Pakistan Cricket – The need for a better one-day captain
After months of speculations, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is finally in a mood to appoint a serious one-day captain for the national team, which is currently under the leadership of Test captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 and although Misbah is a great performer
for his country, his credentials in the one-day game have raised questions regarding his appointment as the captain of the national team.
According to rumours, Younus Khan was recently contacted by officials of the PCB to consider taking realms of the national team, however, the phenomenal middle-order batsman wisely declined. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319’s decision is perhaps not bad considering the fact that he
was humiliated by the PCB before being recalled for national duty late last year in a series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE).
The need for begging a player to become a captain is PCB’s own doing. The Pakistan squad was doing fine under the leadership of the flamboyant all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) World Cup
2011, where a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in the quarterfinals.
The Men in Green then fell to their demise against arch rivals http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the semi-final of the mega event, nonetheless, for the first time in nearly two decades the Pakistani boys received a hero’s welcome when the returned to their country despite that fact
the in the past cricket fans had accused their team of losing on purpose in the mega event.
However, this time there were no war drums beating when Afridi and his boys landed back home. It was a testament to the fact that the people in Pakistan were happy with the way their team fought in the tournament and approved of Afridi as the captain of
the national team.
After the hectic World Cup campaign, Afridi wanted to rest the senior players for the West Indies tour, however, he was pushed by the PCB management to lead the team and obliging the PCB bigwigs the skipper tagged along.
Afridi then gifted a one-day series win after Pakistan took the first three games, however, when the skipper wanted to give the uncapped players a chance to test their mettle against the Windies he faced a stiff resistance from the team management which
resulted in a feud between the captain and management. This became the reason for his ouster as the captain of the squad; nonetheless, he was retained in the team for Pakistan’s tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751.
However, Afridi decided to retire from International cricket and luckily since then Pakistan has not played against a major team which would have tested the leadership qualities of Misbah. Now the team is about to embark on a journey for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 where Pakistan
might face an embarrassment if a resurgent Zimbabwe manage to beat the tourists.
For Misbah the honeymoon is about to end and real work is about to begin which will ultimately decide his tenure as the captain of the national team in the shorter version. The PCB which faced stiff criticism on the appointment of a new one-captain will
also be left flabbergasted if Misbah fails to deliver. The PCB authorities will surely want to avoid this predicament at any cost.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article do not represent Bettor.com’s editorial policy
Tags: