Karachi 29 August 2014:
Pakistan’s senior batsman and previous skipper Shoaib Malik has said dissident all-rounder Shahid Afridiis the best individual to supplant Misbah-ul-Haq as captain for one year from now’s World Cup. Malik, 32, said that if the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) needed to change the commander of the national one-day group it ought to do it promptly.
“I don’t recognize what the load up has at the top of the priority list however in the event that they are thinking about changing the captaincy they ought to do it now in light of the fact that there is little time left before the World Cup,” Malik said.
Malik, who had an effective run in the late Caribbean Premier League, additionally felt that if there was to be a change in captaincy than Afridi was the best individual to supplant Misbah-ul-Haq right now.
“Afridi is a senior player and forceful by nature and I think if the board chooses to supplant Misbah than Afridi is the best individual to lead the side in the World Cup. He is solid willed and can show others how its done in the super occasion.”
Inquired as to whether he would consider heading the group if given an opportunity, Malik said he had no expectations of doing so promptly. “Regardless of the fact that the board offers me the captaincy than I will just do it after the World Cup 2015 and afterward attempt to prep another group. Since it is a truth that after the World Cup some of our senior players will blur away,” he said.
“I don’t think this is the correct time for me to be commander and at this moment genuinely talking my center is just on winning back my spot in the national side once more.” Malik, who headed Pakistan after the 2007 World Cup until 2009, likewise made it clear that the load up required to take speedy choices remembering the enthusiasm of the group.
“This group is none, of these that of the board or another individual, it has a place with and speaks to the populace of Pakistan and those choices ought to be taken which are in light of a legitimate concern for the group and nation,” Malik included.
Malik, who has played 32 Tests and 216 one-day internationals, additionally felt that quickly the Pakistan group was needing firepower in knocking down some pins. Alluding to the late explanation by Misbah that he missed Saeed Ajmal in the second one-day global against Sri Lanka, Malik said he could comprehend what Misbah was attempting to say.
“Separated from Saeed we don’t have bowlers who can take fast wickets and change an amusement in the last few overs. We have to expand on our knocking down some pins firepower,” he expressed.
Shoaib Malik: Shahid Afridi best candidate to lead Pakistan in ICC World Cup 2015
