Afghanistan [286/2] cruise to a famous 8-wicket win over Pakistan [282/7] at ICC World Cup 2023

[Mamoon]

Spoke too soon.

Being Pakistan's best spinner is not a compliment. He is poor but better than others. At least his ball turns.

 

[amvbfm]

I think someone like Amad Butt would have been a very good selection . New ball skills and hard hitting lower order batsman. But PAK are obsessed with Faheem Ashraf for some reason

Amad is woeful. His bowling is cannon fodder and he is a proper hack with the bat. If we want to experiment then should try Aamer Jamal. But ideally, these bits and pieces players have no business playing odi cricket. Play proper all-rounders and if you don't have any then play specialists.

 

[Sunzi]

More history being made today.

 

[Mamoon]

Hayden cheerleading for Pakistan after scamming PCB twice. You love to see it.

 

[oatmeal]

Match ka mujrim so far Usama Mir

 

[Amjid Javed]

That's why you need Sharjeel Khan and Azam Khan.

Azam Khan ain't international standard ODI player

 

[Usman Chadda]

Babar will not survive this

 

[emranabbas]

absolutely ...pathetic he is i would have started with him..now he is brought him on he has mid on ...no idea why

Chacha should have come In 8th over instead if rauf dumbest captain I have ever seen

 

[Shafi]

but but but but Rizwan is miles better than Gurbaz

Gurbaz is far better batsman than Babar. Even Rizwan is better than this fake king.

 

[Mamoon]

Lol, part timer Iftikhar is better than main spinners of Paksitan

They are all part-timers in reality.

 

[7sins]

How selection committee gave priority to mir over abrar? This is sick.

Not everything is selection committee fault I think babar preferred mir over abrar same hassan ali over Amir and nawaz yaar over imad wasim

 

[oatmeal]

Shadab got some turn there

 

[Devadwal]

but but but but Rizwan is miles better than Gurbaz

Bro easy . please No hype for Afghanistan players .

 

[Syed1]

Babar will not survive this

Inshallah

 

[Varun]

Oh this is hilarious. Absolutely hilarious.

 

[castortroy]

2 wickets can turn this around.

That required Shadab and Mir not to bowl long hops or full tosses

Then you have trash like Rauf and Hasan to bowl

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

When did Afghan batting get so good . they used to be very average

Since they appointed Ajay Jadeja as coach.

 

[7sins]

Match ka mujrim so far Usama Mir

All bowlers are pathetic can't bowl 6 good bowls

 

[Amjid Javed]

It is stronger.

but it doesn’t matter because other teams are better.

But 2023 team will beat the 2019 team in a series. I don’t know why you are bigging up a team that 24 out of 30 ODIs in 2018-19.

Again, not bigging up the current team. It is terrible, but better than the 2019 one.

usually weak disclaimer after doing bhangra and twerking over mediocrity

 

[CricketAnalyst]

Blame here goes to the bowlers. Not switched in at the beginning and that's the match. Afghanistan has only two batsmen, Rahmanullah and Ibrahim. Out of those two Ibrahim is out of form. The moment Rahmanullah was gone early, match would have been over. Once they get starts, it's just too hard because Gurbaz is fearless and Ibrahim won't get out.

Now even if they get out too much damage is done. Even Afghanistan's useless batting is enough to get 150 runs in 30 overs with 9 wickets left.

 

[Omer2002]

Gurbaz is far better batsman than Babar. Even Rizwan is better than this fake king.

ofocurse he is no question..and even his partner i have said all along is class although he hasnt been consistent

 

[IAJ]

This is embarrasing. Game after game you see they let a big partnership develop.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Even after all that hitting , score is just above 6 RPO. On another wicket this would have been 160/0

 

[daytrader]

Come on boys break this partnership. Need someone to stand up and provide some inspiration

 

[Mamoon]

Afghanistan has had some famous bottle-jobs against Pakistan over the years. If they lose this one it will be their biggest choke to date.

They should be walking their way to victory from here. Awful bowling, fielding and captaincy.

 

[The_KING]

I miss Sarfraz as the captain.

 

[NeVerMind]

All you need is to keep the Afghanis batsmen quiet for a couple of overs and they will do something silly...but our bowlers can't bowl 3 decent balls on a row (full tosses, rank hops, etc)

 

[Devadwal]

Wow rizwan is trying to run out with his amazing mind. Effect of the field activities showing
Mercy on Afghanistan

 

[jnaveen1980]

One predictable aspect of Pak spinners is they are guaranteed to bowl atleast 2 bad balls every over.

 

[Thephenom]

This will be a huge humiliation, making there openers look like Mitchell and Warner!

 

[imshally81]

Good over by Shadab

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

but but but but Rizwan is miles better than Gurbaz

Rizwan is definitely Better than Gurbaz who himself is better than Babar

 

[Mamoon]

This is my favorite World Cup ever.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

complete overhaul of the team is needed. For ODI and tests. T20 we are OK

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pakistan might have given away some 20 runs due to poor fielding so far.

 

[Cric_lover4487]

Hayden cheerleading for Pakistan after scamming PCB twice. You love to see it.

Serious question: Are yaari-dosti theories true or these are truly best spinners in Pakistan? I am an Indian so please don't take me wrong way. Really average Shadab etc are. No bite, no venom just totally dependent on batsman to throw away their wickets.

 

[MMHS]

PAK has conceded at least 20 from fielding in this 20 overs.

 

[oatmeal]

Afghanistan has had some famous bottle-jobs against Pakistan over the years. If they lose this one it will be their biggest choke to date.

They should be walking their way to victory from here. Awful bowling, fielding and captaincy.

They are a weak side mentally.

 

[jnaveen1980]

All you need is to keep the Afghanis batsmen quiet for a couple of overs and they will do something silly...but our bowlers can't bowl 3 decent balls on a row (full tosses, rank hops, etc)

Yes. You just have to look at Santner. Master crafter on a surface that offered not much for spinners just with speed variation and accuracy created pressure. He would have created a chance already.

 

[Devadwal]

Gone

 

[amvbfm]

Come on boys break this partnership. Need someone to stand up and provide some inspiration

Afridi has bowled 4. But I'm sure Babar will wait till they need only 100 to bring him back. It's now or never.

 

[pratiktc]

Build up pressure and Afg will crack.
283 is a monster chase and the moment RR crosses 6 they'll start sweating

 

[7sins]

Patethic captain

 

[Mamoon]

Rizwan is definitely Better than Gurbaz who himself is better than Babar

Watching them bat for one over is more than enough to conclude that Gurbaz is a better batsman than Rizwan.

 

[oatmeal]

Shaheen with the breakthough

 

[emranabbas]

Damage is done boys

 

[nish_mate]

Wicketttttt.......................

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Come on boys break this partnership. Need someone to stand up and provide some inspiration

You would think someone could produce one wicket taking ball just by sheer chance. Pakistan seem to have made a science of bowling in exactly the wrong areas.

 

[NeVerMind]

Usama Mir takes a difficult catch! Gurbaz gone on Shaheen's return

 

[jnaveen1980]

Shaheen has created a chance.

 

[gani999]

We were being assured that among the Afghans, only Gurbaz was capable of batting. Zadran doesn't seem too bad at all.

 

[imshally81]

Out

 

[Champ_Pal]

Finally a wicket.

 

[Chip32]

Don't know why Pakistan prefers Hasan ali. Average bowler, below average fielder and a slogger batsman only.

Cos we didn’t bother developing any semblance of bench strength and instead played Shaheen, Rauf and Naseem against every B/C string side. Ihsanullah played a couple of games against AFG before the Asia Cup but got injured

 

[aboveandbeyond]

This is the worst bowling and fielding display I've seen in a long time. Amateurish at best.

Regarding the bowling, first Tait and now Morkel have been shambolic appointments

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Game over, Afghanistan

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Shaheen is world class Proved again

 

[Kianig89]

Breakthrough

 

[RexRex]

Alright .. now the collapse begins

 

[Nasty Naz]

Oh look this garbage pathetic team finally managed to get a wicket. Yay I guess.

 

[jusarrived]

Pak needs just get few tight overs and force Afg bats to do something silly.

 

[msb314]

Finally we get one

 

[amvbfm]

Afridi has bowled 4. But I'm sure Babar will wait till they need only 100 to bring him back. It's now or never.

Wow. Sorry Babar.

 

[shortbread]

Ok boys, time to switch on now.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Door opened for Pakistan. March fast?

 

[kingusama92]

Big wicket, they can apply a good amount of pressure now

 

[Sunzi]

Alhamdullilah.

 

[Devadwal]

Congratulations Pakistan .now shaheen is going to take another five fer

 

[Kianig89]

Get a couple more please

 

[SyedV]

Need to give the ball to a part time bowler to get a break through.

 

[ArabKnight]

Soft dismissal, soft, soft, soft, soft.

That is a fluke wicket. Haha!

 

[Syed1]

See the effect of one quiet over?


Dumb captain and his friends cannot drill this simple logic in their thick brains.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Afg choke begins?

 

[vprasanna83]

Will this wicket inject some life into the match ?

 

[The_KING]

Usama taking the catch has to be the shock of the tournament.

Shaheen is our only hope.

 

[oatmeal]

Just need another one to put the pressure

 

[CricketAnalyst]

Ok, now that it's Gurbaz gone there's a chance if they can get RRR to around 5.6/5.7 quickly. If Ibrahim goes soon, it will be doable and the match will become a thriller.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Afghanistan won't handle this pressure now. All their batsman have very low strike rate and mental weakness

 

[Asif321]

Can’t believe Pakistan got so under pressure

 

[Rana]

This Mir is proper quota selection by Punjab Cricket Board.

Why the hate against Punjab?