Saeed Ajmal has refused to be the captain of the Pakistan team i n the T20 saying that he wanted to play for the Pakistani team as a common player rather than the captain and wanted to play in peace. He said that captaincy was no piece of cake, specifically in the current scenario when the captain has to bear the burden of his team’s defeat. He said after Hafeez had resigned from the captaincy, the authorities were searching for a captain for the team.
Saeed Ajmal declared that he was not ready to take the burden of captaincy. He said that it was sad to see how the public and the cricket board reacted towards a captain in case of a defeat. He said that Misbah-ul-Haq was a brilliant captain and much better than Imran Khan, but he also could not tolerate the criticism and left the team’s captaincy. He said that all the qualities and achievements of a captain are forgotten, once his team has to suffer a defeat.
Now the Pakistani cricket board were looking for a captain for the team as there was no one willing to take the job. The overall perspective of the people and the respective authorities should change. Winning and losing are all part of the game. One should not be held responsible for the results of the team. It is a team effort and there are many factors that play a part in it.