Agree with that. Umar has genuine talent. He also has had the misfortune to bat in the middle order too often with Misbah as his partner. Someone has to score the runs & if Misbah refuses to, someone else has to. Umar is too often forced to take risks & it's pathetic that the captain places these additional pressures on his younger players.

Pakistan won the series despite Misbah's inclusion, and lost the last game because of it.

no cheats please. We ca win without them. Pakistan won 92 WC without one of the greatest bowlers ever to grace the field i.e Waqar Younis, we can stil do it without these two cheats

Yeah, he did steady Pakistan cricket and the team, but things have moved on since then. Its time now for Misbah to hand the reins to Hafeez. I don't have a problem with him as a captain, if he had a place in the team to begin with! Its about time we gave others extended runs, Azhar Ali can develop into a good ODI batsman and the poor Hammad Azam, when will he ever get a chance! he is a decent enough batsman

This is Gavaskar's personal opinion. Every one has his right to give his opinion,whether anyone agrees or not. Once again, Pakistan cricket team snatched defeat from the jaws of victory! Now that World Cup is round the corner, Its high time that PCB should help restore Mohammad Amir and Asif. If that happened, then, Pakistan's bowling attack will be able to demolish any batting line up in the game, it'll be a World beater team, will achieve many "grand slams" in the future.

I think Misbah is the best as long as he wins the series. chill out .

you are correct Raza, like when to throw the game and when not to............this is pathetic or what.............

I respect Gavasker for his great batting. However, his opinion about Misbah is totally wrong. Misbah came to Pakistan during a very difficult time. He was able to stablise things and bring in good leadership. Please have a look at his track record. Gavaskar's comment about Misbah dropping a catch is senseless. Yuvarj dropped Nasir's catch so that does mean he should be dropped from the Indian team. Pakistan knows that Misbah has a couple of years and is working on a transition plan. Please remember that under Misbah's leadership we won the ODI series against India in India.

Gavaskar's jealousy is justified. The Captain who defeated his "Team India" at their home ground "must" be removed.

I totally agree with one of the batting greats, In the third ODI Misbah should have finished the game for Pakistan instead he gone into a shell and allowed pressure to be built on his team mates. Keeping in veiw the forthcoming world cup, a young batsman like Haris Sohail should be groomed and Misbah must say farewell to ODI for Pakistan

I agree with Sunny . Pakistan need another capt . Please keep Afridi away .

I agree 100%,. its time to send Umar, Kamran and Misbah home. Margin of defeat would have been lot bigger if these 3 werent part of the team. Bring new ppl in that are performing in domestic not the old failures that had let the team down again and again.

I think Sunil Gavasker is absolutely right in this and i think ,pakistan cricket board has to make decision in favor of the cricket rather politics. Misbah has no place in the team rather they can use afridi as a bowler if needed.

I think that Gavaskar has made a good comment as he understands the game very well. It was Gavaskar who said Pakistan was a strong contender to win the world cup in Australia when we actually thought we were down and out.

For my opinion He and Kamran Akmal required for cricket diplomacy, They do what the board ask them to do. That's why both are in the team.

Time for PCB to INVEST in FUTURE It is the right time to fully appreciate PCB and Pakistani cricket team for basically two things. Firstly, for winning the ODI series against India 2-1 and secondly, for completing a very sensitive tour, absolutely incident free. Now, this is also very appropriate time for the PCB, to finalise its short and long term future plans, with regard to the policy of categorising players for the teams for Test's, ODI's and T20's. This is necessary, because Pakistan will be competing for Test Championship, Champion's Trophy, T20 World Cup and the ODI World Cup, all within next 36 months. So, with an eye on the future, the PCB planning should focus on such potential players, who have the capacity or who can be groomed to have the capacity, to deliver for Pakistan, in the days to come. We should not waste time, energy and money on such players, who are past their prime and per se wants to continue playing, just for selfish reasons; but they are practically blocking the future of up coming and young players, for an indefinite period. In this connection, PCB recently, took a difficult, bold and wise decision of dropping Shahid Afridi from the ODI version of the game. While, not taking anything from the past contributions of Shahid Afridi, PCB's decision was very progressive and forward looking, but in my opinion, was still a bit late. National interests must not be compromised for personal wishes. Now, again the time has come to select the players for the different versions of the game, on the basis of talent and capacity of the players, with prime objective of INVESTING in future. PCB should adopt a policy of bearing with the failures of the fresh lot with patience, rather than pursuing with old horses, who have even lost the strength, to easily hit sixes or even boundaries to reasonably good bowlers, or take three or four runs without being exhausted, on a slightly bigger grounds. According to my observations, PCB must think about the future of the following players in a very rational manner. 1. Misbah ul Haq. He is not at all capable to play till the 2015 ODI World Cup. Even now, he is over age and not capable of steering the team out of a crisis situations, in front of WORLD CLASS bowling, particularly against out of sub-continent teams. So, why not to groom a fresh batsman instead of MUH and on the other hand, give the captaincy to Muhammad Hafeez, for gaining the experience for the coming Champions Trophy and the ensuing ODI World Cup? 2. Younis Khan. Our selectors took a retrogressive action in recalling him from the ODI retirement. Even his presence in the team today in the 3rd ODI, couldn't save Pakistan from a mere 10 runs defeat against India. His selection for the Indian tour has cost us heavily, in not giving experience to a youngster. He should be decently thanked for his services and let him not block the future of any budding batsman. PCB should not be so callous with the new generation of batsmen, that retired batsmen be made to come in their way. If PCB had recalled Muhammad Yousaf or even Inzamam ul Haq, may be, they would have scored runs more than the newcomers, but then we can't and must not live in the past, under any circumstances. For that matter, if India lost the ODI series against Pakistan, no heavens have fallen. Similarly, if we had lost to India with fresh legs, it would have been a gain of experience, rather than winning with recall, of retired persons. 3. Kamran Akmal. Just like Shahid Afridi (who can still be selected for few more weeks and months for his bowling abilities) Kamran Akmal is a spent cartridge; and to continue with him is in fact, deceiving ourselves. He may still give some performances against mediocre bowling, but against world class bowlers, his batting is absolutely UN-DEPENDABALE. As far as his wicket keeping is concerned, it is OK. However, there is no shortage of young generation of agile wicket keepers and hence, further continuation with Kamran Akmal, is like living in a fools paradise. 4. Shoaib Malik. There is no doubt that he was past his prime many months ago. He has reached a stage, where its impossible for him to perform against quality bowling, particularly in ODI and T20 versions of the game. If we argue that he performed well in domestic level, then the selectors should be told that domestic level performances are for the new players. International players are judged on their performances against foreign teams. These are two separate criterions for the different levels of players. If the selectors still wants to retain some old horses, for Test matches for some time, then PCB management shall be the better judge. However, these old players must not be used in a way to stop the career of the budding players. 5. Umar Akmal. He was touted in the past to be a player with immense talent. However, he has proved wrong all his fans and well wishers. In fact, he is the most UN-DEPENDABLE batsman in the team. Not to play him is a risk. However, to play him is a bigger risk. While batting, he is a very risky person for the batsman at the other end. Moreover, mostly his shot selections are very poor. He never puts a price on his wicket. Also it looks that in his failures, there is a big hand of his head coach. Somehow, this man looks a fit case for sending him to a psychologist, for making him a person with some sense of responsibilities and strong mental power, who should be able to focus on teams goal achievement. Till such time he is transformed into a mature person, he seems to utterly misfit in the national squad.

Not sure if Sunny has got this comment right. Experience cannot be gained overnight. Misbah is the only player apart from Younis Khan which Pak can bank on to build an innings. Moreover he appears to be a cool-headed thinking player.

Well I think we need Misbah as he provide the cool and calm factor to the team, agree he is slow but still the team gets out without compleating 50 overs, so what is the harm if he is consuming some deliveries. You will see in the next tour of South Africa he will be the most successful batsman. I back Misbah as I remember how hard it was to lead Pakistan when he took over...

for once i agree with him.

Strange....Misbah should go after a historic win against India in India. Just track Misbah's record as a captain when he took over in difficult times. Pakistan team after having denied international cricket at home, has achieved great winning streaks under Misbah's command. In 2012, no series loss. What else do you want? Mr. Gavaskar, we can observe the great achievements India is achieving under your patronage. You better keep poking your nose in your own affairs.

He is a waste, costing us matches; fcuking throw him out of ODIs!!!!

Sunny is a world class cricketer who has an eye to judge a player by his skills and callibre. He is not the only one who criticize Misbah's poor captaincy skills there are sr pak cricketers too who have expressed the same about misbah as player & captain. One must have a cricketting brain to qualify to be a captain and Hafeez is one of them.

Gavaskar is absolutely right, Misbah is a problem and should be removed from ODI and captaincy. I don't think he even deserves a place in test side also. Its time to show him the door.

Mr Gavaskar, you were against Pakistan visiting, always have negative and biased views about the Pakistani team/people in general. Please go fix your Indian team before giving opinions about Pakistan and Misbah's team which defeated you at home.

Totally agree with Sunil.