As the Indian cookie is crumbling in Galle, Pakistan players are basking in the glory of the support they received in England during their T-20 Series win. Clearly the Aussies are more unpopular than we ever imagined. We know almost 99% of Indians and 100% of Sri Lankans hate them. But even the Poms? Who says there is 'Racism' in Cricket?
There was an interesting suggestion to Pakistan Selectors on BCCI blog that I have come to enjoy these days. This inspired me for a further innovated suggestion. The question is will the PCB buy this?
There is a system in my daughter's school. Every single student in the class will be made the monitor for a fixed period. They will give the schedule in advance and the kids are a happy lot. Thus the brilliant and the bullies can't take others for a ride. Absolute democracy. Hope the forever budding democracy that Pakistan is; they will like this idea!
Everyone in Pakistan team deserves to get Captaincy. It is such a shame the Greatest Show Pony of Pakistan Cricket has not got his due. Shoib Actor, I mean Aqthar should get the Captaincy once Salman Butt decides to retire after the next series.
So Pakistan Selectors should try Captaincy by rotation. One Captain for every month of a year. The twelfth man can become Captain in December. More number of players can be accommodated in the next Calender year.
Getting a second or third chance at Captaincy depends upon your talent, performance, consistency, longevity and of course the clout with PCB. This will encourage and even force every player to play well under every Captain. You always know the guy under whom you are playing today will play under you some day. Thus Pakistan Cricket will get better and better.
And most importantly, this will help us break the sequence of Pakistan Captains going into premature retirement; one after the other. Shoib Malik got married and has started to work as a 'Ball Boy' to Sania. Mohammad Yusuf has retired for the time being. Yunis Khan doesn't even know if and when he retired. Afridi has retired at a tender age of 24 years. Right now, we are waiting for Salman Butt to retire!
Please, Please and Please, Mr. Ijaz Butt; consider this suggestion and save Pakistan Cricket. I believe in the 'Love thy Neighbor' principle. We all love Pakistan Cricket, Shoib Aqthar, Sania Mirza and even Shoib Malik! I am not even asking for Intellectual Property Rights of this idea. We want Pakistan Cricket to flourish, otherwise where will we have Characters like Afridi and Actor Miyan?
Govind, T20 World Cup and now victory over Aus. I think Pak should go back to imperial days so that they can always play their home matches in England:)
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