Why Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal and Faheem Ashraf Need To Be Discarded

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Misbah-ul-Haq picked Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal and Faheem Ashraf for the T20 series against Sri Lanka. The trio as expected failed to produce the desired results once more. Hence, here is a look at why the head coach cum chief selector must discard all three of them and ensure that they don’t comeback for as long as he is in charge of the set-up.

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Why Misbah Selected Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal and Faheem Ashraf?

Misbah selected the three cricketers owing to their performances in the domestic circuit and because of the international exposure and experience that the three cricketers possess. 

Ahmed Shehzad

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Ahmed Shehzad never really looked in command during the two T20s that he has just played. He seemed short on confidence and hence, visibly jittery. He has a long history of poor performances and off the field disciplinary issues. With Abid Ali in prime form and with Sharjeel Khan also likely to be available before the next ICC World T20; the time is right for Misbah to forget Shehzad regardless of how he performs in domestic cricket.

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Umar Akmal

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Not much needs to be said in case of Umar Akmal. He failed to impress against the Australians earlier this year during the 5 match ODI series. Now against a weak side like Sri Lanka he has ended up with first ball ducks in both games. Thus, it is just understood that you can’t keep giving chances to someone who has a habit of flooring them. Pakistan for sure, is better off trying Haris Sohail and Iftikhar Ahmed instead. The option of bringing back Mohd. Hafeez and/or Shoaib Malik is also available to the selection committee. Therefore, with the available resource it makes no sense whatsoever to consider Umar Akmal again.

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Faheem Ashraf

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People keep criticizing Imam-ul-Haq  (who at least scores a hundred every now and then) and completely forget to ask why Faheem Ashraf has been representing the green shirts for over three years now! He has neither been of any use with the bat nor with the ball. They guy has had more opportunities than any other deserving player that you can think of and hence, needs to be shown the door for good.

Misbah-ul-Haq then has added unwanted pressure on himself by trying the tried and tested players like Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal and Faheem Ashraf and we hope he learns from the mistake!