Pakistan’s former skipper not in favour of dumping coin toss

It looks like not all cricketers are in favour of International Cricket Council’s (ICC) idea to dump coin toss and one such person is former Pakistan captain Asif Iqbal, who has spoken up against the idea saying that it would be like taking away the challenge.

“No, I am not in favour of scrapping the toss. Every visiting team will also be hosting tours and be having the home advantage. To be the best and top team in the world ranking, you need to win both at home and more importantly away from home,” Asif, who represented Pakistan in 58 Tests and 10 One-day Internationals (ODIs), told Dawn News.

He further said that it can only be done by mastering the alien condition teams will face on touring other countries. “The toss is an integral part of cricket matches and taking away toss is taking away the challenge winning captain has of making the right decision on winning the toss,” Asif added.

“The excitement of making the right choice of team selection, batting or fielding first, the role of reading the wicket and the influence of weather... all these elements of surprise, doubts and knowledge will be taken away by erasing the toss,” the all-rounder said.