Ever since he took over the Captaincy, Inzi has been my favorite cricket by far. I loved his cool in the face of fire. His record shows how vital he's been to Pakistan's win chances. Simply put, if Inzi did well, Pakistan usually won. I also thought he did a good job of uniting the team and earning their respect. Having said all that, I can somewhat understand the predicament that PCB is under. This point in the article summarizes my biggest fear as well:
You can perhaps understand their concern. Inzamam back in the dressing room, unwittingly or otherwise, they feel, will undermine Malik's captaincy.
I know he can still play and probably is still Pakistan's best batsman. I want him to get a proper farewell as well. I just don't know how to do all that without undermining a young captain. I don't think Inzi would purposely undermine Malik, but just his mere presence may cause that. Even Malik would probably defer to him, such is Inzi's stature in the team. My best solution atm is for Inzi to announce a definite retirement date. He needs to forget about making 10,000 runs because he won't get that opportunity. He just needs to say "I'll play for another six months" or something like that. That way, the selectors MAY include him knowing that there is an end in sight. If his retirement date is set, he may not unwillingly undermine Malik by being in the team. Just my opinion.
