All hail to the new bottlers in the town. A complete bottle job by Pakistan

[ChTab]

Pakistan are without any doubt the new bottlers in the town & they're bottling games on far more consistent basis as compared to SA or NZ.

So called Pakistani top order is one of the main reasons for the loss in this game. The so called great Babar plays like a tailender whenever he's facing any decent side in the world. His record vs India is horrific apart from that 1 innings vs Ind in WT20 2021.

Everyone apart from his delusional fans know that he's a weak player who wilts under pressure & is only capable of scoring some runs when there's no pressure or 3rd string bowling lineup is bowling.

Rizwan looked horrified while facing 125/130 kph thunderbolt from Indian pacers. Imagine him batting vs SA pacers in Sydney or facing Wood/Ferguson if by any miracle Pakistan reached semi's.

Don't really know how the hell Shan managed to score that many runs but it was so ugly to watch atleast half of his runs came from edges but he did his job.

Iftikhar was the only positive from Pakistan's batting

In the end Pakistan did very well to get to 159.


Pakistan's bowling started & In comes Shaheen can't really blame him for what he did he has lost atleast 10 kph pace & didn't looked completely fit at all. His run-up clearly showed that he's not fully fit but our management (Babar) is so clueless that they thought a half fit Shaheen is going to destroy Indian lineup once again.

Naseem was really good throughout the match unlike Rauf who apart from getting wickets early on was not as accurate as he normally is but atleast he did get 2 massive wickets in 2 overs. But what was that in the last over the shot from Kohli over the bowlers head for six was amazing and I'd say I haven't seen something like that ever but the last bowl was so pathetic I wish he had gone for the yorker instead of another slower one.

Shahdab was very good with the ball again but couldn't get any wicket.

As far as I'm concerned this loss is solely on Babar you cannot give 20th over to a left arm spinner same thing happened about a month back in UAE & this clown haven't learned from it.

I know most Pakistani fans will say oh the team fought till the end & this & that but that's ********. Any top team in the world would've burried the game at 31/4.

This was complete bottle job by Pakistan & now the list is getting very very very big.
It started with QF 96 then Final of 99, that test vs Australia in Hobart(99), semi final vs Aus 2010 , Sydney test of 2010, 2012 T20 semi final vs SL, 2021 Semi vs Aus, Asia Cup final 2022 & now this match vs India.

 

[Savak]

A captain and a team scared of losing and failure will always choke in pressure situations.

 

[Usergame]

Pakistan and India are both bottlers.
Pakistan hasnt won a world tournament since 2009, havent even made a final.how can you compare with NZ who won the Test world cup and have made the past 2 50 over final + a world t20 final

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Well everyone wanted Shan and Haider after Asia cup and they are in. Rizwan has hit bad patch at the very wrong time. Time for Asif to make way for someone else. Afridi was a bad call but even with his bad form, noone dared to touch him in first 2 overs. Yes, it falls on captain but nothing can be done until WC is over, gotta live with this pain.

 

[SamNJ]

Well everyone wanted Shan and Haider after Asia cup and they are in. Rizwan has hit bad patch at the very wrong time. Time for Asif to make way for someone else. Afridi was a bad call but even with his bad form, noone dared to touch him in first 2 overs. Yes, it falls on captain but nothing can be done until WC is over, gotta live with this pain.

Rizwan hasn't hit the bad patch. Teams are working him out with outside off line. He will come good on low bounce wickets but it is very difficult to play his leg side shots from outside off line on bouncy wickets.

 

[deems]

How did Shan play well. He didn't play for the team. The guy did not even try to hit out in the last few overs. Playing the ball along the ground. Compare that innings with the counterpart no.3. Disgusting

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

It is true. Pakistan are losing from winning positions consistently on big occasions.

They need to leap from "Taqdeer (fate)" to "Tadbeer (strategy)" pretty quickly. Allama Iqbal in Nusrat Sb's voice should help.

 

[ChTab]

How did Shan play well. He didn't play for the team. The guy did not even try to hit out in the last few overs. Playing the ball along the ground. Compare that innings with the counterpart no.3. Disgusting

Who said Shan played well. I said I don't know how the hell he managed to score 50 it was very ugly to watch but somehow he did his job which was to make sure Pakistan don't get bundled over for 100 odd after 2 quick wickets in PP.

 

[ChTab]

Well everyone wanted Shan and Haider after Asia cup and they are in. Rizwan has hit bad patch at the very wrong time. Time for Asif to make way for someone else. Afridi was a bad call but even with his bad form, noone dared to touch him in first 2 overs. Yes, it falls on captain but nothing can be done until WC is over, gotta live with this pain.

I never wanted Shan I knew he's just a domestic bully nothing else but people were so sure that he will be a success in T20I's as well like there's no difference in quality between NatWest T20 & T20I's.

 

[zaidihusain]

This is repeatedly happening because team management doesn't believe in factors like creating better game awareness, building strong bench strength, player workload management, showing flexibility in batting approach / style. They always play with winning combination even against small teams be it test, ODI or T20
They just took one risk of promoting Nawaz in Asia Cup which worked and since then they have stopped putting faith in middle order. Then in the Asia Cup final Nawaz who was the main spinner was allowed to bowl only 1 over and Iftekhar who bowled just 1 over against Hkg in that entire tournament bowled 3 overs. What was the need of that experiment in final?
Honestly, Iftikhar played this inning against Ind out of the blue. Hope he will continue this form in coming matches as well

 

[m.shah]

Don't know about others but Babar Azam is a serious bottler just like Hashim Amla.

 

[adzzy786]

Wow what kind of fans are you guys?
We were in a really bad spot and still got to almost 160. We had India on the ropes the whole match however a couple of bad decisions as well as some brilliant batting. They played well and will do better in the other matches

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Wow what kind of fans are you guys?
We were in a really bad spot and still got to almost 160. We had India on the ropes the whole match however a couple of bad decisions as well as some brilliant batting. They played well and will do better in the other matches

Defeatist mindset. Keep high standards and don't except pathetic defeats so easily.

 

[ChTab]

Wow what kind of fans are you guys?
We were in a really bad spot and still got to almost 160. We had India on the ropes the whole match however a couple of bad decisions as well as some brilliant batting. They played well and will do better in the other matches

TBH this is the exact reason why we're a mediocre team. No top team in the world would have accepted the defeat if the opposition were 31/4. Our fans are happy if the match goes to 20th over. This match by all means should have been over in 17th over & Pakistan should have won this game with ease.

 

[ZafarKhan2022]

1. If we're bottlers why does the BCCI buy off all the umpires for every match?

2. It wouldn't hurt if the team had a sports psychiatrist or a sports psychologist.

 

[jnaveen1980]

It was not all bottle jobs

1) power play batting (bottled)
2) middle overs (recovered)
3) acceleration phase (bottled)
4) finishing phase (recovered)
5) power play bowling (dominated)
6) middle over bowling (slightly lost edge)
7)death over bowling (30% pakistan 70% india)

See saw match. Just like India keeps making the mistake of using Bhuvi at death, Pakistan is doing the same with Nawaz.

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

Pakistan are without any doubt the new bottlers in the town & they're bottling games on far more consistent basis as compared to SA or NZ.

So called Pakistani top order is one of the main reasons for the loss in this game. The so called great Babar plays like a tailender whenever he's facing any decent side in the world. His record vs India is horrific apart from that 1 innings vs Ind in WT20 2021.

Everyone apart from his delusional fans know that he's a weak player who wilts under pressure & is only capable of scoring some runs when there's no pressure or 3rd string bowling lineup is bowling.

Rizwan looked horrified while facing 125/130 kph thunderbolt from Indian pacers. Imagine him batting vs SA pacers in Sydney or facing Wood/Ferguson if by any miracle Pakistan reached semi's.

Don't really know how the hell Shan managed to score that many runs but it was so ugly to watch atleast half of his runs came from edges but he did his job.

Iftikhar was the only positive from Pakistan's batting

In the end Pakistan did very well to get to 159.


Pakistan's bowling started & In comes Shaheen can't really blame him for what he did he has lost atleast 10 kph pace & didn't looked completely fit at all. His run-up clearly showed that he's not fully fit but our management (Babar) is so clueless that they thought a half fit Shaheen is going to destroy Indian lineup once again.

Naseem was really good throughout the match unlike Rauf who apart from getting wickets early on was not as accurate as he normally is but atleast he did get 2 massive wickets in 2 overs. But what was that in the last over the shot from Kohli over the bowlers head for six was amazing and I'd say I haven't seen something like that ever but the last bowl was so pathetic I wish he had gone for the yorker instead of another slower one.

Shahdab was very good with the ball again but couldn't get any wicket.

As far as I'm concerned this loss is solely on Babar you cannot give 20th over to a left arm spinner same thing happened about a month back in UAE & this clown haven't learned from it.

I know most Pakistani fans will say oh the team fought till the end & this & that but that's ********. Any top team in the world would've burried the game at 31/4.

This was complete bottle job by Pakistan & now the list is getting very very very big.
It started with QF 96 then Final of 99, that test vs Australia in Hobart(99), semi final vs Aus 2010 , Sydney test of 2010, 2012 T20 semi final vs SL, 2021 Semi vs Aus, Asia Cup final 2022 & now this match vs India.

I am guessing you are Indian?

You do know Rizwan got too where he is by scoring runs in NZ, SAF and world over. Babar has scored centuries all over the world in all formats, stop with hate and trolling.

Certainly the team has a mental block, but at least they are getting to those situations. We haven't even been in conversation consistently for years before. Hopefully with strong belief and grit they will start turning these situations into wins.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Pakistan are without any doubt the new bottlers in the town & they're bottling games on far more consistent basis as compared to SA or NZ.

So called Pakistani top order is one of the main reasons for the loss in this game. The so called great Babar plays like a tailender whenever he's facing any decent side in the world. His record vs India is horrific apart from that 1 innings vs Ind in WT20 2021.

Everyone apart from his delusional fans know that he's a weak player who wilts under pressure & is only capable of scoring some runs when there's no pressure or 3rd string bowling lineup is bowling.

Rizwan looked horrified while facing 125/130 kph thunderbolt from Indian pacers. Imagine him batting vs SA pacers in Sydney or facing Wood/Ferguson if by any miracle Pakistan reached semi's.

Don't really know how the hell Shan managed to score that many runs but it was so ugly to watch atleast half of his runs came from edges but he did his job.

Iftikhar was the only positive from Pakistan's batting

In the end Pakistan did very well to get to 159.


Pakistan's bowling started & In comes Shaheen can't really blame him for what he did he has lost atleast 10 kph pace & didn't looked completely fit at all. His run-up clearly showed that he's not fully fit but our management (Babar) is so clueless that they thought a half fit Shaheen is going to destroy Indian lineup once again.

Naseem was really good throughout the match unlike Rauf who apart from getting wickets early on was not as accurate as he normally is but atleast he did get 2 massive wickets in 2 overs. But what was that in the last over the shot from Kohli over the bowlers head for six was amazing and I'd say I haven't seen something like that ever but the last bowl was so pathetic I wish he had gone for the yorker instead of another slower one.

Shahdab was very good with the ball again but couldn't get any wicket.

As far as I'm concerned this loss is solely on Babar you cannot give 20th over to a left arm spinner same thing happened about a month back in UAE & this clown haven't learned from it.

I know most Pakistani fans will say oh the team fought till the end & this & that but that's ********. Any top team in the world would've burried the game at 31/4.

This was complete bottle job by Pakistan & now the list is getting very very very big.
It started with QF 96 then Final of 99, that test vs Australia in Hobart(99), semi final vs Aus 2010 , Sydney test of 2010, 2012 T20 semi final vs SL, 2021 Semi vs Aus, Asia Cup final 2022 & now this match vs India.

Afridi did his job with the bat more than the ball - so he truly justified his selection.

As I stated many times - the middle order does not only lack skill n ability but they proved to be super dumb as well (this includes the batsmen, the captain, the coaches and the entire Think Tank).

You freaking already know that these are VERY LARGE boundaries, then why the eff don’t you realize your aukaat and don’t even try to hit sixes?

Use your two brain cells and stay in your limits to play wisely and take singles doubles and try to hit fours instead of sixes. Because 9 out of 10 times, YOU WILL GET CAUGHT —— THIS IS NOT A 60 METRS BOUNDARY !!!

In my opinion - Haider Ali is THE MAIN culprit because Shadab made up for his poor batting approach (trying to hit six) with his bowling.

Haider must have stayed their to milk singles in doubles with an occasional four. This was a wide spread field with acres of empty land - TAKE EFFING ADVANTAGE OF IT !!

But no!
Chakka he maarna hai.

We were only 6 runs shot of 165 - that I already predicted was a winning total here.

Bowlers did an excellent job - this was expected from them on this large ground (to defend 165ish minimum) but we never had that total on the board.


And I agree - Shan Masood’s innings was ugly - he basically played in defensive mode and could have been gone at three to 4 occasions- yes he did help us getting runs on the board - but I don’t see any improvements in his batting to be a T20 batsman.

Weak, feeble, passionless, lacking fire in the belly, no power to launch back counter punches.
Same old timid approach, and wait for the halwa ball to hit (something that they practice all day in nets).

 

[Kianig89]

Exactly and all this comes down to poor game plan and lack of leadership not utilising the resources we were 10 runs short how the heck Rizwan played out overs for just 3 runs. Team combination is so fuked up and alot of dead wood

Fakhar
Riz
Babar
Haider
Iftikhar
Nawaz
Shadab
WasimJr
Rauf
Naseem
Hasnain

The best.XI from the available squad
Omissions are justified
Shan : you just can't play 42deliveries for a 50 no matter the position not aligned with teams plan should be axed

Asif Ali: a complete failure absolute waste of space not req

Shaheen: unfit should be rested

Khusdil: the less said the better

 

[Saj]

What a mess today again.

Bottled it, what were they thinking, what was the planning.

They were only chasing 130 not 180.

 

[Savak]

What a mess today again.

Bottled it, what were they thinking, what was the planning.

They were only chasing 130 not 180.

To take it deep down to the last ball.

 

[asadee]

What a mess today again.

Bottled it, what were they thinking, what was the planning.

They were only chasing 130 not 180.

And Babar apparently said that we gave away 10 runs too many

 

[Stark]

They need to leap from "Taqdeer (fate)" to "Tadbeer (strategy)" pretty quickly....

Taadbeer se (Bigdi hui) taqdeer Bana le, you mean?

 

[Saj]

To take it deep down to the last ball.

Seems like they don't know the meaning of winning with ease.

Ideally this should have been a match where they boosted their NRR, not messed up a chase of 131.