Karachi (around 5:29 AM – just finished 7th Sehri, paratha and chai down, alarm still ringing in my ears, now winding down before Fajr, but my blood is boiling after that Caught Behind episode)

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22 February 2026  

Yaar, 7th Sehri done at 5:29 AM sharp, stomach full, but sleep is nowhere near because of this mediocrity we're living through. I rewatched that Caught Behind stream on "Pakistan’s Mediocrity, Pedestrian Team Selection & Captaincy" and Haris Rauf's point hit me like a truck: our batters literally do not know how to rotate strike.

They keep playing for glory shots, big sixes for reels, but when the innings needs rotation – one, two, singles to keep the good batter on strike – they freeze. Rauf said it bluntly: even when a set batter is there, the other end sacrifices opportunities just to protect players who have bigger social media following. It's not cricket anymore; it's content creation. The guy with 10 million followers gets protected, even if he's out of form, while the in-form batter gets stuck at the non-striker's end because "bhai, uska Insta pe reach zyada hai."

And after I got scammed myself last year by some fake cricket "expert" promising tips and picks, I finally understood how these keyboards warriors operate. They hype players based on followers, not performances. They build narratives around "stars," create pressure, then wait like vultures for failure so they can drag them down and get their likes/retweets. Check X right now – these pathetic keyboard warriors are already lurking, waiting for today's run score of the failure batsman so they can pile on with "I told you so" threads, memes, and abuse. Shameless, spineless, hiding behind anonymous handles.

This whole dilemma Pakistan cricket is facing – the mediocrity, the pedestrian selections, the weak captaincy – is the direct wrath of these keyboard warriors. They create hype around the wrong people, force management to pick for visibility instead of form, then destroy the same players when they fail. It's a toxic cycle: build fake kings → protect them for clout → blame them when they flop → repeat. Management listens to the noise, picks safe "brands," and we end up with a team that can't rotate strike, can't handle pressure, can't win big games.

Enough of these shameless keyboard warriors. They don't play, don't train, don't bleed for the green shirt – they just tweet. We need to stop feeding them oxygen. Select on merit, captain with guts, let batters learn to rotate strike instead of chasing reels. The real fans know the difference between hype and hunger.

Rauf further said it, Caught Behind said it – I'm saying it louder: this is the wrath we've brought on ourselves by letting keyboard warriors dictate narrative.

You seeing the same vultures on X today? Drop their worst takes in comments – let's call them out.

Ramadan Mubarak – 7th Sehri done, Fajr coming, stay strong on the fast.

Murtaza Moiz  

@MoizMurtaza  

CricSphere Blog

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