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Champions Trophy 2017 - Pakistan announce squad

Honestly, some of these "fans" here are truly pathetic. Your favs weren't selected because they are either unfit, crooks or not considered good enough. Get over it and support the team. Or go watch baseball or something.

This is a good squad, would have loved to see Haris there, but Sarfaraz can be a very able #4 as well. This would be my team against India:

1) Mohammad Hafeez
2) Fakhar Zaman
3) Babar Azam
4) Sarfaraz Ahmed (c) (wk)
5) Shoaib Malik
6) Umar Akmal (would like to see him batting at 5)
7) Imad Wasim
8) Mohammad Amir
9) Wahab Riaz
10) Junaid Khan
11) Hassan Ali

12) Ahmed Shehzad (let him field for Junaid).
 
shaz619 said:
I like Misbah and am calling you out for your inappropriate posts, stop giving us real Misbah fans a bad name. Support the TEAM.
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I do support the team and will be rooting for them in the Champions Trophy, and that is the reason why I spent all these years arguing with idiots about this stuff.

Now I just want them to show their faces and explain why Misbah's retirement hasn't led to the utopian meritocracy with a squad full of aggressive youngsta beauties that we were all promised?

It's a fair question.
 
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Such a terrible squad... I hope Pakistan lose every game with this horrible squad.
 
I cant believe my eyes. Actually i saw that the various inzi threads have been bumped so i thought he must have done a good job but this is beyond belief. How can anyone select such a squad? Such pathetic squad. Based on what? Whats the reasoning behind selection of such players?

On what basis has azhar ali been selected? I mean has he shown anythinh at any level since the time he was dropped to be selected again?

On what basis is umar akmal picked again? Did he lose all his weight in half a month? Did he show anything in the Pakistan cup?

Whats the obsession with Fahim? Why not yamin who is a proven performer?

Its very very hard to support these players. Inzi needs to be sacked. Looks like he has no clue.
 
Big Mac said:
I do support the team and will be rooting for them in the Champions Trophy, and that is the reason why I spent all these years arguing with idiots about this stuff.

Now I just want them to show their faces and explain why Misbah's retirement hasn't led to the utopian meritocracy with a squad full of aggressive youngsta beauties that we were all promised?

It's a fair question.
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I like this squad better then the one in 2013 anyhow I agree with you that people have gone over board with their criticisms towards Misbah in the past but at the same time he's not perfect when it comes to decision making and every captain has their favourites.
 
Pete Rose said:
I believe Pakistan might be the only team that will feature a squad with players who made their debut last century.
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How many times you thrash them, lesson never learnt...

PCB and pakistan never ever surprise their fans, fantastic stuff...
 
I am happy that Haris Sohail and Aamer Yamin is not selected.
Lets face it, Pak will not qualify to semis anyway.
Lets induct them after CT where pressure will be much lower.
 
I am so disappointed that Harris Shoail, Aamer Yamin and Shoail Khan are not in the squad. Should be in instead of Shehzad, Azhar Ali and Fahim Ashraf.
 
yasir said:
Sam and Rahul are not exactly new, they have been playing for respective country for 2 years right now, not to mention in IPL,BBL,PSL(Sam)...How can this be compare to guys we have like Fakir,Talat who have 4/5 match PSL experience?? - It took Pakistan 12-16 months to develop Sharjeel and Babar, we lost one of them, you are not going to get a new guy in 1 series...Wait we did not try any new guy in WI, because WC spot was on the line, think tank went for Safety first...Shadab was tried only because of his man of series success in T20, also he has yet to bat in 5/6 matches he had played, he can bat better than all bowlers we have...
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You have replied just to the last line, just like you conveniently omitted AA ODI performance in AUS while justifying his selection in your earlier posts...

I didnt ask Fakhar or Talat to be included... What about Umar Amin and Haris Sohail who has outperformed Hafeez and UA in the same tournament who also has a previous experience... Hope you have watched them play, they outclassed them playing proper cricket shots, effortless rotation of strike, batting at good SR, less dot balls. Umar Amin has a decent first class season last year...Haris sohail is a must

Im expecting Babar to have a very quite series scoring good 20s and 30s not because of his talent but the players he has to bat with in the top 4 will apply the pressure on him... Azhar Ali, Ahmed Shehzad and Hafeez, all three of them will play at 50-60 SR in the first 25 overs and even beyond that...
 
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Most of us on PP can't completely be wrong calling for Haris and Yamin in the main. Why could PCB not see this?
 
ask_analyse_act said:
You have replied just to the last line, just like you conveniently omitted AA ODI performance in AUS while justifying his selection in your earlier posts...

I didnt ask Fakhar or Talat to be included... What about Umar Amin and Haris Sohail who has outperformed Hafeez and UA in the same tournament who also has a previous experience... Hope you have watched them play, they outclassed them playing proper cricket shots, effortless rotation of strike, batting at good SR, less dot balls. Umar Amin has a decent first class season last year...Haris sohail is a must

Im expecting Babar to have a very quite series scoring good 20s and 30s not because of his talent but the players he has to bat with in the top 4 will apply the pressure on him... Azhar Ali, Ahmed Shehzad and Hafeez, all three of them will play at 50-60 SR in the first 25 overs and even beyond that...
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Just to be clear, I am not fan of any of the openers aka Shezad, Hafeez and Azhar. I would have loved if Inzi had pick Harris Sohail, who is better than all of them, but knowing Inzi, he would go for senior option first, plus Azhar and Hafeez are part of Misbah's gang, not to mention Azhar is most senior test batsman now, coach and selector would not have questioned much...

Selecting really slow openers do put pressure on Babar, now he has to anchor and hit boundaries too, that's little too much, end up suffering if target is steep...

If Pakistan had gone for Harris Sohail in WI series, it would have been much easier, he is coming to international cricket after long layoff and did not had any innings in PSL (that really made his case weak), otherwise selectors would have picked him for WI, if he had couple of 40/50 scores in PSL2...Not just PPers, think tank rate him highly.
 
This squad is a joke.

Azhar Ali - he is clearly a test batsmen. His strengths are his tempremeant and his ability to occupy the crease. I don't understand how you can expect him to change at 32 years old . It is unfair on him because he will get all the flak when he is being asked to do something he can't do.

Fahim Ashraf - this is a baffling selection. He hasn't played a game and he won't play a game in the tournament. Don't understand why Yamin wasn't selected when he performed in the Pakistan cup.

Wahab Riaz - in England he is going to be useless. He is not a pitch the ball fuller type bowler. I expect the likes of Ab and Kohli to take him apart. Far too inconsistent. No use investing in someone who is clearly on the decline.

Mohammad Hafeez - a player selected through his connections . Any movement of the pitch and he'll be back in the pavilion in no time LOL. Also at age 36 he isn't going to improve so another selection I don't agree with and don't understand. I have want Hafeez banished from all formats since 2013 yet he we are in 2017 and he's still going strong.

I am willing to give Fakhar a chance because he hasn't had much of a chance yet but I'm not too optimistic about him.

I understand the selection of Umar Akmal and Junaid Khan. The rest of the squad is fine.

Think we'll beat Sri Lanka but India and South Africa will beat us. Meaning an early exit for Pakistan which is a failure of a tournament.

Also done with Inzi. He's done enough to deserve being sacked.
 
yasir said:
Just to be clear, I am not fan of any of the openers aka Shezad, Hafeez and Azhar. I would have loved if Inzi had pick Harris Sohail, who is better than all of them, but knowing Inzi, he would go for senior option first,
plus Azhar and Hafeez are part of Misbah's gang, not to mention Azhar is most senior test batsman now, coach and selector would not have questioned much...
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Selecting really slow openers do put pressure on Babar, now he has to anchor and hit boundaries too, that's little too much, end up suffering if target is steep...

If Pakistan had gone for Harris Sohail in WI series, it would have been much easier, he is coming to international cricket after long layoff and did not had any innings in PSL (that really made his case weak), otherwise selectors would have picked him for WI,
if he had couple of 40/50 scores in PSL2...
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Not just PPers, think tank rate him highly.
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there you go, so please dont justify AA selection..done..

since when he did well in T20s in pak colours... and fyi he batted at no.5 where he is a no.3
 
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LOL, this CT squad is a sick joke and probably one of the worst squads ever selected for a big tournament.

Azhar Ali was dropped for one series and then he is back on what criterion?

How did Umar Akmal pass fitness test and lose all the belly fat?

Top performers of Pakistan cup like Fawad, Yamin, Haris, etc. were not selected.

Junaid Khan over Sohail Khan is another mind blowing selection. The latter is a better bowler and batsman.

This is below Haroon Rasheed level selection and Inzy, the revolutionary, should be fired ASAP.
 
Bilal7 said:
Honestly, some of these "fans" here are truly pathetic. Your favs weren't selected because they are either unfit, crooks or not considered good enough. Get over it and support the team. Or go watch baseball or something.

This is a good squad, would have loved to see Haris there, but Sarfaraz can be a very able #4 as well. This would be my team against India:

1) Mohammad Hafeez
2) Fakhar Zaman
3) Babar Azam
4) Sarfaraz Ahmed (c) (wk)
5) Shoaib Malik
6) Umar Akmal (would like to see him batting at 5)
7) Imad Wasim
8) Mohammad Amir
9) Wahab Riaz
10) Junaid Khan
11) Hassan Ali

12) Ahmed Shehzad (let him field for Junaid).
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Seems like a decent lineup on paper but that's only if you hope and pray Umar, Babar and Sarfraz have amazing tournaments. I'd be very surprised if we won one game.
 
WC-Passion said:
Seems like a decent lineup on paper but that's only if you hope and pray Umar, Babar and Sarfraz have amazing tournaments. I'd be very surprised if we won one game.
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Well, it is obvious that they will have to be at their best. No sporting team has won anything by being mediocre.
 
Bilal7 said:
Well, it is obvious that they will have to be at their best. No sporting team has won anything by being mediocre.
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Yes but we have no room for any limited play because are facing actual modern lineups and that's basically impossible for us with players like Shehzad, Azhar and Hafeez. Other teams can afford for a couple of their players to have mediocre tournaments because they have other reliable and consistent players to keep the team going, unlike Pakistan.
 
Azhar
Shehzad
Babar
Hafeez
Malik
Sarfaraz...

Teams are quaking in their spikes at the thought of Pakistani batters chalking up 340+ scores on a regular basis.

Hahahaha....ehehehehe....

Devolution Starts Today ...!
 
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:kakmal
 
Lol @ those posters who are thinking that Hafeez will open. Azhar has been brought in as a replacement for Kamran Akmal, straight swap. No other options. Unless we want Khurram Manzoor.
 
4.5 out of 10 for the squad from me.

Based on recent performance (both domestic Cup, PSL & WI) - 8 spots were already confirmed -
Sarfraz, Babar, Amir, Malik, MoHa, Imad, Shadab, Hasan. So, it was about 7 spots & combination.

For CT in UK - I would have added following 7 - Haris, Amin, Umar, Sohail, Yamin, Fakhar & a new ball pacer.

Among those 7, Inzi picked JK as the new ball pacer, which is question mark - JK had a horrible PAK Cup, besides, he might get into trouble in ICC event; Umar & Fakhar are there - while he didn't drop any of the 8 I thought to be automatic choices. So, in total 10 picks are OK with me.

I am not sure, how these 5 makes more sense -

Amin : Azhar Ali
Haris : Shehzad
Sohail : Wahab
Yamin : Fahim
*** : JK

So, he loses 4.5 points from perfect 10. Another half, for bringing back Azhar Ali, who 'll force Fakhar out of the starting XI & he didn't pick a single lefti, which makes a top 6 of right hander - loses another half.

So, 4.5; which to me is D (passed, because he didn't drop any performing player - just recycled with known failures, for the open spots.)
 
MMHS said:
4.5 out of 10 for the squad from me.

Based on recent performance (both domestic Cup, PSL & WI) - 8 spots were already confirmed -
Sarfraz, Babar, Amir, Malik, MoHa, Imad, Shadab, Hasan. So, it was about 7 spots & combination.

For CT in UK - I would have added following 7 - Haris, Amin, Umar, Sohail, Yamin, Fakhar & a new ball pacer.

Among those 7, Inzi picked JK as the new ball pacer, which is question mark - JK had a horrible PAK Cup, besides, he might get into trouble in ICC event; Umar & Fakhar are there - while he didn't drop any of the 8 I thought to be automatic choices. So, in total 10 picks are OK with me.

I am not sure, how these 5 makes more sense -

Amin : Azhar Ali
Haris : Shehzad
Sohail : Wahab
Yamin : Fahim
*** : JK

So, he loses 4.5 points from perfect 10. Another half, for bringing back Azhar Ali, who 'll force Fakhar out of the starting XI & he didn't pick a single lefti, which makes a top 6 of right hander - loses another half.

So, 4.5; which to me is D (passed, because he didn't drop any performing player - just recycled with known failures, for the open spots.)
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You are being generous bro...
 
Lol, Inzi is a legend. Thanks to him I've got to read some pretty funny posts in this thread :))

Squad reactions are always fun round here
 
Mind you I'm gonna stick to my opinion.

Azhar Ali is not as bad a player as he's made out to be.
 
Hamza_ said:
Have you compared his SR to likes of De Kock, Warner, Dhawan, Guptil and Even his own ex fatty partner Sharjeel :facepalm:
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Well duh, but anyone expecting Pakistan to have a De Kock a Warner or a Guptill with that domestic scene is gonna be disappointed.

Realistically as far as Pak openers go he's been alright
 
Donal Cozzie said:
Well duh, but anyone expecting Pakistan to have a De Kock a Warner or a Guptill with that domestic scene is gonna be disappointed.

Realistically as far as Pak openers go he's been alright
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There are performing players like Haris Sohail and Umar Amin.

If Akmal who gets fat by drinking water and Azhar were to be selected again then why drop them in first place?
 
Great to see no Umar Amin in the squad. Inzamam has learnt his lesson and won't be selecting domestic bullies and international TTFs on the basis on a good List 'A' tournament again.
 
Good squad except for the exciting opening combination that will put Gavaskar to shame
 
Bilal7 said:
Great to see no Umar Amin in the squad. Inzamam has learnt his lesson and won't be selecting domestic bullies and international TTFs on the basis on a good List 'A' tournament again.
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Wow. Just wow
 
Inzamam is a joke of a selector. He hasn't given us a single good squad yet.

Where are Haris? Yamin? Amin?
 
Other than Azhar I think the squad is decent.

Hafeez was never going to be dropped since he is a national treasure (@MMHS) whilst the likes of Babar, Shehzad, Malik and Sarfraz make it on merit.

Haris will be a big miss but we will have to tolerate Hafeez for now.

Umar Akmal is hit and miss but we could use his firepower down the order.

In the bowling - Wahab will always be inconsistent but we all know he atleast has one good spell in him per tournmanet so I hope he can perform at the crucial moment.

Junaid is also not bad of a selection - he is reasonably economical and can pick up a wicket or two. Definitely more consistent than Wahab so I can understand why he made it.

No question about the selection of Imad and Hassan.
 
Disappointing stuff from Inzi ... selecting Azhar again is just mind boggling. Retaining Wahab despite him being bad to below average is laughable.

Having a top 4 consisting of Azhar, Shehzad and Hafeez would be asking for disaster. About the only way to mitigate the inevitable, Sarfaraz needs to move to 4 while Hafeez opens with Shehzad. He is not going to sit after scoring in WI. This way we can at least avoid playing Azhar.

Sarfaraz being the best rotator of strike in the team will boost our middle overs batting and allow Babar and Malik to play more freely.

The best possible XI from the squad:

Fakhar/Hafeez
Shehzad
Babar
Sarfaraz
Malik
Umar
Imad
Shadab
Amir
Hasan
Junaid

But we know Hafeez will play instead of Fakhar because they will opt for 'experience' and cuz Prof scored against WI unfortunately. At least Azhar can be kept on the bench this way.

Haris, Yamin and Sohail Khan deserved selection but it is what it is. Out of our control. Anyway prepare for another 1st round exit from CT unless Babar, Sarf, Amir, Hasan, Imad and Shadab turn on some magic.

To be frank though, with some tactical genius and clutch play, we can advance to semis but it is a tall order right now because our openers are the weakest of the participating teams and our lower middle order is a bit volatile. AND Arthur will predictably not move Sarfaraz to #4.
 
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Hawkeye said:
Agree.

Badly needed Talat, Umar Akmal, and the likes.

Now we only have Umar. ONLY ONE batsman who can play against the pacers, loool! That too in England, where you have to score 330+ against pacers to be competitive.

Azhar, Malik, Sarfraz, Shehzad will score against the pacers in Inzi's opinion. :srini
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Your continued disrespect of Sarf is laughable ... he has no issues scoring against fast bowlers. He's the best rotator of strike in the team. And you don't need to hit boundaries like crazy to achieve a 300+ score. Just sensible strike rotation and odd boundary hitting which is what India does a LOT of.

Kohli doesn't hit tons of boundaries. He maintains a high SR with excellent strike rotation. Sarf is just fine. It's the others that are the problem: Hafeez, Azhar and Malik. Azhar shouldn't play in XI. We'll have to put up with Prof & Malik. The latter isn't as big of a liability though.
 
Also I don't get how some of you are still including Wahab in your playing XI ... just boggles the mind ... he's been pathetic for sometime now. Can we please move on from him?

Sohail Khan should be his replacement after CT for ODIs and T20s.
 
May god have mercy on pakistan and its state of affairs, even a selector like inzi cannot tead between the lines that pakistan needs merit players and not TTFs. Inzamam after all that hype and after waqar's blasting report, i was hoping that his appointment would bring about a positive change, but inzi has been as dissappointing as his predecessors. Azhar ali and ahmed shahzad will bring about the 80's cricket while hafeez will continue to play his selfish game. Wahab riaz a 30 plus bowler with his brains in his knees will continue to bowl no balls and brainless deliveries. I havent seen fahim ashraf or fakhar playing so wont be able to comment on that. Sohail khan the most decent bowler for pakistan in the last few months dropped just because he had an argument with azhar mahmood. honestly very dissappointed but then not surprised too. Umar akmal maybe was a requirement, he may not never fulfill his talent ever but atleast he could score 20-30 runs without consuming mamy balls. The top 3 batsmen will just play for themselves,
God bless pakistan
 
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Also I don't get how some of you are still including Wahab in your playing XI ... just boggles the mind ... he's been pathetic for sometime now. Can we please move on from him?

Sohail Khan should be his replacement after CT for ODIs and T20s.
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The only reason why most people want wahab to be in the team is because this is a tournament and we all know wahab turns up the heat in tournaments. Nobody would have cared about him had it been a bilateral series. Wrong way of thinking I know.
 
I don't know what you were all expecting, squad looks ok to me from the talent pool, glad to see no Sohail Tanvir and Rahat or Zulfi getting a free holiday to England this time, anyway time to get behind our team, we should be good for the semi's, Shadab will be a trump card, Amir, Wahab and Hassan Ali will be a handful on early summer seaming english conditions.
 
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Your continued disrespect of Sarf is laughable ... he has no issues scoring against fast bowlers. He's the best rotator of strike in the team. And you don't need to hit boundaries like crazy to achieve a 300+ score. Just sensible strike rotation and odd boundary hitting which is what India does a LOT of.

Kohli doesn't hit tons of boundaries. He maintains a high SR with excellent strike rotation. Sarf is just fine. It's the others that are the problem: Hafeez, Azhar and Malik. Azhar shouldn't play in XI. We'll have to put up with Prof & Malik. The latter isn't as big of a liability though.
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Read the post again. I said someone who can play pace with ease and also hit against pace.

Sarf can single and double against pace, yes. Don't do the blasphemy of comparing with Ind bats, especially Kohli. They can not only take single/doubles but also whack pace bowlers.

Come out of the sand where you've buried your heard. And I'll ask you by the end of CT how many 320-330+ scores we made with "single doubles".

We can probably afford one such bat so Sarf is fine, but we have no batsmen apart from Umar who can hit and whack pace bowlers.
 
Okay, Inzi made a few poor decisions such as the selection of Azhar Ali and Fahim Ashraf instead of Haris Sohail and Aamir Yameen but otherwise the squad pretty much picks itself. What else could he have done? Personally, I'd rather not have Wahab in the team either but really, do we have anyone who is any better? I'm hoping Wahab doesn't get to play too many games as it is.
 
People are Blaming Inzamam. As if we have tons of Saeed Anwar or Inzamam waiting in the domestic cricket to be given a chance.😆

Inzamam Chachu. Have to go with what he has or he believes that has some talent. Unfortunately Inzi being a selector is a wrong job for him. He should have been batting Coach at Under 19 level. Someone like Waqar Younis would have been good selector.

I am sorry guys but we have to wait for inzi to be sacked before we can finally get a selector who can honestly wants to build a new team for the future. For that Sarfraz Ahmed need to raise his bars and his performance to such a level. That he can demand to drop hafeez, shahzad, and wahab riaz for goods.
 
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Your pestering in every other thread is getting quite annoying. I suggest you add something of value and not make these irrelevant comments. Don't agree with what I have to say? Make a counter post and if you're not capable of that, simply move on.
 
On Game on Hai show last night, Rashid Latif mentioned that if you ask Inzi he says these are Mickey's selections. If you ask Mickey he says its the boards selections. If you ask the board they say it is the captain's selections.


Something tells me Mickey is behind these awful selections. He never was a competent coach and is well on his way to ruining our already mediocre side.

All the panelists were in agreement that the only reason Sohail isn't in the squad in the place of Junaid/Wahab is because Mickey has a personal agenda against him.
 
Umar Akmal could still be tested as an opener with Azhar Ali.

Babar as one down

Sarfraz, Malik, Hafeez will make up the middle order

Shadab and Imad can come as lower order hitters

Aamir, Hasan and Wahab/Junaid can be the pace trio


Bad squad yes, but not that bad if you do a few permutations and combinations.
 
Umar Akmal could still be tested as an opener with Azhar Ali.

Babar as one down

Sarfraz, Malik, Hafeez will make up the middle order

Shadab and Imad can come as lower order hitters

Aamir, Hasan and Wahab/Junaid can be the pace trio


Bad squad yes, but not that bad if you do a few permutations and combinations.

That way, you have three pacers (left and right arm, all who can bowl around 140kph), two who can bowl at the death. Hafeez is an offie - good against lefties, Shadab the leggie, and Imad slow left arm.
 
Azhar is a outclass player and we hope he will perform InshALLAH in the champions trophy otherwise he should be declared unfit for all formats.
 
He knows his in and out more than any one else if he does not perform well it means he knew it he should've refused this offer to play if he is genuine that is why he should be barred to play all formats my dear friend.
 
I hope he fails so we can get rid of him. He can't dominate any bowler like Misbah he has no presence. He keeps occupying the crease and wasting balls. The sooner we get rid of him the better.
 
Do you guys really think this team can chase 350 regularly? English wickets are very flat these days ideal for stroke makers.

Oh Inzi you also are stuck in the 90's. Someone like Kamran Akmal would have been a lot better in the UK than the WI as he is a stroke maker. This chopping and changing will only destroy Azhar Ali's confidence further.

Inzi would have been an amazing batting coach. But is being wasted now as a selector. Oh PCB you peepz are something else.
 
Logically, with Kamran being selected for the West Indies ODI tour he should have been retained for the CT squad. Makes no sense to bring him for the tour beforehand just to oust him entirely.
 
Did we made a mistake by not selecting Rumman Raees as a bowler for CT? - He is pretty smart, has very good economy, bowls well in death...I am liking his development as a bowler in last year or so, was very impressive in PSL, he has added more pace, yorkers has gotten more accurate and lethal....
 
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Did we made a mistake by not selecting Rumman Raees as a bowler for CT? - He is pretty smart, has very good economy, bowls well in death...I am liking his development as a bowler in last year or so, was very impressive in PSL, he has added more pace, yorkers has gotten more accurate and lethal....
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He made such a good debut. Why has he been dropped?
 
Syed1 said:
I don't think he was in the ODI squad to begin with. He was in the T20 side.
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He has some very good List A stats though. 64 wickets @25 with ER of 4.77 yet he hardly played this tournament.
 
Good to see both my favorite Pakistani players in the squad (Shezzy Boii and Akmal) if only Afridi was also in the squad would have been a perfect team.
 
Some of the reactions here’s are downright hilarious :))

I guess we cant ever be satisfied with any squad picked but poor Inzi got a lot of flak from posters (including myself) for picking a winning squad lol
 
Although technically Akmal going out for Haris, and Wahab for Rumman strengthened the squad that was originally announced, and Shehzad was a poor pick as well.
 
Ahson8 said:
Although technically Akmal going out for Haris, and Wahab for Rumman strengthened the squad that was originally announced, and Shehzad was a poor pick as well.
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The squad selection was ok at best. Our team just became a juggernaut after the first game. Now all the credit will go to Inzi, Mickey and Sarfi but in fact it should be equally shared between all the players (except Wahab and Shehzad).
 
hahahaha
this squad is a joke
we can beat sri lanka but India and south africa will beat us meaning an early exit
wow iam totally impressed by predictions of our arm chair critics
 
Let's be realistic. Fans didnt complain the entire squad is rubbish, from the initial squad and from the 11 in first match the changes were

Wahab out - Junaid Khan in
Shehzad out - Fakhar in - Master stroke, no one expected this change just after game 1 , good that it was against INDIA

Though UA kicked out and Haris was in, didnt get a game..Just three changes to the squad and 2 changes to the 11 was enough to be champions...

Fans do suggest the same... Fans wanted to remove Shehzad, AA, Hafeez and Wahab and replace them with performers from Pak cup which was Haris, Umar Amin, yamin and sohail khan...

AA surprised all of us scoring faster than expected, Hafeez was hafeez except the knock in the final...
 
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Arham_PakFan said:
LOL what a thread :))).

Inzi,Mickey and Sarfraz being criticized left,right and center .
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Had they continued to play all the 4 that fans want to kick out which was AA, Hafeez, Shehzad and Wahab. I dont think they would have made it to the knock out stage. And this thread would be live and kicking asking for Inzi and MA heads to roll. What do u think.
 
ask_analyse_act said:
Had they continued to play all the 4 that fans want to kick out which was AA, Hafeez, Shehzad and Wahab. I dont think they would have made it to the knock out stage. And this thread would be live and kicking asking for Inzi and MA heads to roll. What do u think.
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Shehzad and Wahab were useless.Hafeez bowled well vs SA and did ok against England and played well vs India.Azhar was critical in our trophy win.
 
Arham_PakFan said:
LOL what a thread :))).

Inzi,Mickey and Sarfraz being criticized left,right and center .
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To be fair, selections of Azhar, shehzad and akmal were highly questionable and thats what most people were complaining about and rightly so because these guys were always going to be in the first 11.

I personally complained about Inzi not picking Yamin in place of Faheem but i have admitted that Faheem has also proven to be a good investment.
 
MMHS said:
4.5 out of 10 for the squad from me.

Based on recent performance (both domestic Cup, PSL & WI) - 8 spots were already confirmed -
Sarfraz, Babar, Amir, Malik, MoHa, Imad, Shadab, Hasan. So, it was about 7 spots & combination.

For CT in UK - I would have added following 7 - Haris, Amin, Umar, Sohail, Yamin, Fakhar & a new ball pacer.

Among those 7, Inzi picked JK as the new ball pacer, which is question mark - JK had a horrible PAK Cup, besides, he might get into trouble in ICC event; Umar & Fakhar are there - while he didn't drop any of the 8 I thought to be automatic choices. So, in total 10 picks are OK with me.

I am not sure, how these 5 makes more sense -

Amin : Azhar Ali
Haris : Shehzad
Sohail : Wahab
Yamin : Fahim
*** : JK

So, he loses 4.5 points from perfect 10. Another half, for bringing back Azhar Ali, who 'll force Fakhar out of the starting XI & he didn't pick a single lefti, which makes a top 6 of right hander - loses another half.

So, 4.5; which to me is D (passed, because he didn't drop any performing player - just recycled with known failures, for the open spots.)
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PP Experts summed up in a nutshell. :salute
 
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