Yes I know it is rather disappointing for all the Pakistani Fans to see Pakistan loose against India... because no matter what you do you got to win against India. The same thing goes for the Indian fans. Both nations had their rivalry from the start, first it was on the war ground and now it was on the play ground. Pakistan vs India is an absolute thriller... But this article is specially for Pakistani fans. Now coming straight to the topic, I think Pakistan performed fabulous in the ground putting up a score of 329, a tough target for any team and although we have a strong bowling attack, we lost. Now, I know its disappointing and other depressing stuff but when I turn on the news channel and I see messages on the bottom by our "People" whining about our loss, according to their views Misbah should be removed from captaincy and be replaced by Shahid Afridi. I mean seriously should this be the case? . Misbah has proven himself as a captain. He made wise decisions today, first, choosing to bat first as we all know that Pakistan is rather bad at chasing targets, and the other, changing up the batting order according to the situation i.e bringing up Umer Akmal and Shahid Afridi up the batting order and coming at last in the batting order. Now the problem with us is that we cannot see our team loose, well nobody "wants" their team to loose but other countries don't go on changing captain every day. Their people have their trust on their captains and that is why other teams are more stable and are giving results on long term basis. Now, off all the captains Misbah has proven to be the best captain as he is calm, experienced, knows how to utilize his available resources, and plays according to the situation. I'm not being pro-Misbah but I'm being a little realistic. Just to elaborate my point I would like to give an example:
1. Pakistan wins a Series again Sri Lanka : Misbah is an excellent captain
2. Pakistan wins against West Indies: Misbah great captaincy, well played
3. Pakistan white washes England in tests: Oh My God ! Where Was Misbah before!?
4. England white washes Pakistan in ODI: Not good captaincy
5.England defeats Pakistan in T20: Misbah Should be removed from Captaincy, Mr TUKTUK
(this one I'm predicting)
6. Pakistan wins Asia Cup: Way to go Misbah
So see how our view change according to every match result. Our faith in the captain and in the team is not firm, we are variable in our emotions, what we need is to build our faith in our team and captain and hope for the best. Now its been weeks in my school bus I see many students blaming Misbah for the loss over a match and how he played slowly and that Afridi should be made the captain. I'm not being anti-Afridi. Now after hearing their arguments I jump into the discussion:
Student: Misbah is so bad! We lost our Semi-Final because of him now Afridi should be the captain.
My response: Well in the semi-Final Afridi WAS the captain and it was Afridi who played a reckless shot of the last ball of the over just before the powerplay and it was Misbah who stood on the crease till the end.
Student:Well, Misbah is slow and we loose a lot of matches because of him..
My response: Just because he is slow doesn't mean that he should be replaced and you cannot blame him for any kind of loss. You are being just bias and you have to take in account the other performances that is Umer Akmal is not performing well. Hafeez was unable to provide a strong start.
Student: Whatever! Afridi should be made captain.
My response : And why is that so ? Misbah has a great average, we have won a lot of matches under him, where as Afridi's average has gone down and he hasn't performed, well, at least no in his previous matches, so, Misbah just deserves to be the captain. You don't have any choice, you know you can't go on changing captains everyday.
Student: (silence)
Once Again I'm not being anti-Afridi just being a little realistic and What I am trying to say is that we should have total confidence over our team and captain and should not go on changing captain after every match. If our thoughts are that much variable we cannot hope to progress in near future and our cricket team would be trapped in an unstoppable cycle of misconduct and mismanagement therefore we should believe in our captain and team ! Way to go Pakistan ! Best of Luck for the final of Asia Cup :)
1. Pakistan wins a Series again Sri Lanka : Misbah is an excellent captain
2. Pakistan wins against West Indies: Misbah great captaincy, well played
3. Pakistan white washes England in tests: Oh My God ! Where Was Misbah before!?
4. England white washes Pakistan in ODI: Not good captaincy
5.England defeats Pakistan in T20: Misbah Should be removed from Captaincy, Mr TUKTUK
(this one I'm predicting)
6. Pakistan wins Asia Cup: Way to go Misbah
So see how our view change according to every match result. Our faith in the captain and in the team is not firm, we are variable in our emotions, what we need is to build our faith in our team and captain and hope for the best. Now its been weeks in my school bus I see many students blaming Misbah for the loss over a match and how he played slowly and that Afridi should be made the captain. I'm not being anti-Afridi. Now after hearing their arguments I jump into the discussion:
Student: Misbah is so bad! We lost our Semi-Final because of him now Afridi should be the captain.
My response: Well in the semi-Final Afridi WAS the captain and it was Afridi who played a reckless shot of the last ball of the over just before the powerplay and it was Misbah who stood on the crease till the end.
Student:Well, Misbah is slow and we loose a lot of matches because of him..
My response: Just because he is slow doesn't mean that he should be replaced and you cannot blame him for any kind of loss. You are being just bias and you have to take in account the other performances that is Umer Akmal is not performing well. Hafeez was unable to provide a strong start.
Student: Whatever! Afridi should be made captain.
My response : And why is that so ? Misbah has a great average, we have won a lot of matches under him, where as Afridi's average has gone down and he hasn't performed, well, at least no in his previous matches, so, Misbah just deserves to be the captain. You don't have any choice, you know you can't go on changing captains everyday.
Student: (silence)
Once Again I'm not being anti-Afridi just being a little realistic and What I am trying to say is that we should have total confidence over our team and captain and should not go on changing captain after every match. If our thoughts are that much variable we cannot hope to progress in near future and our cricket team would be trapped in an unstoppable cycle of misconduct and mismanagement therefore we should believe in our captain and team ! Way to go Pakistan ! Best of Luck for the final of Asia Cup :)
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