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Babar Azam becomes the first batsmen ever to score five consecutive ODI hundreds in one country

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I dont know if anyone else has done it in any other country.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">120, 123, 117 v WI<br>103, 101 v SL<a href="https://twitter.com/babarazam258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@babarazam258</a> is the first player in ODI history to score &#55357;&#56495; 5 times in a row in one country! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvSL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvSL</a> <a href="https://t.co/um998wMuTB">pic.twitter.com/um998wMuTB</a></p>— ICC (@ICC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICC/status/919941003330641920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Hopefully he starts scoring them at a 90-100 strike rate like he did against the windies, if higher then even better.
 
Can someone who knows how to make gifs post one of Booker T doing his "5 times" and the spinnerrooney.
 
In UAE, Babar in ODI's is what YK was in Tests.

Some players just are too good for certain conditions.

Babar is a great player. He just needs to up his S/R and improve his fitness so that he can hit big after reaching his century.
 
Play lots of dot balls.. was embarrassing that we talk about the best in pak team and couldn't get past midon on the bowling of parera not consecutive balls but consecutive overs.. his milestone is his 3 figures
 
troodon said:
In UAE, Babar in ODI's is what YK was in Tests.

Some players just are too good for certain conditions.

Babar is a great player. He just needs to up his S/R and improve his fitness so that he can hit big after reaching his century.
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Give him some time. He is better at this stage of his career than every single ATG was at the same time. He will improve, only just turned 23.
 
Plumb said:
Play lots of dot balls.. was embarrassing that we talk about the best in pak team and couldn't get past midon on the bowling of parera not consecutive balls but consecutive overs.. his milestone is his 3 figures
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In today's match situation, you wanted him to play like Afridi?
 
troodon said:
In UAE, Babar in ODI's is what YK was in Tests.

Some players just are too good for certain conditions.

Babar is a great player. He just needs to up his S/R and improve his fitness so that he can hit big after reaching his century.
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Babar is a touch player and a great timer of the ball, here in UAE the wickets are very slow and he doesn’t get value for his shots at times. The good old wickets in Pakistan and India where ball comes on nicely would be ideal for his game.
 
kingusama92 said:
In today's match situation, you wanted him to play like Afridi?
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where do you see that I asked him to play like afridi? I said he couldn't play his drives in the gaps. just asking to rotate strike. check how many dot balls he played. He played till the 49th over. Don't tell me the bowlers were marshall and ambrose. least he could do is to rotate strike to keep the scoreboard ticking on a good strike rate. Even without afridi style the total would show 280 have he taken the singles and maneuver the ball in gaps.
 
IAJ said:
Babar is a touch player and a great timer of the ball, here in UAE the wickets are very slow and he doesn’t get value for his shots at times. The good old wickets in Pakistan and India where ball comes on nicely would be ideal for his game.
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all excuses.. if you are world class after batting 5+ overs one knows how the wicket is. IF you cant time the ball put the ball in gaps and go to the other end. Next pak fans 'll ask to make wickets according to Babar
 
Plumb said:
where do you see that I asked him to play like afridi? I said he couldn't play his drives in the gaps. just asking to rotate strike. check how many dot balls he played. He played till the 49th over. Don't tell me the bowlers were marshall and ambrose. least he could do is to rotate strike to keep the scoreboard ticking on a good strike rate. Even without afridi style the total would show 280 have he taken the singles and maneuver the ball in gaps.
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From 75-100: 25 runs off 21 balls (119 SR)

That's not too bad on this wicket.
 
Babar should play a more fluent innings in Sharjah. The wicket there is a lot better for batting unless the curator has messed up that one as well.
 
kingusama92 said:
From 75-100: 25 runs off 21 balls (119 SR)

That's not too bad on this wicket.
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so you picked the 21 balls where he made 25 runs in the innings where he batted for almost 46 overs. really? greatest player on earth need 40+ overs with this SL bowling. I mean I like defending good players but this is too much don't you think?
 
Plumb said:
so you picked the 21 balls where he made 25 runs in the innings where he batted for almost 46 overs. really? greatest player on earth need 40+ overs with this SL bowling. I mean I like defending good players but this is too much don't you think?
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The other batsmen besides Babar only managed to hit four boundaries and a six in the whole innings.

Not sure what that tells you but maybe there's just a tiny chance that the pitch isn't conducive to boundary hitting...
 
Great achievement. The discussion on strike rates is tiresome. Very slow pitch today and top knock.
 
Abdullah719 said:
The other batsmen besides Babar only managed to hit four boundaries and a six in the whole innings.

Not sure what that tells you but maybe there's just a tiny chance that the pitch isn't conducive to boundary hitting...
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Again I mentioned above "NOT" asking for boundaries or sixes. Asking for him to rotate strike. he played consecutive dot balls and couldn't put the ball in gap of 2 fielders on midon/midoff. I mean you telling me he is the greatest player but cant get singles>?
 
Plumb said:
so you picked the 21 balls where he made 25 runs in the innings where he batted for almost 46 overs. really? greatest player on earth need 40+ overs with this SL bowling. I mean I like defending good players but this is too much don't you think?
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It's like you've completely ignored context, pitch conditions, and everything else to bash Babar.

Context: The team was blowing apart around him in the first half of his knock.
Pitch: Two-paced and utterly rubbish for strokeplay (check performance of other PAK batsmen)

From Babar's 75-100 was when PAK regained some control of their innings. Thus, I mentioned it. I wasn't being purposely selective.
 
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kingusama92 said:
It's like you've completely ignored context, pitch conditions, and everything else to bash Babar.

Context: The team was blowing apart around him in the first half of his knock.
Pitch: Two-paced and utterly rubbish for strokeplay (check performance of other PAK batsmen)

From Babar's 75-100 was when PAK regained some control of their innings. Thus, I mentioned it. I wasn't being purposely selective.
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Not ignoring anything. Saying all this after keeping in mind the conditions/pitch/bowling/heat everything. The fact that to get the control of innings for a great player takes 30-40 overs thats just pathetic. So in that way how come shadab came and build an innings so shadab played on the same pitch same bowlers yes his SR was also not good but then the caliber of shadab and Babar can be compared? I can go on and on and the fact he looks to me as a player who goes for his tons, no doubt a great player but needs to understand how to maneuver the ball and rotate strike.
 
PPers nitpick too much. Great going by young fella here.
 
Just shows how easy it is to score in ODI cricket. Babar is another Guptil, scores easy runs in ODI where the pitches are flat and bowlers are bowling defencily. In Tests they suck and play defence and end up nicking out cos there technique is hopeless
 
Timewaster said:
Just shows how easy it is to score in ODI cricket. Babar is another Guptil, scores easy runs in ODI where the pitches are flat and bowlers are bowling defencily. In Tests they suck and play defence and end up nicking out cos there technique is hopeless
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Not today the first time he scored a 100 when the pitch wasn't flat credit should be given here.
 
Timewaster said:
Just shows how easy it is to score in ODI cricket. Babar is another Guptil, scores easy runs in ODI where the pitches are flat and bowlers are bowling defencily. In Tests they suck and play defence and end up nicking out cos there technique is hopeless
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Amla had a test average of 22 in a similar amount of matches.
 
Plumb said:
Not ignoring anything. Saying all this after keeping in mind the conditions/pitch/bowling/heat everything. The fact that to get the control of innings for a great player takes 30-40 overs thats just pathetic. So in that way how come shadab came and build an innings so shadab played on the same pitch same bowlers yes his SR was also not good but then the caliber of shadab and Babar can be compared? I can go on and on and the fact he looks to me as a player who goes for his tons, no doubt a great player but needs to understand how to maneuver the ball and rotate strike.
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Disagree.

Look at Kohli in Adelaide. 107 off 126 balls (84 SR).
 
kingusama92 said:
Disagree.

Look at Kohli in Adelaide. 107 off 126 balls (84 SR).
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lol now you are steering the conversation in whole new direction. Picking up other players 80SR innings just trying to prove Babar's greatness. As mentioned earlier posts he is a good player but dot after dots shows his inability to rotate strike.
 
Plumb said:
lol now you are steering the conversation in whole new direction. Picking up other players 80SR innings just trying to prove Babar's greatness. As mentioned earlier posts he is a good player but dot after dots shows his inability to rotate strike.
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Not Babar's greatness.

I'm showing why context is important. Just blindly assuming a player can turn up, hit at 90-100 SR, and walk away while ignoring the pitch is rather silly.

Mentioning Shadab (only had 76 SR anyway) is once again ignoring context. From the moment Shadab walked into the middle, Babar scored 58 off 62 (93 SR).

You've completely ignored that.
 
One thing which is clear is fans on this forum love to moan for the sake of it. We have a 23 year old youngster who has now scored 7 hundreds what in 33 matches and the way certain people are going on is like he Is a burden on the team . It's not necessary all centuries need to play at a certain SR etc. In the context of this match Babar's innings is proving very valuable given that SL might possibly just limp over the line and they have now lost there 5th wicket as I write this !

Seriously give the guy a break .
 
Timewaster said:
Just shows how easy it is to score in ODI cricket. Babar is another Guptil, scores easy runs in ODI where the pitches are flat and bowlers are bowling defencily. In Tests they suck and play defence and end up nicking out cos there technique is hopeless
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Or he's young and growing...

But sure, let's chastise our best player.

And no by no means does this mean you don't criticize, but hyperbole is too prevalent on this forum for shock factor versus any actual discussion.
 
It took Mohammed Hafeez 5 years to score his 7 centuries while it only took 2 years for babar to do the same. Hafeez has the most number of centuries in Odis among the current Pakistani players.
 
Timewaster said:
Just shows how easy it is to score in ODI cricket. Babar is another Guptil, scores easy runs in ODI where the pitches are flat and bowlers are bowling defencily. In Tests they suck and play defence and end up nicking out cos there technique is hopeless
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Guptill is an aggressive opener who on flat deck can destroy trundlers to above average bowlers on his day. Babar can't do that.

But Babar isn't a FTB like Guptill.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Babar Azam now has 7 ODI 100s in only 33 innings. Younis Khan also has 7 in 255 ODI innings, Zaheer Abbas 7 100s in 60 ODI innings <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/iOTwNk0s0u">pic.twitter.com/iOTwNk0s0u</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/919985196702883842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2017</a></blockquote>
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If Babar Azam ever become an ATG then massive credit will go to Sarfraz and Mickey.. This guy was dropped after 1 match by Islamabad United.
Those who saw Babar in u-19 wc 2012 knew he is a world class talent and full marks to Mickey and Sarfraz for backing him always.
 
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He looks a better version of Kane Williamson in ODIs Kohli De Villiers level Babar will struggle to reach it.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Babar Azam now has 7 ODI 100s in only 33 innings. Younis Khan also has 7 in 255 ODI innings, Zaheer Abbas 7 100s in 60 ODI innings <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/iOTwNk0s0u">pic.twitter.com/iOTwNk0s0u</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/919985196702883842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2017</a></blockquote>
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and Misbah with 0 in 149 innings
 
Today he really played well, kept his composure, and won us the game. He is the anchor, don't expect him to bat like evin Lewis or Gayle
 
Plumb said:
so you picked the 21 balls where he made 25 runs in the innings where he batted for almost 46 overs. really? greatest player on earth need 40+ overs with this SL bowling. I mean I like defending good players but this is too much don't you think?
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bro next time do us a favor, you go pad up and hit the middle. Jeez, its tough to please some of you out there. The guy won the bloody game for you today along with shadab, the first odi yes he was a wee bit slow... but hell, who cares... we are winning, guy is hitting back to back 100's... and yet ppl are whinning...

I suppose unless some of you have played actual hardball cricket, you would never truly understand what it feels like being out there. Be happy that we got a dude who is hitting 100's... he will only get better. Now lets get Harris back into the XI....
 
Cric1234 said:
He looks a better version of Kane Williamson in ODIs Kohli De Villiers level Babar will struggle to reach it.
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Once we get couple more stable bats in the playing XI he will be more comfortable in expressing himself out there. Had he not been there, we would have folded at below 100... who can he rely on to save us or get us upto a reasonable total if he too fails...

Waiting for Harris immediately and a Saif Badar type youngster to crack into the lineup...
 
reversehook said:
bro next time do us a favor, you go pad up and hit the middle. Jeez, its tough to please some of you out there. The guy won the bloody game for you today along with shadab, the first odi yes he was a wee bit slow... but hell, who cares... we are winning, guy is hitting back to back 100's... and yet ppl are whinning...

I suppose unless some of you have played actual hardball cricket, you would never truly understand what it feels like being out there. Be happy that we got a dude who is hitting 100's... he will only get better. Now lets get Harris back into the XI....
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A better team might have chased the target against Australia and England Babar didn't win any matches with his batting you have to aim high winning against a mediocre Sri Lanka isn't the be all and end all.
 
reversehook said:
bro next time do us a favor, you go pad up and hit the middle. Jeez, its tough to please some of you out there. The guy won the bloody game for you today along with shadab, the first odi yes he was a wee bit slow... but hell, who cares... we are winning, guy is hitting back to back 100's... and yet ppl are whinning...

I suppose unless some of you have played actual hardball cricket, you would never truly understand what it feels like being out there. Be happy that we got a dude who is hitting 100's... he will only get better. Now lets get Harris back into the XI....
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Yes I have been out there with pads on and do regularly during summer. Even though play as a bowler I do pad up and play when team needs it. And the expressions here are based on tiny experience I have and as a cricket fan. First read what has been discussed and then jump in the conversation may be you 'll get benefit from the conversation and learn a thing or two, as I do learn regularly from posters all round and their expressions.
 
SarfiBabarHaris said:
If Babar Azam ever become an ATG then massive credit will go to Sarfraz and Mickey.. This guy was dropped after 1 match by Islamabad United.
Those who saw Babar in u-19 wc 2012 knew he is a world class talent and full marks to Mickey and Sarfraz for backing him always.
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Thid epitomises Misbah - always experience over youth and reluctant to develop raw talent
 
Plumb said:
Yes I have been out there with pads on and do regularly during summer. Even though play as a bowler I do pad up and play when team needs it. And the expressions here are based on tiny experience I have and as a cricket fan. First read what has been discussed and then jump in the conversation may be you 'll get benefit from the conversation and learn a thing or two, as I do learn regularly from posters all round and their expressions.
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For the Under 10s?
 
UAE Azam :yk

Great going by Babar. To be racking up so many runs at such a young age is pretty staggering. He's just going to get better and better Insha'Allah.
 
Home away from home track bully :afridi

But at least we finally have a batsman who can score big and not go into hiding after scoring 50.
 
Just realized that we also won each one of those matches.

#NiceTrend
#AntiSachin
 
Sirris said:
Just realized that we also won each one of those matches.

#NiceTrend
#AntiSachin
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In the UAE yes but we lost won Babar scored a 100 against Aus when we were chasing 350
 
Baber has also scored runs outside UAE. 88 in nz 100 and 84 in aus 125 on w.i . Moreover pakistan just lost 1 match when he scored a ton
 
People keep bringing his SR and Kohli SR comparison. You have to realize Kohli’s home has par socre of 320+, most Indian grounds, RCB is more like 200 as par in T20, that’s where Kohli started playing shots. We play in the most terrible wickets imaginable. How one can expect 90-100 SR??

UAE is worse place to develop stroke maker, in Lahore he hit 86 in t20 at 150+ SR, imagine if he had being playing in Pakistan, his SR would be 10-15+ in Odis and T20, not to mention bump in avg a bit too.
 
33 mtch
57.20 avg
1659 runs
7 100s
6 50s
86 Sr

If someone would have told here on Pak passion three years ago that someone would such stats will be in our ODI team every one would have happily taken these stats.

Any team in the world would love to have a player like this.

I havent been able to understand what ppl here want, guy is just 23 and is making centuries like child's play and now everybody is crying over strike rate on UAE's slow wickets.

I dont know which superhuman you guys have seen. Dont compare him with guys who are above 28, I dont remember anyone with such stats at the age of 23 and there is a reason he is breaking records.

Yes ideally he should be making centuries with a SR of 150 on slow wickets but alas he is not a super human.

He is given a role of playing till the ebd and he is doing it pretty well.
 
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Titan24 said:
33 mtch
57.20 avg
1659 runs
7 100s
6 50s
86 Sr

If someone would have told here on Pak passion three years ago that someone would such stats will be in our ODI team every one would have happily taken these stats.

Any team in the world would love to have a player like this.

I havent been able to understand what ppl here want, guy is just 23 and is making centuries like child's play and now everybody is crying over strike rate on UAE's slow wickets.

I dont know which superhuman you guys have seen. Dont compare him with guys who are above 28, I dont remember anyone with such stats at the age of 23 and there is a reason he is breaking records.

Yes ideally he should be making centuries with a SR of 150 on slow wickets but alas he is not a super human.

He is given a role of playing till the ebd and he is doing it pretty well.
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Well said.

All the people out there who criticise Babar in ODIs, read this post.
 
Titan24 said:
33 mtch
57.20 avg
1659 runs
7 100s
6 50s
86 Sr

If someone would have told here on Pak passion three years ago that someone would such stats will be in our ODI team every one would have happily taken these stats.

Any team in the world would love to have a player like this.

I havent been able to understand what ppl here want, guy is just 23 and is making centuries like child's play and now everybody is crying over strike rate on UAE's slow wickets.

I dont know which superhuman you guys have seen. Dont compare him with guys who are above 28, I dont remember anyone with such stats at the age of 23 and there is a reason he is breaking records.

Yes ideally he should be making centuries with a SR of 150 on slow wickets but alas he is not a super human.

He is given a role of playing till the ebd and he is doing it pretty well.
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Good post, some clueless posters here should read this post.
 
Babar's only fault is he's compared to guys in their prime.

Comparing a 23-year-old Babar to a 28-year-old (almost 29) Kohli is what leads people down this path of unfair criticism.

Kohli at 23rd Birthday: 45.91 AVG (69 Matches)

Babar at 23rd Birthday: 55+ AVG (33 Matches)
 
JattMaula said:
Best ODI batsman ATM. Legendary performance.
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Behind Kohli as of now. He's on a Godly level and doesn't have anyone close to him. Best ODI batsman EVER to have played 33 games, yes. But not the best ODI batsman ATM. Hopefully in a years time.
 
sachin100 said:
Yes he chased the runs against aus with his tuk tuk hundred in the last aus series
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This thread was about 5 consecutive hundreds in the UAE and he is talking about that.
At least learn to read before making such stupid comments. :facepalm:
 
yasir said:
People keep bringing his SR and Kohli SR comparison. You have to realize Kohli’s home has par socre of 320+, most Indian grounds, RCB is more like 200 as par in T20, that’s where Kohli started playing shots. We play in the most terrible wickets imaginable. How one can expect 90-100 SR??

UAE is worse place to develop stroke maker, in Lahore he hit 86 in t20 at 150+ SR, imagine if he had being playing in Pakistan, his SR would be 10-15+ in Odis and T20, not to mention bump in avg a bit too.
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That sounds sensible.
I am curious how Kohli will perform on these tracks.
Babar will end up with 10000 plus runs in ODIS ,first Pakistani to do so.
 
Titan24 said:
33 mtch
57.20 avg
1659 runs
7 100s
6 50s
86 Sr

If someone would have told here on Pak passion three years ago that someone would such stats will be in our ODI team every one would have happily taken these stats.

Any team in the world would love to have a player like this.

I havent been able to understand what ppl here want, guy is just 23 and is making centuries like child's play and now everybody is crying over strike rate on UAE's slow wickets.

I dont know which superhuman you guys have seen. Dont compare him with guys who are above 28, I dont remember anyone with such stats at the age of 23 and there is a reason he is breaking records.

Yes ideally he should be making centuries with a SR of 150 on slow wickets but alas he is not a super human.

He is given a role of playing till the ebd and he is doing it pretty well.
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Well said
 
Titan24 said:
33 mtch
57.20 avg
1659 runs
7 100s
6 50s
86 Sr

If someone would have told here on Pak passion three years ago that someone would such stats will be in our ODI team every one would have happily taken these stats.

Any team in the world would love to have a player like this.

I havent been able to understand what ppl here want, guy is just 23 and is making centuries like child's play and now everybody is crying over strike rate on UAE's slow wickets.

I dont know which superhuman you guys have seen. Dont compare him with guys who are above 28, I dont remember anyone with such stats at the age of 23 and there is a reason he is breaking records.

Yes ideally he should be making centuries with a SR of 150 on slow wickets but alas he is not a super human.

He is given a role of playing till the ebd and he is doing it pretty well.
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Good post.
 
ExpressPacer said:
This thread was about 5 consecutive hundreds in the UAE and he is talking about that.
At least learn to read before making such stupid comments. :facepalm:
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This thread was about him why bring sachin into it unnecessarily.

U have to check again what he is posting. He is comparing his 7 centuries to hafeez. No where he is posting specifically on his 5 centuries.

Please follow what u preach
 
sachin100 said:
This thread was about him why bring sachin into it unnecessarily.

U have to check again what he is posting. He is comparing his 7 centuries to hafeez. No where he is posting specifically on his 5 centuries.

Please follow what u preach
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It was obviously a joke :srt
 
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