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Who can beat Pakistan in a T20I series ?
 
India and England will smash this team over a series.
 
Mamoon said:
India and England will smash this team over a series.
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You mean that is your hope but Inshallah wont happen.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pakistan last 22 T20Is:<br><br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Lost<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Lost<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvNZ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1058435771089256448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pakistan in T20Is (since 7 September 2016):<br><br>Played 32<br>Won 28<br>Lost 4<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvNZ</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1058435883395891203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pakistan last 11 T20I series:<br><br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvNZ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1058436191412981760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Will be a test for the team to face SA in SA in the next T20 series, however, I'm inshallah backing the team to pull off a series win :hasan2
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Most consecutive wins in T20Is while chasing:<br><br>Pakistan 11 (2016 to now)<br>England 8 (2010 to 2011)<br>Australia 8 (2016 to 2018)<br>India 7 (2012 to 2014)<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1058437002369138688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Look at these bowling attacks:

Curran, Plunkett, Rashid, Stokes, and Ali

Bumrah, Thakur, Pandya, Chahal, Yadav.

:)))

I'm so scared :))
 
England will take maximum of one game to adjust to the slow pitches. We can beat them in the first game like the first ODI in Abu Dhabi in 2015, but the replies by thumping us over the next four games.

Similarly, we beat them one a slow, sluggish Cardiff pitch in the Champions Trophy, but if we were to play multiple games on such a pitch, they would prevail.

Their batting skill is at a different level to ours and we cannot compete on that front.

If it’s a 3 match series, they will surely win 2-1. If it’s five matches, they would probably win 4-1.

I am glad India doesn’t care about playing us. I wish they had the same sentiments for the Asia Cup. We would have avoided the embarrassing reality check and would have celebrated the Champions Trophy for another year.
 
Only England can defeat Pakistan. India no way in T20s
SA should be ready for a series loss
 
Rayyman said:
Look at these bowling attacks:

Curran, Plunkett, Rashid, Stokes, and Ali

Bumrah, Thakur, Pandya, Chahal, Yadav.

:)))

I'm so scared :))
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With this bowling attack, India can rest Kohli and they will still beat us. They are two levels above us without Kohli; with him, they are three levels above us.

If India play without Kohli, Dhawan, Rohit, Bumrah and Yadav, we might be able to beat them over a series. With these five players, we can only hope to catch them on their off-days.
 
Mamoon said:
England will take maximum of one game to adjust to the slow pitches. We can beat them in the first game like the first ODI in Abu Dhabi in 2015, but the replies by thumping us over the next four games.

Similarly, we beat them one a slow, sluggish Cardiff pitch in the Champions Trophy, but if we were to play multiple games on such a pitch, they would prevail.

Their batting skill is at a different level to ours and we cannot compete on that front.

If it’s a 3 match series, they will surely win 2-1. If it’s five matches, they would probably win 4-1.

I am glad India doesn’t care about playing us. I wish they had the same sentiments for the Asia Cup. We would have avoided the embarrassing reality check and would have celebrated the Champions Trophy for another year.
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Hey I thought you didn't have time for essays :(
 
Mamoon said:
England will take maximum of one game to adjust to the slow pitches. We can beat them in the first game like the first ODI in Abu Dhabi in 2015, but the replies by thumping us over the next four games.

Similarly, we beat them one a slow, sluggish Cardiff pitch in the Champions Trophy, but if we were to play multiple games on such a pitch, they would prevail.

Their batting skill is at a different level to ours and we cannot compete on that front.

If it’s a 3 match series, they will surely win 2-1. If it’s five matches, they would probably win 4-1.

I am glad India doesn’t care about playing us. I wish they had the same sentiments for the Asia Cup. We would have avoided the embarrassing reality check and would have celebrated the Champions Trophy for another year.
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Yes this and that would happen in your dream fantasy world.

Maybe you could send this to Bollywood producers so they could make another Lagaan movie.
 
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Asif321 said:
Only England can defeat Pakistan. India no way in T20s
SA should be ready for a series loss
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Englands big hitters such as Bairstow, Butler, Hales, Roy are average on slow pitches against quality spin. I'd be shocked if they won a series, one game at best in the UAE.

Pakistan are just too strong in this format, nobody comes close.
 
Some of our fans heads’ are still in the clouds.

I would have thought that some of these people would have woken up after the Asia Cup.

Similar statements were being made before that tournament, but it appears that the brutal check was not enough to help us overcome our hollow and shallow arrogance.
 
India will easily defeat this Pak side. In a 3 match series, it will be 3-0 or 2-1 for India.

India is the only team that can handle Pak in these conditions. We have seen in Asia cup how ineffective Pak bowling was against India.

England will easily beat Pak if played in England. In UAE, its a 50-50 chance. England has the best T20 and ODI batting lineup in the world.
 
Even for a team like Pakistan, this level of consistency is a marvellous achievement.

I was always worried about chasing, and there are still a few worrying points, like the strike rates of Babar and Asif.

However you can't help but applaud this... just coz we are known to be mercurial and inconsistent.
 
England’s T20 side is overrated. Their bowling attack lets them down in the format.
 
Only Bumrah and Kumar will do decently against Pakistan. Rest will be smashed.
 
We can beat England in the UAE. In England also, you never know, we have a good record in the UK and we did beat NZ in NZ so no reason why we can't bet England at home.

Probably India would be the challenge, due to the mental block against them as well.

Australia at home would be interesting to see too
 
Rayyman said:
Only Bumrah and Kumar will do decently against Pakistan. Rest will be smashed.
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That is 8 overs out 20. Let’s face facts - we cannot touch India unless they have a collective meltdown. Far, far superior team both in terms of skills and mentality.
 
Mamoon said:
That is 8 overs out 20. Let’s face facts - we cannot touch India unless they have a collective meltdown. Far, far superior team both in terms of skills and mentality.
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Like in the CT final ?
 
England and South Africa are massively overrated in the shorter formats. The former seems to create pressure on themselves if the tone of the match is not set in the PP.

India remains the Final Frontier for us as a T20 team. They have better spinners, top-order batsmen, and all-rounders.

I think we are still not ready for India because their conditions are similar albeit not the same as ours. They only have two weaknesses; a off-spinner with a doosra or a tall left-arm seamer with a killer yorker.
 
Phenomenal streak. I don't think any team can beat Pakistan over a series as far as T20s are concerned.

Even if they get a thumping of say, 150 runs in first T20 match, they have in them to comeback and win the series from there. This is what I like the best about Pakistan team. Can never take them off lightly.
 
In a three match series over any format and in any conditions I would fully expect Pakistan to beat India 2-1.
 
South Africa. Inevitably we will eventually lose to someone. Enjoy it while it lasts, every great team loses it's record one day.
 
Mamoon said:
Yes. Which is why we can beat them in one-off games. No chance over a series, unless they rest 4-5 main players.
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It was the biggest game both have played since 2011 World cup and India werent just beaten but humiliated in largest ever victory in an ICC final. Asia cup is a mickey mouse trophy in comparison but you keep remembering this for the next decade, we all need to sleep well at night.:)

India is below Pakistan in the T20 rankings and rightly so. If they dont want to play, they cant claim being better.
 
I think India is the only team that will beat us over the course of a series because of Bumrah and their spin attack.

England might beat us if we play on absolute phattas where 200-220 is achievable because on those sort of pitches we simply don't have the fire power to match them. On 180-190 pitches we'll beat them just like we beat NZ in NZ.
 
First of all this is a very special streak so kudos to Pakistan. You are the best in the world in T20s and you have Bhaijaan's respect.

I remain hopeful and confident that both India and Pakistan are capable of upsetting and shocking each other anytime and anywhere. Hence i rate Pakistan's chances of beating India in a test/ODI series anywhere in the world just as much as i feel India could do the same to them in T20Is.

For some reasons India seems to have the code to break Pakistan's bowling apart which is usually the backbone of their success. Imad Wasim who is enjoying his CR7 celebrations, India is capable of both smashing him out of the attack in the 1st over itself as well as safely playing out his 4 overs for 30 runs without a wicket. That's what separates Indian batting apart from many other batting line ups who can't do BOTH when Pakistan dishes out an Imad/Hafeez kinda bowler first up.
 
India would beat us. Just look how Rohit played in the Asia Cup. Imagine him in a T20 series in UAE.
 
Mamoon said:
Yes. Which is why we can beat them in one-off games. No chance over a series, unless they rest 4-5 main players.
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Like the Aaney do series?

Give it a rest. Pakistan is the best IT20 team in the world, even if it does not mean much.
 
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freelance_cricketer said:
First of all this is a very special streak so kudos to Pakistan. You are the best in the world in T20s and you have Bhaijaan's respect.

I remain hopeful and confident that both India and Pakistan are capable of upsetting and shocking each other anytime and anywhere. Hence i rate Pakistan's chances of beating India in a test/ODI series anywhere in the world just as much as i feel India could do the same to them in T20Is.

For some reasons India seems to have the code to break Pakistan's bowling apart which is usually the backbone of their success. Imad Wasim who is enjoying his CR7 celebrations, India is capable of both smashing him out of the attack in the 1st over itself as well as safely playing out his 4 overs for 30 runs without a wicket. That's what separates Indian batting apart from many other batting line ups who can't do BOTH when Pakistan dishes out an Imad/Hafeez kinda bowler first up.
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True. India would smash the likes of Imad and Shadab.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
First of all this is a very special streak so kudos to Pakistan. You are the best in the world in T20s and you have Bhaijaan's respect.

I remain hopeful and confident that both India and Pakistan are capable of upsetting and shocking each other anytime and anywhere. Hence i rate Pakistan's chances of beating India in a test/ODI series anywhere in the world just as much as i feel India could do the same to them in T20Is.

For some reasons India seems to have the code to break Pakistan's bowling apart which is usually the backbone of their success. Imad Wasim who is enjoying his CR7 celebrations, India is capable of both smashing him out of the attack in the 1st over itself as well as safely playing out his 4 overs for 30 runs without a wicket. That's what separates Indian batting apart from many other batting line ups who can't do BOTH when Pakistan dishes out an Imad/Hafeez kinda bowler first up.
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Being subcontinental neighbors helps. Indian batting has jumped leaps and bounds from the 80-90's when they were extremely Tendulkar dependent. Also Pakistan has the same mental block against the present Indian team which they had against the invincible Australian team from 1998 to 2007 and the South African team from 1994 to 2000 where they beat Pakistan for 16 ODI games in a row.
 
Since some people here won't tell you, we beat India 2-1 in the last ODI series we played them in and destroyed them in T20's too.

But since that doesn't suit the agenda of some posters, they won't tell you that. They also won't tell you that in our worst era and India's best team ever, we have a very similar record in number of series won against each other.
 
Lol.

Like I've been saying, T20s are a 50/50 gamble. Need one or two players to click, the game's yours.

There's no "best" in T20s.

But yeah, any one between IND, ENG, SA, NZ, AUS will easily beat us on good batting pitches (the kind you don't see in UAE and WI, but everywhere else).

Not talking about a one off match.

But a proper series. Good chance to beat us in that.
 
InziRules said:
Since some people here won't tell you, we beat India 2-1 in the last ODI series we played them in and destroyed them in T20's too.

But since that doesn't suit the agenda of some posters, they won't tell you that. They also won't tell you that in our worst era and India's best team ever, we have a very similar record in number of series won against each other.
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Here is the more relevant statistic: India has beaten Pakistan rather easily in the last 4 T20s they have played.

As for ODIs, the last two ODIs they have played, the Pakistani bowlers were able to take only 2 wkts while conceding 404 runs.

So I would say that if India was to play Pakistan in an LOI series, they would win rather easily.
 
Rayyman said:
Only Bumrah and Kumar will do decently against Pakistan. Rest will be smashed.
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Ohh man!!

You guys cannot handle Kuldeep Yadav either.

We have seen how we beat Pak easily twice in a week in the same conditions.

Pak can choke other teams with their spin. Against India, that strategy will not work. Your spinners Imad Wasim and Shadab cannot do jack against India.

We have seen the trundler Hasan Ali and Amir were like too.

Pak has impressive World Record in winning bilateral T20 series. But saying they are the best is a stretch.

India and England are both better than Pak in LOI format.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
First of all this is a very special streak so kudos to Pakistan. You are the best in the world in T20s and you have Bhaijaan's respect.

I remain hopeful and confident that both India and Pakistan are capable of upsetting and shocking each other anytime and anywhere. Hence i rate Pakistan's chances of beating India in a test/ODI series anywhere in the world just as much as i feel India could do the same to them in T20Is.

For some reasons India seems to have the code to break Pakistan's bowling apart which is usually the backbone of their success. Imad Wasim who is enjoying his CR7 celebrations, India is capable of both smashing him out of the attack in the 1st over itself as well as safely playing out his 4 overs for 30 runs without a wicket. That's what separates Indian batting apart from many other batting line ups who can't do BOTH when Pakistan dishes out an Imad/Hafeez kinda bowler first up.
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It depends, if its an ICC event, India will probably trash Pak, but if it happens to be a bilateral series, you might see a totally different result.
 
Some people are in a state of shock "How dare these mortals have a 11-0 record"

:))) :))) :)))
 
troodon said:
Ohh man!!

You guys cannot handle Kuldeep Yadav either.

We have seen how we beat Pak easily twice in a week in the same conditions.

Pak can choke other teams with their spin. Against India, that strategy will not work. Your spinners Imad Wasim and Shadab cannot do jack against India.

We have seen the trundler Hasan Ali and Amir were like too.

Pak has impressive World Record in winning bilateral T20 series. But saying they are the best is a stretch.

India and England are both better than Pak in LOI format.
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Ohh man, how many times have Pak played Yadav? from your post it looks like they have played 20 plus matches against him.
Pak is placed on top because of some reason, some dumb people who have nothing else to do simply cannot accept reality
 
ali2220 said:
Ohh man, how many times have Pak played Yadav? from your post it looks like they have played 20 plus matches against him.
Pak is placed on top because of some reason, some dumb people who have nothing else to do simply cannot accept reality
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Kuldeep is a threat to minnows, but he won't do much vs Fakhar, Malik, Sarfraz and Hafeez.
 
Lol who in the real world cares about t20 wins? These days many people don't even care about odi's that much. Only for IMP tournaments and that's it but yeah it's good streak pakistan is having. Question is can they convert this form in their ODI's against good sides? If yes they will become very good side.
 
Pak have always been a strong T20 team, irrespective of ODI form and whether they lose to a certain team in ODI's.

Recently, Pak were humiliated by Eng in ODI's, but Pak hammered them back in the T20 series and it was played in Eng.
 
Sam99 said:
Lol who in the real world cares about t20 wins? These days many people don't even care about odi's that much. Only for IMP tournaments and that's it but yeah it's good streak pakistan is having. Question is can they convert this form in their ODI's against good sides? If yes they will become very good side.
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Why post when you don't bother about it.LOL
And actually these days people are losing interest in longer format of the game.
 
Mamoon said:
Some of our fans heads’ are still in the clouds.

I would have thought that some of these people would have woken up after the Asia Cup.

Similar statements were being made before that tournament, but it appears that the brutal check was not enough to help us overcome our hollow and shallow arrogance.
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Yeah and some haters live in a fantasy world where they can make statements about teams winning mythical games based on little to no evidence.
In that same vein I predict that me and my mates can beat every professional international team in the world. You have nothing to judge it on so you can't argue it won't happen....

Whilst in reality the Pakistan T20 team deserve credit for continuing to win every team they have come up against.... including England, "the team that are too good for them"!
 
Seems like some posters will say anything and everything to discredit this team and it's performances. Their opinions ofcourse mean nothing because Pakistan is No.1 and if we can extend the winning streak in South Africa, then it would mean we have basically beaten every team there is to beat.

Too bad there isn't a WT20 this year.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Seems like some posters will say anything and everything to discredit this team and it's performances. Their opinions ofcourse mean nothing because Pakistan is No.1 and if we can extend the winning streak in South Africa, then it would mean we have basically beaten every team there is to beat.

Too bad there isn't a WT20 this year.
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There's no real meaning to being "No.1" in T20s.

Because the format is too unpredictable. Anyone can beat anybody on their day.

It's a fun format where real high stakes can only be found in World T20. And, that tournament is played on good batting pitches.

Not slow, low UAE/West Indies tracks.
 
ali2220 said:
Why post when you don't bother about it.LOL
And actually these days people are losing interest in longer format of the game.
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It's very good streak in end. In T20s it's close contest and not easy to win this many matches consistently but what about odis? worldcup is close and pakistan have been very avg in this format. If they have to win worldcup next year then they will have to focus on this format unless t20 is only thing for you guys.
 
Keep seeing how wins in T20s don't matter because the format is too unpredictable and anyone can win on their day. Doesn't that make this streak all the more impressive? Maintaining such consistency over two years in such a fickle form of the game?

Pakistan are on the top of the rankings because they have performed consistently well against the opposition they have faced despite not being the perfect T20 team. Hypothetical situations that are never going to happen such as playing a 3 match series with India where we get smashed are not going to change that.

Anyway, since T20 rankings don't even matter, just take it for what it is and move on.
 
Hawkeye said:
There's no real meaning to being "No.1" in T20s.

Because the format is too unpredictable. Anyone can beat anybody on their day.

It's a fun format where real high stakes can only be found in World T20. And, that tournament is played on good batting pitches.

Not slow, low UAE/West Indies tracks.
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I'll give you a cookie if you can guess which team has historically been the best at WT20s.
 
Mamoon said:
England will take maximum of one game to adjust to the slow pitches. We can beat them in the first game like the first ODI in Abu Dhabi in 2015, but the replies by thumping us over the next four games.

Similarly, we beat them one a slow, sluggish Cardiff pitch in the Champions Trophy, but if we were to play multiple games on such a pitch, they would prevail.

Their batting skill is at a different level to ours and we cannot compete on that front.

If it’s a 3 match series, they will surely win 2-1. If it’s five matches, they would probably win 4-1.

I am glad India doesn’t care about playing us. I wish they had the same sentiments for the Asia Cup. We would have avoided the embarrassing reality check and would have celebrated the Champions Trophy for another year.
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what does odi cricket have to do with t20? you justify your prediction using odi results. odi and t20 cricket require different skills. pakistan is a strong t20 team but a weak odi team. just because england and india are better odi teams , does not make them better t20 teams.
 
Bilal7 said:
I'll give you a cookie if you can guess which team has historically been the best at WT20s.
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How is that relevant today or for the next WT20?

It's not.

Credit where due for the winning streak, but it just doesn't have much importance.
 
warcry said:
what does odi cricket have to do with t20? you justify your prediction using odi results. odi and t20 cricket require different skills. pakistan is a strong t20 team but a weak odi team. just because england and india are better odi teams , does not make them better t20 teams.
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Because if you're trash in ODIs, nobody gives a damn to you even if you keep winning T20s.

Look at WI, nobody takes them seriously.

We need to stop being T20 mercenaries only.
 
Hawkeye said:
Lol.

Like I've been saying, T20s are a 50/50 gamble. Need one or two players to click, the game's yours.

There's no "best" in T20s.

But yeah, any one between IND, ENG, SA, NZ, AUS will easily beat us on good batting pitches (the kind you don't see in UAE and WI, but everywhere else).

Not talking about a one off match.

But a proper series. Good chance to beat us in that.
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yea well,pak has already played and beaten england in england,and australia in zimbabwe which was quite a good batting pitch.Plus this current t20 team of pakistan is much improved from before.
So you really cant say with certainty that they will lose in whatever good batting pitch you have in mind.

And are you trying to imply that winning on "good" batting pitches is more credible than winning on slow pitches ?
 
slice said:
yea well,pak has already played and beaten england in england,and australia in zimbabwe which was quite a good batting pitch.Plus this current t20 team of pakistan is much improved from before.
So you really cant say with certainty that they will lose in whatever good batting pitch you have in mind.

And are you trying to imply that winning on "good" batting pitches is more credible than winning on slow pitches ?
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I'm not saying they'll lose whenever they play on a good batting pitch.

I mean, they can be beaten. While it's very difficult to beat them on UAE pitches where our spinners will just strangle the opposition.

Winning on a good pitch in a series format (with full strength opposition) gives their win more credibility.

They really can't maintain this form in the WorldT20 which will be in Australia. Mark my words.
 
Mamoon said:
Some of our fans heads’ are still in the clouds.

I would have thought that some of these people would have woken up after the Asia Cup.

Similar statements were being made before that tournament, but it appears that the brutal check was not enough to help us overcome our hollow and shallow arrogance.
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look one thing which is showing in pak t20 tema of late,is a better level of consistency and they seem to have found a groove.If you look at the streak you will find patches where the team might have collapsed in typical fashion but it didnt.,,there seems to be more fight.
Ofcourse when they tour abroad the advantage lies with the home side but it really wont be that one sided affair with this team as we have been accustomed to seeing in the past.
We have some decent batters,you could see rotation of strike,a few big hitters have popped up and the bowling is better than the Anwar Ali,Sohail Tanvir kind of guys we were stuck with.
So losing probably wont be a certainty even abroad.
 
Hawkeye said:
There's no real meaning to being "No.1" in T20s.

Because the format is too unpredictable. Anyone can beat anybody on their day.

It's a fun format where real high stakes can only be found in World T20. And, that tournament is played on good batting pitches.

Not slow, low UAE/West Indies tracks.
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Yet we see far more variability in outcomes in both ODIs and Tests. Any ideas why?
 
slice said:
look one thing which is showing in pak t20 tema of late,is a better level of consistency and they seem to have found a groove.If you look at the streak you will find patches where the team might have collapsed in typical fashion but it didnt.,,there seems to be more fight.
Ofcourse when they tour abroad the advantage lies with the home side but it really wont be that one sided affair with this team as we have been accustomed to seeing in the past.
We have some decent batters,you could see rotation of strike,a few big hitters have popped up and the bowling is better than the Anwar Ali,Sohail Tanvir kind of guys we were stuck with.
So losing probably wont be a certainty even abroad.
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The problem with a really long winning streak is that it does change one's perspective on losses when they do come along. Most people were rightfully skeptical to clam that Pakistan became the best ODI team in the world overnight, when they beat everyone else in the CT. Because other teams had much longer winning streaks running up to and extending past that singular moment of glory. So I'd hate to say it, but the debate would hardly be over if and when we do loose a couple of games to another team on different pitches.
 
Hawkeye said:
I'm not saying they'll lose whenever they play on a good batting pitch.

I mean, they can be beaten. While it's very difficult to beat them on UAE pitches where our spinners will just strangle the opposition.

Winning on a good pitch in a series format (with full strength opposition) gives their win more credibility.

They really can't maintain this form in the WorldT20 which will be in Australia. Mark my words.
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In t20 format,any team can be beaten,not that much of a bigdeal.
And how exactly you define a good pitch ? A pitch is a pitch,cricket is not just about batting,and also batting on a slow pitch requires a certain skill set.And stop with this that every other team we play is the Z team and the opposition will one day show up with their Messiah 11 and sweep away everything.

The point that people are applauding is that pak team has shown a remarkable level of consistency.
 
New Yorker said:
The problem with a really long winning streak is that it does change one's perspective on losses when they do come along. Most people were rightfully skeptical to clam that Pakistan became the best ODI team in the world overnight, when they beat everyone else in the CT. Because other teams had much longer winning streaks running up to and extending past that singular moment of glory. So I'd hate to say it, but the debate would hardly be over if and when we do loose a couple of games to another team on different pitches.
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ofcourse they werent the best ODI team but a much improved one.And their performance in the CT was praised because on an over to over basis it actually was good,batsmen were hitting shots well,bowlers were bowling good lines and lengths.....dont know if thats what is called fluke.
 
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This streak will be very difficult to beat. T20Is are the most fickle and anybody can beat anybody else easily in the shortest format.
This Pak team can beat anybody except for India in the UAE I think. The way Rohit and Dhawan manhandled Amir, Shenwari, Hasan, Shaheen and Shadab on the same pitches twice, a month ago should tell you how even a Kohli less India can handle this variety easily on sluggish pitches. On belters, they will be smoked for 200+ in 20 overs. Pak doesn't have the batting to chase or score 200 or anywhere close to it. Indian bowling also found loopholes in Fakhar's batting and the rest aren't capable of taking the game away anyway.
 
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