Well its a very difficult situation to be in, on one hand I agree with all the point against Inzimam-ul-haq for his religiosity and I think this has a very negative effect on the players, There is no doubt that the world cup in South Africa in which Pakistan lost to Ireland was out of the tournament in the first round and Bob Wolmer died during the same period, was the start of the demise of professional cricket in Pakistan.

Saeed Anwar, Inzi, Yousaf, even Saqlain and top of all Shahid Afridi all had their role to play in the demise of Pakistan cricket, But fact of the matter is if you have to choose between talent+religion and mediocrity+secular then I will always choose the former. Pakistan cricket’s true demise is due to the players like Misbah-ul-haq who simply proved to be termite. If Misbah had been kicked out of the team after the 2007 T20 world cup after he failed to score 6 runs from 4 balls, Pakistani cricket would have been what Indian Cricket is today.

There is no question that Inzimam-ul-haq’s religion will negatively affect on the young players but I am sure that such negative affect has no comparison with the negative affect of a poort captain and a mediocre senior cricketer on the young players.

And then on top of that the corrupt people like Najm Sethi and Shaher Yar Khan (who are so-called liberal and anti-religion) are the real reason behind the current state of affairs of cricket in Pakistan.

Although I strongly disapprove and criticise Inzi to accept any role in PCB in the presence of Najm Sethi & Shaher Yar Khan, but I will forgive him for all his “ؓیسم اللہ ” and “thanks to Allah” as long as he could teach Pakistani batsman 10% of his batting and kick out Misbah-ul-Haq from Pakistani cricket.

Remember it is better to hear “Thanks to Allah”, then never hearing it when you don’t win any match.

 

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