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Imran Khan satisfied with Afridi's captaincy

Former captain Imran Khan is satisfied with Shahid Afridi`s captaincy, despite Pakistan's defeats in recent games.

June 21, 2010

KARACHI: Former captain Imran Khan is satisfied with Shahid Afridi`s captaincy so far, despite Pakistan having faced defeats in the recent Twenty20 World Cup and the ongoing Asia Cup.

Asked for his comments on Afridi`s captaincy in the Asia Cup, Khan said the real test for Afridi would come in Pakistan`s full tour of England next month where conditions would be different and the opposition strong.

"Wait and see. So far I would say his captaincy has been satisfactory. But the real test will come in England where you play Tests in testing conditions," he said.

Khan said Pakistan`s loss to India in the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka showed that the team needed improvement in some aspects of the game."The Asia Cup was good preparation for the England tour where we have to play all formats of the game. The team needs improvement in some aspects," he said.

He also advised the selectors to include some senior players, including former captain Younus Khan, in the side for the England tour."I would like to see Younis Khan back in the side. In England your batting is going to be tested. You can`t just push youngsters into the deep end," the former captain said.

Khan also reiterated his long held view that coaches do not have any role in the improvement of team performance."I have never believed in this concept of coaching in cricket because it is a sport where the individuals matter. It is all about how much effort, hard work and time an individual is willing to put into his game and his fitness. The same rule applies for batting, bowling or fielding."

COMMENTS (12)

Think therefore | 13 years ago | Reply Despite the fact that Imran while attending the morning general assembly of his alma mater roughly 16 years ago told a gathering of young impressionable minds to reject among other westernised approaches, the philosophy of lauding "brown sahibs" and especially to marry within their own culture and later on went entirely in the opposite direction, he is still better than most who occupy the assemblies... those that are basically tyrinnical fuedals, industriliasts, goons, ex convicts and con men. The poor chap is surrounded in a pool of filth... I hope he makes a think tank... he has to learn from Obama and use the power of the internet... N E Ways.... as far as cricket is concerned it is beyond doubt that his leaderhip style was exactly what was and is needed to get these band of street fighting ruffians to perform as a team....

Sarfaraz A. Hanfi | 13 years ago | Reply Who Rules the World... Imran Khan he was a born leader and his captaincy led his beloved Pakistan to victory in the 1992 World Cup finals he is the best i must say he is right about the up coming series in Engalnd. i totally agree with him "team needs improvement in some aspects" Think about it...

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Khalid | 13 years ago | Reply if Imran is satisfied with the captaincy then we are satisfied.

M. Wasif Butt | 13 years ago | Reply Imran is right about the up coming series in Engalnd where basically PAKISTANI TEAM and Afridi both will be put to test. The unfortunate exceptions today is Younus Khan's ommission from the team. Our batting desperately needs his services. PCB should include him immediately in the test team.

faisal feroz | 13 years ago | Reply talking about imran khan and tehreek-e-insaaf, its really sad that Mr imran khan will not be able to become our president or prime minister.. only the educated lot knows what this person is all about and how he will change the system (hopefully).. but the rest of the 80% uneducated onse are still going to vote for the corrupt parties.. but lets all pray and hope that the system changes.. soon! Cricket; well we all know that we have extremely talented players and the young blood is quite promising.. all we need is honesty, fair play and merit! afridi uptil now is really uniting the team well and giving the fresh blood plenty of chances. lets hope the board selects on merit and gives afridi the best performers!

hamza | 13 years ago | Reply those who are not in the favor of khan's comment i will just ask them that this is the regard of bringing a world cup to you. how can we satisfied with others.

Hamood | 13 years ago | Reply Imran Khan has the best cricketing brain. I wish he would leave politics and help Pakistan cricket in some form again. He is not sleazy enough to be a politician.

Pakistani Aaloo | 13 years ago | Reply Imran Khan for PCB chairman!

Rashid Majeed | 13 years ago | Reply imran khan have good experince in England condisations the time pakistan has prove his performance .....

talha | 13 years ago | Reply I think now Imran khan has become good politician rather then a good sportsman as he has shown trust on the current cricket team. The non performers for the last many years have taken the hold and now it’s painful to see the game of nepotism all around. These senior cricketers have shown their double standard in the Australia tour where they deliberately lose match just to let down the captain of Pakistan team Muhammad Yousaf. These senior cricketers have confirmed their verdict of TV news. I request to khan sb that he should leave the support to sports and come forward to the politics scene. I am totally behind you and wanted that in the next election, the young generation should know that we should only cast vote to Tehreek-e- insaf despite all the facts about of the current politicians. Its time for the change in Pakistan and the change can only be bring by Imran khan.

Waqar Zafar | 13 years ago | Reply Afridi, hasn't done anything wrong yet and I must confess, he is really doing well. But it is too early to evaluate someone performance as a captain. Moreover, winning the shorter versions (ODI's & T20's) are one thing, winning the oldest and the toughest version (Test) is another. If he some how manage to win the test matches in UK against England and Australia, that will be a great confidence booster for him, considering he will retain the captaincy till 2011 World Cup ...

Hunain Ali | 13 years ago | Reply Imran Khan is a better cricketer than a politician, He should seriously think about getting back to cricket and leaving politics.

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