Should Shahid Afridi Step Down As Captain?

Cricket fans know Shahid Afridi as aggressive all-rounder. He is more famous for his aggressive batting than bowling. His impact in cricket is aggression and this is the reason of his popularity amongst cricket fans. His two or three boundaries are enough to make his fans happy in a match. But since few years he has tried to change his batting style and as first step he avoided to open the innings. Infact today’s cricket is suitable for him to play as a opener because of power play, but instead of opening he adopted defensive approach and placed his number on number 6. After this strategy his story as batsman is complete failure. He has never played match winning innings on this position. Therefore, his batting on number six is of no use for the team. Now his place in team is just as a bowler. Although he performed well in world cup 2011 as bowler, but he is not as impressive to be included in every match in all conditions as a bowler. So by these reasons he is no more suitable for captaincy. A captain should be a person who deserve place in team in all conditions.

As a captain he never showed maturity on the field. After every match he made it his duty to talk to TV channels and point out the performance of his players infront of all the world. This attitude promote difference between the players and him. Beside these, he always act like child on the field as captain by talking after every bowel to his bowlers and by this he more confused the bowlers which effected their performance. In today’s world there is no space to talk to your players harshly, but he did so many times on the field in front of thousands of viewers.  He does not know the art of converting the losses into wins, therefore, he is not a successful captain and need to be replaced.

It will be better for him to resign by his own and concentrate on his batting once again, so that he can prolong his career as all-rounder.