Worst Chief Selector of the Pakistan cricket team?

[Abdullah Rabbani]

We have witnessed many like and dislikes unmerit Selection and wrong format slection by our chief selecters this is the reason why pakistan team struggle with average slected player's.

What you think, who is worst chief selecter ?

Inzimam ul haq
Moin khan
Amer sohail
Iqbal qasim
Salahudin sallu

Or anyother ?

 

[AliMurtaza]

Inzi has been the best among the selectors I have seen. He has given chances to all the young players and was quick to discard the likes of Umar Gul and Anwar Ali after giving them one chance. However, his A side selections have been strange recently. He has been selecting one day and T20 sides based on performance in last season's Quaid Trohpy instead of selecting right players for the right format. But his national side selections have largely been great.

 

[ShahidDar08]

Aamir Sohail was better.

 

[Greenstorm]

I have seen chief selectors since 2007 and Inzi has been best among them. But his selections lately, specially of A teams and selection of Imam has been very poor.

 

[Bilal7]

The fans should keep in mind that they are completely unqualified to make judgements on who should and should not be in the team. There are a lot of factors that go into this decision-making that most of us are not privy to. So yes, there is probably a very good reason for why your favorite player was not selected in the latest T20 squad.

Having said that, some selectors are definitely better than others because they have an eye for talent, do their job with integrity and honesty and have a vision for the team. As far as Pakistan is concerned, no one has done it better than Inzamam ul Haq - considering that during the 80s and 90s, Imran Khan was pretty much making all the (great) selections himself.

 

[topspin]

All of them are awful. Inzy's saving grace has been the PSL. He shouldn't be allowed to continue the role because of the conflict of interest in re: Imam and secondly due to his selections of late.

Time for a better qualified selector even if they're non-Pakistani - what matter is they are well versed on the current crop of Pakistan domestic cricketers and willing to go watch them in action across the country.

 

[Bilal7]

Can someone post the time-frames of when these guys were in the hot seat?

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Haroon Rashid, Iqbal Qasim, Sallu, Amir Sohail, Moin Khan and Wasim Bari have been amongst the worst.

Moin Khan's selections in the lead up to the WC plus WC15 were a total joke.
Haroon Rashid carried on the mettle of picking unsuitable squads from Moin Khan and hit prime in WT2016 when we went in with 0 proper spinners.
Sallu had his own selection problems, sticking to TTF in the b/l while all of a sudden bringing in youngsters in tournaments.
Amir Sohail was such an bootlicker of then chairman Tauqir Zia that he picked up his son Junaid Zia with him having a bowling average in 30s.
Iqbal Qasim repeatedly did poorly first in 2009-10 when he dropped Abdul Razzaq for Rana Naved for CT09, then his selections in late 2012 and CT13 were a stab in the eyes for all the Pakistani cricket fans.

The fact that Iqbal Qasim chaired more than one selection panel and repeatedly did poor speaks volumes of blindness and accountability PCB has lacked for ever.

Wasim Bari was also not good enough, but heard that he was undermined by Inzi the captain who was seen as a captain with too much influence.

 

[Markhor]

People often forget just how bad Haroon Rashid and Iqbal Qasim were.

 

[Abdullah Rabbani]

Haroon Rashid, Iqbal Qasim, Sallu, Amir Sohail, Moin Khan and Wasim Bari have been amongst the worst.

Moin Khan's selections in the lead up to the WC plus WC15 were a total joke.
Haroon Rashid carried on the mettle of picking unsuitable squads from Moin Khan and hit prime in WT2016 when we went in with 0 proper spinners.
Sallu had his own selection problems, sticking to TTF in the b/l while all of a sudden bringing in youngsters in tournaments.
Amir Sohail was such an bootlicker of then chairman Tauqir Zia that he picked up his son Junaid Zia with him having a bowling average in 30s.
Iqbal Qasim repeatedly did poorly first in 2009-10 when he dropped Abdul Razzaq for Rana Naved for CT09, then his selections in late 2012 and CT13 were a stab in the eyes for all the Pakistani cricket fans.

The fact that Iqbal Qasim chaired more than one selection panel and repeatedly did poor speaks volumes of blindness and accountability PCB has lacked for ever.

Wasim Bari was also not good enough, but heard that he was undermined by Inzi the captain who was seen as a captain with too much influence.

Informative , hope we find someone like imran khan visionary mind to chose and groom talent to become world beater's

 

[aukhan]

It was well known that inzi play favorites. If imam was on the verge of selection due to his impressive batting form in domestic than inzi should have resigned first before selecting his own nephew. Imam's selection was a clear case of nepotism. Inzi is definitely in the worst selectors ever list along with M.Illyas and Amir sohail.

 

[Fahdi]

Inzi isn't great by any means but he is still the best I have seen. That tells what sort of idiots we have had on this post

 

[ARK Rafay]

Inzamam has done a wonderful job. Ever since I started watching Cricket he is the best selector. You can arguably say one was more deserving than the other but that used to happen more frequently before him. You can say baring one or two player he selects the best squad possible

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Iqbal Qasim

Special mention to Illyas for his blatant nepotism

 

[Ummii]

Everyone

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Inzamam has had its ups and downs but certainly is not the worst. Some people are exaggerating here. Inzamam has fast tracked a few youngsters into the team which has been beneficial for the team.

The worst is probably Iqbal Qasim, the era of parchis. M Ilyas was also like this and used to get Imran Farhat in.

The most underrated Haroon Rashid. The guy at the least used to reward all best domestic performers. Never watched a game but one spreadsheet was enough for him. Guys like Fawad Alam would have played in his tenure after YK, MIsbah's retirement.

 

[Hasan123]

We haven't had many great selectors. I think we should appoint a foreigner as CS. They won't make selections with nepotism and favouritism.

 

[CricFan2012]

We haven't had many great selectors. I think we should appoint a foreigner as CS. They won't make selections with nepotism and favouritism.

Good luck getting a foreign selector.

I have a feeling that all this corruption and nepotism in the system will drive away Mickey at some point. It will take decades to get rid of this cancer in Pakistan's systems.

 

[Bilal7]

It was well known that inzi play favorites. If imam was on the verge of selection due to his impressive batting form in domestic than inzi should have resigned first before selecting his own nephew. Imam's selection was a clear case of nepotism. Inzi is definitely in the worst selectors ever list along with M.Illyas and Amir sohail.

According to reports, Inzamam used to leave the room when a decision over Imam was being made. Since his debut, Imam has been one of our best batsmen. Your ignorance is baffling.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Inzamam is doing a fabulous job with what pool he has got. Now obviously there has to be some 'special' players he HAS to select due to powerful forces behind the scenes.

But I think overall he is doing well.

Imam too seems a decent prospect so I don't think his selection was so bad.

It's easy for us to sit at home n say stuff but selecting players for the national team might not be so straight forward as we all think it is.

 

[Chokli]

Since his debut, Imam has been one of our best batsmen. .

Against Minnows, yes.

 

[Titan24]

To give any judgement one has to realize that Inzimam had the luxury of PSL when selecting players while others didnt have that filter mechanism.

I totally give him the credit for selecting Faheem Ashraf when he wasnt even part of the PSL, and recognizing Abbas's potential as well.

Rest of the selections were more or less helped themselves by performing in PSL.

On face value he is a pretty decent selector but I would say pre PSL was a different era and post PSL is a different era where comparing Inzimam is not possible with almost no sample size other than him.

For me selector needs to have an eye for talent and potential. If it would not have been for PSL I can confidently say that Shaheen Shah, Shadab Khan, Hassan Ali would never have debuted at the age they have as nobody in the selection committee would have had they eye for talent and if they had the eye they wouldn't have had the guts debuting 18 year old or 22 year old.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

The bar for selectors is incredibly low in Pakistan Cricket. That said, Inzamam is probably the only selector who has made the most sensible decisions as compared to the others. Selectors like Iqbal Qasim, Ilyas, Abdul Qadir were truly a plague to Pakistan Cricket who were only interested in bringing back TTFs. I'm glad Inzamam has atleast put faith in younger players by giving them the long rope.

Not gonna defend his non-selection of Fawad and his decision to ascend his nephew into the side. But at the same time, I think it's time to move on. Imam may have been ascended into the side but he is a talented player nonetheless and bad-mouthing him as so many posters on this board do is pointless.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

To give any judgement one has to realize that Inzimam had the luxury of PSL when selecting players while others didnt have that filter mechanism.

I totally give him the credit for selecting Faheem Ashraf when he wasnt even part of the PSL, and recognizing Abbas's potential as well.

Rest of the selections were more or less helped themselves by performing in PSL.

On face value he is a pretty decent selector but I would say pre PSL was a different era and post PSL is a different era where comparing Inzimam is not possible with almost no sample size other than him.

For me selector needs to have an eye for talent and potential. If it would not have been for PSL I can confidently say that Shaheen Shah, Shadab Khan, Hassan Ali would never have debuted at the age they have as nobody in the selection committee would have had they eye for talent and if they had the eye they wouldn't have had the guts debuting 18 year old or 22 year old.

While I agree about the PSL part you can't ignore the sheer incompetence and shortsightedness of previous selectors and some of their selections. Neither can you not blame the incompetence of the PCB who appointed these jokers.

I would say PCB, as an organization has improved significantly as compared to the PCB of the late 2000's and early 2010's

 

[DRsohail]

For me no one was better cant say who was worst but Amir sohail should not be called a worst one at least.

 

[Ami]

I think we've got this the wrong way round, with the exception of may be Iqbal Qasim, dont really think selection matters that much.

What matters is the coaching staff..Inzy gave plenty of players to Younis but due to Waqar's incompetence nothing really came of it..

But with Mickey at the helm, the results are different...in other words better coaching set up can even turn a gadha into a horse!

 

[gazza619]

Things were like a circus under Sallu. There was no direction.

 

[moghul]

Inzi has been the worst, easily.