in 2011 WC Imran Khan had come on Indian TV channels for analysing(entire tournament), he bashed Afridi for not promoting himself up the order in semis.
Then in Finals he still brought the same point and praised Dhoni for coming up the order.
It’s clear there is a terrible management system in PCT.
I think there are a few reasons why he won’t go 3 even though there is more of a need for a stabiliser there.
If he goes 3 he will look selfish. People will cry why isn’t Haris, Saim or fakhar playing there. There’s also probably a doubt he can play there effectively as his better reputed prowess against spin.
If he fails at 3 his failures will be amplified. He is already failing right now, failing at 3 is even worse.
And of course people will point to him being promoted to 3 as him only playing there because of his inadequacies in hitting boundaries.
A position at 4, sometimes not even coming in there when not required is a much easier position to come in away from the spotlight. Makes him just the crisis guy, if we’re collapsing he can come in at 4 and play slow. But it’s not really giving him reliable worth, it means he’s only even needed in like half our matches otherwise he’s surplus.
And additionally while this is a minor point, if he does go to 3 some people will accuse him of trying to replace Babar. Babar still has quite a big fan base and while I think opening is closed for now, I think the no.3 spot is still open.
Either way he does it he’s screwed. Hasan was dropped last match and people will say it’s because we wanted to play talat but it’s not really, it’s because Agha needed to play up the order. Otherwise no way was Hasan playing at 6.
I’d actually be up for trying Agha at no.3 as non captain, I really don’t think Haris has the game to perform at no.3 in this team, he’s too unreliable. But that’s the thing it probably takes someone else as captain to go out Agha there even if it’s against agha’s own will. Agha doing it himself as captain is just very difficult. It’s probably a lesson you don’t appoint someone as captain who hasn’t cemented down a spot.
I’d respect him a lot if he went up as captain and said he’s playing at 3 I don’t care what others think, I’m leading from the front. It’d take some guts.
