As a player, I am fit: Shahid Afridi
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MOHALI: Shahid Afridi said he was no longer up to captaining Pakistan after his team's exit Friday from the World Twenty20 but held back from making an announcement on his possible retirement.
Going into the match against Australia, the 36-year-old had strongly hinted it would be his last appearance for his country after nearly two decades of international cricket.
But Afridi, who quit as Pakistan's Test captain back in 2010 and has also already called time on his ODI career, said he still felt fit enough to carry on playing at the highest level.
“I will announce it in my country. Whatever is better for the country, I will go with that,” Afridi said at the post-match ceremony in Mohali when asked if he was going to retire.
“I will see my form. There is pressure, media pressure. As a player, I am fit. As a captain, I am not fit,” he added after the 21-run defeat against Australia.
Afridi is highest wicket-taker in the history of Twenty20 cricket with 97.
And the man known as “Boom Boom” for his explosive batting, has also hit a record-breaking number of sixes in all three formats since making his international debut in October 1996.
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Mar 25, 2016 07:11pm
Obviously, mentally you are not.
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Mar 25, 2016 07:15pm
Unbelievable!!
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Mar 25, 2016 07:15pm
First hint from Shahid Afridi not to retire!
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Mar 25, 2016 07:16pm
Oh please, Afridi. Do you have no sense decency left in you?
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Mar 25, 2016 07:16pm
It is better for him and other so called senior players to opt retirement volunteey instead they may be shown exit door by PCB . Their career is over, in place opportunity may be given to some new deserving players
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Mar 25, 2016 07:18pm
It took you 2 years worth of T20 losses and a world cup knock out to realize you are not fit to be a captain? Man you are slow as well or maybe just selfish!
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Mar 25, 2016 07:19pm
Afridi, the star, we love you. The match winner. Plz Stay as a player, step down. Let the critics say what they wish.
If we want the team to grow we have to set aside our politics. Sarfraz be the captain. Malik out of the team.drop shehzad. youngsters, nawaz, rizwan should be groomed along with many others . Tallent from quetta included, the neglected place.
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Mar 25, 2016 07:21pm
please give respect this player given too much to pakistan,
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Mar 25, 2016 07:25pm
As a Pakistani I say he should have retired a long time ago!
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Mar 25, 2016 07:29pm
Afridi you deserve Respect but not cricket. Please go and form an Academy and bring some 20 year old from the underprivileged backgrounds. Had enough of you and PURCHEE guys.
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Mar 25, 2016 07:29pm
you donot want to go with respect....pcb will show you the door
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Mar 25, 2016 07:32pm
That is fair. But the selectors do not have to select him purely on the basis of physical fitness.
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Mar 25, 2016 07:32pm
Yes Afridi, you are the best. Please do not retire. We need you in next world cup
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Mar 25, 2016 07:34pm
Pakistan are loss due to they are not giving proper respect player like afridi dont blame one player your some player like akmal,sehjad,malik, hafeez they are playing last 5 to 10 years still not perfoming as a match winner in big game. you have to remember afridi he after tendulkar he is most manof the match in one day cricket & also in t20 most in pakistan side 12 times
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Mar 25, 2016 07:40pm
mediocre talent, massive ego and flash of belligerent batting is his legacy. For all the people who think he is a superstar munch on this; his stat for last 20 years is this Test Avg 36, ODI Avg 23, T20 Avg 18 if you say oh he is a better bowler please further munch on this in Tests in 47 innings he took 48 wickets, in ODI in 398 matches he took 395 wickets thats is less than 1 wicket per match and in T20 98 matches he took 97 wickets again less than 1 wicket per match. We tolerate these stats and then ask why we don't win anything big?
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Mar 25, 2016 07:41pm
@Capt C M Khan if you want to destroy a batsman then teach them Afridi's way of cricket
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Mar 25, 2016 07:42pm
Yeah!
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Mar 25, 2016 07:43pm
All time is no good today Khalid made this game lose 7 overs for his 46 when we need over 10 runs per over
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Mar 25, 2016 07:44pm
Go home. Leave cricket alone.
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Mar 25, 2016 07:51pm
@Amit Kosh
"Yes Afridi, you are the best. Please do not retire. We need you in next world cup"
Obviously, you want him to help India win, yet again!!
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Mar 25, 2016 07:51pm
Sarfraz Ahmed be the Captain in both ODI and T20.Pakistan doesn't has alternative in this regard.
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Mar 25, 2016 07:53pm
Even Afghanistan team has much energy than Pakistan team.
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Mar 25, 2016 07:55pm
I totally disagree ! You are totally unfit as a player and as a captain both ! Simply retire or you will be kicked out of the game . Your arrogance and ego left you nowhere. .
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Mar 25, 2016 07:55pm
@Ali jee If Khalid shows consistency he can be good prospect for Pakistan along with Sharjeel.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:00pm
right .. You wanna stay in team but not as a captain. We don't need three captains on the field we recently saw shoaib and Hafeez mendling in your business. I think you all three politicians should be out of the team.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:03pm
Afridi, Shahzad, Irfan, Khalid Latif and Shoaib Malik all are the useless cards. Please leave the team for the sake of Pakistan and let some young blood to come.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:04pm
Pakistan team seriously needs some good spinners, may be Ajmal can be back.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:05pm
Afridi is our national hero. After playing cricket for two decades, he is still fit to play. He should not retire.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:08pm
Please retire when we still have some respect for you. I am your fan but the teams performance sucks big time. Retire sir!
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Mar 25, 2016 08:09pm
O bhayee Afridi, this is not Kabbadi or wrestling team you need to play cricket too. Leave Pakistan team and don't push people to throw you out, better leave right now
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Mar 25, 2016 08:11pm
Afridi is not criminal alone. It is whole team, particularly the batting squad.
The PCB chose the majority of those (if not all) who were the most fit in the country for WCt20. The most blamable phenomenon is the lack of a solid domestic cricket set up. We just assume that our cricketers didn't play well, but we aren't ready to accept that others, including BD, have also learned good cricket, by improving their doemtic infrastructure of cricket. Our domestic cricket produces ordinary level of players with some exceptions.
Imran was right to say recently that he along with Zaheer, Javed and Wasim all learned cricket in counties.
It is the case not with cricket alone. Just see our hockey, where we had many world cups. See our squash.....
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Mar 25, 2016 08:18pm
He desperately needs IPL to bring his form back
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Mar 25, 2016 08:19pm
For sure, its pretty hard to say goodbye for anybody and everybody in the "land of the pure" and Shahid Afridi is not an exception to this norm.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:23pm
There are many good players who come and go and few are remembered, Like Miandad , Imran Khan and Waseem Akram, Afridi is one of them. Afridi will be remembered for very long time.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:26pm
Sorry Afridi not correct your age is 36 not fit for cricket. leave us we do not need you and your group. Go home and relax, Pakistan suffered enough enough under ur captaincy.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:31pm
please retire
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Mar 25, 2016 08:39pm
“I will see my form. There is pressure, media pressure. As a player, I am fit. As a captain, I am not fit,” For GOD sake Shahid Afridi don't try to prolong your career as a cricketer any further. It is better to call it a day than to get thrown out. In your own words you have admitted that as a captain you are not fit meaning you knew it well but kept on captaining the team & bringing shame to Pakistan cricket. You could have left captaining long ago & played but being a senior you played your pressure card & in a way forced PCB to continue to appoint you as a captain. It's enough, retirement is not something unusual, don't insult yourself & don’t embarrass the nation anymore.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:46pm
Afridi issued a very good diplomatic statement that he got more love in India than in Pakistan.It created lot of good will and fans in India including myself.But other statements after loosing the matches were in a very poor poor test. Cricketers are ambassadors to create good will and they should not behave like politicians.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:50pm
Since he has retired now there is no use criticising him,my only wish is he should have taken this decision before this championship,Pak cricket would have been saved from damage
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Mar 25, 2016 08:51pm
Even after all the mess created by you and you alone, you still think that you have some cricket left in you. For god sake Afridi, leave Pakistani cricket alone and let us try to get back the dignity we lost in recent past due your recklessness and ego problems.
Leave. Just leave!!!
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Mar 25, 2016 08:53pm
Physically he is fit but Mentally ???
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Mar 25, 2016 08:54pm
please have mercy on Pakistan team. all senior players and current couch need to go.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:56pm
As a player, you are incompetent. Leave us alone , please.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:58pm
he was selected on public demand now public demand is to leave cricket.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:58pm
Of the current team Sarfraz, Amir, Sharjeel, Imad and Wahan should be carried forward and rest discarded. Find new, young and educated players with decent personalities and give them a long run to improve their skills and serve Pakistan. Players like Shehzad, Latif, Hafeez, Malik and Akmal haven't learnt anything and won't learn in future. Discard these losers for good along with Afridi if he doesn't want to go with the little respect he is left with.
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Mar 25, 2016 08:59pm
He and the selectors should recognize that with age one's reflexes do slow down. We need young blood.
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Mar 25, 2016 09:11pm
He should not be selected
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Mar 25, 2016 09:11pm
But Afridi you are mentally NOT fit.
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Mar 25, 2016 09:13pm
@Capt C M Khan Ideally, he should stay away from academies too. Our youth need role models that are hard working, consistent and committed.
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Mar 25, 2016 09:14pm
As a player you are not performing and since this is Pakistan team you should not be considered anymore.
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Mar 25, 2016 09:14pm
No you are not Fit ,PERIOD.
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Mar 25, 2016 09:14pm
Afridi Boom Boom Lala should continue till an equivalent replacement is found ...he is the only talent we have
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Mar 25, 2016 09:17pm
Afridi means to say that he is misfit for captaincy. Thanks for admitting this!
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Mar 25, 2016 09:23pm
Pakistan has no replacement for Afridi in T20. He may only score 18-20 runs but he never uses many balls for that. He is a bad captain but still a player people would like to see in the team. Those who oppose him playing on, please give us a name as replacement.
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Mar 25, 2016 09:23pm
Good for you,,,obviously not good for Pak cricket any more.
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Mar 25, 2016 09:30pm
@Sarah he made us lose this game please we don't need him
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Mar 25, 2016 09:30pm
After Hafiz was banned from bowling, Pakistan can no way survive without Afridi the player. He is still a good bowlers and whatever he scores in batting, scores at a good pace. Pakistan has no all-rounder to replace him. People want him out but they have no answer to his replacement. Pakistan lost all these matches due to bad fielding, bad bowling and partially bad batting. You need to find T20 specialist bowlers who can bowl yorkers at will as Amir, Sami, Wahab and Irfan have failed badly. Find a free flowing opner to go with Sharjeel and forget about expecting T20 cricket from batsmen like Khalid Latif.
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Mar 25, 2016 09:41pm
Shehzad, Malik, Akmal and Afridi all need to be dropped for good. Its time we invest in youngsters and prepare a team for longer term
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Mar 25, 2016 09:45pm
For God's sake please Afridi we don't want you as a player in the national team. Neither we want to see Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Aamir,Irfan or Wahab Riaz!! These bowlers needs to learn how to keep up your line and length. Mohammad Sami needs more sensibility. Nor we want to see any previously tried bowlers or batsmen who for along run haven't produced any consistency. PCB should improve their First Class setup to match Australia, New Zealand, England or South Africa. Foreign coaches or even domestic coaches can't produce players if you don't have a proper domestic setup as said by Wasim, Imran and Ramiz.
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Mar 25, 2016 09:52pm
Please go, you have done enough damage.
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Mar 25, 2016 09:55pm
@Talha I wholeheartedly agree with your views and endorse the mention of the word "Educated" in your sentence, young, educated and decent players.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:05pm
Your Performance was a BIG ZERO
Only for your personal performance you promoted your self except weak Bangladesh you done bad job with bat and ball.
If you were sincere to Pakistan you could send Sarfraz as a opener.
To keep your fav. Shezad opener, sucks our team
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Mar 25, 2016 10:07pm
Dear! Cricket sans you will be of no taste and even futile. Win and loss are parts of competition. You led the team very well. Cricket hierarchy needs to be reshuffled.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:10pm
Afridi may be fit, but his reflexes are not good enough for international cricket.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:11pm
I don't understand why does PCB not select technically sound batsmen in their team .They have given so many chances to Sohaib Maqsood but not a single chance to Shan Masood who is the best technically sound batsmen .He should be given some chance in odi at least .Batsmen don't come from heaven you have to nourish them to be a good batsmen .And PCB lacks to do the same .
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Mar 25, 2016 10:11pm
I don't understand why does PCB not select technically sound batsmen in their team .They have given so many chances to Sohaib Maqsood but not a single chance to Shan Masood who is the best technically sound batsmen .He should be given some chance in odi at least .Batsmen don't come from heaven you have to nourish them to be a good batsmen .And PCB lacks to do the same .
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Mar 25, 2016 10:13pm
He should retire after this disaster
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Mar 25, 2016 10:14pm
Agree, but NOT fit for captaincy
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Mar 25, 2016 10:16pm
Too much expectations from one player,Afridi is a bold person,when he got more love from Kashmiris fans in India he said so,and he feel as a captain he is not fit he said so, you guys treat cricket play to extra ordinary altitudes,and slight decline hurts enormously that you crash our TVs or blame your cricketers.The electronics media is responsible to creating unwarranted hypes,for raising their ratings.Remember cricket is game,you can win by 1 run or lose by 1 run,like recent match of India Bangladesh ,you guys must have high sport manship to accept the result of match,after all one team has to lose,it's a game.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:24pm
See your former and present performance record and then talk.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:32pm
Indians will like it if he stays. Who doesn't want some quick wickets? In fact, it's better if some more batsmen like Afridi are there in the team in his current form.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:34pm
Every captain and batsman has good and bad days. A couple of bad performances doesnt mean he is ready to retire. You have to be patient and give him time to prove himself all over again.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:37pm
Too late to confess; you have already ruined nation's dreams.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:38pm
You may be physically fit but your brand of cricket is looking dead.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:43pm
Need changes at the Board levels. When bureaucrats and political nominees take over the game, the rot starts.
Pakistan cricket emerged from the shadows in 1977 when a core group of top players revolted against their bureaucratic management. We don't have the same character of players now, but we stil have the same type of bad Board level management and control.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:46pm
Afridi did this to himself. Picking Sharjeel and Sami on one single performance bringing Shahzad back without any performance but dropping Babar Azam and not picking Ajmal and Zulfikar babar even thought they are consistent. You deserve all the criticism. You cannt set a field, you keep your best fast bowlers towards the end even though bowling first and instead of bringing them early and taking wickets. Captain should be able to adopt to the situation. No pre planning
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Mar 25, 2016 10:48pm
When the Pakistani fielding let the Aussies run four runs for an onside push off Wahab, just as he was putting the pressure on, it was obvious Pak was going to lose. You can't win big games with that kind of attitude and lack of focus. Also raises questions about the coaching - I like Waqar, but complaining in the media is not enough. The side should have been more switched on today.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:49pm
Finally admitted, now Waqar should also think about himself. Sarfaraz should come forward to take the responsibility for Pakistani cricket team as a captain..
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Mar 25, 2016 10:49pm
He's most likely waiting for the RED signal from his chief supporter (Shaharyar Khan) up there. This surely smacks of 'dirty politics' in Pakistan Cricket which has been going for a long time now. Afridi needs to seriously do an introspection vis-a-vis the deplorable performances and lousy results of the last few years in which he has been a part of a disintegrating team but more so as its misfit skipper. Time has run out on Afridi, and it would be befitting to his stature to announce his exit from the cricketing arena instantaneously.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:50pm
@pakistani people ... We need afridi to be player of pakistan next 20 years !! :)
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Mar 25, 2016 10:54pm
Good decision. We need you for at least the next four world cups.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:00pm
Below average performance by Afridi in the WC. He should retire and make way for youngsters. He can still play other leagues but not Internal Cricket.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:01pm
Why should he retire? A player always sees himself capable of turning things around, as we do in life. The selectors have to make the choice by not picking him.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:04pm
I think people are being unfair towards him..he really cares about winning and losing...you could see that in his face. He is just going through a lean patch maybe because some of the others are letting him down also and he knows this. However his captaincy skills are questionable and Pakistan need to look towards a future figure in Sarfraz Ahmed. Keep him on as a player and make him fight for his position. PCB needs re shuffling and need some professionals involvement not the "the boyz is doing well" but someone who can really carry themselves and know the game. Also a pre requisite must be the ability to run for at least an hour...if they cant run for an hour player shouldnt be getting in. I bet you 9 of the 11 players couldnt run 15 minutes let alone 1 hour. When a player is able to run an hour everything else will fall into place.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:05pm
Please don't retire, as long as you are there ..Indians will have 1 less team to worry for .. to reach the semi-finals of WCs..
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Mar 25, 2016 11:07pm
People and media are so empty vessels don't no players like Devillers and Gayle are flip 70% but none of the former players are bothered are insulting them but in case of Afridi it's different it show the greater the player he is the greater amount of people against him... This show Afridi has charisma and best player that's y people are expecting him to get man of the series ever tournament every match pak plays.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:08pm
Afridi should not retire as a player only as captain. Also get rid of the dead wood. Players need to be fit i.e. have ability to run for 3 hours. Death bowling wasnt used at all in this tournament which also cost Pakistan. T20 age cap of 27. ODI's 28 and tests well anyone not available for this format shouldnt be selected for any other format aswell. Also as paid professionals make them work for every penny and attend the academy everyday its a 9-5 job MOnday to Friday....treat it like football players do.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:16pm
Dont let him retire so early !! Ideally he should play as long as he 'feels' fit. Boom boom, never doom.....
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Mar 25, 2016 11:17pm
"Afridi is highest wicket-taker in the history of Twenty20 cricket with 97." IN HOW MANY MATCHES ?????
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Mar 25, 2016 11:17pm
Dont get it !!!!! seriously if had bit of education in sense.. look at your crickets stats and also your cricket technique. Not your fault at all.. Why you selectors think Afridi is a star player for last 20 years. . Since cricket started name one batsman who played as much as Afridi for 20 years gets out for 8, 0, 6, 14 and then hits one 50.. You need to be punished for choosing him and treating him as a star.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:18pm
for God sake go, what's wrong with you guys why don't you go respectfully. You are done as a cricketer and a biggest burden on the teams along with some others.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:21pm
Please reitrr with whatever dignity you have left.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:26pm
Who you kidding Afridi that you are fit ? Yourself? If you were fit you wouldn't be making few runs here and there ? Just be a man enough to come out from this state of delusion and announce your retirement with immediate effect. Your retirement is past due, chapter closed.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:27pm
whoever thinks chasing 194 against Australia is possible lives in a fool paradise. we lost all of our matches due to a bad choice of picking bowlers.
we should have played 3 spinners. every team who is winning in this tournament has been playing with multiple spinners.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:29pm
Greater the player greater the amount of people admirers and haters today's Devillers failed amla failed duplisy failed and Gayle failed in a very important game but no critism
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Mar 25, 2016 11:32pm
Shahid Afridi is actually very good batsmen as good as Sehwag, Tendulkar or even Kohli. Indian batsmen has good stats due to batting on flat wickets and helpful umpiring (paid in large part by BCCI). Given right support and guidance, he would have done great much better than overhyped Indian batsmen.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:36pm
No longer acceptable in team. The nation should bycott if he is to play for Pakistan. He is not needed anymore in any position let it be captain or player. He not worthy of the Pakistan uniform.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:39pm
We Pakistanis living any where should proudly accept Shahid Afridi's contributions and wish him well in his future years. He can still earn respect by building hospitals and doing other charity projects. A time comes in the life of every athlete of international standards where he should make wise decision about his possible retirement. For Shahid Afridi the moment has arrived and he should make that choice
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Mar 25, 2016 11:40pm
You don't need to perform in the national cricket team. You are making enough money by doing multiple advertisements.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:42pm
There is a difference between physical and mental fitness!
Its time to say good bye to cricket and focus on your business ventures which have destroyed your cricket!
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Mar 25, 2016 11:45pm
Your Fitness Matters of No use to the Team's performance Because even as a Physically fit player you might be , You have not performed to the optimum level for the team for many many times and years now , So Please take your fit body and use it somewhere else Except the cricket team in the national colors . You are done as a player as well as a Captain by playing so poorly in the final game which meant so much for the country to win handsomely to stay in contention for the next phase of the worldcup T20 . You are done and dusted , so go away quietly and without making any fuss of donning the national colors again
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Mar 25, 2016 11:49pm
This nonsense has no end in sight. If he isn't fit to be the captain of the team, why was he allowed in and calling all the "wrong" shots until today! Afridi after a 20 year career has nothing to show for it - he brought no glory for the country - just empty rhetoric and chest thumping. Actually he is responsible for the downward drift of the game in so many ways in the country.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:49pm
Wow getting fit when he is over 36 now! Has never been fit when he was supposedly in his 20s! Such a selfish self promoting player!
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Mar 25, 2016 11:58pm
Sir
A few days ago Shane Watson has announced his retirement from international crickets and left with his head high whereas Shahid Afridi is keeping alive the tradition of Pakistani cricketers of not retiring gracefully.
For how long Afridi, Hafiz and Malik will drag on and on???
Thanks
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Mar 26, 2016 12:02am
Yea you are as fit as you have been for 20 long years, unfortunately you think by fit it means you can start hitting from the first ball. U have less than a wicket per match, an average of 17 runs. If u were in any other team u hardly would have survived 20 months!
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Mar 26, 2016 12:02am
As a player he is fit to play in the PSL, there is no room for a part time spinner who has never learned to bat in 20 years on the national side.
He performs 1 out of 10 matches, it's time to give his spot to a younger player.
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Mar 26, 2016 12:12am
wasim and viv richards inclusion must need.
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Mar 26, 2016 12:13am
Pakistani players need IPL
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Mar 26, 2016 12:16am
@Too much A very appropriate remark!
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Mar 26, 2016 12:16am
May be some viewers disagree with me but i will say that after humiliating defeats of Pakistani cricket team in the last 20 years in every world cup by various teams it is evident that we got no player of international standards. They are being payed huge sums for their pathetic performances. This game is boosted by Pakistani media only by showing so called commercials. Moreover, todays cricket have made our nation much greedy. Gambling on every match of Pakistani cricket team became very common in our cities, towns and even in small villages. People used to play ball to ball gamble. This situation is alarming for our society. To curb this curse, government may take serious action and may banned cricket in Pakistan at all levels. The so called cricket board should be dissolved with immediate effect. If hockey is vanished from Pakistan and nothing happend so if cricket will vanish,nothing will happen. The huge sums which is being spend on cricket may be used for some better projects.
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Mar 26, 2016 12:24am
Afridi is the a super star, who players like Akmal, Shehzad , and Sharjeel try to imitate.
All are inconsistent players who seem to have considerable talent but lack Cricket IQ, just like Afridi. Which is why Pakistan batting is 10 years behind modern cricket.
Worst thing to happen to Pakistan Cricket is making an average player into a Super Star.
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Mar 26, 2016 12:32am
Why our player dosent want to leave with some dignity. learn from other players like shane watson. Afridi and malik both need to go, they are spent forces for a very long time. Plaease have some mercy on us and on Pakistan Cricket.
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Mar 26, 2016 12:51am
Reallt... our cricketers are shameless like our ruling politicians.
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Mar 26, 2016 12:58am
There is a certain lack of basic understanding of the game in Afridi's case. He has been playing international cricket for 20 years now. There is no other player in the world currently who has been playing since 1996. I think this modern day cricket is too fast paced for him. He should earn his spot in the team first before being a captain. Just cause he has been playing for 20 years does not justify his place in the squad. A non performing captain can never motivate his team to do well. I would support Afridi even if he was half as good as MS Dhoni. And this guy Shehzad is good for nothing. Malik was a better captain anytime. And ofcourse Misbah
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Mar 26, 2016 01:00am
Please place your country before you and make room for others to join. Out of a nation of more than 16 million, I am sure we can find someone who can take a wicket every 10th match and score more than 10 runs every 15th.
If players the caliber of Sangakara and Jaywardene retire to allow new talent to join the team, I am sure Afridi can too it's just a matter of showing a little selflessness.
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Mar 26, 2016 01:02am
Afridi can perform his best in tv commercials only.
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Mar 26, 2016 01:06am
@Sarah , don't forget Shehzad and Amir they also are among the best in the world.. Amir certainly is the best bowler in the world today..
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Mar 26, 2016 01:11am
Afridi learn something from Watson, he can clearly play on for a few years but decided to call it quits.
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Mar 26, 2016 01:16am
Please Shahid go now before you are kicked out. have some dignity.
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Mar 26, 2016 01:17am
@brajbhushan Pandey why word kashmir is political for you? we also have some part of Kashmir in Pak. He might be referring that. he was not lying.people came from all over the country to see them
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Mar 26, 2016 01:28am
indeed afridi was a legend for long time and he stood him self against the team when the team need him the most . but if we look at his performance during last two year ,one can tell that he was use less.he did not perform with bat and boll as he use to be the classic all rounder .now its the age factor that is draging him down.now its time for him to show some respect to cricket and he should get the retirement .
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Mar 26, 2016 01:31am
Need to build a team from scratch: Sarfraz (captain), Sharjeel, Fawad, Babar, Haris, Amir, Sohail K. Imad, Yasir, Junaid and a couple from U19 team who played like stars. The rest from the ODI and T20 teams are all depressing.
Akmals, Shehzad, Shoaib, Sami, Khurram, Afridi and all purchees need to go for good!
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Mar 26, 2016 01:32am
Now all Pakistan fans say bad about Afridi but one day you all people will miss him , He is a Legend. whether he plays good or no but he is already a Legend ,,, you wont see people cricketer like afridi again in Pak team ...New players will come and go but there wont be a single player who will stay for more then 5 years in Pakistan team..
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Mar 26, 2016 01:50am
LALA doesn't need to retire but he definitely needs to focus on his GAME and Perform with the Bat and Ball! Opposition still fear him so he still got it!
Time for Waqar Younis to GO and Plz bring back Mohsin Hassan Khan or Viv Richard - We need a Coach that knows how to motivate his player not demoralize them!
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Mar 26, 2016 01:51am
Maybe, but as cricketer you ARE NOT!
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Mar 26, 2016 02:01am
I don't understand why everyone is blaming Afridi. he got 3 more years of cricket left in him. Lets face it the whole team is weak. why don't we look to train the team with the highest standard put more funds. Retiring Afridi is not the answer there is no guaranty your team will play better. I suggest to change the system instead of the players its has been done in the past.Need a different approach to the game bring the right combination of training & etc.
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Mar 26, 2016 02:07am
398 ODI batting average under 25 bowling average over 34...82 T20 batting average under 20 Bowling average under 25. The exceptional talent of Afridi is not in question his lack of application & respect for the green shirt is evident. Time for him to go 20 years is a long time to disappoint now leave and let someone else have a go
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Mar 26, 2016 02:08am
@Said Malik out of the team? Did you even watch the games??
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Mar 26, 2016 02:08am
With such a poor performance he is still Fit. There are younger talent waiting for
their turn and are more fit than him. They might score better than Afridi.
Learn something from Watson, he is fit and doing very good , still he retired.
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Mar 26, 2016 02:10am
@KHI Nailed it!!!
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Mar 26, 2016 02:10am
He should have retired after 2011 world Cup.
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Mar 26, 2016 02:12am
Only selectors should decide this matter.
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Mar 26, 2016 02:14am
@Too much : And that applies to you too.. have you ever played competitive cricket ? I bet you cannot pull two games together. Stopped trashing your star players like this.
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Mar 26, 2016 02:15am
My advice to Afridi, don't retire under any pressure. If you feel you can continue. No worries if you don't get selected in the national team.
It has been a tradition of Pakistan to put their legends down before they retire. They did same with Misbah and Younis Khan. So please don't feel any pressure, because people are venting out right now. No one is thinking with cool mind.
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Mar 26, 2016 02:15am
@Gramscian : Why is he bothering you so much, What has Sarfaraz done ? what have the others done ? Stop picking on one player
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Mar 26, 2016 02:21am
Its pathetic that everyone jumps on the bandwagon to trash Afridi. Half the people moaning about him werent event born when he was started winning laurels for Pakistan. At 36, he is a jawan man!! As far as his form or style of play is concerned, he has delivered on many occassions.
You folks don't deserve any good player. Everyone criticizes everyone else in Pakistan. What a sad place it has become. How many of you can hold a bat together in an international game ? Talking and media trolling is one thing, playing is another.
He is our star. He has made money for PCB and Pakistan through his pulling power, he is not just a player, he is your brand. I live abroad and I know that many non-pakistanis just go to watch him.
We must learn some tolerance as a society and give these guys a chance to breath. A lot has to fixed in Pakistan cricket board, before we pick on players.
Peace.
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Mar 26, 2016 02:24am
@Sammy , Pakistanis are very UN thankfull people. This guy has , for the past 20 years, given so much joy to all the fans not just in Pakistan but all over the cricket loving world. This is a team sport and he is playing with ten other players plus all the useless management and a imbecile person as coach. Did Bom Bom became a player and a captain by pointing a gun towards all the management??????.
Yes being a captain he is carrying extra burden but as a player he is still worth a lot.
By the way how many world title Pakistan have won without him. If he does retire , we should honor him as respectfuly as possible. I live in Canada and meet many fans from different countries , they all have stories found memories about him.
Please give him dur respect send him off with a deserving Boom Boom.
about Boom Boom.
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Mar 26, 2016 02:24am
Bhai aab chorday
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Mar 26, 2016 02:32am
Oh really! For country cannot you retire? Why selectors can't drop you as a player
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Mar 26, 2016 02:43am
What will Mr Sheti and Sharyar will do now. They will call it for the inquiry. Are you kidding me you sent the same team to WT20 after the horrible performance of Asia Cup. What the hell's wrong with Pakistani people? Why don't they do Dharna in front of PCB and ask them to pick correct talent in team. Don't blame just Africa for the lost. Poor coaching has lot to do a lot with it. I would ask the resignation for Waqar Younus during his coaching Pakistan team have a very less sucess. Pakistan have so much talent but they still pick the customer like Shezad. Fire everyone start over the team from the scratch. I feel bad for player like Asad Shahid and Shoal Tanveer didn't get the opportunity to play this tournament. Pakistan did not pick the player were in the best form and take the player like Mohammed Irfan to India. I wish someone can give me the opportunity to work for PCB as the advisor and I will deliver the best team Pakistan never imagine for.
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Mar 26, 2016 02:48am
I m fit as a player. Keeping in mind my 'gali-cricket' yet I m not even fit for that as a captain. He wanted to say this.
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Mar 26, 2016 03:02am
What is his age?
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Mar 26, 2016 03:04am
Afridi, you are neither physically nor mentally fit to be part of the national cricket team in any form or shape. Have mercy on cricket lovers in Pakistan. We have had enough of you. if you still decide not to retire voluntarily then the writing on the wall clearly tells me that you will be forced to retire with humiliation.
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Mar 26, 2016 03:07am
WOW
SO even after all these fiascos in Asia cup plus World Cup n clear grouping in team and team at bottom in all rankings but still nobody will be held accountable for it !
RIP Pakistan cricket !
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Mar 26, 2016 03:12am
Pls go home now. Enough already!
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Mar 26, 2016 03:14am
@Amit Kosh I am sure all opposing teams would wish that he keeps playing. This makes it easier for opposing teams to win.
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Mar 26, 2016 03:42am
he is good player but lacks consistency. more opportunity should be given to other players. that guy khalid did very well against Australia.
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Mar 26, 2016 03:48am
As a player he is fit with crappy bowling and nive batting.
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Mar 26, 2016 03:49am
My apologies but the fact is he is unfit baller. batsman or field and Pakistan's misfortune that he captains the team.
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Mar 26, 2016 04:00am
Shahid we love u brother!! It's not u it's the pathetic culture/corruption and people that don't know how to use talents like urself
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Mar 26, 2016 04:19am
Shahid Afridi has dragged Pakistan's name in the dirt to get his respect. Enough. No more! You will neither be the captain nor a player. Walk into the sunset. Play the senior league.
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Mar 26, 2016 04:41am
plz keep on playing for country.
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Mar 26, 2016 04:50am
I am
Fit as a player too and i want to prove myself as well the problem is you are denying me a right to play or be looked at just because u are not only hogging a spot in which u have failed miserably ; you are also creating groups within the teams and these people aren't any better then you .. So please take them with u and have mercy on youngsters that are reading to have a go .
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Mar 26, 2016 04:53am
Afridi, you were a very good all-rounder, and you are still a very good player. If they don't take you in the team just now, just wait. They will call you back, otherwise apply as a Coach.
Well played Afridi.
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Mar 26, 2016 05:13am
Its unfair to criticize just one man in a team of 11 players. Cricket is a team sport and not individual. Afridi certainly had a bad tournament but what about the rest 10 ? Except for Sharjeel, no other batsman is noteworthy. Afridi stepping down as captain not a bad idea but who will be his replacement ? Sarfaraz doesn't have the experience or maturity to captain the side.
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Mar 26, 2016 05:20am
As many predicted earlier, Afridi will never leave but will have to be thrown out.
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Mar 26, 2016 05:26am
Is he able to think because of him more than 200 million people disappointed more than 100 times and every big occasion. I don't know how he justifies his sleep
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Mar 26, 2016 05:42am
These Players need to retire as soon as possible:
1. Shahid Afridi
2. Shoaib Malik
3. Mohammad Hafeez
4. Mohammad Sami
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Mar 26, 2016 05:54am
@Tabassum Qureshi
Good one
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Mar 26, 2016 06:00am
"As a player I am fit, as a captain I am not". Mr. Afridi you know very well that statement is only half true.
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Mar 26, 2016 06:37am
You wont be able to copy Imran as the ingradients are different, your carier in cricket looks like worse than Younas Khan?
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Mar 26, 2016 06:53am
Afridi is a great player and should be re spected. The issue is with Pakistan as a team and also as a nation. We are very rigid and have unnecessary pride which we don't deserve. we have failed as nation completely and a total international pariah today. People like Afridi, Wasim Akhram are great international ambassodors for Pakistan with global fans. We should not bag them for our own limitations as a nation. May be Pakistan should step down as a nation instead
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Mar 26, 2016 07:00am
@Ali Dublin ; some of your points are valid but I think you are completely missing it regarding Sharjeel and Sami. Sami was the best bowler in all 3 matches until the last one where he lost the plot. Sharjeel was the only bright light indicating Pakistani batsmen can be destructive ; if he is guided and he works on his technique, he can be an asset for us in shorter versions
Say good bye to Shehzad, Akmal,Malik, Afridi
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Mar 26, 2016 07:05am
I can't imagine cricket beyond Afridi.
he is the darling the heartbeat of Kashmir.
Its senseless to force him to retire.
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Mar 26, 2016 07:06am
Best Bowling line up !!!!! Which gives away 180+ scores in back to back matches :D
Amir gives 35+ runs in his spell in back to back matches .... Best Bowler :D
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Mar 26, 2016 07:11am
Once pakistan was dangerous side in three formats of cricket, they have great batsman and very fast as well as spin bowlers..but in last decade they looses all charms and talents but they have still very good bowling side..I dont know how is domestic structure of cricket of pakistan, we have to upgrade year by year to match other teams..start infrastructure development from grassroots level, appoint yusuf, inzmam, or wasim as coach for least A team, the fact is that pakistan is failed to use theirs formers players..I think other boards are smarter than pcb,look example of andrew Strauss, ganguly, dravid, attapatu, chaminda vas, kumble, laxman, sachin, sandip patel, lehman and all.
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Mar 26, 2016 07:12am
no one in Pakistan wants to leave with dignity be it cricketer or politician!how you will survive as a player Mr Afridi?will you have the liberty to choose your own batting order at random or bowel 4 over in a row from 7 to 11!have mercy on us Sir!
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Mar 26, 2016 07:15am
I am amazed to know that a player decides whether he should be playing or not. What is the board/, selection committee meant for then
@Zak, appreciate your great sense of humor. Great way to start a weekend.
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Mar 26, 2016 07:22am
You can't bat, you can't take wickets , you can't inspire players. What exactly do you mean that you are fit???
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Mar 26, 2016 07:31am
I think he should retire and ask for BCCI to play in IPL, i can definitely say he will get lots of love from indian fans.
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Mar 26, 2016 07:58am
Gosh....somebody please tell him that his time is done. Everyone should leave at a respectable time. This guy doesnt get it.
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Mar 26, 2016 08:04am
Only Imran Khan retired at his peak. All other PK players are either dropped or forced out of team with disrespect and humiliation. Afridi is also one of them. Let go Afridi. There are many more deserving players. We have enough of you for more than twenty years. Just go now.
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Mar 26, 2016 08:05am
@Said how is a match winner? How many matches in span of twenty years??
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Mar 26, 2016 08:26am
@timetostopthis you mean give him 20 more yrs.
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Mar 26, 2016 08:31am
One should retire with grace on his own before people tell you to do so.Its time for you to give your spot to youngsters and please take time to reflect on your statistics of the last few years.
Dr.Fareed
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Mar 26, 2016 08:32am
For the uninitiated, he is talking to Shoaib Malik. In English, he means to say, in your dream Malik.
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Mar 26, 2016 08:39am
We are simply not good enough!
The statement sums up everything from political leadership, performance on the sports field (cricket, hockey etc) to our comments on every news item!
Unless we start believing we are good enough for the challenge, we don't stand a chance.
Finding the right combination is not hard, it's giving players the confidence to perform in their roles which has been lacking - u can replace Mr. X with Mr Y but there won't be any change in the result unless the whole current negative atmosphere changes.
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Mar 26, 2016 09:02am
1. PCB is full of corrupt people specially in higher ups....they never follow the proper merit. It should be dissolved immediately.
2. Bunch of so called coaches should be expelled who cant direct players in right direction. People with better understanding of the game and true patriots should be appointed.
3. Physical training, specially gym training should be incorporated. Other than 2-3 current players dont have strength to hit the ball out of ground. They need training as of athletes.
4. Afridi......he can play as a player, he is physically fitter than all.....its true, he is not a good leader. As a player he has done wonders in the past. If we have his replacement than he can be dropped from team.
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Mar 26, 2016 09:10am
Maybe as a chess player. Definitely not as a cricket player.
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Mar 26, 2016 09:14am
Can we export Akmals, Shoaib, Afridi, Hafeez, Shehzad, Sami as 'fit' players to Afghanistan or Oman teams?
I think we are done with these 'fit' players.
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Mar 26, 2016 09:19am
Fit to lose!
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Mar 26, 2016 09:24am
Since he is 30 years old he needs to be groed for future
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Mar 26, 2016 09:26am
@Amit Kosh Well said!
This is why you are loved by Indians. You lose all the matches for Pakistan
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Mar 26, 2016 09:34am
Sir, I am also very fit but that does not mean I am suitable or have the temperament to play professional cricket. Afraidi, you are nkt suitable for professional cricket, booze you do not possess the metal strength or the skill to play at this level, so please do not embarrass Pakistan any longer, your exit is not only "better" but it is the best thing for Pakistan cricket.
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Mar 26, 2016 09:41am
@KHI Awesome. You have summarized it so well.
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Mar 26, 2016 09:44am
Please show him the door.
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Mar 26, 2016 09:52am
Enough is enough Mr. S Afridi! Resign! Resign! Resign! Salams
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Mar 26, 2016 09:53am
@PAK Yes. But not for good reasons.
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Mar 26, 2016 10:01am
@Khwarezmi agree. He is done so much damage to Pakistan cricket that now retiring or not, it doesn't matter. It will take years for Pakistan cricket to recover from "Afridi-Boom Boom" culture, even if it does. Youngsters gave been misguided with bad role models and ideals.
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Mar 26, 2016 10:04am
These players should be banned for life due to loosing intentionally ..
1. Umar Amal
2. Shoaib Malik
& Muhammad Hafeez for not playing intentionally.. they maligned Pakistan by their ill will .. Further Ahmed Shehzad should be kicked out & Sami too .. I recommend to make either Wahab or Sarfraz captain of ODI & T20
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Mar 26, 2016 10:14am
Shane Watson is retiring at the peak of his game- May be something Mr. Afridi to learn from!!
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Mar 26, 2016 10:43am
In Pakistan there is no tradition of accepting the fault and resign, shameless people
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Mar 26, 2016 10:55am
afridi perfrom in only one game and pak won that game so that mean he is winning player
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Mar 26, 2016 10:55am
@Nadir Aziz The emphasis is on a cricketer being "educated" because an educated cricketer with limited skills can still expand his potential by having the ability to "analyze" his strengths and weaknesses and overcoming his weaknesses without being egoistic. Whereas a talented cricketer with a lack of education (U. Akmal and N. Jamshed as examples) would never be able to expand his skills because he doesn't have the ability to analyze his game and work upon his weaknesses without an ego. Education brings the ability to self-analyze professionally without being arrogant. One doesn't have to be a PhD but at least high-school is a must. During a post match interview, Kohli talked about his bat speed, the angle of his bat swing, his bat's weight, the dew factor, the opposition's bowling attack, the situation he went to bat and how analyzing and maneuvering all of that he was able to take his side to victory. He made it look scientific, something we can never expect from Akmal or Shehzad.
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Mar 26, 2016 11:00am
Please , for country's sake retire ! You hardly perform on out of 20 matches. Give chance to others.
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Mar 26, 2016 11:13am
Yes, do not retire, afridi. Pakistan need you in the next T20 world cup. You should come back in ODI also. Best of luck ''boom boom''
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Mar 26, 2016 11:15am
well, afridi should have retired from cricket 7-8 years ago but as he is a money lover instead of performer. he and most of the players earn minimum of 3,95,000 per month ( excluding Bonuses). our money, as a tax player, are wasted on cricket. lame government should have expended this valuable taxes on health and science and technology.
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Mar 26, 2016 11:25am
Continue as a team member man. the whole Team needs internal reforms from Chairman to Coach .
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Mar 26, 2016 11:27am
@PAK
Afridi will be remembered only if he leaves...he is not giving us any chance to remember him..he needs to retire first
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Mar 26, 2016 11:34am
I have no idea why Shahid Afridi will not leave with Love and respect from the fans and his country...and be remembered as a great cricketer...It is up to him...
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Mar 26, 2016 11:44am
Its always me myself and I.....................for God Sake, just let go, leave with respect rather than getting the door mat treatment. Haven't we seen enough?
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Mar 26, 2016 11:49am
Afridi is an excellent world class player, a foot soldier. He is not Captain material for a dynamic and temperamental Pakistan team. We need another Imran Khan to lead the team. You will find them in the public schools of Pakistan like Aitchson, St Anthonys, Burn Halls, Grammar school Karachi etc.
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Mar 26, 2016 11:51am
i think Shahid Afridi should be given another chance as a player....
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Mar 26, 2016 12:02pm
@Prashantjain
Who cares about IPL!!! IPL is a ground of corruption!!
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Mar 26, 2016 12:04pm
Lala, It is better to call it a day and throw your gloves you should retire from international cricket. Let other talented players to represent pakistan . You are one of your kind , no one can ever bat like you do and I m sure no one will ever will . You are boom boom. We love you and that is why you should quit gracefully.
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Mar 26, 2016 12:06pm
yes he is fit but forgot how to play and manage a team LOL
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Mar 26, 2016 12:07pm
As a player you are not fit to play at this level......
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Mar 26, 2016 12:30pm
@Amit Kosh because he wins you games ?
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Mar 26, 2016 12:47pm
All mosti cricket viewers cum social commentators now start criticism, We love all legends.. Afridi you live in the country where heros always be treated like this. Yousuf, Waseem, Waqar, Saeed, Sohail, Razzaq and many others left with sad end.
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Mar 26, 2016 01:15pm
@ ZAK Why are you bringing Sehwag, Sachin & Virat in this. It should be simple, if Afridi can not lead Pakistan even to the Semis then he has to leave.
Same applies for Dhoni & team. We do not want to discuss their contribution to cricket, if they can not put a decent show in each match, then they have to vacate their spot & allow young talent to perform.
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Mar 26, 2016 02:19pm
Afridi is not a captain material. He is an entertainer rather than Cricket player. He should use his brains when he talks. There is no connection between his brain and mouth. Generally people think and talk, he talk and then think, by that time damage is done. He is modern day Yogi Berra of Pakistand Cricket.
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Mar 26, 2016 04:10pm
I think it is time, Pakistan should stop nepotism, parchi, likes/dislikes, bribes or provincialism ... but think merit and performance as gold. Players should be selected on their average figures (including run average, wkts average, SR, fielding performance, etc) in last 10 matches, rather than any thing else. Since 10 matches would be criteria, no player would dare to do politics in team, as that would effect their chances to stay in team.
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Mar 26, 2016 07:05pm
Whether Afridi retires or not, doubt whether he will again be selected.
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Mar 26, 2016 07:06pm
He should continue to play.
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Mar 27, 2016 02:04am
If you are fit team fit, lips service no warranted. Just think what the Australian captain said.
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Mar 27, 2016 02:07am
Cricket for him is a part time business. Really he is confused and cannot lead his team.
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Mar 27, 2016 09:47am
I have seen in previous displays Afridi as 31 in 2006 which makes him 41 in 2016
Please leave us alone Afridi from your captaincy and your cricket
thank you very much
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Mar 27, 2016 10:55am
you are extra burden to this Pakistani team. Also eating the place that should be allotted to the young blood.
As a cricket fan, I am requesting you to leave the team and nurture young players for betterment of Pak cricket
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Mar 27, 2016 12:44pm
I wish at least one cricketer retires with some diginity left. There had been none since Imran Khan.
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Mar 28, 2016 01:17pm
Boom boom Afridi
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Mar 28, 2016 05:08pm
given the current bunch of players in the team he might argue that he is still better off than the most but isnt it time to look forward a to the next WC and groom the youngsters. I saw Malik too saying in a interview he plans to play til 2019. Not a good idea though
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Mar 28, 2016 05:54pm
I agree with Afridi that he can play good as a player.he should not get retire .he is the man who could make our team to win t20 .dont loose hope we are with you .dont bother the comments of those people who just criticise on others.
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Mar 28, 2016 05:55pm
He should not get retire
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Mar 29, 2016 12:14am
Afridi has to go....no question about this. The question is who all should accompany him.... I think it is time to get rid of hafeez, malik, Sami and wahab as well. Make Sarfraz as captain and Imad waseem as vice captain.... We have babar azam, haris sohail, mukhtar, sharjeel, umer akmal, rizwan and so on....it is our bowling which was over hyped to be the best but gave away scores in the range of 192 and 184 because of failure by the coach and captain to play right combinations....decision to ignore Ajmal and Haris Sohoil cost us dealy....PLEASE GET RID OF WAQAR YOUNAS
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