Aamir Sohail’s ‘bias’
BEING a knowledgeable follower of cricket for several decades now, I would like to say with great dismay that former Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail, who was recently giving his expert opinion on PTV Sports for the Asia Cup matches, had been grossly unfair and biased in his comments throughout.
Sohail constantly ran down a few players like Shahid Afridi and Asad Shafiq as if he had some personal grouse against them, no matter how good their performance on the field was. Besides, he is forever trying to justify all the wrong, sometimes horrible, decisions of captain Misbahul Haq which smacks of bias.
Also, I wonder just how Sohail qualifies to talk about the discipline of players when he was the most indisciplined cricketer in the team. I distinctly remember how he was removed from captaincy in 1998 for misbehaving with his colleagues and so many respected Board officials for no rhyme or reason.
Later on, when he was made the chief selector, he selected the then PCB chairman Tauqir Zia’s son Junaid Zia in one of the most blatant cases of nepotism seen in this country, which also led to his ouster from the PCB.
Former great batsman and administrator Majid Jahangir Khan also reported Sohail for his misconduct at around the same period and Sohail was also removed from the panel of experts a few years ago by a reputable TV channel for bad-mouthing a fellow commentator on air.
PTV Sports, in my opinion, had done a blunder in selecting Sohail as an expert for the matches as he is biased in his conduct and opinion which is against the spirit of cricket itself.
REHMATULLAH KAREEM
Karachi
Why only Amir Sohail? Guys like Basit Ali, Nadeem Khan and some other so called cricket experts are doing the same on Geo super for a long time. Why to feel bad if Afridi and Asad are on receiving end for a change….
I disagree. I think he is a good critic. Just because he criticizes mqm backed karachi players like afridi and sarfaraz, doesn’t make him biased. He is bringing out the truth
The obsession to take everything to Lahore has ruined the country , be it cricket , hockey or film industry look at the results. I suggest all lahoris to bring bucket along with them to Karachi and take the Clifton beach along with the sea to Lahore also. Gal mukh gai
100% correct. Aamir Sohail came to the team on sifarish of his uncle Waseem Sajjad. Today he gets these TV shows again on his uncle’s sifarish. Wake up Pakistanis and for God sake get rid of these sifarish culture by voting Imran Khan in next elections otherwise these things will ruin our lives like Ejaz Butt got job because of his cousin Ch Ahmed Mukhtar sifarish.
Not Aamir, Rameez Raja is also biased in his comments on mic. He always in praise Misbah and Akmal brothers even they are proved as the worst in their performances.
Endorse views expressed by mr. Kaeem about Amir Sohail’s bias. Remember how we lost to India in world cup match played under his captaincy.There can not be amore glaring example of bad captaincy.
It is not biasedness, it is an opinion. If you express your opinion in favour of Afridi or for any other player, you would be called “biased for” while A. Sohail is being called “Biased against”.
No offense.
Explains why he is in the NOORA league now.
I am from India and I completely agree with you. I would like to point out another famous incident, I still remember World Cup Qtr Final against India at Banglore in 1996. I honestly believe that Pakistan could have won that match when Aamir Sohail was batting, runs were flowing in boundries for Pakistan at a rapid pace. Until he lost his mind and started abusing/arguments with Venkatesh Prasad. He then lost his wicket in same over to Prasad. This fellow didn’t even realise that its bowlers who generally do such things to disturb the batsmen’s concentration. But Sohail himself started and fell into his own trap that costed Pakistan perhaps that worldcup. And I really mean that Pakistan would have won that worldcup because that 1996 worldcup final was played in Pakistan itself, No doubt that Pakistan missed that golden chance. Peace.
I agree and would like to add the names of sarfraz nawaz, Sikander Bakht, Basit Ali, Nadeem Khan in the list of foul mouthed, bias and ill disciplined experts. I simply swith off volume when ever they are on air.
Completely agreed with you. I would add further in the list…Amir, Imran Nazir, Salman Butt..etc… Especially the GEO show on last India/Pakistan series where these comedian exchanging expert views and talking about Biryani and acting like an authority on every discussion. Come on Pakistani Media, you guys can do better than this
He was termed as a ” short fuse ” ready to blow up even if the load pressure (in electricity terms ) was within the “safety factor of 1.01 ” . You have rightly pointed out the critical lacking of any moral value in Amer Sohail to comment on others while his whole career as a player , as a captain , as a selector , as a technical expert , has been not colored but Muddier than the mud . Those who lived in “glass houses of the past” must not throw stones on the others , ELSE sucg dirty linen washing which had been confined to the history , will resurface and the person will never be able to see himself in the mirror again …. Unless he has no shame left in himself ….
PTV made a blunder ? But PTV is known to always select only such people in its programmes, be it an “expert” like Amir Sohail or “experts” in its various talk shows. So no surprise at all.
I am 100% in agreement.