Why was Saqlain dropped

[novpj]

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.

[Predator_05]

...because he was found out.

[MundaPakistani]

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

[theguyinallblue]

:haha:... this this the actual reason...but whats the story that was presented to the world..?

[Gambit]

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.

[Dhondy]

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:

[Ram]

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.

[PaiN_KiLLeR]

41 - 0 - 204 - 0 , his figures in the 1st test at multan in 04 this is why he was dropped

[Ram]

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.

[MundaPakistani]

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.

[Gambit]

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?

[Bumper]

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!

[MundaPakistani]

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.

[Predator_05]

He will never be selected for England.

[kablooee87]

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.

[MundaPakistani]

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.

[King Tendulkar]

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:

[THX_1138]

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.

[SightForTheGods]

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

[Guest dada_rocks]

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