerplay.
5) Not completing Nawaz's quota who was the only economical bowler of the night
6)Bringing back Shadab & for godforsaken reason allowing him to finish his quota whereas after that dreadful fifth over he should been never handed the ball.
7) Allowing Samara & Mendis to settle down by feeding baby spin for almost 15 overs on a trot where they comfortably scored around 7 rpo & took the momentum away. Should have brought Afridi much earlier.
8) Instead of going for the kill he again took the thirty year old outdated approach of "taking the match deep". Should have known Shanaka & beneath players were worthless, all he needed was to get rid of the top five. If he had around 300 runs on the board then this relaxed method would have been logical.
9) Showed no reaction to all the pathetic mistakes & usual antics Rizwan & Shadab committed on the field. He should been more authoritative & react strongly. Him being lucid on his friends really sends the wrong signal because ultimately it's those mistakes which made the difference.
When a captain commits so many errors & proves how clueless & unfit he is in general for leading current white ball cricket then it's really upto the board to take the tough decision & replace him. If his clique & stooges threaten mutiny then punish them accordingly. But it's painfully obvious he is not fit for leadership. Just relieve him of the misery & let him accumulate along billions of soft runs because that's the only thing he is good at. At least he will break some more records which PCB can use as marketing tools.

 

[mominsaigol]

Honestly I'm not even joking. I'd probs make saud shakeel Captain . Like I mean why not.

He's our best test player, probs the only player who ain't gonna be a captaincy meme like shadab or Rizwan, Is a batsmen so won't be injury prone like Shaheen, and he might just end up surprising everyone.

Yei halat hai hameri team ki, when non captain material Level players are more pleasing to the eye then captaincy material level players.

All jokes aside, Imad waseem should be made captain. Sarfraz test captain.

 

[Professionalismandflair]

Honestly I'm not even joking. I'd probs make saud shakeel Captain . Like I mean why not.

He's our best test player, probs the only player who ain't gonna be a captaincy meme like shadab or Rizwan, Is a batsmen so won't be injury prone like Shaheen, and he might just end up surprising everyone.

Yei halat hai hameri team ki, when non captain material Level players are more pleasing to the eye then captaincy material level players.

All jokes aside, Imad waseem should be made captain. Sarfraz test captain.

Babar is a weak pathetic captain. Makes too many mistakes and never learns. Maybe he is just stupid?

 

[mominsaigol]

Babar is a weak pathetic captain. Makes too many mistakes and never learns. Maybe he is just stupid?

I find It funny. Misbah was nepotsitic and selfish always choosing his failed buddies over talented players as well as wanting a 1970's style batting order with useless test players at the top and strikers at no 6 and no 7.

But misbah had good game awareness, he defended Low totals because he genuinely went in for the kill and had good field placements along with rotating the bowlers well. He also kept switching players and didn't injure anyone.

Babar is nepotsitic with shadab and nawaz, he's selfish by promoting himself to open in t20 crippling our no 3 and no 4 and sending opening batsmen at no 3 and 4,

But unlike misbah he's clueless. I am now convinced babar is on a mission to kill shaheen, Naseem and Rauf

You basically went from a nepotsitic and selfish captain in misbah, to a nepotsitic, Selfish, Clueless captain who's also committed to injure every single player in our line up.

 

[Asad T]

Honestly I'm not even joking. I'd probs make saud shakeel Captain . Like I mean why not.

He's our best test player, probs the only player who ain't gonna be a captaincy meme like shadab or Rizwan, Is a batsmen so won't be injury prone like Shaheen, and he might just end up surprising everyone.

Yei halat hai hameri team ki, when non captain material Level players are more pleasing to the eye then captaincy material level players.

All jokes aside, Imad waseem should be made captain. Sarfraz test captain.

They should let Chacha captain

- He has experience
- He is intelligent and has an aggressive mindset
- He can call the other players beta thus commanding respect
- He has the best twitter handle

#CaptainChacha

 

[mominsaigol]

The glaring mistakes he made last night :
1) Not sending Haris instead of Abdullah on top to take the powerplay advantage
2) When Fakhar wasted deliveries & got out cheaply as usual, he could do a couple of things. Either send Nawaz /Haris with instructions of all out attack approach or he should have forced Abdullah to take the initiative who at that time was playing a solid test match knock.
3)Sending Nawaz over Iftekhar which again proved he has no faith on his premier(& frankly only) big hitter.
4) Opening with Zaman who is clearly death/old ball specialist, Wasim should have opened & Zaman should have come after the first powerplay.
5) Not completing Nawaz's quota who was the only economical bowler of the night
6)Bringing back Shadab & for godforsaken reason allowing him to finish his quota whereas after that dreadful fifth over he should been never handed the ball.
7) Allowing Samara & Mendis to settle down by feeding baby spin for almost 15 overs on a trot where they comfortably scored around 7 rpo & took the momentum away. Should have brought Afridi much earlier.
8) Instead of going for the kill he again took the thirty year old outdated approach of "taking the match deep". Should have known Shanaka & beneath players were worthless, all he needed was to get rid of the top five. If he had around 300 runs on the board then this relaxed method would have been logical.
9) Showed no reaction to all the pathetic mistakes & usual antics Rizwan & Shadab committed on the field. He should been more authoritative & react strongly. Him being lucid on his friends really sends the wrong signal because ultimately it's those mistakes which made the difference.
When a captain commits so many errors & proves how clueless & unfit he is in general for leading current white ball cricket then it's really upto the board to take the tough decision & replace him. If his clique & stooges threaten mutiny then punish them accordingly. But it's painfully obvious he is not fit for leadership. Just relieve him of the misery & let him accumulate along billions of soft runs because that's the only thing he is good at. At least he will break some more records which PCB can use as marketing tools.

Brother the glaring mistakes he's made is constantly sticking to the winning 11. Even though he did this in 2021 t20 world cup which just caused shaheen to get Injured and hasan Ali to get exposed for good. Hasan was horrible in that tournament but he kept playing because he's a part of the winning 11, same way fakhar and shadab keep playing because their apart of the winning 11 even if the opposition is a minnow like Nepal.

Zero squad rotation meaning lack of bench strength experince, An increase in injuries etc etc.

Plus his sticking to the formula just helps the opposition recover 90% of the time. He's also never once bothered to rotate the batting order. Nawaz being sent > Chacha is the same reason usama was sent > Chacha because Mr formula believes chacha should come in the death overs, sending nawaz early isn't because of the reason you mentioned, it's because it's a Part of his formula, the same formula he tried with sending usama mir ahead of chacha and guess what? Both experiments failed.

None of what you said are mistakes babar accidentally committed. Mr formula just can't function without his built in formula.

 

[Rana]

Honestly I'm not even joking. I'd probs make saud shakeel Captain . Like I mean why not.

He's our best test player, probs the only player who ain't gonna be a captaincy meme like shadab or Rizwan, Is a batsmen so won't be injury prone like Shaheen, and he might just end up surprising everyone.

Yei halat hai hameri team ki, when non captain material Level players are more pleasing to the eye then captaincy material level players.

All jokes aside, Imad waseem should be made captain. Sarfraz test captain.

Saud was a very impressive leader for Karachi in last year’s T20 domestic cup

 

[mominsaigol]

They should let Chacha captain

- He has experience
- He is intelligent and has an aggressive mindset
- He can call the other players beta thus commanding respect
- He has the best twitter handle

#CaptainChacha

Yes, and they should also replace the entire team for 40+ year olds. No need to test youngsters like saim ayub when chacha is the future.

 

[mominsaigol]

Saud was a very impressive leader for Karachi in last year’s T20 domestic cup

I actually want saud to Captain, like no joke. Actually make it happen.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

I actually want saud to Captain, like no joke. Actually make it happen.

i totally agree with ur opinion, saud shakeel is a perfect candidate who can lead the side because he has brilliant game awareness which he already shown in test cricket.

 

[pakistanbest]

Shan Masood for captain anyone seeing as we are desperate!

 

[Rana]

i totally agree with ur opinion, saud shakeel is a perfect candidate who can lead the side because he has brilliant game awareness which he already shown in test cricket.

He is a bit casual. But he can represent well for sure

Overall the best guy to lead is Imad. He holds his own as a player and is a natural leader

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Shan Masood for captain anyone seeing as we are desperate!

which player u gonna replace with shan masod to get him into the playing 11?

As an openner a big no!

 

[pakistanbest]

which player u gonna replace with shan masod to get him into the playing 11?

As an openner a big no!

I would not mind him as an opener or at number 5 even, he played reasonably well during the T20 WC last year albeit in different conditions. He is much more attacking now and is in supreme form. We need a little shake up.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

He is a bit casual. But he can represent well for sure

Overall the best guy to lead is Imad. He holds his own as a player and is a natural leader

certainly Immad has some arrogance issues, as a player i want him into the side but not as a captain i guess.

Yeah its quite early to pick saud as a captain but atleast he must become a regular middle order player from now on.

 

[Rana]

certainly Immad has some arrogance issues, as a player i want him into the side but not as a captain i guess.

Yeah its quite early to pick saud as a captain but atleast he must become a regular middle order player from now on.

He is arrogant because he is easily the most articulate and Intelligent out of the whole lot. How can you blame him? He obviously has a better approach to real life than 99% of these guys.

I don’t blame Maddy

 

[Cricket Warrior]

I would not mind him as an opener or at number 5 even, he played reasonably well during the T20 WC last year albeit in different conditions. He is much more attacking now and is in supreme form. We need a little shake up.

Only major problem with shaan masood is he never converts his form into international matches.
He has already given lot of chances but couldnt perform significantly.

 

[MenInG]

Shahid Afridi speaking on TV:

“I came in as chief selector for one month. Believe me, there were so many problems. Captain had one choice, the coach has another. Both give me different reports. Players give me different reports altogether. Communication is so broke, I was baffled at how is this board even running? There is no coordination, no communication between these guys"

“We are going to World Cup. All the seniors, including head coach, Mickey, have to talk to him. Make him strong. Don't fear from making tough decisions. Don't worry about losses. Either you win, or you learn. My issue is, you've been leading the side for 3 years. Come on. There are professionals around you. Talk to them and improve your captaincy. You're a big player, but you would want people to also remember you as captain"

 

[Falcon'sParwaz]

After the World Cup, unless Pakistan fluke the trophy, Babar should be relived of captaincy duties.

Rizwan ODI/T20 captain, Shaheen vice-captain

Sarfraz Test captain, Saud vice-captain

Shaheen can take over as ODI/T20 captain in a couple of years and Saud can succeed Sarfraz as Test captain.

I think Saud can be a very solid candidate for Test captaincy in the future and if he proves tactically inept like Babar, you can always find someone else.

No leadership roles for Babar and Shadab. Babar should focus on his batting and Shadab should not be in the team.

Rizwan shouldn’t be an all format captain or WK if he is going to take over as white ball captain.

Right now, Sarfraz is the only stop gap option available for Test captaincy. Someone who can do a job for 12 months or so.

I have more radical thought process. If we have to change captain after wc, why not change it before wc? At-least new captain will gain experience of leading his team against first choice XI of other countries in WC. Otherwise, after this WC, most teams will only play ODIs with 2nd string players for next 3 years & our new captain will easily beat them & whole nation will start showering praise on him for reaching no.1 ICC rank & best ever pace attack & blah blah etc. He will blink the first moment he faces any full strength opponent.

ideal candidate:-
Shaheen should be captain in all 3 formats. Of course, Shaheen will not play all matches bcz of rest/rotation to manage his workload.
Rizwan VC in Tests (but Riz should bat at 6/7, not at 5 after keeping for so many overs. No Riz in T20Is).
Haris / Qasim Akram as VC in LOIs. Both have experience of leading Shaheens / Emerging Team or team in Asian Games.

Rohail Nazir is biggest disappointment from recent U-19WC batches. He was a better captain & showed so much promise with the bat there. If he regains his batting form, he can replace Rizwan in PCT.

I know some people would be upset over Haris but he lead us to Emerging Asia Cup victory. He is better against pace than spin. He played T20WC as an opener & Emerging Asia Cup as no.6 finisher. It was Babar's mistake that he sent him to bat in middle overs.
With Fakhar out of form, we need someone like him up top or as a finisher. Imam & A.Shafique opening combo is going to loss us many imp high scoring games. Babar blamed bowling after SL loss, while real reason was 1980s era batting by our top 3 in that match.

 

[MenInG]

Younis Khan on Babar:

“Even if we were facing Namibia, we were more focussed on keeping the winning combination. In our culture, we think, 'if Sarfaraz is the wicketkeeper, Rizwan shouldn't be there because it will create pressure on Sarfaraz, and vice-versa'. Similarly, say, if Babar Azam is the captain of the team, Younis Khan -- being the batter of similar stature -- can't be vice-captain because it would put Babar in pressure,”

“If you can't handle this pressure, you are not capable of being in the national team. Then, it will be difficult. Just do your homework! Captaincy isn't a very big deal actually. If your bowler isn't performing well in a particular situation, you should know how to utilise him. You can't follow a certain pattern everywhere in this day and age. Batters now have a plan. Even now, nothing has gone wrong. Address the grey areas. Don't back someone just because he is a fan favourite,”

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shoaib Malik & Misbah-ul-Haq speaking on TV:


Shoaib Malik

"Yes, there is an improvement, but Babar Azam does not think outside the box. Let me give you an example. For example, Shaheen, Naseem, and Rauf are playing every match, even if we are playing against Holland. These three are playing, so this is what Babar has to think about. They have to play some other bowlers as well, so they are ready in case somebody gets injured in the international matches. Secondly, even if our main bowler is getting smashed around the park, Babar has to give the ball to his non-regular bowler, as the batman will get relaxed and it will create chances to take a wicket. Like this Shadab, Usama, or Nawaz, whenever the leg spinner is bowling, we are looking at that long on and long of all are all back, so they need to bring mid-on inside the circle and they have to keep a mid-wicket out, as we can see that the wrist spinner sometimes bowls full and some time on the shorter length. The wrist spinner is worried that he may bowl a full toss. At least it will provide protection to him where it will create chances to take a wicket, but it is a format where five fielders are inside the circle from 10 to 40 overs."

Misbah-ul-Haq:

"One thing I would like to add to this is that before the Asia Cup, you sent a team for the emerging Asia Cup, and when you sent three bowlers to that emerging Asia Cup, it meant that they were the replacements for Shaheen Naseem and Rauf, but as soon as one of your main bowlers gets injured, you bring the fourth bowler instead of those three bowlers who were playing in the emerging Asia Cup, and you brought Zaman Khan, so there is no plan. Moreover, you have to look after your fast bowlers, and when one of your main bowlers gets injured, you find a backup bowler, but there is no one to replace them as all of them are injured."​

 

[Rana]

Misbah is right on this occasion

 

[TheSultan]

Shoaib Malik & Misbah-ul-Haq speaking on TV:


Shoaib Malik

"Yes, there is an improvement, but Babar Azam does not think outside the box. Let me give you an example. For example, Shaheen, Naseem, and Rauf are playing every match, even if we are playing against Holland. These three are playing, so this is what Babar has to think about. They have to play some other bowlers as well, so they are ready in case somebody gets injured in the international matches. Secondly, even if our main bowler is getting smashed around the park, Babar has to give the ball to his non-regular bowler, as the batman will get relaxed and it will create chances to take a wicket. Like this Shadab, Usama, or Nawaz, whenever the leg spinner is bowling, we are looking at that long on and long of all are all back, so they need to bring mid-on inside the circle and they have to keep a mid-wicket out, as we can see that the wrist spinner sometimes bowls full and some time on the shorter length. The wrist spinner is worried that he may bowl a full toss. At least it will provide protection to him where it will create chances to take a wicket, but it is a format where five fielders are inside the circle from 10 to 40 overs."

Misbah-ul-Haq:

"One thing I would like to add to this is that before the Asia Cup, you sent a team for the emerging Asia Cup, and when you sent three bowlers to that emerging Asia Cup, it meant that they were the replacements for Shaheen Naseem and Rauf, but as soon as one of your main bowlers gets injured, you bring the fourth bowler instead of those three bowlers who were playing in the emerging Asia Cup, and you brought Zaman Khan, so there is no plan. Moreover, you have to look after your fast bowlers, and when one of your main bowlers gets injured, you find a backup bowler, but there is no one to replace them as all of them are injured."​

I watched the show - both Malik and Misbah are right but let’s be honest just pointing out what most of us have been saying.

The one thing I found interesting - and it may be a topic in its own right was Misbah talking about the PCB technical committee.

1. Distancing himself from team selection (the technical committee has nothing to do with selection matters). Fair enough.

2. Then going for on to say Hafeez resigned because he couldn’t affect any changes by being on the technical committee

3. Misbah himself saying they can’t affect 80-85% of anything, but he’s gonna hang around to see if he can make that 10-15% change.

so seems like Misbah is going to hang around like a bad smell until all options are exhausted and then make his comeback in to power.

Fair play to Hafeez for taking a principled stance

 

[Major]

I watched the show - both Malik and Misbah are right but let’s be honest just pointing out what most of us have been saying.

The one thing I found interesting - and it may be a topic in its own right was Misbah talking about the PCB technical committee.

1. Distancing himself from team selection (the technical committee has nothing to do with selection matters). Fair enough.

2. Then going for on to say Hafeez resigned because he couldn’t affect any changes by being on the technical committee

3. Misbah himself saying they can’t affect 80-85% of anything, but he’s gonna hang around to see if he can make that 10-15% change.

so seems like Misbah is going to hang around like a bad smell until all options are exhausted and then make his comeback in to power.

Fair play to Hafeez for taking a principled stance

bro, in an organization, if you are in advisor role, you have to be really mature and cant just run off if your advice isnt implemented.

Hafeez acted immature.

 

[Asad T]

The match will probably not go down to the 50th over
So why is Babar brining on Shadab and Mir now. All that pressure that Hasan, Shaheen and Rauf created is going to waste

 

[hassan918]

Do you guys agree with Ramiz Raja who is still supporting Babar Azam as a captain after a disappointing World Cup campaign?

 

[Rana]

Do you guys agree with Ramiz Raja who is still supporting Babar Azam as a captain after a disappointing World Cup campaign?

What can you expect from this man? He said live on air that he wants to marry Babar Azam.

I’ve never seen a more intellectually dishonest human being than him.

 

[Rana]

Do you guys agree with Ramiz Raja who is still supporting Babar Azam as a captain after a disappointing World Cup campaign?

This guy played cricket as a parchi in the 80s-90s and was a mediocre player then too….yet he’s telling others that they have a statistical eye for talent because they haven’t played cricket at that level.