i think we all have to recogonize that aftab is not ever going to be the complete package. he will really just be that slogger that will always score 30s, 40s, and occaisionally the big one. in terms of his approach, aftab is far stupider than ashraful (who unlike aftab implusively plays stupid shots). ash at least tries to play according to a gameplan, and then he fails. aftab just comes out with all guns blazing.
nevertheless, aftab and ash if they do what is expected at 3 and 6, will still be very valuable to our team. the sensible batting will be done by SN, sakib, bashar, and mushy.
thats not too bad, IMO. 4 sensible batsman, and 2 sloggers. we don't want any more than 2 sloggers in the top order, and probably 1 is ideal. but you also need at least 1 batsman who can throttle the attack. india has sehwag, uthappa, dhoni in their top 7. pak has just 1 in afridi (i don't think razzaq bats in the top 7, if he does, they have 2 as well). england has pieterson, aussies have gilly, SL have jaya. so all teams have the designated "go nuts from the get go" batsman, so its not necessisarly bad to have aftab fit this role.
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