Who should be captain: Shahid Afridi or Misbah-ul-Haq?
Who gets the rather controversial job of captaining the Pakistani team to the approaching World Cup is still a question which requires an immediate answer. The team’s performance in the fourth One Day International against the Kiwis testifies to the fact that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 with his much-needed 93 runs. Though Shahid Afridi, who was playing responsible game during the last few matches, fell for 4 only, no fingers were pointed at him. This came to be known as a crucial turn when the disintegrated team refuted their critics wrong. By playing a match guarded by determination and able leadership, the team players proved that regardless of any events, they would continue playing as a unit.
"The team has gelled well. Whoever is the captain, everyone will play for the team and for the country,’ Misbah was quoted as saying. Regarding his ‘nemeses," the man he is supposedly up against to captain the Pakistani team in the ICC World Cup 2011, he had this to say: "I think http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 is doing a good job. We have no problems and whoever is the captain, we will go out there and play our game."
A much needed settlement of the situation, the views come in as a treat to every Pakistani cricket fan that feared disruption of the team’s order. The appreciation of the importance of individual teamwork, as well as crucial insight off the senior players, was the main cause of the win.
Misbah-il-Haq has been absolutely brilliant through the series and has been vital in most of the wins and has proved his worth. He played with maturity, discipline and confidence in times of extreme pressure. The match winning 93 of the previous match also propelled his status up as a candidate for captaincy, because Shahid Afridi could score 4 runs only in the same match. Though the coming days are nothing but a competition, at least for the two potential captains, the commitment to keep the country first is an agreement that would mutually benefit them.
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