Twitter is livid with Sarfraz Ahmed for letting Bangladesh off the hook

Pakistan and Bangladesh are currently battling it out in Abu Dhabi in a virtual semi-final of the Asia Cup in order to set the finals date with India a couple of days later. The latter side opted to bat first after winning the toss but were soon reduced to 12/3 thanks to the returning Junaid Khan and Shaheen Afridi. Bangladesh continued to struggle at the top of the order as they were sent back with literally nothing on the board only for Sarfraz Ahmed to let them off the hook.

However, just like the tournament opener, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mohammad Mithun joined hands to rebuild the team’s situation and are looking very good now. They have stitched a partnership of more than 130 runs and have notched up their respective half-centuries. Not that their knocks have been chanceless but Sarfraz Ahmed’s captaincy has been extremely poor.

He altered the field placements unnecessarily and removing the slip was one of the biggest mistakes from him as Hasan Ali managed to create a chance twice in his spell and on both the occasions there was no fielder at the position.

Commentators critical of Pakistan skipper

Even the commentators like Ramiz Raja and Sunil Gavaskar were critical of his field settings as they opined that easy singles were given to the duo when they were new to the crease. Also, the attacking mindset was curbed for no reason which allowed Rahim and Mithun to settle. To add to their agony, Sarfraz Ahmed also wasted a review when the latter was given not-out by the umpire and Pakistan’s backs are against the wall now.

With more than more than 15 overs to go now, Bangladesh are looking good to score more than 250 runs easily on a pitch which gets slower in the evening. It will be interesting to see if the Men in Green will be able to pull things back in the death overs by picking wickets.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Sarfraz has allowed the game to drift…rated him highly as a skipper post the Champions Trophy success. He’s looked a patch of that in this #AsiaCup

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) September 26, 2018

Sarfraz being exposed as a skipper? At 12/3, he was happy to sit back but now has to pay for it. Not enough attacking fields or good field placements.

— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) September 26, 2018

Pakistan had the game and Pakistan has wasted the opportunity. No slip, no attacking fields and Bangladesh now has this match for the taking. Poor captaincy from Sarfraz. He looks like a lost kid out there. No clue what to do.

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) September 26, 2018

Sarfraz ahmed should step down as captain if Pak loses tonight. #AsiaCup2108 #PAKvsBAN

— Sayedzada Nabeel (@Nabeelspeaks) September 26, 2018

Worst captaincy by #SarfrazAhmed #PAKvsBAN #AsiaCup18

— Manzar Elahi Turk (@manzarelahi) September 26, 2018

#pak vs BD Poor captancy by Sarfraz Ahmed in very important match. Let the BD batsmen set by removing Junaid & Shaheen Shah Afridi.

— Raja Poras (@Sirsawal_Arain) September 26, 2018

Well Played #MohammadMithun Keep Continue <3
& Great Captaincy #SarfrazAhmed 😛 =D

— Anamul Hossain Atik (@BDkingssquad) September 26, 2018

#SarfrazAhmed should be booted out from captaincy with a tight slap in his face. #PAKvBan

— Fahad Kahut (@FKahut) September 26, 2018

Fantastic partnership between mushfiqur , mithun & Sarfraz Ahmed.

— Afzaal (@its_afzaal) September 26, 2018

Sarfraz Ahmed is Saqib Nisar of Cricket…

— Mian TeHreeM (@MianTehreem) September 26, 2018

Sarfraz Ahmed.. Bangaliyooo ko safe passage deney k baad. #PAKvBAN pic.twitter.com/bsw4sEfMIN

— Naya Pakistan (@Waqas_amjad) September 26, 2018

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