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Asia Cup 2023: Pakistan v Nepal | Match 1 | 30 August | Multan | Pakistan innings

saw in the drone shot - very less crowd, surprising - you would think with cricket returning and home team playing, would be full house.
 
so called hero Agha who struggled all the way goes oh dear.....here goes the Asia cup
 
Ahmed216 said:
Babar unable to find gaps through off side. Has hit some very juicy balls straight to sweeper cover.
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This is exactly why babar cannot be mentioned in the same breath as the fab 4/5. He’s just not got the cricketing intuition of the others.
 
Is Ifti's role as a finisher? Considering he is destructive against spin he would have been a better choice ahead of Salman at this point when spinners are operational.
 
Where are all those no we do not need saud, we need ifti posers at now? They vanished?
 
Pakistan always plays to the level of their opposition. So a 4.5 run rate isn't surprising. Even the 90s superstar team used to play top the level of the opposition. They even shelled a home series to Zimbabwe.

All of this happens because of the insecurity amongst players as fans and media will hang them to death if they lose against a minnow. Teams like England and Australia play fearlessly against such teams as they know even a loss would be swatted away as an exception and they would move on.

Pakistan needs a media and cultural reset to allow players to play without fear. Until then, these batting performances will be common with Pakistan.
 
126/4 (28.1 overs).

Nepal are staying in the game well. But, their real test should be when they bat.
 
Loose this match and we will be out of the tournament. Don't think we can even qualify for final. SL vs Ind in final.
 
4 unlucky dismissals in his last 4 innings

Should have had at least 2 more hundreds but they will come very soon
 
When pakistan struggles this forumn goes wild 😂😂, but when pakistan is winning, match is boring 😂.
 
Rana said:
The curator made a very flat track purposely

We are too scared to lay out spin friendly tracks against a minnow. Playing right into the hands of Indian curators for the World Cup
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No spinnings tracks where we're scheduled barring Chennai. Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad are flatter decks than Multan
 
Shafi said:
Loose this match and we will be out of the tournament. Don't think we can even qualify for final. SL vs Ind in final.
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Sri Lanka lost 4-6 regular players to injuries. They are effectively playing a B team. Don't think SL can go to final now.
 
Pakistan are doing fine. If these two can stay till the 40th over, Pakistan probably ends up with 280 if not more. Sending Salman at 5 is stupid. He's a terrific finisher and should bat at 6.
 
Again guys don't play saud, saud is bad, saud is horrible, horrible selection for world cup, keep him out. Ifti and agha no 1.
 
Fakhar keeps getting selected after failing again and again. Unless its flat track plus 2-3 life this guy is not capable to score decent.
 
110 from 84 needed to get 300. Will do it easily
 
Babar showing his limitless strokes, hopefully heading for another 100. Ifti looks ok too today.
 
shariqnoor said:
Pakistan are doing fine. If these two can stay till the 40th over, Pakistan probably ends up with 280 if not more. Sending Salman at 5 is stupid. He's a terrific finisher and should bat at 6.
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"Pakistan are doing fine". I'm sorry but this just reeks of Misbah's mentality
 
Is this pakistan vs Nepal or pakistan vs india
Should ne over 300 by now vs non test playing team
 
Will we see Babar accelerate properly atleast after the 100?
Game is surely secure now so no more excuses
 
I might have been wrong about ifti, K replace agha for saud then 🫡.
 
expect some fireworks now that both batsman have reached their milestones
 
If only Pakistan played as much cricket as India does Babar could have easily scored 8000 runs by now and more 100s. At the age of 29 Kohli had played almost double the number of ODIs as Babar.
 
Is it me or crowd volume seems low , is it the production company or people just not as loud
 
Nado_ said:
Is it me or crowd volume seems low , is it the production company or people just not as loud
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Do you really think people will be excited watching a match against non-test playing team? If it was sgainst IND, AFG or SL there would be more interest as people would expect a competitive game.
 
topspin said:
Anything under 350 is a failure against a non-test playing nation. Nepal barely qualified for the Asia Cup. Khuda ka wasta, have some standards.
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OK Pakistan are playing really poor, and anything less than 350 they are likely to lose.
 
ex-q-zit said:
Do you really think people will be excited watching a match against non-test playing team? If it was sgainst IND, AFG or SL there would be more interest as people would expect a competitive game.
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Stadium has decent numbers though
 
Once again this forumn

When pakistan is struggling:

Pakpassion: I can't believe this, horrible from imam, Selfish babar, stad padded babar, terrible rizwan.

When pakistan is getting back in the game

Pakpassion: Why isn't pakistan accelerating. If it were England or India they'd be at 400 right now.

When pakistan is winning

Pakpassion: What a boring match, no one is interested in pakistan thrashing a weak team or What a terrible performance by pakistan, they beat an out of form Sena 😂😂.
 
Would love to see Babar repeating this performance against India. I have a feeling he will go back in his shell.
 
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