Sarfaraz Ahmed becoming a specialist captain and wicket-keeper
Title says it all, No one question his Position as WK batsman in tests even though it's been quite a while since he played even a very decent knock but people have doubts about him being test captain but that debate is for another day, The burning question is what's his use as a player in LOIs other than being specialist keeper even though he has tightened his keeping but can team like PAK play a specialist keeper, Because our weakness in general and specially now is batting, and this guy don't fit anywhere logically speaking, we have better players in playing XI and squad, or in Domestic circuit for those positions and roles, Let's Dissect it position by position,
Opening:
He can be tried as opener, he has decentish record as well, but we have Fakhar and as 2nd opener we should bring Amin, he richly deserves it, or even Sahibzada Farhan would be better option than Sarfraz if we want left, right combo,
No. 3
Babar Azam, no further explanation needed
No. 4
Harry, only doubt was his form, but he has proven that in test series.
No. 5
Here Sarfraz could have batted here but Malik has been in legendary form and he can do the number fives consolidating and taking the initiative, both roles perfectly,
No. 6
Hafeez is doing good job and can actually hit sixes and have 140 plus strike rate Atleast, which sarfraz totally lack specially in death overs vs Pacers, and out of Asia we should play fahim instead of hafeez,
No. 7
Imad
Same scenario as in case of no. 6 position,
No. 8
Hassan or Shadab depending on situation, if we have big collapse and need some stability than shadab if need lusty blows than Hassan,
No. 9 to 11 bowlers,
So where exactly does sarfraz fit in with his skill set as batsman? But we have to somehow manage him somewhere because we Badly Need sarfraz the Captain even if Sarfraz the batsman may be counter productive. Discuss
Title says it all, No one question his Position as WK batsman in tests even though it's been quite a while since he played even a very decent knock but people have doubts about him being test captain but that debate is for another day, The burning question is what's his use as a player in LOIs other than being specialist keeper even though he has tightened his keeping but can team like PAK play a specialist keeper, Because our weakness in general and specially now is batting, and this guy don't fit anywhere logically speaking, we have better players in playing XI and squad, or in Domestic circuit for those positions and roles, Let's Dissect it position by position,
Opening:
He can be tried as opener, he has decentish record as well, but we have Fakhar and as 2nd opener we should bring Amin, he richly deserves it, or even Sahibzada Farhan would be better option than Sarfraz if we want left, right combo,
No. 3
Babar Azam, no further explanation needed
No. 4
Harry, only doubt was his form, but he has proven that in test series.
No. 5
Here Sarfraz could have batted here but Malik has been in legendary form and he can do the number fives consolidating and taking the initiative, both roles perfectly,
No. 6
Hafeez is doing good job and can actually hit sixes and have 140 plus strike rate Atleast, which sarfraz totally lack specially in death overs vs Pacers, and out of Asia we should play fahim instead of hafeez,
No. 7
Imad
Same scenario as in case of no. 6 position,
No. 8
Hassan or Shadab depending on situation, if we have big collapse and need some stability than shadab if need lusty blows than Hassan,
No. 9 to 11 bowlers,
So where exactly does sarfraz fit in with his skill set as batsman? But we have to somehow manage him somewhere because we Badly Need sarfraz the Captain even if Sarfraz the batsman may be counter productive. Discuss