Asia Cup 2023: Super 4: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | 14 September | Colombo | Pakistan innings

[Inswing]

Well played chacha

 

[VForVendetta]

TBH Pakistani media and fans were acting too arrogant after 1st game against India which got washed out.

Your ex PM Shehbaz Shariff tweeted 'They can't play Shaheen' after India were 60/4.

Your ex PCB chairman Najam Sethi tweeted 'India is scared of playing Pakistan'. Heck this India scared of Pakistan was trending in social media all week.

This 228 runs reality check was brutal and will always remind future generation to remain humble. In a game of cricket one team wins and one won't but grace is important.

Dubai bashing has humbled the arrogant Indians for at least a decade, so it's natural Colombo thrashing should humble the childish Pakistanis too. Both nations as well the subcontinent in whole need such humbling time & time again to tame all the unnecessary pride & sense of entitlement.

 

[batandballbattle]

Why did the SL management allow it?

ikr, it's not like he is their main man either

 

[Hermoine Green]

What a six , I think Sanjay may have leaked something when he saw that loll chill out Sanjay bhai it wasn’t that big

Yeah 90m aint that big.

 

[Firebat]

Good knock by Ifti, proving his worth again

 

[Marooned]

Well played chacha. Did a job.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Malinga Jr took 3 so far.

 

[Nado_]

Deserved a 50 but good innings

 

[neonoir]

Well played chacha proved your haters wrong

 

[ads101]

Nice innings iftikhar

 

[shah9425]

Well played

 

[Marooned]

What a six , I think Sanjay may have leaked something when he saw that loll chill out Sanjay bhai it wasn’t that big

90 m.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan have giot enough to win this , if they bowl well here

 

[Nado_]

Yeah 90m aint that big.

It was but not to the equivalent to that reaction , he was reacting as if it went into the stand , just went over the rope

 

[Markhor]

Chacha did his job. Shadab can at least run quickly between the wickets.

Get in a few more big blows and aim for 250 min.

 

[mominsaigol]

I always feel weird about chacha and rizwan. All my claims are proven right except for these 2. These 2 keep making me change my mind.

I still have no idea how to analyse and assess these 2.

 

[Firebat]

If anything these 2 will milk every double possible

 

[Justcrazy]

9 balls to go , so Pakistan would want 250 here

 

[PakLFC]

250 says game on hai.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

good over by SL at this stage of the inning.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Rizi need to get 24 in this over.

 

[Firebat]

I always feel weird about chacha and rizwan. All my claims are proven right except for these 2. These 2 keep making me change my mind.

I still have no idea how to analyse and assess these 2.

Rizwan may be limited but he ain't a mental midget. Deserves a spot in the middle order no question

 

[Major]

Where re the posters who were hating on rizwan.

And menawhile chacha as always batting well

 

[Rana]

Tbf good innings under pressure but he should have been out

Damn you Mendis!

 

[vprasanna83]

The rain break has clearly lessened turn and ball is skidding on .

Pak pacers have to take wickets

 

[Shafi]

Should be a cruise for the Lankans this

So what is the safe total in this pitch? 350?

 

[ads101]

Wow amazing catch

 

[pakistanisgreat]

poor by rizi at the end of inning. He is unable to find a boundary after spending so much time. And now Shadi is gone.

 

[Marooned]

Crazy catch

 

[vprasanna83]

Where re the posters who were hating on rizwan.

And menawhile chacha as always batting well

He should have been out long back

 

[Markhor]

Well Mendis has caught that one. Over to Wasim jr.

EDIT - Shaheen sent ahead of the "all rounder" lol

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to slog a few big hits here.

 

[Firebat]

Tbf good innings under pressure but he should have been out

Might need to tell your buddy Sultan that

 

[Marooned]

He should have been out long back

Shouda woulda coulda

 

[Nado_]

Useless Shadab , now go beat up a locker or something you locker room fighter

 

[Shafi]

Tbf good innings under pressure but he should have been out

Damn you Mendis!

So you want Pakistan to loose this match?

 

[mominsaigol]

Oh shadab my sweet summer child.

 

[MenInG]

He should have been out long back

Not sure if you watching cricket or another game?

That is part of the game.

 

[batandballbattle]

mendis plucks a beauty after a rough day

 

[Nado_]

Afridi to wack a few lusty blows

 

[MenInG]

So you want Pakistan to loose this match?

Normal

Its known as cut off your nose to spite yer face

 

[chinaman00]

What a fake allrounder Shadab is. Can’t bowl, can’t bat.

 

[TheSultan]

mendis should hang his head in shame. I wish I got 3 chances every time I batted

 

[ads101]

Lmao actually thought he’d get a third love it

 

[Firebat]

These are the overs Haris has to be batting. Not the middle overs when the team is struggling

 

[pakistanisgreat]

no boundaries in last two overs. Very poor

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan India final would be good for the tournament .

 

[TheSultan]

Ones and twos in final over. Not good enough

 

[pakistanisgreat]

4 to end the inning. Good total for Pak.

 

[ads101]

Nice got past 250

 

[TheSultan]

Should be a straightforward chase for Lankans. Well batted Mendis tho

 

[kingusama92]

Brilliant recovery.

They have a real chance here.

 

[Adi_62945]

Its a very defendable total until unless we bowl really bad.

 

[shah9425]

Good innings
Over to bowlers

 

[Marooned]

252. That's RR of 6. So it's basically a 300 score unless rain comes to make a mockery of it.

 

[TheNeutralist]

Great batting by iftikhar and Rizwan.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Game is on if there is no Rain

 

[Adijazz1706]

So it's 252 plus whatever DLS adds to that, much better than it was looking at 130/5

 

[Firebat]

Rizwan's best knocks have always come with the team under pressure. Invaluable

 

[Ahmed216]

These are the overs Haris has to be batting. Not the middle overs when the team is struggling

But he has to show some promise when he's given opportunities. He was batting like a mindless slogger today

 

[pakistanisgreat]

This is old Pak strategy. Play slow and dot dot. Then last 10 overs get the 100. Just like today.

 

[Savak]

Pakistan is playing two different bowlers i.e. Mohd Wasim Jr and a rookie Zaman Khan. Not going to be easy defending this. Our spinners have not been in good form and the pitch has now eased out. All the pressure on Shaheen.

 

[Marooned]

So it's 252 plus whatever DLS adds to that, much better than it was looking at 130/5

Will DLS add to it?

 

[King_Babar]

Good innings by Rizwan, made sure he is there till the end to and avoid Pak getting all out. Now upto the bowlers!

 

[batandballbattle]

shabaash rizzy bhai
was fearing the worst in that middle session but we made a good recovery
now we see what zaman khan is made of

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Strange given they've an experienced keeper in Kusal Perera in the XI.

PAK have cashed in really well though on easier batting conditions since the restart. If pitches are like this in India, we can compete with anyone.

However when the conditions favour bowling, we need a more nuanced approach, proper batsmen in the top 5 (not T20 pinch-hitters like Haris) and not panic like we did earlier.

Yep. Pakistan punished the errors a lot like they should .

Pitches in India will vary quite a bit from venue to venue.

 

[mominsaigol]

Rizwan may be limited but he ain't a mental midget. Deserves a spot in the middle order no question

I retract my statements made about him, I was defo harsh on him by calling him a medicore bat. He is a good bat.

So he's rizwan has made me eaten my words today. But my original stances still don't change.

Fakhar, Imam, Babar, Rizwan ( All 4 of these guys can't play in the top order, we need 2 accumulators, not 4, so if you want to choose rizwan amd babar then sure go ahead. But out of these 4, 2 of em gotta go)

 

[Marooned]

Pakistan is playing two different bowlers i.e. Mohd Wasim Jr and a rookie Zaman Khan. Not going to be easy defending this. Our spinners have not been in good form and the pitch has now eased out. All the pressure on Shaheen.

With Naseem, Rauf, I'd have declared here and now that we will defend it. Zaman Wasim isn't same level of attack.

 

[King_Babar]

Pakistan is playing two different bowlers i.e. Mohd Wasim Jr and a rookie Zaman Khan. Not going to be easy defending this. Our spinners have not been in good form and the pitch has now eased out. All the pressure on Shaheen.

Zaman should do well, he is far better than Wasim Jnr. But yeah debuting virtual semi final of Asia cup, so he would be under immense pressure.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

we lost 1 run.

 

[Nado_]

This game going to go to the wire . Zaman better be up for some death bowling !

 

[Civil]

This is old Pak strategy. Play slow and dot dot. Then last 10 overs get the 100. Just like today.

Agreed but replace "old strategy" with "current and forever" strategy. But today I'll take it this is as good a total we were gonna get anyways on this pitch.

 

[Marooned]

shabaash rizzy bhai
was fearing the worst in that middle session but we made a good recovery
now we see what zaman khan is made of

Flesh and bones. Forgive him if he has a bad game on debut.

 

[Ahmed216]

I retract my statements made about him, I was defo harsh on him by calling him a medicore bat. He is a good bat.

So he's rizwan has made me eaten my words today. But my original stances still don't change.

Fakhar, Imam, Babar, Rizwan ( All 4 of these guys can't play in the top order, we need 2 accumulators, not 4, so if you want to choose rizwan amd babar then sure go ahead. But out of these 4, 2 of em gotta go)

I think u fell for the vicious agenda some posters have

 

[Marooned]

Zaman should do well, he is far better than Wasim Jnr. But yeah debuting virtual semi final of Asia cup, so he would be under immense pressure.

He is better than Wasim, I agree.

 

[mesmerizer85]

Shadab/Fakhar the weak links clearly
Abdullah,Rizwan,Chacha played well..Now need Saud in middle order from now on...

 

[IMMY69]

mendis should hang his head in shame. I wish I got 3 chances every time I batted

Stop kidding around.
Clearly you have never held a bat in your life

 

[SM1989]

So it's 252 plus whatever DLS adds to that, much better than it was looking at 130/5

DLS has minused 1 from it. I don't understand how that has worked.

 

[PakLFC]

Its is 50/50 at this stage. Waseem and Zaman Khan need to take wickets and the spin needs to do much better then against India. Had we batted 50 overs would have most likely reached 300. All this pessimism by above posters is annoying seeing it was only 42 overs.

 

[shokz1408]

I think that’s the first time I’ve seen minus runs on dls? I thought it’s always added