Comebacks to take Pakistan down the same Disastrous Route!
Well then, Shoaib Akhtar is back for Pakistan.
It wasn't long ago that Shahid Afridi, who also happens to be the captain of Pakistan, conspired with Mohammad Asif to keep Shoaib Akhtar out of the Pakistani dressing room.
It wasn't long ago either that Afridi said "If I am made captain, Shoaib Akhtar will never play for Pakistan".
And yet Shoaib Akhtar is back with Afridi at the helm.
What about all those voices about looking at the future and grooming youngsters? Aren't there enough young and talented fast bowlers in Pakistan that the selectors have to keep going back to the tried and tested and failed ones?
There's one 7 foot tall Mohammad Irfan who Afridi apparently wanted for the World T20. Isn't this the best opportunity to test him before the all important tour to England?
Another one who is back for Pakistan is Shoaib Malik, who is coming of the shortest one year ban in the history of sport.
What was the whole point of banning him for a year if the PCB were going to reverse their decision within a few months?
What message does this send to cricketers? That they can do whatever they please only to be let off with no consequences?
The same mistake has been repeatedly committed with Shoaib Akhtar whose indisciplined acts have gone unpunished and now Shoaib Malik is getting the same preferential treatment.
Not only that but Malik is also the same person against whom Afridi conspired in the past to remove him from captaincy.
So to put it right, on one hand you've got a former captain who has previously conspired against senior players and captains that replaced him, and on the other you've got a current captain who has previously conspired against the returning former captain!
Just how exactly does the PCB think that this dressing room will gel together?
And don't forget that you've also got Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif in the same dressing room - the last time that happened, bats were raised and not to hit the ball!
Really PCB? Really Mohsin Khan? Really Afridi?
Is this your best 15 for the Asia Cup? Is this the young team you want to test for England and the World Cup next year?
To top it all, there is another man who is returning to this contingent - Aaqib Javed, who was assistant coach on the tour to Australia and who blamed Kamran Akmal of match fixing and several other players in the Asia Cup squad of under performing!
Aaqib comes back as assistant coach! WHY!?
How is this lot supposed to get along?
I thought the inquiry and the punishments handed out after the Australia tour were to eradicate this problem of dressing room politics.
But all these reversals and comebacks are going to take Pakistan down the same route of politics and infighting irrespective of who the captain is.
Just wait for the England tour and you'll see Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf returning with Ijaz Butt, Mohsin Khan, and Afridi speaking about how important the Yo-Yos are for such an important test tour.
And then we'll have the drama of the Australian tour repeat itself to be followed by yet another inquiry, maybe some bans, and ofcourse all the comebacks for the ODI world cup next year!
Now its not even about when these people will learn, its about if they ever will!!!
are we surprised? no
are we surprised that we still keep supporting them? yes
this was the only way pcb could have carried the mockery show on...
Yousuf pathan is an opener but he is not getting opening place , he is dangerous player like sehwag but he do not get the opportunity to bat as an opener as DHONI and his friend RAINA do not want that he got the permanent seat in INDIAN TEAM , he got the opportunity of just 5 balls in the first match against zimbabwe as every one know that he is capable to destroy the zimbabwe so he get only 5 balls in the first match , and in the second match against srilanka he did not get the opportunity and in the third match he again get the position of number 8 player as this is just like that Indian team do not want him , they are promoting ravinder jadeja to show him superior than pathan .
Just ask one question is there only one muslim is able to come in INDIAN TEAM out of 100 CRORE people .
IRFAN pathan can bowl and can bat more batter than dinesh karthik, ravinder jadeja, and many other players but he do not get the oppotunity because he is also a MUSLIM
Indian Cricket is doing the partiality in selection, they are just removing good players as they are MUSLIM , and it is their just a you can say MAJBOORI that is why they just include only one player as yusuf pathan and do not give the oppotunity to play many time .
They today give him the opportunity on 4th place when they are in trouble against srilanka as srilanka bowlers are very good they wanted to get yusuf out cheaply but he made valuable 44 runs ,
whenever the strong team comes or any danger comes they give the pathan in the front and when any weak team comes they just do not give the opportunity to him as he is muslim
every body know the ability of yusuf but here in INDIAN team he is not getting support as he get in the IPL from shane warne , shane warne give him the confidence to play as he wants to play but here in INDIAN TEAM first he did not get the opportunity , once he get the opportunity , he always get the strong bowlers only.
90% of the times you will see that he got runout by the mistake of his own partner . this is not a mistake , this is to grade down the yusuf
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I feel sorry for pakistani supporters because they will continue to go through this rubbish for some years yet. The level of politics embedded in the game of cricket is only increasing. It is damaging the hopes of young up and comers who may want to play cricket for their countries but they are worried they will get caught up in back end antics and politics.
Nice to see YOU back Q! How did the course go?
As for Malik; only if we could all get banned from work just as we're about to get married :)
I think this all could have gone in one of two directions. One is that we bring back all the criminals (which is what happened), and the other is we give the youngsters a chance. The problem with the second point is that our youngsters are not as good as talent of the past was but unless we expose them, they will not improve.
I have lost count about the number of times Pakistan's players get banned.
I have never been a fan of Akthar's attitude but oh god he is again selected to play or Pakistan!
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All who were charged for poor performances in Australia have been recalled.. even Mohammad Yusuf is returning. Pakistan needs Younus but why Shoaib and Yusuf? they're past their prime and Pakistan cricket is going backwards by re-including them. Politics is spoiling Pak cricket.
Politics is almost everywhere, in all aspect of life around the world but Pakistan cricket has bit too much of it. which makes them dip every time they attain a high like World cup wins.
Shoaib Akhtar, with his bulky body, is of no use. Sad that PCB can't ask him first to get fit and then claim a position.