Asif Ali Vs Azam Khan; who would you prefer in the national team?

[Major]

Both players are made for t20, and both of them have their flaws.

Asif Ali is known for his ultra aggressive abilities. Often players need a few balls to adjust, while Asif Ali has the ability so start hitting from the first ball. However Asif Ali's biggest flaw is that he can't rotate strike nor knows how to take singles and double, even though he has played lots of domestic and international cricket. If 30 runs are needed of 30 balls, Asif Ali will still try to play an aerial shot and throw his wicket away.

Azam Khan, meanwhile has proven his worth. He has very strong arms that he can hit sixes and even his ground shots are quite powerful as the ball travels very fast off of his bat. One thing that he showed in this PSL is that he can rotate strike. During the match against Karachi when all the players were throwing their wickets away, Azam Khan was bale to rotate strikes and deal in singles and doubles. In the past Azam too would had played a hack shot but now he has shown to be very mature. However, Azam has two flaws. One is his fitness, he cant field and run very fast. Often he fails to take doubles or triples. Plus, he is still fearful of the high pitch fast ball. He can bat easily where the bounce is low even if the bowler is delivering at 140 kph, but where the bounce is high, he gets a bit scared.


Now, we have kept Asif Ali and Khushdil Shah in the squad of the national team for the only purpose of hitting sixes, they usually end up throwing their wicekt away. Mean while Azam Khan would not be able to run doubles that often but he can still rotate the strike better than Asif and Khushdil Shah but he is a liability on the field.

If one player has to be selected from these two, who would you choose?

 

[ads101]

Azam khan. Though I think people forget how impressive Asif Ali did look in PSL in the early seasons. Was consistently producing aggressive knocks, some of them clutch. Had high hopes for him internationally, he has disappointed. Though he hasn’t even been performing in recent PSLs anymore let alone international cricket.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Azam Khan >>>>>> Asif Ali+Khushdil+Iftikhar+Haider Ali

 

[Osama Shafeeqe]

Azam Khan is the clear choice for both ODI and T20Is. His ability to play a long innings is far superior to Asif Ali. Asif Ali should be still considered for T20Is in low bouncing conditions. His performance in T20 WC 2021 was legendary and played one of the best finishing roles I've seen but it was clear that Asif Ali struggles in bouncing conditions with his BBL performance being absolutely terrible barring an innings at the SCG which is a ground known to be a slow and low bouncing.

Azam on the other hand has had some good performances in the CPL and did face some fast opposition in the T10 leagues he had played in with relative good performances. He seems to be improving his ability to play against fast bowlers and his progress seems to be going well with some destructive batting shown against Naseem and Husnain.

 

[Asif321]

No comparison . Asif is one or two over player with no sense . Azam is a kind of player who can go long and has cricketing sense .

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Asif is a pretty average player. After playing 55 matches he has an average of 15 and SR of 133. Even someone like Axar Patel averages 22 with a SR of 152 lol.

I would rather try a new player instead of giving more opportunities to Asif Ali.

 

[Ab Fan]

Asif Ali, much fitter and more proven in World T20 tournaments than the fat unfit Azam Khan.

 

[Saj]

Neither if it was up to me

Asif is a once in a blue moon player, ideal for an occasional 10 off 2 balls.

Azam needs to improve on several areas of his batting and also his fitness.

 

[Energy]

Neither. The middle order void will continue to be there unfortunately.

 

[ArabKnight]

1. Babar
2. Rizwan
3. Imam
4. Shan
5. Haider
6. Iftikhar
7. Khushdil
8. Wasim
9. Dahani
10. Hasnain
11. Usman

Perfect T20 team.

 

[Ahmed216]

I would not consider Asif ali for a club side.
Azam is another low grade cricketer who’ll do zilch at the top level

 

[pakistani pride]

Basically none. Azam is just all hype. How on earth do people expect him to score vs Eng, Aus, NZ etc..

 

[zaidihusain]

I believe in PSL, players like Asif Ali, Umar Akmal & Azam Khan should have been tried at top order in at least few matches, may be at opening or 1 down just to give them opportunity to express themselves in power play. I know Asif & Umar has failed repeatedly but there is no harm in thinking out of the box as they are already in the playing 11. If likes of Nawaz, Shadab & Shaheen can be promoted, why not Umar, Asif & Azam?

 

[gazza619]

Neither.

Azam Khan needs to be kept away from the national squad unless he does the hard yards in domestic cricket and also reduces his fat levels.

Asif Ali is the biggest scam on planet earth. He prefers to come when 5-10 balls are left in the game. Give him 50+ balls and he wets his pants every single time.

 

[Abdullah]

Neither.

Azam Khan needs to be kept away from the national squad unless he does the hard yards in domestic cricket and also reduces his fat levels.

Asif Ali is the biggest scam on planet earth. He prefers to come when 5-10 balls are left in the game. Give him 50+ balls and he wets his pants every single time.

This is where we don't use our players correctly.
We should be sending Asif out in the middle of the innings and say his job is to tee off and get 25 off 11 in the middle of the innings. This is normally the time when the weakest bowlers are on too.

We know he.cant bat time- but that is not an issue for us in t20 where we have Rizwan and babar normally trying to bat through.

I would have both in the t20 team right now. Whether us Pakistanis like it or not- Asif actually has an aura amongst the other countries and he is the cleanest striker of a cricket ball in Pakistan. We just need to use him as I've stated abovr

 

[proud_pakistani]

Azam any day. He's a proper batsman who takes up the responsibility to actually get in and play according to the situation. Asif Ali is just a slogger.

 

[ahmadharis1]

Bring in Asif Ali as opener. 9 times out of ten he gets out caught in the deep. By opening he can take advantage of the field restrictions, also more likely to be facing pace which he prefers over spin

 

[Firebat]

Asif Ali should not even be in the national team conversation at this point, meanwhile Azam is forcing his way into it by hook or by crook.

 

[shamaan]

Azam khan is 100 times better than Asif Ali

 

[MenInG]

Asif Ali fast becoming history - Azam will replace him for sure.

Look at Asif's effort today, 5(7) in a low scoring game in Pindi.

 

[Hextro]

Asif Ali is the worst player to have played a minimum of 50 matches for Pakistan. Any young batsman in the PSL can easily replace him.

 

[McBoom]

Neither

 

[sweep_shot]

Neither.

Asif is inconsistent while Azam has serious fitness issue.

But, if one has to be picked, Azam it is.

 

[Justcrazy]

Asif has been given many opportunities , its time that Azam is given a few games. He is not fittest , but if he can get the runs , that should be parameter.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Azam Khan has really proven to be a finisher that Pakistan needs in this edition of PSL. It will be an injustice if he does not feature in Pakistan team soon.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Bring in Asif Ali as opener. 9 times out of ten he gets out caught in the deep. By opening he can take advantage of the field restrictions, also more likely to be facing pace which he prefers over spin

Why to ruin any openers career by accommodating a mediocre player in the playing 11 who is not even fit for A side.

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

Azam Khan

 

[umerz]

Asif Ali has been tested many times and has failed to establish himself as a consistent player. Most of the times he has been below average and struggles against spin. I would rather give opportunities to Azam Khan

 

[iPakistani]

Azam Khan is a proper batsman, Asif is a hack.

 

[Saj]

Well one is now in the Pakistan T20I squad whilst the other is trying to make a career out of innings of 10 from 2 balls now and then.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Is the career of Asif Ali finished, or will he make a comeback after performing in PSL 9?

 

[Rana]

1. Babar
2. Rizwan
3. Imam
4. Shan
5. Haider
6. Iftikhar
7. Khushdil
8. Wasim
9. Dahani
10. Hasnain
11. Usman

Perfect T20 team.

Absolute GUN T20 line up

 

[emranabbas]

Is the career of Asif Ali finished, or will he make a comeback after performing in PSL 9?

I would have Imad Wasim for his batting alone in that position

 

[mominsaigol]

Our t20 team went downhill as soon as misbah the so called legend and the greatest Pakistani captain of all time replaced fakhar and opened with rizwan.

Cheetah coach

 

[Rana]

1. Babar
2. Rizwan
3. Imam
4. Shan
5. Haider
6. Iftikhar
7. Khushdil
8. Wasim
9. Dahani
10. Hasnain
11. Usman

Perfect T20 team.

@shariqnoor bro what do you think about this top 4. I see bowlers absolutely confused about how they are going to break through against this with only 120 balls available to them

 

[shariqnoor]

@shariqnoor bro what do you think about this top 4. I see bowlers absolutely confused about how they are going to break through against this with only 120 balls available to them

I'm confused as to how Asif "captain" Ali is missing? A perfect T20 team cannot be complete without a world class captain in Asif Ali. Other teams would capitulate just by the mere sight of Asif captaining.

 

[Rana]

I'm confused as to how Asif "captain" Ali is missing? A perfect T20 team cannot be complete without a world class captain in Asif Ali. Other teams would capitulate just by the mere sight of Asif captaining.

Na I’m pretty sure he can’t get into this GOAT top 4, and the perfect 5-7 to get Pakistan to those mammoth totals of 200+

 

[gazza619]

Both are frauds and so is haider ali

 

[shamaan]

Azam Khan.

 

[hassan918]

Both are frauds and so is haider ali

Haider Ali is a next level fraud. If I have to pick one from Asif and Azam then I would go with Azam. I think both players have almost equal hitting ability but Azam Khan has more range than Asif Ali.

 

[PakEngFan]

None both hacks who would never succeed at international level. In case of Asif Ali it's already proven.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

For sure Azam khan.

Asif Ali is just a tape ball player who just want to slog everything.

 

[LegendAli]

Both are frauds and so is haider ali

Asif and Azam are rubbish but please don't disrespect them like that by putting Haider's name beside theirs.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Azam khan is more deserving to be in the team and he as rightly selected as well. As far as asif ali is concerned, No thank you.

 

[hitthestump]

Azam Khan isn’t anything more than an airship who can hit some sixes in a country which is desperately starved of power hitters.

He will be nothing at international level just like Haider, Sharjeel and Asif Ali.

The additional drawbacks Azam has are obvious. Where do you hide him in the field?

The fact that Azam is even in the team displays just how pathetic Pakistan has become at this game.

 

[PakPremi]

Neither why not try Tahib

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Neither why not try Tahib

who is tahib?

 

[Abdullah]

Asif Ali all day long. We lose runs in the batting and fielding with Azam, so you are startign with a handicap which you can not do in a world tournament, unless he averages 35 at 165 SR, which he never will

 

[shamaan]

I will go Azam Khan.

 

[Rana]

They are different styles of batsmen.

Azam can actually build an innings whereas Asif wants to hit every ball for a boundary.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

They are different styles of batsmen.

Azam can actually build an innings whereas Asif wants to hit every ball for a boundary.

because Asif Ali hits 150 sixes daily in net sessions which Azam Khan cant do..

 

[Fanti78]

Give us a break…

Both should be as far as possible from the national team, Asif Ali or Azam khan - Gordon Bennett.

Mod / Opp can the poster of this stupid question be barred for life….

 

[gazza619]

Ones a fraud, the other is a fake.

Not sure which one is worse.

 

[Rana]

Give us a break…

Both should be as far as possible from the national team, Asif Ali or Azam khan - Gordon Bennett.

Mod / Opp can the poster of this stupid question be barred for life….

What should be Pakistan’s T20 batting order?

 

[Fanti78]

What should be Pakistan’s T20 batting order?

1.Fakar
2.Baber
3.Rizwan w/k
4.Saim Ayub
5.Iftikhar

 

[Rana]

1.Fakar
2.Baber
3.Rizwan w/k
4.Saim Ayub
5.Iftikhar

Ok I’m getting a bit of understanding of how your cricketing brain works

What about 6, 7 and 8?

 

[Fanti78]

Ok I’m getting a bit of understanding of how your cricketing brain works

What about 6, 7 and 8?

It works very well - it’s difficult for the average person to understand that’s just the problem…..

 

[Rana]

It works very well - it’s difficult for the average person to understand that’s just the problem…..

6, 7 and 8.. what players?

 

[Fanti78]

6, 7 and 8.. what players?

I’ll let you know after the psl and nearer to the next international series / World Cup. I don’t live in a dream land and just slot people in, the remainder positions are all up for grabs…

If you can understand that then the future of Pakistan cricket is bright, but I won’t hold my breath….

 

[Rana]

I’ll let you know after the psl and nearer to the next international series / World Cup. I don’t live in a dream land and just slot people in, the remainder positions are all up for grabs…

If you can understand that then the future of Pakistan cricket is bright, but I won’t hold my breath….

Right.

-So you have an issue with 2 players suggested
-you’ve randomly placed Saim Ayub to bat at 4 based on God Knows what
-You don’t have an idea of who should bat at 6, 7 and 8 considering these are important lower order positions from where a lot of crucial runs are scored

*You don’t live in dreams but you have pretty much fantasised a top 5 based on nothing?

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Right.

-So you have an issue with 2 players suggested
-you’ve randomly placed Saim Ayub to bat at 4 based on God Knows what
-You don’t have an idea of who should bat at 6, 7 and 8 considering these are important lower order positions from where a lot of crucial runs are scored

*You don’t live in dreams but you have pretty much fantasised a top 5 based on nothing?

He plays Rizwan at 3.

Give the man a medal for giving the most important position to Rizwan.

 

[Fanti78]

Right.

-So you have an issue with 2 players suggested
-you’ve randomly placed Saim Ayub to bat at 4 based on God Knows what
-You don’t have an idea of who should bat at 6, 7 and 8 considering these are important lower order positions from where a lot of crucial runs are scored

*You don’t live in dreams but you have pretty much fantasised a top 5 based on nothing?

I did not expect you to understand - if you did you would not be posting and asking silly questions or having this conversation.

If you don’t understand that t20 is not about saim opening because his an opener at domestic level, that’s ignorance at his best….

Butler, Bairstow, moin ali etc, you think they play in positions they played domestically, they play in position according to team requirements…

When you support questions like Asif Ali or Azam then it tells you all you need to know about what’s wrong with Pakistan cricket and some fan IQ levels….

 

[Fanti78]

He plays Rizwan at 3.

Give the man a medal for giving the most important position to Rizwan.

Rizwan the number two ranked t20 batsman in the world at the most important position, I’m glad you agree….

You can keep the medal wear it with your lingerie ….

Opp any chance of vetting or doing an iq test with some members…

 

[Rana]

I did not expect you to understand - if you did you would not be posting and asking silly questions or having this conversation.

If you don’t understand that t20 is not about saim opening because his an opener at domestic level, that’s ignorance at his best….

Butler, Bairstow, moin ali etc, you think they play in positions they played domestically, they play in position according to team requirements…

When you support questions like Asif Ali or Azam then it tells you all you need to know about what’s wrong with Pakistan cricket and some fan IQ levels….

Ok pal. Your views. Your entitled to them.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Rizwan the number two ranked t20 batsman in the world at the most important position, I’m glad you agree….

You can keep the medal wear it with your lingerie ….

Opp any chance of vetting or doing an iq test with some members…

Well he can be ranked one also.

Ranking in T20 is useless.

But I don't expect a Riz fan boy to understand.

 

[Fanti78]

Well he can be ranked one also.

Ranking in T20 is useless.

But I don't expect a Riz fan boy to understand.

Not a fan of any player….

Of course player rankings and statistics are useless, that’s why we should pick a team out of a hat because that definitely makes sense….

Who knows we might pull out a rabbit called dr bassim who will bat at number 3 for Pakistan as rankings don’t matter fan boy….

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Not a fan of any play….

Of course player rankings and statistics are useless, that’s why we should pick a team out of a hat because that definitely makes sense….

Who knows we might pull out a rabbit called dr bassim who will bat at number 3 for Pakistan as rankings don’t matter fan boy….

I understand your need for satire but unfortunately it still keeps Rizwan bang average.

 

[Fanti78]

I understand your need for satire but unfortunately it still keeps Rizwan bang average.

Sorry Dr, could you explain what you mean by ‘still keeps riz bang average’, my mate from Peckham is not picking his phone up, so you’ll have to translate…

 

[Rana]

I understand your need for satire but unfortunately it still keeps Rizwan bang average.

Strike rate of 94 in the BPL

I suppose that’s got to be the ELITE T20 competition of the world if Rizwan can’t bat at his world class 120 strike rate as an opener in this competition

 

[Rana]

who is tahib?

Bro we need Tahib, he might be the legendary Stoinis/Klaasen/Miller we need in the middle

 

[Rana]

Not a fan of any player….

Of course player rankings and statistics are useless, that’s why we should pick a team out of a hat because that definitely makes sense….

Who knows we might pull out a rabbit called dr bassim who will bat at number 3 for Pakistan as rankings don’t matter fan boy….

Not a fan of any player but you know Rizwan is ranked two in the world…you should visit a thread I made on SKY being the number 1 ranked T20i batter in the world and now important it was to bring credibility back to international cricket.

 

[Fanti78]

Not a fan of any player but you know Rizwan is ranked two in the world…you should visit a thread I made on SKY being the number 1 ranked T20i batter in the world and now important it was to bring credibility back to international cricket.

No thanks….

And you don’t need to be a fan to know about player rankings, it’s called having a brain cell that functions.

 

[Rana]

No thanks….

And you don’t need to be a fan to know about player rankings, it’s called having a brain cell that functions.

Which I honestly feel you are lacking brother

 

[BouncerGuy]

Based on the current form, none of them should be in the side. Asif Ali has faded away now but he had the talent to be the big guy and he can make it possible by showing some form again. Azam Khan on the other hand needs to work on his fitness now, playing in leagues is not a criterion to be included in the national side, and that too if he fails again and again to mirror that franchise's cricket performance in internationals.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Sorry Dr, could you explain what you mean by ‘still keeps riz bang average’, my mate from Peckham is not picking his phone up, so you’ll have to translate…

An average player remains average despite the rankings or color of his lipstick while playing.

 

[FearlessRoar]

My vote goes to Asif Ali, and I want him to get chances as an opener, at least for 5 T20Is.

 

[Major]

My vote goes to Asif Ali, and I want him to get chances as an opener, at least for 5 T20Is.

If i had to choose between the two, than i would go with Azam.

Asif looks like a crippled man if the required run rate is under 6

 

[Fanti78]

If I was not Pakistani and the first time I logged onto PP I came across this thread, I would be in shock and horror as to how low Pakistan Cricket has dropped.

Immy well said mate! I really thought I was going mad, glad you bought some sanity to this thread…

It really feels like a retards under 10’s happy go lucky club in her some times and it’s the usual names that keep cropping up (watch them respond to this post - tag teaming each other like broke hoes)….