So far, he is.. It makes zero sense to got with 4 bowlers.
How is rizwan helpless


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Bhai these guys are adults, not kids. Rizwan has a full say in selection and playing 11 as well.
Misbah era was an exception because sarfi was losing favour with the crowd atm and his replacement was imminent irrespective of what misbah was going to do. Misbah accelerated it though.
And ofcourse babar era as the chairman sucked up to him.
Currently while internal conflicts exist, rizwan isn't entirely helpless and does make decisons.
During ct 2025 while people blame aqib for forcing the selection of faheem, people forget that rizwam forced the selection of khushdil and was against a spin galore strategy altogether. And where did khusdil end up bowling wise?
When it comes to t20, rizzu and babar were forced to rest due to media pressure, not because aqib hates them lol.
Rizwan isn't a helpless child so much so that you take the entire blame of ove him and blame Aqib 100%.
Everyone knows CT 2025 Squad was a mix of these 2 consistently wanting a certain squad selected and eventually settling on in the middle.
For example
Babar as Opener: Aqib's decision.
Saud shakeel inclusion: Rizwan's decison due to red ball series vs sa where he liked batting with saud
Faheem ashraf: Aqib decison
Khushdil shah: Aqib decisons
Fakhar's reinclusion: Was going to happen anyway after saim got injured and Abdullah went on a duck streak. Both agreed.
Kamran ghulam inclusion: aqib
They both fought and eventually a middle ground was agreed upon which resulted in a mess. However both these 2 are unwilling to try out domestic talent in odi cricket it seems.