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Which five players should replace Azhar, Shehzad, Hafeez, Imad, Wahab in the ODI squad?

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These 5 players (Azhar,Shehzad,Hafeez,Imad,Wahab) should be out of ODI squad. 3 of them are tested and tried failures (Shehzad,Hafeez,Wahab), 1 of them is not suitable for modern ODI cricket (Azhar) and 1 of them is talentless (Imad).

Name 5 players who should replace them. The choice should be 2 pure batsmen, 2 all rounders and 1 fast bowler.
 
Yamin, Farhan, Sohail Khan, Talat. We don't really have a decent spin all rounder other than Shadab. I think Yamin, Fahim and Shadab are enough ARs alongside Malik.
 
Sami Aslam for Azhar, Haris Sohail for Hafeez, Shadab for Imad, Sohail/Abbas for Wahab and Talat or Farhan for Shahzad.
 
Azhar <> Asif Zakir
Shehzad <> Kamran
MoHa <> Umar
Wahab <> Gul
Imad <> Zulfi Babar/Anwar Ali - depending on wicket
 
basically Pakistan need 2 openers to replace Azhar and Shehzad. I would select Sharjeel and Farhan as openers.

To replace Hafeez I would select Saad Ali.

To replace Imad I would select Yamin.

To replace Wahab I would select someone who is fast but intelligent.

This can be the squad:

3 Openers: Sharjeel, Fakhar, Farhan

5 top & middle order: Babar, Sarfraz, Malik, Haris, Saad

2 all rounder: Yamin, Fahim

1 spinner: Shadab

4 fast bowlers: Amir, Junaid, Hasan, Wahab's replacement
 
I would select Sharjeel and Farhan as openers.

If Sharjeel is available, he will be selected - that is no rocket science. But considering him in your plans at this stage is naive.

So Farhan is the only other option who only has 7 first class and 9 List A games. Pretty risky but such are the times.
 
going by the performances shown in the recently concluded pak cup

Azhar out Sami aslam in
Shehzad out Umar Amin in
Hafeez out Haris Sohail in

And from the WI series we saw abbas is a better new ball bowler, should open doors for him in ODIs too..

Wahab out Abbas in

Imad can still hang in there for now if he can improve...
 
Imad Wasim's notoriety on Pakpassion is out of this world. Time and again this man has broken strong partnerships and dominated batsmen. He gets wickets in quick succession and wins you the match. He is economical and I seriously rate him as a batsman. While I do agree that he's had a poor showing as a batsman, he is only an innings away from a match-winning knock.

Even Babar Azam has been having a poor tournament with the bat but we all realise how important he is. Cut Imad some slack.
 
For those calling for sharjeel

No thank you he is tainted..

Kamran he is too old now... we need to look ahead. We have to select players that could preform.. improve in 2 years for wc. No values on kamran, hafeez and even umar akmal..

I would keep imad.. we have to persist with these young players.. he is just haven't a few bad games.. he actually needs to be protected.. great future prospect.


Fawad Alam should come in for hafeez...sohail khan for Wahab!!
 
Azhar replaced with Sahibzada Farhan
Shehzad - maybe Sami Aslam, or Sharjeel if he gets cleared
Hafeez - there aren't many off spinning all rounders, maybe we can groom agha salman
Wahab - Rumman Raees

need to go, stick with Imad wasim for a few more series.
 
We need to build for 2019

I doubt Sohail Khan would be fit enough for that

Harsh on but have look elsewhere
 
I would say the sword should hang on the heads of both babar and malik too.

Imad should be told to start valuing his wicket.

Replace hafeez with haris

Azhar with Farhan or sarfraz should come as opener with Fakhar

Yamin can be included as a backup AR.
 
Haris needs to replace Hafeez. We need two aggressive openers like Fakhar who actually know how to rotate the strike. They can replace Azhar and Shehzad. Imad deserves to be in the side, he was instrumental in winning the match against South Africa and has real potential of becoming a world-class all-rounder. Other than that this is a good side. However we must replace the few weak links (Hafeez, Shehzad, Azhar). I'd also keep Rumman Raees in the squad and see how he does in this format.
 
those calling for Haris Sohail: he is already in ODI squad so dont mention him; name 5 players who are not in current ODI squad
 
Azhar Ali = Sahibzada Farhan
Ahmed Shehzad = Hussain Talat
Hafeez = Aamer Yamin
Imad = Zafar Gohar
Wahab = Rumman Raees
 
Imad should not be dropped. The rest can effectively end their careers tomorrow for all I care.
 
Azhar - Umar Amin (short maker)
Hafeez - Iftikhar (Most consistent batsman in domestic)
Shehzad - Shahibzada Farhan (Opener)
Imad - Saad Ali (off spin + decent with bat)
Wahab - Mir Hamza (best & much improved fast bowler in Pakistan cup)

No chachas like;
Sohail Khan etc
 
Azhar - Umar Amin
Shehzad- Sahibzada Farhan
Imad- I will retain him as not a lot of spin bowling all rounder at disposal or one can select Mohammad Nawaz
Wahab- Ruman Raees
Hafeez- Hussain Talat
 
Amir Yamin has been performing extremely well but cant have that many all rounders and fast bowlers.
 


Wahab Riaz, Ahmed Shahzad, Muhammad Hafeez, Imad Wasim & Akmal Brothers SHOULD NOT be the part of ODI SQUAD for the upcoming NZ tour.
 
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