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talk of fawad alam as the next messiah of pak cricket made me wonder what is the fassad (hype) about fawad alam...?
then he debuted against srilanka in tests and to be fair to him... lived up to expectation... that too coming in at an alien position...opening the innings which he hadn't even done at first class level...
now you see pakistan playing in the all important champions trophy (at least younis khan says so) and one was baffled to see the pakistan final eleven minus fawad...
which made me wonder if younis can call on fawad to open in tests which are the highest level of cricket... why not ask him to do the same at a much easier position in odis...?
specially when it is clear to all and sundry that imran nazir's selection as opener is based more on hope rather than conviction... the hope that one day he will blast the opposition out of the game... he may well do it... but the gap between that innings and the normal innings he plays is so wide that even north and south pole appear closer in comparison... more than that there is still no evidence that he has improved his game or temperament even a bit...
instead of nazir there is an option of solidity plus aggression when needed in the form of fawad alam... but strangely he has been kept aside for flimsy reasons...
if left to me...when fit, younis can return in place of a struggling misbah while fawad alam + kamran / malik can open the batting... without affecting balance of the team...
where is fawad alam now...?
hold on guys...hold on...
so pcb's proposal is accepted by icc...
good for a player like razzaq, nazir etc...
there have been calls that they should be drafted into the squad...nahh...in final xi...asap...
excuse me...!! are you serious guys...?
are they that good...then why were they discarded in the first place...?
they have done nothing to convince me that suddenly they have improved so much that they should be drafted straight into the squad...
...and what does this say about the first choice players...where does it leave them...?
isn't it like saying, "you guys are not worth a place in the team...that you were just warming the bench for them...so they can come and knock you off it...won't it effect team bonding...specially when things are falling into place for pak...slowly but surely...
is this worth it, that too in the middle of an important tournament such as world cup...
