Captain of Pakistan ODI and test team Misbah ul Haq is facing massive criticism from former cricketers and media from last few months. Especially, after losing series against Australia, media started verbal bombarding at him. Many former Pakistani cricketers also advised Misbah to draw back from ODI captaincy. Not only media and former cricketers but also many cricket fans are also demanding same from 38 years old batsman. After losing third match and series against Australia in Sharjah, people start tweeting updating status against Misbah ul Haq. Most of people call him “Tuk Tuk”.
Majority of people claim that he is a fail captain for ODI and his ODI career has been ended. Let’s look at his ODI career and also his ODI Captaincy record to judge either he is suitable for ODI Cricket or not. Here I will discuss things on the basis of stats not on the basis of Spice and emotions.
Misbah ul Haq has scored 2995 runs in 106 One Day International Matches. Misbah has batting average of 42.18 and strike rate 74.15 which is better than many famous batsmen including Javed Miandad and Indian wall Rahul Dravid. And if we talk about his latest performance then he is still playing great.
Now have a look towards Misbah’s ODI captaincy performance. If we talk about captaincy winning records of Pakistan cricket team then we will shock that Misbah has great winning percentage as compare to other cricketers. Check picture below for details.
In above picture, stats are clearly supporting Misbah. Only two Pakistani captains are ahead from Misbah in winning percentage, Shoaib Malik with 66.66% and Saleem Malik with 64.70%. If you still think Misbah is disgrace for Pakistan and he is Tuk Tuk then give your reason in below comment box.