Decision to Replace http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 Receiving Bashing from former Players and Officials
The decision by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 has received criticism from almost all quarters. No one in the cricket crazy country seems to be pleased by the illogical decision taken
by the current officials of the country’s cricket board.
On Thursday, PCB named the national team while retaining former skipper Afridi in the 15-member squad for a two-match one-day series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 at the end of this month.
Expressing his frustrations at the demise of the flamboyant Afridi, the former Chairman of the PCB, Tauqir Zia said, “It’s not understandable. Afridi should have been retained as captain if he is named in the squad. The team was showing improvement under
him and he deserved to be retained as the captain.”
Zia deemed it inappropriate to treat Afridi this way after he had guided a written-off team to the semi-final of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the final
of the mega event.
Former Test cricket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Iqbal-Qasim-c76980 questioned the need to remove Afridi, in his eyes the player was doing very well as the leader of the limited overs squad and there was no need to disturb a team which seemed well settled under the guidance of the belligerent
all-rounder.
“It’s an illogical decision, if there were disciplinary or form issues with Afridi, why is he then named in the squad? If he has been selected in the squad, he should have also been retained as captain,” Qasim said.
Former spin sensation http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Qadir-c41605 was at loss to comprehend the logical explanation behind the removal of a well set skipper. He cautioned board from introducing too many captains in the squad since Misbah is the fifth one-day skipper of the national team
in three years.
He insisted that the PCB should have ignored Afridi’s offence and if the captain wants more say in the selection of the playing, the PCB should at least consider his request because it is the captain who faces the brunt of the public when the team performs
poorly on the field.
Afridi landed in the eye of the storm after he criticized the team management in front of media for meddling in the selection of the playing eleven during the five-match one-day series in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
The former captain did not take any names, however, it is believed that the captain and the coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193 were at odds over the selection issue since Afridi wanted to test the young players in the final two matches of the series while Waqar wanted to
retain the winning combination.
Afridi’s remarks in the media, are said to have irked the chairman PCB, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128, who in a bid to crush player power has now opted to end Afridi’s stint as the captain of the team.
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