CRICKET NEW:Imran Khan backs Afridi

Former Pakistan captain and legend imran khan as backed PCB’s decision to appoint shahid afridi as the captain for the asia cup and hectic England tour in which Pakistan will play 6 test, 5 odi’s and 4 T20 matches. He further said that the afirid should be appointed for the long term basis ands only if they give me chance in the long run, results will come.


"Since I retired in 1992, Australia has had only three captains where as the situation is completely different for Pakistan, Pakistan has had more than two dozen and that is why there is a big difference between Pakistan and Australia,"

According to Imran, Afridi was the logical choice to lead Pakistan as he is already the Twenty20 captain. "Who else if not Afridi?" Imran said. "I think if they had made anyone else captain, problems would surely have persisted, so I think Afridi was the best choice available."

Imran said Afridi has to be given time if he is to develop into a good leader. "Afridi has been leading the team well in the Twenty20 format. A good captain should be brave, can handle pressure and should have the respect of the team, so let us give Afridi some time to settle and then judge him.

"You can never predict about him as a Test player and a captain until you give him a chance. If he was not playing Tests and now he intends to play, then maybe with responsibility he performs better."

PCB has no idea who to make captain after younis khan’s resignation, they appointed yousef but it failed so afridi was the rational choice for the PCB, afridi was appointed as the captain for T20 world cup and now will lead the team in the asia cup and England tour..

Khan also said he is in favour of having having one captain for all formats of the game. "Cricket is the only sport where you need able leadership and if a captain is successful in one format he could be successful in all three."

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MALIK's ban being lifted

Ban on sohaib malik has been lifted by the PCB and financial plenty of 2M has been reduced to half which shoaib malik agreed to pay.


"His appeal has been partially accepted," the PCB's legal advocate Talib Rizvi told to media"The ban has been lifted and his fine has been halved. The board has the right to review the decision but as of now he is eligible to play for Pakistan again."

It was never clear why malik had been banned and fined but sources wsay that it was his indecipline in teh Australian tour and his negative influence on the team, it was confirmed in a leaked video of the inquiry committee meetings, in which Malik's role within the squad was blasted by a number of players including Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Yousuf.

Irfan Qadir, the arbitrator and a retired judge, will now send a report to the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt, who will put the decisions in front of the board of governors. "We're going according to our constitution which says an appeal can be filed in such cases," Butt told to the media"I will now receive the report from the arbitrator and then put it up in front of the board of governors for their approval." Though Butt refused to say so, it is expected he will approve the findings and that the board of governors will ratify it as well, thus removing legal obstacles from the way of Malik's potential return.

Don’t forget sohaib Malik was named in the list of 35 probables for Pakistan's next two assignments, in Sri Lanka for the Asia Cup and then a long summer tour to England, but it is unlikely he will make the cut for the first task. The 15-man squad for the Asia Cup is to be picked in the first week of June after a short camp to be organized in Karachi and the governing board's next meeting is likely to be after that.

The decision has also made a way for other cricketers to make a comeback. Cricketers like rana naveed ul Hassan, younis khan an M.yusuf would be confident after this decision.
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