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Preferred again over Rizwan and takes a good catch in the Qualifier game vs MS today
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Chadwick Walton preferred over Mohammad Rizwan by Karachi Kings
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Not that surprising since this is rizwans weakest format. Walton also just took an excellent catch
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So the Captain of Pakistan's T20 side (Babar Azam), Legend Wasim Akram and an experienced T20 player of world Imad Wasim could not find a spot for Mohammad Rizwan as a T20 batsman, let alone a keeper/batsman.
Why exactly was Rohail Nazir kept out of the side for those 3 T20is against Zimbabwe??
Why exactly was Rohail Nazir kept out of the side for those 3 T20is against Zimbabwe??
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And now a decent run out too
You really need to stop with your hate for Rizwan. Sarfraz ain't coming back.
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Where have I mentioned Sarfaraz's name here? Him coming back would be a very depressing day for you Rizwan fans wouldnt it? The guy is rubbish limited overs player
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Well it's either sarfraz or rohail. Plus I have said multiple times if we can give sarfraz a free ride for years I am sure we can give Rizwan few series then we can get rid of him if he doesn't perform.
What kept rohail out was that hes an average wicket keeper and batsmen at the moment.
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So we are happy to be this Mediocre side with those below par players because players in the past have been given a free ride? Sarfaraz was the captain of Pakistan and was very much entitled to play in a position that would suit him personally but he was always giving his players the chance to bat before him. Even then he looks a much better suited batsman in T20s no matter how limited he was as a batsman.
Still, im not saying Sarfaraz is the solution. Me disliking Rizwan as a limited overs keeper batsman has nothing to do with wanting Sarfaraz back.
Well if the other options are rohail and sarfraz I know who I will take. You are acting as if we have gilchrist waiting. Yes we see how good a T20 player he was when tailenders use to bat ahead of him. Talking about giving others a chance then quetta and karachi wouldn't have been known as friend 11.
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We dont have Gilchrist waiting. No country has Gilchrist waiting in the ranks, but no top country will persist with an option clearly unsuitable. You have not seen enough of Rohail to say he isnt good enough to survive and do well at this level.
Also i Would take Zeeshan Ashraf any day as a starter before all 3 (Rizwan, Sarfaraz and Rohail). I like his technique and his ability to play pace with a straight bat. I wouldnt rule him out from today's performance, most of his teammates have failed alongside him.
Zeeshan ashraf is a garbage wicket keeper if it was any good I would take him in T20s over Rizwan anyday. Coming to rohail I have pretty much watched him in every game which have been televised. He's young so no reason why he can't improve. Maybe you didn't see him last year if you did you will know what happened to him.
We need to see Azam khan wicket keeping if any good he will be an option for t20s.
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I think in T20, the compromise that needs to be made is the Batting ability over Keeping perfection. Yes a great keeper will do spectacular things, but if he cant score valuable runs for his side in a time of need, nobody cares about the keeping. This is a fact. Tell me any world side that is playing a keeper in the T20 XI just as a wicket keeper?
England: Jos Butler, Bairstow
Australia: Alex Carey
India: Pant, Samson, KL Rahul
New Zealand: Latham
South Africa: DeQock
West Indies: Pooran
Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim
Sri Lanka: Dickwella
Afghanistan: Shahzad
Zimbabwe: Brendon Taylor
Tell me how Rizwan gets into any of these sides as a keeper Batsman?
All of the names you have mentioned are by a country mile better keepers then zeeshan ashraf whos a club level keeper. Just to remind you Rizwan comfortably outscored zeeshan ashraf in the national t20. He needs to put in performances to be selected. Had the whole tournament to do something.
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Walton is a nothing player, who should never make the team over Rizwan.
Kings management and Imad have treated Rizwan like a garbage player.
I can't wait for the next PSL and would love to see Rizwan playing for another team and showing KK how it is done.
Kings management and Imad have treated Rizwan like a garbage player.
I can't wait for the next PSL and would love to see Rizwan playing for another team and showing KK how it is done.
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My point throughout all of this is, what is stopping Wasim Akram and Imad Wasim to just play him as a batsman? They clearly have decided they want to play Walton due to his supposed ability to hit sixes in comparison to Rizwan, what’s stopping them from playing him ahead of Iftikhar Ahmed?
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Well they probably feel ifti is a better six hitter too then
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Exactly. If it makes you guys feel better, Rizwan is at the wrong franchise, on merit I don’t think he makes this side even if Walton is a mediocre keeper, and Ifti is in the side to hit the ball and bowl some off-spin.
He won’t make Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Lahore and Islamabad as a keeper batsman I’m afraid. Rizwan’s best bet is to just hang up the gloves and do whatever he can to displace a local batsman. Who can he displace?
1. Sohail Akhtar
2. Ahmad Shahzad
3. Shan Masood
4. Ahsan Ali
These 4 at the top of my head. Unfortunately 2 of them are captains for their sides and will most likely be retained due to their excellent run for this year.
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Walton is absolute trash. These teams in the PSL who keep picking him need to explain why.
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Rana, hard to disagree with you when it comes to the shorter format. All I am saying is that Rizwan has character and can develop in to a very good player if PCB and PSL franchises support him and give him a long run. KK should have utilized him properly, but went with Walton who only had one good innings where he scored runs against Patel and Irshad.
I am from Karachi and will only support them tomorrow if Rizwan is in the playing 11
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otherwise Lahore is my team 
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Rana, hard to disagree with you when it comes to the shorter format. All I am saying is that Rizwan has character and can develop in to a very good player if PCB and PSL franchises support him and give him a long run. KK should have utilized him properly, but went with Walton who only had one good innings where he scored runs against Patel and Irshad.
I am from Karachi and will only support them tomorrow if Rizwan is in the playing 11
I honestly don’t deny that he can turn into a good player. I was kind of under the impression that Rizwan’s reputation had enhanced massively because of his good outing against England in the 2nd Test. But I guess Wasim Akram and Imad Wasim decided to stick with their original combination that brought them the success in the first place.
Tbh you Rizwan fans are good people, you support a good person at heart. So I’ll make a special prayer, let’s pray KK decide to play him as an extra batsman or a harsh replacement for either Iftikhar or Walton, or even if Delport or Parnell request to sit out so that the local champ Rizwan gets his chance.
But if he plays and fails tomorrow, i will not spare him or you smiley blokes who have supported him throughout
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I honestly don’t deny that he can turn into a good player. I was kind of under the impression that Rizwan’s reputation had enhanced massively because of his good outing against England in the 2nd Test. But I guess Wasim Akram and Imad Wasim decided to stick with their original combination that brought them the success in the first place.
Tbh you Rizwan fans are good people, you support a good person at heart. So I’ll make a special prayer, let’s pray KK decide to play him as an extra batsman or a harsh replacement for either Iftikhar or Walton, or even if Delport or Parnell request to sit out so that the local champ Rizwan gets his chance.
But if he plays and fails tomorrow, i will not spare him or you smiley blokes who have supported him throughout
lol. ok fair enough
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If Karachi need to win then walton and ifti should be not included in playing 11
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People are clamoring for Rohail have no idea how poor a batsman he is especially in the shorter formats.
Rizwan is not an explosive T20 player but he is still relatively better than Rohail and there is no comparison between the two in terms of keeping skills.
Thankfully, the Pakistan management have not succumbed to this dumb idea of replacing Rizwan with an inferior option.
Whether people like it or not, Rizwan is the best WK batsman in the country across all formats by some distance. Yes ideally you would want to upgrade on him in white ball cricket but we don’t have any options.
Azam Khan is the flavor of the month these days but he needs a lot of work in terms of fitness and keeping skills to be international cricket ready.
Contrary to popular belief, you need a good keeper in T20 cricket as well. You drop Rohit for a duck and he ends up scoring a 50 ball hundred. Unless your keeper matches that, he has cost you the game.
You can carry a below par keeper in white ball cricket but only if he is an extraordinary batsman. For example, England can persist with Buttler even if he drops a catch and misses a stump every game because he is a phenomenal batsman who is a thorough match-winner.
Neither Rohail nor Azam (at least not yet) are remotely capable of making up for their missed chances with the bat.
No keeper can grab everything but Rizwan is among the safest hands in the world at the moment, and unless we produce a devastating WK batsman we have to persist with Rizwan who is by far the best keeper in the country.
Rizwan is not an explosive T20 player but he is still relatively better than Rohail and there is no comparison between the two in terms of keeping skills.
Thankfully, the Pakistan management have not succumbed to this dumb idea of replacing Rizwan with an inferior option.
Whether people like it or not, Rizwan is the best WK batsman in the country across all formats by some distance. Yes ideally you would want to upgrade on him in white ball cricket but we don’t have any options.
Azam Khan is the flavor of the month these days but he needs a lot of work in terms of fitness and keeping skills to be international cricket ready.
Contrary to popular belief, you need a good keeper in T20 cricket as well. You drop Rohit for a duck and he ends up scoring a 50 ball hundred. Unless your keeper matches that, he has cost you the game.
You can carry a below par keeper in white ball cricket but only if he is an extraordinary batsman. For example, England can persist with Buttler even if he drops a catch and misses a stump every game because he is a phenomenal batsman who is a thorough match-winner.
Neither Rohail nor Azam (at least not yet) are remotely capable of making up for their missed chances with the bat.
No keeper can grab everything but Rizwan is among the safest hands in the world at the moment, and unless we produce a devastating WK batsman we have to persist with Rizwan who is by far the best keeper in the country.
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As far as Walton is concerned, the Kings management including Imad have trouble swallowing their pride.
They wrongly backed Walton over Rizwan in February. It doesn’t cost them in terms of results but it was not a good decision anyway.
Over the summer, Rizwan raised his profile dramatically and established himself as a fan favorite.
Kings dropping Walton now would indicate that they acknowledge their mistake which they don’t want to do.
As the best WK batsman in the country, Rizwan does not deserve this treatment. I would love to see him play for his home franchise Zalmi.
It will allow our best batsman Kamran to focus purely on his batting and continue to bash the low quality bowling of PSL for a few more seasons.
They wrongly backed Walton over Rizwan in February. It doesn’t cost them in terms of results but it was not a good decision anyway.
Over the summer, Rizwan raised his profile dramatically and established himself as a fan favorite.
Kings dropping Walton now would indicate that they acknowledge their mistake which they don’t want to do.
As the best WK batsman in the country, Rizwan does not deserve this treatment. I would love to see him play for his home franchise Zalmi.
It will allow our best batsman Kamran to focus purely on his batting and continue to bash the low quality bowling of PSL for a few more seasons.
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Go to his home franchise and play as a batsman? So who will he displace in Peshawar Zalmi?
Haider Ali
Shoaib Malik
Imam ul Haq
Kamran Akmal
Sohaib Maqsood
Which on of these guys will he displace? They also have Umar Amin in the reserves.
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Rizwan is a phenomenal fielder without the gloves on, nothing stopping him to play as just a batsman. Just needs some regular performances with a decent strike rate and I’m sure there is a list of players who he will replace in a jiffy. But it’s very hard to argue this case at the moment with no real performance to back it up.
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I would replace him with Imam who is a misfit in Zalmi. I like Imam but Zalmi can make a better combination without him.
Kamran and Haider should open and then you have the likes of Banton who can open subject to his availability.
Rizwan, Malik and Maqsood for the middle-order.
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I would not even have Imam ul Haq anywhere near a franchise team in T20s. He is fine playing T20 for a region, but never for a multi million dollar side and high stakes tournament. But the PZ management and leadership group’ do not view him as easily replaceable. They were consulting him on the field instead of Faf du Plesis, plus Imam May have played a masterstroke for his own sake by donning the gloves when Kamran got injured. This may indicate to PZ that he is a very useful player and therefore they do not require to bring in Rizwan, unless it’s a clan loyalty thing in which ‘let’s help our brother out’. Nothing wrong with that as well, LQ have been doing it for years with Aqib Javed and also including Salman Butt.
In a fair world, if he just shows some patience I believe KK will not renew Walton for next year and Rizwan plus his fans will get their chance to see him play the entire PSL as KK’s keeper batsman. This year is a write off unfortunately, but there is still some time before the final XI is announced for today
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Walton is the journeyman of all journeymen.
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I came here just to say that
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Hope Rizwan comes back home to Zalmi
Our fans will give him the love he deserves. Even after his stellar outing in the last two domestic T20 where he outscored every other keeper and most fan favourite opening batsmen. He still has the "not a T20 player" tag on him. Of course if you play a top order batsman at number 7 what are you expecting exactly?
The guy scored 390 runs in the recently concluded T20 competition. The next closest keeper was Zeeshan and he scored almost 150+ less than Rizwan
Our fans will give him the love he deserves. Even after his stellar outing in the last two domestic T20 where he outscored every other keeper and most fan favourite opening batsmen. He still has the "not a T20 player" tag on him. Of course if you play a top order batsman at number 7 what are you expecting exactly?
The guy scored 390 runs in the recently concluded T20 competition. The next closest keeper was Zeeshan and he scored almost 150+ less than Rizwan
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He still has 2 hours and 30 minutes to make it into the KK side for tonight
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Sorry bro. He has not been picked again today.
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I always knew that this was going to happen since KK management never liked Rizwan.
It is all good yaar as I am sure that Rizwan will use this as motivation to become a better T20 player.
And the replacements are akmal and club level wicket keeper zeeshan ashraf who can't bat too.
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I'm sure Rizwan will use his influence as test VC to keep Imad out of Pakistan sides in the future. Imad has started an unnecessary feud in the national side.
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How far will he go with vile politics if Imad and KK win this match today?
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Lets forget for a brief moment that I am not a critic of Rizwan. As a nuetral, I am tell you that the people Rizwan is dealing with are Imad Wasim and Wasim Akram. The same Wasim Akram has played a whole world cup campaign with a champion bowler like Waqar Younis on the side lines, and he used Azhar Mahmood and Abdul Razzaq instead as his 3rd and 4th bowlers in the 1999 world cup. Rizwan is nothing in comparison to Waqar Younis, and you cannot fault the mindset of those who believe what they are doing is for the best.
Imad on the other hand backed Sharjeel Khan and declared that Sharjeel is his match winner, and he will play him in every game come what may. They had a plan, and they are backing that plan. Walton was a part of that plan with Dean Jones, and they are just being loyal to that plan guys.
Its a tough pill, but please dont turn this into a Ganguly v Chappell level feud.
Lets forget for a brief moment that I am not a critic of Rizwan. As a nuetral, I am tell you that the people Rizwan is dealing with are Imad Wasim and Wasim Akram. The same Wasim Akram has played a whole world cup campaign with a champion bowler like Waqar Younis on the side lines, and he used Azhar Mahmood and Abdul Razzaq instead as his 3rd and 4th bowlers in the 1999 world cup. Rizwan is nothing in comparison to Waqar Younis, and you cannot fault the mindset of those who believe what they are doing is for the best.
Imad on the other hand backed Sharjeel Khan and declared that Sharjeel is his match winner, and he will play him in every game come what may. They had a plan, and they are backing that plan. Walton was a part of that plan with Dean Jones, and they are just being loyal to that plan guys.
Its a tough pill, but please dont turn this into a Ganguly v Chappell level feud.
I asked Deano earlier this year about KK picking Walton over Rizwan and he basically said it was due to the flexibility Walton provides with the bat - in that he can play an anchor role or go for quick runs, whereas Rizwan is a bit of a one-trick pony with the bat.
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Walton had an average of 22 and a strike of 140
Don't think Rizwan is capable of that at 5. Good decision by KK management
Don't think Rizwan is capable of that at 5. Good decision by KK management
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And Imad Wasim has lead Karachi Kings to victory. No story here guys
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Honestly, not a terrible knock from him today in my opinion. Sure he could have upped his SR but he stuck along with Babar, got Karachi from 49-2 to 110-3. Did his job
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He played the perfect anchor to Babar today.
Zeeshan khan cant bat ?really
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Frankly I'd prefer to invest long-term in Mohammad Haris in white ball cricket.
Mohammad Rizwan hasn't impressed at all for Pakistan in the white ball formats, and was even struggling against Zimbabwe.
He just doesn't have the power game and is a drag in the lower order hence why, like Sarfraz, he has to be accomodated at 4 or 5 where his harmless accumulation is of any use.
Mohammad Rizwan hasn't impressed at all for Pakistan in the white ball formats, and was even struggling against Zimbabwe.
He just doesn't have the power game and is a drag in the lower order hence why, like Sarfraz, he has to be accomodated at 4 or 5 where his harmless accumulation is of any use.
He's got few shots other that he can't do much. Struggles against pace too. Poor keeper and awful fitness.
I agree mohammed haris should be invested in, for that he needs to play consistently. Seems like pcb are going with rohail.
Hes an upgrade on rizwan in batting by atleast 30 percent and if he struggled against pace why would he open or at 3 ? Yes he needs to improve his keeping and fitness
Muhammad is in my 2023 team but dont except him in the team for another 1 year
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Player Development is not our forte. Rizwan's style of cricket didn't translate to the lower order spots. But would translate to opening the innings. It was obvious but know one could see that.
they won the trophy so really cannot complain
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Multan fans will be watching this with a very wide grin, quite the opposite for Karachi fans 
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Multan fans will be watching this with a very wide grin, quite the opposite for Karachi fans
Multan Sultans have won a lottery, they bought a solid opener for a meagre price in silver category.
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Winning a trophy has nothing to do with doing a poor job of maximizing talent. These aren't winning because they are making good decisions. These teams are winning because the other franchises are making so many mistakes.
2 Important Things on Rizwan
1. to get the best out of him, he must open in ODIs. If and when he does you'll have a Wicketkeeper for all three formats.
2. Babar must bat at 3 in T20s.
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Nah, rizwan was not a good hitter back then.
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He didn't fit in Karachi's combination with a top 3 of Babar, Sharjeel and Hales, and Walton is a better option than Rizwan at #6.
I find this type of mindset a bit off putting. Should it ever be about going all out of your way to get the best out of a player even if it means compromising on the team?
So you say since Rizwan can only be a serviceable T20 batsman as an opener, KK should have compromised on the trophy-winning top 3 of Sharjeel, Babar and Hales just to make sure Rizwan had every chance to perform? It makes no logical sense.
And for T20Is, why must Babar be brought down to 3? Babar's performance itself is maximized as an opener in T20I in the powerplay, the lower down the order you get with Babar in T20I, the lesser his productive output and bigger the liability he becomes to the team. So there's no logical sense in Babar playing anything below the opening slot whenever he plays a T20 game. Which is why it becomes extremely important to have a dynamic striker that can get going from ball one, as his opening partner up top, and likewise at number 3.
Rizwan has been brilliant in test cricket and is definitely a solid candidate for ODIs, but as beastly as his last T20I innings have been, he still batted nearly run a ball the first 30 deilveries of his innings, I'm sure you would realize with Babar as the other opener that is not the most progressive team building strategy for modern day T20I, It's certainly not going to make our T20I team better.
The one thing that might work is slotting Haider up top as the dynamic partner with Babar and trying Rizwan at one drop, which would better suit his style of going run a ball early innings.
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Some posters were justifying his selection over Rizwan. They can maybe tell us why he keeps getting picked. Sorry to say he’s beyond hopeless. Pretty sure they can get a young wicket keeper from Pakistan to play instead of him or have we fallen this low?
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Him, Delport and Bopara are a few players who will keep on getting selected even when they are in their 50s.
And that would open the door for another overseas player in their starting XI also.
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Do KK have an alternative over him?
Most definitely it will also give a chance to someone like imad to bat higher. Absolutely no idea why some of the foreigners are getting picked over and over again if I am not wrong someone like Delport has played for every team except for Peshawar. He keeps flopping but getting picked. The teams seem to have different set of rules of players foreigners can flop but will be given as much opportunities as possible while the local specially the young ones are dropped after a game or two. Prime example being Rohail Nazir.
Have heard a lot of good things about Mohammed Harris. But it’s better for him not to play t20s.
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