Pakistan great Javed Miandad feels Sarfaraz Ahmed was better suited to lead the Test team in Australia than newly appointed Shan Masood. (Cricket News)
Pakistan great Javed Miandad feels Sarfaraz Ahmed 🔥was a better option than Shan Masood to lead t🍸he Pakistan team in Test match against Australia. He also commented on the new appointment of chief selector, director, and bowling coach that there should be an age gap between players and coaches
Pakistan great Javed Miandad feels Sarfaraz Ahmed was better suited to lead the Test team in Australia than newly appointed Shan Masood. (Cricket News)
“It is clear that Sarfaraz is a very 🎐seasoned cricketer and has done well as captain before for Pakistan and if he had been made captain it wo🌜uld have been vital for the team in Australia which is a tough place to tour.
"Sarfaraz Ahmed should not only be included in the team agaiওnst Ausꦜtralia, but due to his experience, he should have been the captain," Miandad told the media in Karachi.
Referring to the appointments of Wahab Riaz as chief selector, Muhammad Hafeez♓ as team director and Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal as bowling coaches, Miandad said he always felt that the𝓰re should be a age gap between coaches and players in international cricket.
Without a differ🀅ence in age, he feels💝 there won't be any respect between players and coaches.
“I don’t see any logic behind bringing in players as sel🐎ectors, coach♌es and director who have played with most of the current players,” said Miandad.
The former Pakistan captain also lamented that those ꦯwho didn’t know the ABC of modern day cricket had removed Babar ꧒Azam as captain from all three formats.
“Thi♕s will have a negative impac🔜t on the team in coming days,” he added.
Miandad also rubbished 🃏the꧂ habit of the board to turn to foreign coaches.
“In the last two decades we have had so many foreign coaches and where do we stand as a cricket nation we couldn’t even reach the sem🌃i-finals of the World Cup. Mickey Arthur’s appointment on his t🅘erms was an insult to all those who can do a better job as coaches for Pakistan."
He noted that India ꦆhad enjoyed notable success in all formats in recent times and all their last 💜three coaches were stalwarts including Anil Kumble, Ravi Shastri and now Rahul Dravid.