Bas kar dei bhai, infinite trolling lol
Not really. He is probably on par with Taufeeq Umar and Pakistan has had better Test openers then Taufeeq. Azhar Ali recently was one of the better ones as an opener.
In tests?
He is miles ahead because he had the sincerity to want to play Test cricket
I know that and do understand your point of view, but in the end results matter.
Pakistan have better bench fast bowlers than these names.Both of them can't makes eleven.
Even in ODIs, Shakib is way ahead of Afridi. Unless ur all time XI plans to play bilateral series with Bangladesh XI or Lanka in Asia, i don't see any expert will have Afridi over Shakib. Shakib scored more runs in 3 successive ODI matches in one WC in Eng than the total number of runs Afridi scored in 5 WCs. Its laughable to suggest Afridi over Shakib.
Recency bias. When considering all time XI, one should not decide by one match, or give more weight to the recent performance.
If we talk about allrounder ability - Afridi is one of my all time fav player but he was always a 'what if' type of player with the bat. Where as Shakib is a consistent performer in both department over a decade hence he held that top allrorunder tag for a long time. If one had to choose between the two, it would always be Shakib.
Rizwan when you have Mushfiqur?
Abdullah should open considering he has the same amount of away test hundreds as Babar as well as a double hundred
Being a fan =/= being delusional.
Afridi was beyond stats
Afridi is a one hit wonder. Yes his peak is > Shakib but their comparisons don't make sense, Shakib most of his life has been a middle order batter and bowler with comparisons mostly being with people like hafeez, malik, Maxwell and other. (PS: not saying he's Maxwell level lol, just saying that this is his category)
You think Rohit Sharma can consistently do what kohli could in his prime and be given the mantra of India's greatest chaser?
Any person would pick afridi > Shakib ofcourse. No question.
Rizwan kya kar raha idhir? Oh bhaiAnwar
Hanif
Javed
Inzi
YK
IK
Rizwan
Waz
Vicky
Shobby
Mushtaq
12th man
I know you and brother Rana don't rate him but I think he's the best wk/bat in long formats for PAK
This is a combined 11 bhai, Mushfikar rahim keeper nahi tha?
Like you said, different comparison. One bite balls vs other showed balls on live tv.
Ijaz Ahmed should be on here. Dude averaged 50+ overseas againat Australia, India and WI amd was aggressive as heck.
and to counter shakib i will pick Tamim in oppsite side lol
From where did you get these stats?
Pakistan No. 3 Ijaz Ahmed, ungainly, with a closed-off stance and a bottom-hand-heavy technique, did not win any batting beauty contests in his time. There was no doubting his calibre as a player, though: he made 12 Test hundreds and averaged a little under 40 overall; in his matches, against West Indies, Australia and England, that number went up to 50 or thereabouts.
Saleem Malik had better records and was a better test batsman than Ijaz Ahmed. The axeman was better at ODIs.
I forward saleem Malik as well.
As a growing kid, I feared Ijaz Ahmed the most, over other illustrious names. I will not put him down.
Ijaz is extremely underrated and doesn't get mentioned alot. Mainly because he just like fakhar Kiwi zaman only switches on against certain teams.
Your previous post has a different thing mentioned
My bad, should have clarified if you misunderstood anything
You missed a high class historic series with scintillating action. Bold declaration, Collapses, high impact fast bowling, bazball attempts, and stoic heroism from Luton. I think it could go down as an ATG series.
I'd love to put together a command 11t.
