ISLAMABAD – New name surface as a replacement for Pakistan Cricket teamskipper Sarfaraz Ahmed.
There have been several reports regarding a change in the leadership forthe Pakistan cricket team.
Javaid Miandad, who played a crucial role in Pakistan’s World Cup-winningcampaign in 1992, claimed that Pakistan must go for a permanent captainright now.
Miandad explained that the only player who is capable of leading Pakistanforward, from the current crop of players, is Babar Azam. He furtherexplained:
The PCB must set their priorities straight on how to improve. And also,must decide whether they want to go back or move forward. We need a freshstart with a new face to lead the team.
Babar Azam remains one of the strongest performers in the last couple ofyears and he is guaranteed a position in the team irrespective of whetherPCB axes players to make room for newcomers or not.
Although Sarfaraz Ahmed’s statistics as a captain remain better than ImranKhan and Misbah-ul-Haq both – two of the most regarded captains in thehistory of Pakistan cricket – a change is a must due to a lot of Sarfaraz’sshortcomings.
Legendary Miandad also shared his opinions regarding the coach situation.He claimed that PCB must hire a local coach who has played the game inPakistan, because only then will he be able to understand the structure andbuild the team accordingly.
If greats like Sir Viv Richards or Sir Ian Terence Botham were brought tothe task then one can understand what caliber they can bring in Pakistancricket, otherwise foreign coaches cannot carry on with our players.
A person, who has played cricket practically all his life, can coachplayers better than the one who just sits on a computer and analyses thingsscientifically.
The upcoming months are absolutely crucial for Pakistan cricket as thesedecisions will lay the foundation of the future of Pakistan cricket.