Afghanistan (133/3) defeat Pakistan (130/6) by 7 wickets to win the 2nd T20I and take a 2-0 lead

[MenInG]

Pakistan need to defend 130 to stop the embarrassment of a series defeat

For Afghanistan, history beckons.

Who will win?

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[lahoriyah1234]

Pakistan should win this.

 

[Savak]

Naseem Shah needs to be dropped for a few games. He has been badly out of form for a while now.

 

[Ahmed216]

Bowl cutters. Don’t give them pace Naseem. Learn from Afghans

 

[Justcrazy]

SIX

Rahmunallah will not hold back

 

[boomboomcheema]

Not a good first over. An expensive first over would ruin the tone of the entire innings.

 

[Rana]

Naseem Shah as usual no threat with the new ball

 

[Ahmed216]

Pakistan should win this.

20-25 runs short we are. Very difficult to win

 

[boomboomcheema]

Match losing over by Naseem.

 

[adzzy786]

These guys are making it look like a different pitch

 

[emranabbas]

Need to bowl slow here what's naseem doing

 

[Rana]

Getting sick of Shadab’s captaincy

What a fraud he is

So call brave captain

 

[castortroy]

What's the point of bowling express pace on these wickets

 

[Justcrazy]

Rahmanullah is a dangerous player in such low targets , because he can do severe damage if he stays for 3 - 4 overs , can almost finish the game.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Whole momentum ruined in the first over itself.

 

[ammar_merry]

This is far better pitch than 1st t20

 

[adzzy786]

I don’t understand what is with all the knee jerk reactions. We have sent youngsters and this is good exposure for them. Even if we loose 3-0 this series and the next 2 series with this squad. Let them get exposure and build bench strength

 

[Ahmed216]

Need to bowl straight and mixed pace

 

[Farah Sohail]

Naseem needs a proper coach.. has done poorly entire PSL and now in this series, so far

 

[Savak]

It's alarming when Afghan pacers are more skillfull than Pakistani pacers.

 

[Energy]

Need sticky wicket bowlers. Abbas Afridi was unlucky to miss out.

 

[Ahmed216]

Diving over the ball Haris. Schoolboy stuff

 

[Kroll]

Comical fielding

 

[emranabbas]

Someone go tell them need to bowl slow

 

[Rana]

Pakistan need Mohammad Amir back over Naseem and Rauf at least

 

[Savak]

Naseem needs a proper coach.. has done poorly entire PSL and now in this series, so far

He has had many coaches now. No body owes him anything, he needs to be dropped and be made to earn his place in the side again based on performances. Given his social media posts of late, it's clear his focus hasn't been on cricket for a while now.

 

[Saj]

Afghanistan making full use of the new ball - which Pak didn't when batting.

 

[Savak]

I don’t understand what is with all the knee jerk reactions. We have sent youngsters and this is good exposure for them. Even if we loose 3-0 this series and the next 2 series with this squad. Let them get exposure and build bench strength

Imad, Shadab, Nasim are not youngsters

 

[msb314]

Congrats folks another series loss..

I just hope the “balance between bat and ball” brigade and the “giving new youngsters a chance” brigade are happy tonight

 

[ammar_merry]

It's alarming when Afghan pacers are more skillfull than Pakistani pacers.

Its the batters who are awful. Farooqi was good.

 

[NeVerMind]

Naseem needs a proper coach.. has done poorly entire PSL and now in this series, so far

The Pakistan team need a proper coach...not this online coaching bakwaas

 

[Savak]

Afghanistan making full use of the new ball - which Pak didn't when batting.

The difference in body language between the two teams is clear. They are looking more hungry for the win.

The so called hyped Abdul Rehman is also getting exposed. No wonder Pakistani coaches are never trusted for long term roles, they always sink us to lower depths.

 

[nextover666666]

Usually bowling first does tend to get more a d farooqi bowled beauty

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Our players were busy anchoring the innings even in last 3 overs.

 

[msb314]

We deserve this humiliation

 

[boomboomcheema]

If these so called youngsters perform like this against Afghanistan what will they do against Bigger teams..for those making excuses for these Younsta Beauties they are playing against Afghanistan and not some Indians or Australia against whom a loss or whitewash series can be accepted..

 

[Justcrazy]

Its now run a ball required.

 

[ammar_merry]

Our players were busy anchoring the innings even in last 3 overs.

Superstars

 

[zarak]

Getting sick of Shadab’s captaincy

What a fraud he is

So call brave captain

What did he do

 

[boomboomcheema]

Atleast take some wickets make the match interesting.

 

[Savak]

Bowlers struggling to bowl dot balls.

 

[MenInG]

Some may need to sit down before reading this.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Saim,Abdullah and Haris have loads of talent but finding out that International cricket brings different pressures and responsibilities to Franchise cricket....groom them,give them time and allow them opportunities to bat with experienced players and they will come through!</p>— Mickey Arthur (@Mickeyarthurcr1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mickeyarthurcr1/status/1640034871920807938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[pakistani pride]

Why are they actuaĺly feeding them pace...

 

[boomboomcheema]

Gone

 

[Savak]

What the hell are the fielders doing? Stop the f singles for God sakes, they should not be getting a single every delivery

 

[boomboomcheema]

Finally..

 

[Ahmed216]

Need to bowl straight and mixed pace

Well done Zaman

 

[Rana]

This is batting wicket unlike last one. If tailenders can bat, any half decent batter can do.

Enough with this nonsense man. Get over it. He’s here to stay. He will probably become the captain too

 

[Savak]

Finally Zaman Khan took pace off

 

[CricVet]

Bowl short of full into the stumps and get rewarded. The variable bounce Will play the trick

 

[Hextro]

Smart bowing by Zaman. He was outsmarting the Afghani batsmen with every ball.

 

[castortroy]

Just bowl slower ball or cutters.

No need for express pace

 

[Rana]

So called gun fielder

 

[AAli98]

So Pak don’t want to play tests, want to be known was t20 specialists… & get thrashed by Afghanistan.

 

[emranabbas]

Isanullah is good just need to go a little slower

 

[JibranAnsari]

Needs to use the pitch , ehsanullah.

 

[CricVet]

This short stuff from Ihsanullah will not help unless it is a sharp bounce. Bowl straight and slightly short

 

[Justcrazy]

Afghanistan need 94 runs in 92 balls.

Afghan still in control

 

[Ahmed216]

Poor captaincy this from shadab. Should guide ihsanullah on how to bowl on this pitch

 

[boomboomcheema]

Not able to build any pressure, singles coming easy.

 

[CricVet]

He is either too short or full

 

[Rana]

What is wrong with Shadab???

 

[Rana]

3rd quick single snatched from Shadab by Gurbaz

 

[Rana]

What was that ball by Zaman??

 

[JibranAnsari]

Rubbish from zaman , very very lucky to play for paksitan.

 

[boomboomcheema]

exactly what was needed .

 

[CricVet]

That is pathetic bowling and we have a load behind stumps

 

[Rana]

Snatching singles right from their hands

 

[Omer2002]

Boys my prediction of 3 0 defeat seems to be becoming correct...

 

[Savak]

Pakistani fielders are the worst in the world in the inner circle, cannot remember the last time anyone got a run out via direct hit.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan bowlers not getting wickets , unless they get , they will not be in the game.

 

[CricVet]

This is some pathetic captaincy. No pressure created using a slow bowler as of yet

 

[Savak]

Haven't seen any proactiveness from the coaching staff. Has anyone bothered to send a message to the bowlers to take the pace off on this wicket.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

45-1 in powerplay. We didn't even score these many runs in last 5 overs &#55357;&#56834;

 

[JibranAnsari]

Playing bowlers like nawaz and shadab is everyday job for afghanis.

 

[Ahmed216]

Huge gulf in quality of our spinners vs Rashid and mujeeb.

 

[CricVet]

Finally a slow bowler. Keep it where 2nd and 3rd was bowled

 

[CricVet]

He doesn’t and bowls a lose 4th ball

 

[CricVet]

Why the heck these people can’t bowl into the stumps with so much experience

 

[Ahmed216]

This is a decent batting pitch. Can’t believe Imad couldn’t score a boundary in last few overs