Babar Azam and Haris Sohail: Brothers in arms in ODIs!

[CricFan2012]

These 2 being selected in the ODI squad means they'll be playing together for the first time! I strongly believe that Babar and Harris are ATG batsmen in the making, and they will be making one of the best partnerships of all time, similar to:

Sachin-Ganguly

Hayden-Ponting

Who else is excited?

 

[Extra_Cover]

The hype machine has no bounds or limits

 

[JibranAnsari]

I am not too excited , very good batsmen for the last decade. Both lack power game and in the era where teams are scoring 350 fun they will just be OK.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

Sorry bro but ATG batsman and Pakistan don't go hand in hand

 

[j_kazmi]

They haven’t even had a chance to bat togather yet.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

will they both play together ?

 

[sshakir411]

Both are good players but with similar styles. Hope both go on to become really good players for Pakistan and adapt to the modern game. A lot is expected from them.

 

[Syed1]

With Hafeez, Babar, Haris, Malik and Sarfaraz in our batting we won't be scoring 300+ on the regular. It is Fakhar or nothing.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Can't wait. The ultimate 3-4 combo.

 

[Slog]

Haris will be our greatest ever left handed batsman inshallah

 

[Syed1]

Haris will be our greatest ever left handed batsman inshallah

Hhahahah... good sarcasm. Not many people will catch it.

 

[CricFan2012]

Haris will be our greatest ever left handed batsman inshallah

Yeah he def will. I've already predicted Harris to be our 3rd best batsman ever after Miandad and Babar.

Harris and Babar might be switching positions as time goes on, we'll have to wait and see.

 

[CricFan2012]

With Hafeez, Babar, Haris, Malik and Sarfaraz in our batting we won't be scoring 300+ on the regular. It is Fakhar or nothing.

Hafeez's days are numbered, unless he keeps performing like CT final.

Malik has been consistenly playing with a strike rate 100+ past few years.

And TBH Pakistans LOI bowling might turn up and we wouldn't need too many runs to defend

 

[Gubol123]

These 2 being selected in the ODI squad means they'll be playing together for the first time! I strongly believe that Babar and Harris are ATG batsmen in the making, and they will be making one of the best partnerships of all time, similar to:

Sachin-Ganguly

Hayden-Ponting

Who else is excited?

Both had extremely good power game. not sure either Babar or Harris has any such game. Power game is very essential to succeed in the modern LOI. They can be moderately successful, even achieve good Averages, but will end up having very less impact. I see both of them in the same mold as Rahane in LOIs.

 

[Rayyman]

Both had extremely good power game. not sure either Babar or Harris has any such game. Power game is very essential to succeed in the modern LOI. They can be moderately successful, even achieve good Averages, but will end up having very less impact. I see both of them in the same mold as Rahane in LOIs.

No way bro Haris and Babar have power game

 

[Gubol123]

Yeah he def will. I've already predicted Harris to be our 3rd best batsman ever after Miandad and Babar.

Harris and Babar might be switching positions as time goes on, we'll have to wait and see.

you guys are selling, Inzi, Yosuf, Younis, etc very short here

 

[Gubol123]

No way bro Haris and Babar have power game

May be they are hiding it from the world bro ... hope to see some of it displayed against hapless Sri Lankans in the next 8 matches..

 

[Extra_Cover]

you guys are selling, Inzi, Yosuf, Younis, etc very short here

Who are they? Haris is the real deal! All the Inzi, Yousuf, Younis, Anwar, Abbas, Malik, etc were just pretenders that never had it in them to make it big.

 

[Gubol123]

Who are they? Haris is the real deal! All the Inzi, Yousuf, Younis, Anwar, Abbas, Malik, etc were just pretenders that never had it in them to make it big.

Nice trolling.. i will be surprised if Harris ends his career with more than 6000 Runs.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Nice trolling.. i will be surprised if Harris ends his career with more than 6000 Runs.

I doubt Haris would go past 5000 ODI runs considering his injury status. Also looking his fitness at the moment he wont last after the age of 33/34. He aint got the fitness of Younis, Misbhah, Malik or even Hafeez to have a long career.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

In odis and tests both. Pakistanis are very impatient.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Sorry bro but ATG batsman and Pakistan don't go hand in hand

Both of them are future greats. Babar is a sure shot and Haris too depends on how long he plays.
Haris missed his peak years due to incompetence of PCB and Pakistani fans.
If it was up to them he wouldn't have played last test because of so called no FC cricket in 3 years.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Haris is much better outside UAE.

Babar can wait for WI to score runs

 

[Smudger]

Haris is much better outside UAE.

Babar can wait for WI to score runs

Baber scored in aus against starc,cummins and hazlewood.
Ikast nz series he scored 2 50s

 

[Rayyman]

Let's see what they do today.

 

[Railu Katta]

These 2 being selected in the ODI squad means they'll be playing together for the first time! I strongly believe that Babar and Harris are ATG batsmen in the making, and they will be making one of the best partnerships of all time, similar to:

Sachin-Ganguly

Hayden-Ponting

Who else is excited?

You should stop making threads. This and then your thread comparing india to Australia of the 90s? )

 

[CricFan2012]

You should stop making threads. This and then your thread comparing india to Australia of the 90s? )

So a bit of optimism is frowned upon now?

These two are the best batsmen we have and are very capable to achieve great things, fitness and mental fragility can stop them, fitness is already impacting Harris bhai

 

[Markhor]

Calm down with the hype.

 

[Rayyman]

So a bit of optimism is frowned upon now?

These two are the best batsmen we have and are very capable to achieve great things, fitness and mental fragility can stop them, fitness is already impacting Harris bhai

No the best two batsman in ODIs you have are Kohli and Sharma. One of them is a potential GOAT while the other is a certified FTB who only bashes Lanka and is failing epically in SA right now.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The smiles are back <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NZvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NZvPAK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/Cuj0m2FXwK">pic.twitter.com/Cuj0m2FXwK</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/956447495596503045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[MeanAndGreen]

Been waiting for the Bobby-Harry partnership since a tour match against the Aussies in 2014 where they smashed Starc and co for a 250 run stand. Both players have flaws at the moment but are a pleasure to watch and hopefully we'll see many fruitful partnerships in all 3 formats in the years to come.

 

[UN talkz]

Bobby at 3 and Haris at 4 in WC19

 

[Greenstorm]

Bobby at 3 and Haris at 4 in WC19

Haris should open with fakhar.

 

[TeymurBlake]

Its a partnership that will hopefully do good. Haris is a tremendous batsman and Babar is really talented batsman.

 

[CricFan2012]

Watching Haris and Babar play gives me goosebumps, Haris is such a stylish player and Babar is extremely consistent.

Like I've said, best batsmen I have ever seen that have played for Pakistan, and best after Miandad.

 

[Shandarchowka]

Watching Haris and Babar play gives me goosebumps, Haris is such a stylish player and Babar is extremely consistent.

Like I've said, best batsmen I have ever seen that have played for Pakistan, and best after Miandad.

Let's hang on.. basically you're saying these two guys have already surpassed certain Anwar, Inzamam, Yousuf? I feel you're over exaggerating. I get it, you're excited but hang on.

 

[CricFan2012]

Let's hang on.. basically you're saying these two guys have already surpassed certain Anwar, Inzamam, Yousuf? I feel you're over exaggerating. I get it, you're excited but hang on.

They will end up better than all those names most likely. But currently it is not the case of course.

 

[Itachi]

Watching Haris and Babar play gives me goosebumps, Haris is such a stylish player and Babar is extremely consistent.

Like I've said, best batsmen I have ever seen that have played for Pakistan, and best after Miandad.

Fickle fans....

 

[Shandarchowka]

They will end up better than all those names most likely. But currently it is not the case of course.

Please understand that even if Babar does end up with the stats you have added at the bottom of your message (signature), he will still remain inferior to some names I mentioned earlier. Babar may as well achieve it but achieving the impact of an Inzi or an Anwar will take some doing and we will be extremely lucky to witness it.

 

[CricFan2012]

Fickle fans....

Oh please, don't categorize me with the bunch I loath.

Inzi, Anwar whatever failed against the best bowling at their time, and besides, I never watched them play, which is why I rate Haris, Babar so high, they LOOK and PLAY like great batsmen and I grew up watching Imran Farhat, Kamran, Afridi, Shehzad, Akmal.

Haris and Babar look like the first Pakistani batsmen who will retire with an average of 50 plus, I called it years ago watching Babar play under 19.

 

[Itachi]

Oh please, don't categorize me with the bunch I loath.

Inzi, Anwar whatever failed against the best bowling at their time, and besides, I never watched them play, which is why I rate Haris, Babar so high, they LOOK and PLAY like great batsmen and I grew up watching Imran Farhat, Kamran, Afridi, Shehzad, Akmal.

Haris and Babar look like the first Pakistani batsmen who will retire with an average of 50 plus, I called it years ago watching Babar play under 19.

You did never watch them play.... i guessed it when you compared them to Babar and harris. That's why I mentioned that. Dont judge until you see.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

If Babar wants to score more hundreds he needs to open the batting in ODI. Otherwise he will get stuck in the death overs trying to score a hundred.

Fakhar and Babar is Pak's ideal limited overs opening partnership. It also gives Haris the chance to bat at 3 and make the most of the new ball against fast bowlers.

Fakhar
Babar
Haris

A very strong top order in ODI's.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

In tests too. These 2 are comfortably better than Asad and Azhar and both will form a great partnership in tests too IA.

 

[Darkrai]

When i first saw Haris bat against SL in the test series, i instantly became a fan. Hope he doesn't get dropped for players like Hafeez and Malik.

 

[Shandarchowka]

I would really ask folks with nil or no knowledge and who haven't seen players like Saeed and Inzi not comment about their batsmanship. It pains to see me kids these days just randomly compare on the basis of stats. The likes of Babar and Haris are good and it's unfair for them to be compared to the likes of Inzi, Saeed, and Yousuf.

 

[Shandarchowka]

In tests too. These 2 are comfortably better than Asad and Azhar and both will form a great partnership in tests too IA.

Not yet. Oh boy, is it too hard to wait until some solid performances to back up your tall claims? Babar and Haris are potentially the best we produced in the last decade but let's just wait until they score a 300 or a double century in Australia or play one of the best 4th innings knocks in foreign lands.

 

[Madplayer]

They will end up better than all those names most likely. But currently it is not the case of course.

Unfortunately Haris isnt young enough to overtake Inzi.

 

[superman]

When i first saw Haris bat against SL in the test series, i instantly became a fan. Hope he doesn't get dropped for players like Hafeez and Malik.

That is bound to happen just luke after last series

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Not yet. Oh boy, is it too hard to wait until some solid performances to back up your tall claims? Babar and Haris are potentially the best we produced in the last decade but let's just wait until they score a 300 or a double century in Australia or play one of the best 4th innings knocks in foreign lands.

I am talking about all formats combined.

Asad and Azhar are failures in odis and nothing special after 60+ tests but surprisingly were the golden boys. If we have invested in Haris he would have done better than them. Babar's 3-4 years were also lost in odis.

Wen your middle order score runs and the team knows that we are in safe hands it makes a great difference on team morale and confidence too.

 

[Shandarchowka]

I am talking about all formats combined.

Asad and Azhar are failures in odis and nothing special after 60+ tests but surprisingly were the golden boys. If we have invested in Haris he would have done better than them. Babar's 3-4 years were also lost in odis.

Wen your middle order score runs and the team knows that we are in safe hands it makes a great difference on team morale and confidence too.

Yeah you're right. These were not special but somehow they managed to get Pakistan to #1 in test rankings table. They somehow helped us draw 2-2 (which should have been 3-1 in our favor) in England. They also somehow managed to defend the fortress that was UAE for a 6 years and they helped us remain relevant in those gruesome 6 years.

Asad and Azhar were never good ODI players but are pretty good test players and have earned it the hard way. I hope we think twice before discrediting older players before jumping onto the bandwagon of younger ones.

Thank you.

 

[Zues]

Asad Shafiq is a complete waste of space. Many others would have done much better given the same number of chances.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

One failure will be enough to remove this duo. But 10 failures wouldn’t be enough to move shehzad UA and hafeez

 

[Justcrazy]

Both are solid number 3 and 4 .

But Pakistan need others in top six to play next level game.

 

[Bilal7]

Both are solid number 3 and 4 .

But Pakistan need others in top six to play next level game.

Like I have been saying, our top five is pretty good:

1) Imam ul Haq
2) Fakhar Zaman
3) Babar Azam
4) Haris Sohail
5) Shoaib Malik

With Sarfaraz batting at #7 (or #8 depending on the needs of the situation), all we need to do is find a quality #6 batsman than can ideally bowl a little and we should be set for the World Cup.

 

[Chokli]

Like I have been saying, our top five is pretty good:

1) Imam ul Haq
2) Fakhar Zaman
3) Babar Azam
4) Haris Sohail
5) Shoaib Malik

With Sarfaraz batting at #7 (or #8 depending on the needs of the situation), all we need to do is find a quality #6 batsman than can ideally bowl a little and we should be set for the World Cup.

Imam is a Test specialist.

He'll also cost us in the field, he already has.

 

[Greenstorm]

Like I have been saying, our top five is pretty good:

1) Imam ul Haq
2) Fakhar Zaman
3) Babar Azam
4) Haris Sohail
5) Shoaib Malik

With Sarfaraz batting at #7 (or #8 depending on the needs of the situation), all we need to do is find a quality #6 batsman than can ideally bowl a little and we should be set for the World Cup.

Imam and Malik will cost us a lot of matches in future if they keep on getting selected in ODIs. Sarfaraz's batting is useless at 7 or 8.

 

[Rayyman]

Once again another century partnership from the best batting duo in the world. That's two innings in a row. This time in Tests.

Best batting duo in the world

 

[Abdullah719]

Literally.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Oo my God what a weird picture. Pakistani players again showing their illeterate and painduu nature. In Australia, England, Antartica and Uganda you wont ever see people doing such stuff bla bla bla.

Regards.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Oo my God what a weird picture. Pakistani players again showing their illeterate and painduu nature. In Australia, England, Antartica and Uganda you wont ever see people doing such stuff bla bla bla.

Regards.

Never in Antartica... Never.

 

[Khan12]

Oo my God what a weird picture. Pakistani players again showing their illeterate and painduu nature. In Australia, England, Antartica and Uganda you wont ever see people doing such stuff bla bla bla.

Regards.

It's embarrassing in India they will ban them for doing it. We are truly a mediocre side which you can see from this picture plus i am sure unadkat will open the batting for Pakistan such is the standard of indian batting.

 

[as-95]

Oo my God what a weird picture. Pakistani players again showing their illeterate and painduu nature. In Australia, England, Antartica and Uganda you wont ever see people doing such stuff bla bla bla.

Regards.

Thought that you were serious for a second and then realised its sarcasm...

 

[Mueez]

Oo my God what a weird picture. Pakistani players again showing their illeterate and painduu nature. In Australia, England, Antartica and Uganda you wont ever see people doing such stuff bla bla bla.

Regards.

Haha )

Cracked me up.

 

[Sean143]

Oo my God what a weird picture. Pakistani players again showing their illeterate and painduu nature. In Australia, England, Antartica and Uganda you wont ever see people doing such stuff bla bla bla.

Regards.

While I am about to graduate from the best university in Pakistan, I can assure you that these things are not "Paindu" by any means. This classification that people do is absurd, I have seen highly intellectual people do stuff that is hard to believe, education or should I say qualification is sometimes viewed as an impenetrable protection. Education makes people snobbish in almost half of the cases.

A guy who never went to a school can be far more civilized than a Phd in some cases, and what am I talking about, our Phd's are a joke themselves (in most cases). You quoted Australia here, don't you remember the incident between Warner and Root ?

Don't judge people too early, I guess they might be having a little light moment, pessimism isn't gonna take you anywhere. In the end, I would like to apologize for a harsher tone, this message isn't targeted at you brother, it's rather an attempt to mock the very notion that has been prevalent in our society for quite some time.

Regards

ps: just read it again, it's a sarcastic post xD, but my reply is still valid I guess.

 

[Ami]

lovely pic...
its cold innit?

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

While I am about to graduate from the best university in Pakistan, I can assure you that these things are not "Paindu" by any means. This classification that people do is absurd, I have seen highly intellectual people do stuff that is hard to believe, education or should I say qualification is sometimes viewed as an impenetrable protection. Education makes people snobbish in almost half of the cases.

A guy who never went to a school can be far more civilized than a Phd in some cases, and what am I talking about, our Phd's are a joke themselves (in most cases). You quoted Australia here, don't you remember the incident between Warner and Root ?

Don't judge people too early, I guess they might be having a little light moment, pessimism isn't gonna take you anywhere. In the end, I would like to apologize for a harsher tone, this message isn't targeted at you brother, it's rather an attempt to mock the very notion that has been prevalent in our society for quite some time.

Regards

ps: just read it again, it's a sarcastic post xD, but my reply is still valid I guess.

No worries bro : ) Haha

And what you said is truuu!

 

[Saj]

Fantastic batting from both of them today.

 

[mak36]

Haris making it difficult for him to be left out

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Haris making it difficult for him to be left out

End of Shoaib Malik in ODI cricket?

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great partnership that from Babar Azam and Haris Sohail:<br><br>103 runs off 64 balls<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvPAK</a> <a href="https://t.co/7AQmHHG5J1">pic.twitter.com/7AQmHHG5J1</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1125052294213586945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[SarfiBabarHaris]

This partnership is key for us having any chances in world cup. Both play well with each other.

Hope jaye-panah Hafeez bhai dont make it izzat ka msla and bats at number 6 and other respected senior Malik bhai opts off.

 

[Abdullah719]

There is no substitute for quality.

 

[hitthestump]

Make no mistake, if Haris wasn't playing we'd have bottled it by now.

Hafeez and Malik would have thrown it away, Babar would have been under pressure then we'd be through to the tail.

The senior culture is a curse on Pakistan.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Wow Masha Allah Pakistan batting is in safe hands.

 

[Syed1]

Wow Masha Allah Pakistan batting is in safe hands.

All three people in your display name had spectacular games today

 

[aloo paratha]

Upper middle order is in good hands for the next WC, just need to get 5,6 and 7 sorted out.

 

[Bewal Express]

End of Shoaib Malik in ODI cricket?

Should have happened in 2011

 

[pakistani pride]

The best part is that once the RRR went over 6 with about 100 to get they quickly made sure it gets below 6. Never did they let the RRR get over 6.

It was a masterclass.
Some of the shots Haris played, oohhh

 

[watson367]

Pak has two reliable batsmen after a long long time. Can’t believe Haris was dropped from the team

 

[The Viper]

Haris Sohail is played another epic innings. His innings was so important because it eased the pressure on Babar. He cleared the fence so effortlessly. Haris in for Malik May be the turning point in Pakistan’s World Cup.