I do not understand the selection criteria of Pakistani cricket team, the one who perform well is sidelined from the team, example of Abdul Razzaq, Muhammad Yousuf, Saleem elahi, Taufeeq Umer, and you can find to many of such players in spite of performance they were ignored by selectors, which clealy depicts the inside politics of team management and selection committee. i still remember that series of 2004, when Pakistan visited Zimbabwe and South Africa, Against Zimbabwe, Saleem Elahi smashed 2 consecutive centuries, here reference for you http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/64794.html http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/64793.html in next series against South Africa, Sallem elahi again scored a century, but what happened after this, he was sidelined from the team, Reason are unidentified.

What A Batsmen Saleem Elahi

Just for the record, they still got hammered 1/4 in that very ODI series by the way. Interestingly this sole performance has been handpicked as a "classic" encounter with no mention of the ultimately dismal outcome of this series. Our ODI stats in RSA have been so regrettable that isolated one-off laurels namely this one are invariably projected as monumental ones....!

After watching Saleem bat, I am a believer that there is something fundamentally wrong with our selection process. Just look at him ! What a talent -----wasted.

Sir, Saleem Elahi was amongst those batsmen who showed great promise but as soon as the opposition bowlers found their weaknesses they could not perform regularly. Another example of flash in the pan is Umar Akmal who showed a lot of promise initially whereas a great batsman keep on working hard to improve their game and become a consistent performer like Virat Kohli or Saeed Anwar. Regards, Hyder

Salim Elahi was a typical Pakistani flat-track bully. He was exposed on true pitches where the ball moved around and bounced. He was technically very limited. All these weaknesses rightly cost him the place in the Pakistani squad.

I just saw this clip on youtube yesterday. Those were the good old days. The batsmen from the 90s were the last best we had. The way these guys faced Donald and Pollock in their own backyard looks cool, and that is how it should be played when you represent the national team. Looking from the current team's perspective, this type of batting seems to be out of the world.

Batting pitch, and SA team was in the making but now the team is superb with players in form and best bowlers in the world. - bad choice for you tube.

I agree with the fact that there is some problem with our selection process but at the sametime this type of bating happens when you play for cricket not for your self.