Building a dynamic T20I squad for Pakistan to meet modern-day game requirements

[gazza619]

Over years we have been made to beleive that pak has no talent and rizbar are the best t20 players in pakistan but they have now been exposed multiple times(t20 wc 2024 being biggest example).Also in recent times we have seen decent t20 players coming through who have outperformed rizbar.
With the pitches now being as flat as ever and the boundaries short,u need players who can play with a sr of 150+ and have the ability to hit sixes.Rizbar possess none of these abilities.
So with the t20 wc in 2026 u have enough time to create a new squad around youngsters who can actually play t20s like t20s.So players like rizwan,babar,agha,tayyab tahir should be shown the boot in t20s and never be selected again unless they have some mind blowing performance.

I have built a 15 man squad for pak in t20s.THe team I have selected has the ability to score 200+ on decent pitches and the players can hit sixes regularly unlike their peers and can also anchor if the pitch is a bit tricky.
I have selected the players based on recent international performance and performance in domestics.

playing XI

1 SAIM AYUB
2 MAAZ SADAQAT(good player of both spin and pace,can hit sixes from ball 1)
3 USMAN KHAN
4 HAIDER ALI
5IRFAN KHAN NIAZI
6 MOHAMMAD HARIS
7 ABDUL SAMMAD
8 SAAD MASOOD/MINHAS/MEHRAN
9 ABBAS AFRIDI
10 JAHANDAD KHAN
11 SHAHEEN AFRIDI

RESERVES

HARIS RAUF
ABRAR AHMED
HASSAN NAWAZ
OMAIR BIN YOUSUF

Select your own squad and post it.
All suggestions will be respected.

Sorry but I have not come across so much garbage in one playing XI.

Usman, Haider, Irfan, Haris, Samad & Jahandad would struggle to get even into the Oman XI.

 

[gazza619]

What did you think will happen when you stupidly campaigned against Mohammad Harris and other players?

yeah Haris was truly doing a stellar job, and it's unfortunate that he was dropped due to the actions of some posters on this forum.

Grow up!

 

[Kianig89]

So what's the dynamic Xi then

Saim Ayub
Hassan Nawaz
Sahibzada
Muhammad Haris
Muhammad Nawaz
Abdul Samad
Khusdil Shah
Faheem Ashraf
SSA
Sufyan Muqeem
WasimJr.

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Seeing how bad the minnow bashing tullas were I would go with:

1 Farhan - all out attack, dont worry about getting out and aim for 30 in less than 15 balls
2 Babar - stabilize the innings and bat through to the end especially in chases
3 Saim - attack
4 Fakhar - mediocre t20I player but ask him to attack from ball 1
5 Rizwan - stabilizer/finisher
6 H Nawaz- finisher
7 M Nawaz- slogger
8 Shadab Khan
9 F Ashraf
10 SSA
11 Abrar/H Ali

Batting till 10 for T20. 2 pacers, 4 spinners. Swap Abrar for H Ali if an extra pacer is needed. RizBar will be split so the critics can be happy as well. No Tulla Agha or tulla Harris please.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Talent shortage is the problem here. Can’t do anything without it.

 

[Rana]

Talent shortage is the problem here. Can’t do anything without it.

Pakistan were in a good position to beat India twice in 3 games. You don’t get into those positions if there is a talent shortage

 

[Rana]

The last thing we need is some Chapli fan telling us there is a talent shortage in Pakistan when it was the same kind of players they wrote off that tore their precious Bumrah to shreds!

 

[BouncerGuy]

The last thing we need is some Chapli fan telling us there is a talent shortage in Pakistan when it was the same kind of players they wrote off that tore their precious Bumrah to shreds!

That player is still in the squad.. Farhan... stop crying now... Haris was a walking wicket.. salman?? LOL

khushdil?? LOL

hussain talat?? LOL

 

[Rana]

That player is still in the squad.. Farhan... stop crying now... Haris was a walking wicket.. salman?? LOL

khushdil?? LOL

hussain talat?? LOL

Now the squad is defiled with Babar in it. Harris needs to come back ASAP. So does Fakhar

I told you, now it will be vengeance!

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Pakistan were in a good position to beat India twice in 3 games. You don’t get into those positions if there is a talent shortage

Bro I do say we have talent but we cant be happy about being in a good position. We are not Oman or Bangladesh or Nepal. We have a proud history. Agha, Talat, Harris utterly embarrassed us against India.

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

That player is still in the squad.. Farhan... stop crying now... Haris was a walking wicket.. salman?? LOL

khushdil?? LOL

hussain talat?? LOL

Even Fakhar did not do much. He was quite mediocre. Farhan was the only bright spot in the batting, rest were all mediocre to bad.

 

[Varun]

Pakistan were in a good position to beat India twice in 3 games. You don’t get into those positions if there is a talent shortage

You sound like a minnow fan.

 

[Rana]

Bro I do say we have talent but we cant be happy about being in a good position. We are not Oman or Bangladesh or Nepal. We have a proud history. Agha, Talat, Harris utterly embarrassed us against India.

I’m just telling that Indian fan who’s team lost to Australia waterboys to calm his horses about “lack of talent” claims.

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

I’m just telling that Indian fan who’s team lost to Australia waterboys to calm his horses about “lack of talent” claims.

That I agree with. He and @saimayubera ran away when I demolished them with the h2h record.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Even Fakhar did not do much. He was quite mediocre. Farhan was the only bright spot in the batting, rest were all mediocre to bad.

Even Farhan played at 120 strike rate and people here are doing bhangra over it

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Even Farhan played at 120 strike rate and people here are doing bhangra over it

I did not want to bring it up as it will hit a nerve but it is so true. These are his stats for Asia Cup:

7 matches 217 runs @ 31 and SR 116(!!!)

He hit 2 50s vs India so I give him a bit of a pass but he didnt actually set the world on fire. We are doing bhangra because he hit Bhumrah for sixes...OK that is good but overall result is SR of 116. I would rather take a SR of 140 and no sixes against Bhumrah.

What improvement are these numbers actually over RizBar? We wanted intent and attack. Is 116 SR the answer? Or tulla Agha's 79?

 

[BouncerGuy]

I did not want to bring it up as it will hit a nerve but it is so true. These are his stats for Asia Cup:

7 matches 217 runs @ 31 and SR 116(!!!)

He hit 2 50s vs India so I give him a bit of a pass but he didnt actually set the world on fire. We are doing bhangra because he hit Bhumrah for sixes...OK that is good but overall result is SR of 116. I would rather take a SR of 140 and no sixes against Bhumrah.

What improvement are these numbers actually over RizBar? We wanted intent and attack. Is 116 SR the answer? Or tulla Agha's 79?

People think that he is an improvement. That is why all this bhangra here.. LOL

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

People think that he is an improvement. That is why all this bhangra here.. LOL

I will create a thread about it. I feel we mix up blind slogging with intent.

 

[gazza619]

People think that he is an improvement. That is why all this bhangra here.. LOL

I will create a thread about it. I feel we mix up blind slogging with intent.

To be fair it was only @Rana “the chakkah lover” doing such bhangras.

 

[jamie smith fan]

Pata hai kuch ko mirchi lagegi but farhan with all that hitting always ends at a sr of 125 lol

 

[Rana]

Pata hai kuch ko mirchi lagegi but farhan with all that hitting always ends at a sr of 125 lol

Chall ab iske khilaaf bhi campaign shuru Kar and then cry when Rizwan is back

 

[jamie smith fan]

I will create a thread about it. I feel we mix up blind slogging with intent.

For that those players with talent should be selected not tullas like khuskdil talat and harris

 

[jamie smith fan]

Chall ab iske khilaaf bhi campaign shuru Kar and then cry when Rizwan is back

Did I tell something wrong??
I told only what is reality and why are u bringing rizwan into this when he clearly isnt the topic.U are giving rizwan too much publicity lol.
World is not only about rizwan

 

[charlie007]

Seeing how bad the minnow bashing tullas were I would go with:

1 Farhan - all out attack, dont worry about getting out and aim for 30 in less than 15 balls
2 Babar - stabilize the innings and bat through to the end especially in chases
3 Saim - attack
4 Fakhar - mediocre t20I player but ask him to attack from ball 1
5 Rizwan - stabilizer/finisher
6 H Nawaz- finisher
7 M Nawaz- slogger
8 Shadab Khan
9 F Ashraf
10 SSA
11 Abrar/H Ali

Batting till 10 for T20. 2 pacers, 4 spinners. Swap Abrar for H Ali if an extra pacer is needed. RizBar will be split so the critics can be happy as well. No Tulla Agha or tulla Harris please.

What’s different from before? You’ll be 50/3 in 6 overs and Babar and Rizwan will stabilize your innings to reach 150 in 20 overs.

 

[Rana]

What’s different from before? You’ll be 50/3 in 6 overs and Babar and Rizwan will stabilize your innings to reach 150 in 20 overs.

Yeah they might stabilise our innings to help us reach 240 in 20 overs according to these jokers

 

[cricfan432]

Are babar and rizwan even tested on slow pitches, on bouncy pitches of australia they failed. Let them stabilize the innings in odi if they're masters at that.

 

[saimayubera]

I’m just telling that Indian fan who’s team lost to Australia waterboys to calm his horses about “lack of talent” claims.

It's "whose".

And it's a random bilateral.

India won the Champions Trophy undefeated this year defeating Aus in the semis. @Rana's Paksitan won ZERO matches and lost hosting the final also.

Also defeated Pakistan thrice in the Asia Cup with a young team winning it undefeated.

I remember how sad @Rana was in the match threads.

Other posters had to console him lol.

And Pakistan were not in a good position in any of the games.

You are saying "two"

The second one where Abhishek-Gill made a 100 run opening partnership w/o any effort was "good position" lol.

And even in the final after Sanju-Tilak steadied it, match was over. It was very comfortable from then.

 

[saimayubera]

The last thing we need is some Chapli fan telling us there is a talent shortage in Pakistan when it was the same kind of players they wrote off that tore their precious Bumrah to shreds!

Lol no one tore Bumrah to shreds.

This is Pakistanis making their own happiness.

Bumrah had great figures in both the 1st and 3rd match.

2nd match he got hit but still had better figures than Shaheen did in the 1st and 2nd.

 

[BouncerGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983442631360425985

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Pakistan were in a good position to beat India twice in 3 games. You don’t get into those positions if there is a talent shortage

Once in three games.

Are you aware of Pakistans recent performance against top team?

24 matches - Won 1 - Lost 23

If this doesn’t tell you that there is a takeover shortage then nothing will.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Once in three games.

Are you aware of Pakistans recent performance against top team?

24 matches - Won 1 - Lost 23

If this doesn’t tell you that there is a takeover shortage then nothing will.

Talent

 

[Marooned]

Lol no one tore Bumrah to shreds.

51 runs @ 150 sr and unlimited average vs bumrah. Yeah he kinda did tear him to shreds.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

That I agree with. He and @saimayubera ran away when I demolished them with the h2h record.

Are you talking about me.

As far as I remember, it was you who ran away post the Champions trophy match where Kohli smacked your team, yet again.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

I’m just telling that Indian fan who’s team lost to Australia waterboys to calm his horses about “lack of talent” claims.

You don’t need to tell us anything.
Whether India lost to Aus or Sa has nothing to do wuth talent shortage in Pakistan which is quite apparent.

 

[saimayubera]

51 runs @ 150 sr and unlimited average vs bumrah. Yeah he kinda did tear him to shreds.

That is not the definition of "tear"

51 is too less runs and 150 SR is basically 7.5 ER so hardly "tear"

Many batsmen have infinite average against Pakistani bowlers.

Tilak has infinite average vs both Abrar/Shaheen

 

[saimayubera]

That I agree with. He and @saimayubera ran away when I demolished them with the h2h record.

You run away yourself and proclaim victory lol

h2h consisting of pepsi, coca-cola, kitply lol

 

[Rana]

You don’t need to tell us anything.
Whether India lost to Aus or Sa has nothing to do wuth talent shortage in Pakistan which is quite apparent.

Zyada don’t tell us anything na Kar!

I will tell you what I want, when I want! You lost to Australia water boys and you want to give gyaan on lack of talent???

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Pakistan fans should set their expectations lower for the short-medium term.

It is the nature of sports, teams rise and fall.

I don't think our fall in LOI cricket is terminal. Tests yes because there is no real incentive to bounce back. But in LOI we will come good again.

 

[saimayubera]

Zyada don’t tell us anything na Kar!

I will tell you what I want, when I want! You lost to Australia water boys and you want to give gyaan on lack of talent???

Lol not the T20 team (which is what this thread is about).

T20 team kicked Pakistan's ass three times.

 

[saimayubera]

Pakistan fans should set their expectations lower for the short-medium term.

It is the nature of sports, teams rise and fall.

I don't think our fall in LOI cricket is terminal. Tests yes because there is no real incentive to bounce back. But in LOI we will come good again.

International cricket is not the same as league sports where a level of parity can be maintained via salary caps, draft systems etc.

The BIG factor in international cricket is India.

The most populated country in the world undergoing rapid economic change. Not only will the Indian team keep get better, the importance of IPL and the affiliated leagues also become bigger as the money increases. And Pakistan, being shut out of it will suffer.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

International cricket is not the same as league sports where a level of parity can be maintained via salary caps, draft systems etc.

The BIG factor in international cricket is India.

The most populated country in the world undergoing rapid economic change. Not only will the Indian team keep get better, the importance of IPL and the affiliated leagues also become bigger as the money increases. And Pakistan, being shut out of it will suffer.

Nor is international cricket a computer game where teams win forever. Talent drops, motivations change, things splinter.

Nothing goes up or down in a straight line.

 

[saimayubera]

International cricket is not the same as league sports where a level of parity can be maintained via salary caps, draft systems etc.

The BIG factor in international cricket is India.

The most populated country in the world undergoing rapid economic change. Not only will the Indian team keep get better, the importance of IPL and the affiliated leagues also become bigger as the money increases. And Pakistan, being shut out of it will suffer.

So basically Pakistan will struggle to beat the big three cause they just have better systems/player pools.

But even the teams that Pakistan should theoretically be beating like SA, NZ and even NZ, Afg, SL, Bang they won't be able to beat on a consistent basis because those guys will have access to IPL/feeder leagues (SA20, Hundred) experience as well as money.

 

[saimayubera]

Nor is international cricket a computer game where teams win forever. Talent drops, motivations change, things splinter.

Nothing goes up or down in a straight line.

China and USA do not play cricket.

India's rise in cricket is in line with the growing wealth.

No one is competing with a $10k pci, 0.8+ HDI India.

Asian teams no longer are able to compete with India which they were around 10-15 years back.

Only the richer SENA countries can. Even that will be gone within 10-15 years as India reaches upper middle income status.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

China and USA do not play cricket.

India's rise in cricket is in line with the growing wealth.

No one is competing with a $10k pci, 0.8+ HDI India.

Asian teams no longer are able to compete with India which they were around 10-15 years back.

Only the richer SENA countries can. Even that will be gone within 10-15 years as India reaches upper middle income status.

You may be right but it seems like an exaggerated fantasy

Taking your fantasy further, perhaps in 20 years, after beating all teams on earth, India as a result of its space program will play with extra terrestrials on Mars.

 

[saimayubera]

You may be right but it seems like an exaggerated fantasy

Taking your fantasy further, perhaps in 20 years, after beating all teams on earth, India as a result of its space program will play with extra terrestrials on Mars.

You can do all this to cope but nothing I have said is exaggerated.

Cricket is not played by USA or China or the big European countries (France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Spain).

The first world countries which play it (NZ, Eng, Aus) it is not the number 1 sport and they are not getting any richer.

Asian countries where cricket is a craze have less people and are poorer than India (and some like Pakistan are getting poorer) and they are already minnows in front of India.

There is no competition.

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

You run away yourself and proclaim victory lol

h2h consisting of pepsi, coca-cola, kitply lol

Every India-Pakistan match is big. 88-80, chew on it!

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Zyada don’t tell us anything na Kar!

I will tell you what I want, when I want! You lost to Australia water boys and you want to give gyaan on lack of talent???

That was a Strong Aus team, both teams were missing a couple of players.

I can give gyaan about anything I want, when I want.

All those Aus waterboys will be the brightest talent in Pakistan.

The number one team can give gyaan

 

[Asif321]

I will go with this line up for WC

Fakhar
Farhan
Rizwan
Saim
Hassan
Irfan/ Samad
Nawaz
Ashraf/Wasim Jnr
Abarar
Shaheen
Naseem/Rauf

 

[Marooned]

That is not the definition of "tear"

What is the definition of tear?

51 is too less runs and 150 SR is basically 7.5 ER so hardly "tear"

Bad maths as expected. 51 in 34 balls is ER of 9 not 7.5

Many batsmen have infinite average against Pakistani bowlers.

Tilak has infinite average vs both Abrar/Shaheen

Which has nothing to do with Bumrah doing badly vs Farhan.

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

We should use this as basis as some people like only sixes @gazza619 @Raja Ishtiaq @Ahmed216 @AZulfi @Nikhil_cric @mominsaigol @YousafTheBeast @CerebralPatriot

I am a bit surprised to see how bad taptaan was. Utter waste of space. Even Agha tulla does better than Sarfaraz.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

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We should use this as basis as some people like only sixes @gazza619 @Raja Ishtiaq @Ahmed216 @AZulfi @Nikhil_cric @mominsaigol @YousafTheBeast @CerebralPatriot

I am a bit surprised to see how bad taptaan was. Utter waste of space. Even Agha tulla does better than Sarfaraz.

Per innings is meaningless. Sixes/boundaries to balls faced ratio would be much more meaningful

 

[gazza619]

Per innings is meaningless. Sixes/boundaries to balls faced ratio would be much more meaningful

All the six hitting stats are actually meaningless . Based on your useless philosophy player A would be better than player B

Player A
6 runs from 3 balls with 1 six
0 from 1 balls with 0 six
13 from 10 balls with 2 sixes
Total 3 sixes from 14 balls

Player B
25 runs from 18 balls with 1 six
10 from 5 balls with 0 six
50 runs from 32 balls with 1 six
Total 2 sixes from 65 balls

 

[Nikhil_cric]

All the six hitting stats are actually meaningless . Based on your useless philosophy player A would be better than player B

Player A
6 runs from 3 balls with 1 six
0 from 1 balls with 0 six
13 from 10 balls with 2 sixes
Total 3 sixes from 14 balls

Player B
25 runs from 18 balls with 1 six
10 from 5 balls with 0 six
50 runs from 32 balls with 1 six
Total 2 sixes from 65 balls

I said it's more useful. I didn't say it's the be all and the end all.

 

[TheSultan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983442631360425985

Yea cheers Haffo.

In other news, water is wet

 

[TheSultan]

All the six hitting stats are actually meaningless . Based on your useless philosophy player A would be better than player B

Player A
6 runs from 3 balls with 1 six
0 from 1 balls with 0 six
13 from 10 balls with 2 sixes
Total 3 sixes from 14 balls

Player B
25 runs from 18 balls with 1 six
10 from 5 balls with 0 six
50 runs from 32 balls with 1 six
Total 2 sixes from 65 balls

Yes 0 off 2 balls is better