Battle of Pakistan's wicket keepers in T20Is - Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris and Azam Khan

[proud_pakistani]

With the selection of both Haris and Azam Khan for the Afghanistan series I would expect both will feature in the line ups at some point in time during the series. For me perhaps Haris is the least of our concerns. He is now not even keeping for Peshawar Zalmi any more so I guess he will not have any issue with playing as a pure batsman for Pakistan. I fully expect Azam Khan to play as the keeper for the Afghanistan series. And if he does well and retains his spot as a batsman it will be either Rizwan or Azam for the keeper slot.

Personally I just dont see Rizwan giving up the gloves and at the same time Azam is going to be a liability in the field. In an ideal world I would play Azam as a keeper.

 

[Rana]

Yeah I think it’s time for Rizwan to retire from T20i cricket. His gig is over

 

[Zaz]

Not seen much of harriss keeping And you cant really judge from a few PSL games

Hes raw but potentially the best batter of the bunch with the highest ceiling in limited overs cricket He plays some fantastic 360 shots

Lets see how he develops because as we have seen young players in pakistan do tend to fizzle out after a good start

At the moment rizwab stays as the no1 keeper batter for pakistan in t20s

 

[KyoOne]

Ideally both Rizwan and Babar should not have any business with the T20I side. They have both been very poor strike rate wise across two World Cups and the Asia Cup.

A lineup of Saim, Fakhar, M Haris, Imad, Azam Khan, Haseebullah, Faheem, Shadab, Shaheen, Rauf, Naseem/Zaman should be playing T20IS going forward

 

[PakEngFan]

Azam khan is a rubbish keeper.

 

[sweep_shot]

I would drop Rizwan and play Haris.

No space for Azam.

 

[Maher96]

In all honesty Pakistan team has all the tools and former chief selector was right when he mentioned about having 2 teams in LOI formats.

Pakistan team problem has for ever been selection and post PSL8 it does seem like they have selected the best of the current lot.

Can’t be so fickle and say Babar and a Rizwan have no business in T20i’s because both of them are well established. However change in approach will certainly be there to see. Babar you may even find at number 3 or 4 and that both of him and Rizwan will
Play with more intent once they know there is people on our backs, Ramiz eta was a free ride to stat pad, time to show some
Will to win.

In Afghanistan series I’d like to see

Saim
Haris
Abdullah
Tayyab
Azam
Ifitkhar
Shadab
Imad
Naseem Shah
Ihsanullah
Zaman Khan

 

[gazza619]

Azam Khan is like a Helium balloon and with his current fitness levels, i do not see him lasting very long.

Haris is happy to play as a genuine batter it seems.

Riz’s position is safe.

 

[Officer Barbrady]

Azam must keep if he plays. Haris is totally fine as specialist batsman

 

[shamaan]

For this series against Afganistan Azam Khan should keep wickets . Haris is more than capable in the outfield.