If we want to blame Bashar, I think 75% blame must go to Dav Whatmore first for not able to prepare Bashar as a Captain for all these years. This is one area we did not see any progress. I mean what does a coach does while the game is on? Its not the game is over in seconds, I never see Dav is sitting with his players giving them tips or sending someone with instruction. Most of the time he is sitting with 2 other foreign trainers (maybe chatting about next round of golf?). Heck he even sat down other side of the field in England. What next, sit and watch the game from the hotel room?
Bashar is a great batsman. But he is simply incapale of motivating or pushing players to the limit. He is not known for any intellingent or innovative decision maker as the situation demands. He never even led a club team in the premier league. So why he is the the Captain? Because he is one of most senior and consistent performers in the team (maybe not anymore). His fellow players like Rafiq, Javed, Pilot have their own problems and thus not chosen. Some juniors like Rajin got nods but showed immaturity and dropped shortly.
For the people who say Bashar has the best records or has no alternatives must be seriously misled. To those I have questions. Have you guys ever heard any commentator saying, "oh my goodness, what a brilliant captaincy that was by Bashar!". Never! All they talk about as how poor some of his calls were. They talk about his mistakes in field placement, bowling change, lack of aggessiveness, which eventually refect in the body language in other players. When the players see everything is falling apart with zero chance for success, they dont really have much motivation to do something fantastic, now do they? Are you willing to work 16 hour job for a company that is going bankrupt? I dont think so. All the wins Bashar has under his belt were due to the complete team effort, those matches were not won because of his captaincy.
An ideal captain would be an allrounder like Kapil, Imran Khan, Saurav, Steve Waugh. Sachin is a great batsman and did not succeed with Captaincy, it hurt his batting. End result he is no longer a Captain. Same is happing with Bashar alreday. The management should work on creating a new Captain who actually can LEAD the team and most importantly has an extreme desire to succeed, as long as his place in the team is not questionable. To name a few I would suggest Mashrafi. It is too early but he can definitely hold a vice captain's post. Players like him should be groommed for future.
In the meantime Bashar can lead the team with Dav Whatmore effectively and seriouly working behind the scene with true dedication. If that does not work, the only immediate alternative is to hire a specialist Captain's coach, like Wasim Akram or Steve Waugh.
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