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Do we need a complete T20 reset after this World Cup?

If you reset a Nokia 8810 it will turn back on as 8810. It won't turn into iPhone.

You need to realize these are pretty much all our best players in the country going by PSL, leagues, etc. Yes one can argue about 1 or 2 on their age, strike rate, etc but even then there is no ishan kishan, or Harry brook that is sitting out of team.

Also, I honestly feel this team did improve over last year. They did better than Asia cup. They have been doing more six hitting. Plenty of good spin options. Fielding has improved. Beat Australia at home 3 0.

For a team that was not able to qualify to next round for 4 years and attributed as minnows, they made it to 2nd round.

If you think resetting this team by another 6 or 11 players from A team or domestic will make this a top 4 team, we are fooling ourselves.

Go through PSL, add in couple more top performers and do continuous improvement to try and be bit more consistent and go from 8th to 7th to 5th rank, etc.

On the side prioritize attention to long term items like quality of domestic, more focused coaching on top talent / A team, maybe foreign specialist coaching for batting in particular, removing nepotism, etc that could bear fruit in 2 to 3 years for all formats.

Meanwhile, enjoy it as fun cricket and dont do any major surgery or reset or recycle as in the end you will get same or even worse quality players in the side.
 
If you reset a Nokia 8810 it will turn back on as 8810. It won't turn into iPhone.

You need to realize these are pretty much all our best players in the country going by PSL, leagues, etc. Yes one can argue about 1 or 2 on their age, strike rate, etc but even then there is no ishan kishan, or Harry brook that is sitting out of team.

Also, I honestly feel this team did improve over last year. They did better than Asia cup. They have been doing more six hitting. Plenty of good spin options. Fielding has improved. Beat Australia at home 3 0.

For a team that was not able to qualify to next round for 4 years and attributed as minnows, they made it to 2nd round.

If you think resetting this team by another 6 or 11 players from A team or domestic will make this a top 4 team, we are fooling ourselves.

Go through PSL, add in couple more top performers and do continuous improvement to try and be bit more consistent and go from 8th to 7th to 5th rank, etc.

On the side prioritize attention to long term items like quality of domestic, more focused coaching on top talent / A team, maybe foreign specialist coaching for batting in particular, removing nepotism, etc that could bear fruit in 2 to 3 years for all formats.

Meanwhile, enjoy it as fun cricket and dont do any major surgery or reset or recycle as in the end you will get same or even worse quality players in the side.
thisssss
 
Farhan needs to be told that he needs to up his SR vs big sides. he strikes at 115 at a crap average vs SENA and India. Ideally this should be our team going forward:

1/Farhan
2/Babar
3/Fakhar
4/Nafay
5/Ayub
6/Rizwan
7/Nawaz
8/Naseem
9/SSA
10/Abrar/Faheem
11/Usman Tariq
 
Farhan needs to be told that he needs to up his SR vs big sides. he strikes at 115 at a crap average vs SENA and India. Ideally this should be our team going forward:

1/Farhan
2/Babar
3/Fakhar
4/Nafay
5/Ayub
6/Rizwan
7/Nawaz
8/Naseem
9/SSA
10/Abrar/Faheem
11/Usman Tariq
Lol at babar and rizwan.
 
I have supported Rizwan a lot but I think he is done for T20 format and same goes for Babar

They both should focus on odi and tests
Babar should take a break and probably go to Steve smith and learn how to bat again. His form, fitness, mentality all has been minced and the coach hasn't helped. He can then do a season of domestic and play some county find some form and think of a comeback in ODIs. Surely by then saim ayub will have played 50 more t20s AVG 12 at a strike rate of 150.
 
There’s a particular ache that only a Pakistani cricket fan understands.

Every time there is a world tournament, we are either miraculously making the spots or we are having our backs against the wall to either almost Mae or or almost not make it. There’s never a drama less tournament for us.

This ICC Men’s T20 World Cup exit hurts in a strangely familiar way. We beat Sri Lanka in a high scoring thriller we controlled all the way, we fought, we spark hope, we lift our heads… and then destiny pulls the chair away just when we’re about to sit.

It’s never simple with Pakistan. Never comfortable. Never clinical.

Other teams book their tickets early. They stroll into semifinals like passengers with confirmed seats.

We however always have to sprint to the platform while the train is already moving.

Being a Pakistani cricket fan is like loving a storm.

Some days it’s lightning, poetry, chaos that somehow becomes magic. On our day, we can beat anyone. Australia, India, England, doesn’t matter. We play cricket that feels alive, rebellious, cinematic.

But consistency? That quiet, boring, ruthless professionalism? It slips through our fingers like sand. We don’t dominate tournaments. We just survive them.

We never qualify early.We calculate net run rates at midnight like mathematicians in panic mode. We’re always waiting for miracles, other teams to lose, rain equations, last-ball drama.

Why must our fate always depend on “if this happens” and “if that result goes our way”? Why can’t we just walk in like kings who earned the throne?


Pakistan cricket has never been a straight highway. It’s a mountain road. Sharp turns. Fog. Sudden cliffs. Then suddenly a breathtaking view that makes you forget the fear.

But tournaments reward discipline more than drama. And that’s where we keep falling short. We arrive late to our own party, always we do that. Every. Single. Time.

Despite all this… we still show up. We still believe. Because somewhere in our memory lives 1992. 2009. 2017. Moments when chaos became destiny. Moments when “almost” turned into “unforgettable.”
 
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