novpj Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I have wondered about this since some time. I remember Saqlain as one of the best off spinners in the world - a true magician but dont understand why he was dropped from the Pak team. Was there a match fixing connection or did he not get along with Inzi or what? He showed his class against India today which makes this question pertinent. Link to comment
Predator_05 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 ...because he was found out. Link to comment
MundaPakistani Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 since dsr isn't online i will do the honors... Saqlain was dropped because mullah Inzi wasn't satisfied with the length of his beard he wanted Saqi's beard to be as long as Yousuf's and when Saqi refused he was kicked out of the team for a hindu named Danish Kaneria Link to comment
theguyinallblue Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 :haha:... this this the actual reason...but whats the story that was presented to the world..? Link to comment
Gambit Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Saqlain was dropped because mullah Inzi wasn't satisfied with the length of his beard he wanted Saqi's beard to be as long as Yousuf's and when Saqi refused he was kicked out of the team for a hindu named Danish Kaneria :hysterical: Saqlain was, without doubt, the best one day spinner I have ever seen. A genuine match turner. Wasim used to use him quite brilliantly. As Predator stated in one of his posts, he was a spinner who bowled with a fast bowler's mindset. Link to comment
Dhondy Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 since dsr isn't online i will do the honors... Saqlain was dropped because mullah Inzi wasn't satisfied with the length of his beard he wanted Saqi's beard to be as long as Yousuf's and when Saqi refused he was kicked out of the team for a hindu named Danish Kaneria Brilliant!:haha::haha: Link to comment
Ram Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 He totally lost all the venom/bite in his bowling towards the last set of the matches he played. Sehwag made him look like a net bowler in the 2004 series. Not only did Saqlain didnt take any wickets, he didnt look like taking one. Though looking at the stats , it doesnt look as though he performed miserably. In his last 10 test matches , he has taken 43 wickets at 25 and the number is a respectable 13 wickets for his last 10 ODI matches. Makes me wonder if there were vested interests in the team that didnt want Saqlain. Link to comment
PaiN_KiLLeR Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 41 - 0 - 204 - 0 , his figures in the 1st test at multan in 04 this is why he was dropped Link to comment
Ram Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 41 - 0 - 204 - 0 , his figures in the 1st test at multan in 04 this is why he was dropped He took one wicket actually.. that of Akash Chopra. Link to comment
MundaPakistani Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 He played one or 2 games in the 03 series vs BAN but later complained of an injury and then didn't play for about 8 months before returning in that infamous game against IND. Since then he has had some more knee surgeries and has hardly played any 1st class cricket for 3 years. Link to comment
Gambit Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 MP, how would you feel if he is selected for England and does well? Won't it feel a trifle strange and maybe you will harbour some resentment for Saqlain? Link to comment
Bumper Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 since dsr isn't online i will do the honors... Saqlain was dropped because mullah Inzi wasn't satisfied with the length of his beard he wanted Saqi's beard to be as long as Yousuf's and when Saqi refused he was kicked out of the team for a hindu named Danish Kaneria :hysterical:, sarcasm really brings out everyone's sense of humous. Why was saqlain dropped ? Sehwag! Link to comment
MundaPakistani Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 MP' date=' how would you feel if he is selected for England and does well? Won't it feel a trifle strange and maybe you will harbour some resentment for Saqlain?[/quote'] Actually i was thinking about the same thing...Who would have thought that a guy born and bred in a poor area of Lahore who for the 1st 17to 18 years of his life had almost no contact with the happenings outside will now be playing cricket for England?! So his selection in the ENG team wills defiantly seem very strange but i guess you have to respect his decision. Link to comment
Predator_05 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 He will never be selected for England. Link to comment
kablooee87 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Actually i was thinking about the same thing...Who would have thought that a guy born and bred in a poor area of Lahore who for the 1st 17to 18 years of his life had almost no contact with the happenings outside will now be playing cricket for England?! So his selection in the ENG team wills defiantly seem very strange but i guess you have to respect his decision. it's simply not going to happen. Link to comment
MundaPakistani Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 it's simply not going to happen. Why do you say that? if he can stay fit for a year or so then he has a fairly good chance of making the English ODI team. Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 since dsr isn't online i will do the honors... Saqlain was dropped because mullah Inzi wasn't satisfied with the length of his beard he wanted Saqi's beard to be as long as Yousuf's and when Saqi refused he was kicked out of the team for a hindu named Danish Kaneria Fack me a pak showing sense of humor about religion. Well done MP :thumbs_up: Link to comment
THX_1138 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 its was the lahore test where he became the proverbial "la hore" at the hands of the john i.e. sehwag. you cant recover from a 1-150 record. Link to comment
SightForTheGods Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 cuz he invented the Doosra which Murali quickly learned and used against everyone including Pak so he was kicked out of the team haha note: he did invent the doosra Link to comment
Guest dada_rocks Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 He totally lost all the venom/bite in his bowling towards the last set of the matches he played. Sehwag made him look like a net bowler in the 2004 series. Not only did Saqlain didnt take any wickets, he didnt look like taking one. Though looking at the stats , it doesnt look as though he performed miserably. In his last 10 test matches , he has taken 43 wickets at 25 and the number is a respectable 13 wickets for his last 10 ODI matches. Makes me wonder if there were vested interests in the team that didnt want Saqlain. Sehwag has this mindset where spinners don't deserve to be in field, he canes anyone when he is in so imho that should not have been reason enough..see he was injured and by the timehe recovered partially kaneria had all but sealed the spinners slot Link to comment
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