Thank you for admitting he's an average player. Exactly my point. It's a myth he's mentally strong. We are yet to see it. Just because he won a few games don't make you mentally strong. He went missing on quite a number of occasions on international level and the only game he actually finished was against Afghanistan.
When I say “average”, I’m also being humble because unlike you I don’t overhype every other Pakistani all-rounder, like the way you used to do with Nawaz. But the main lesson for you here is, learn not to take everything literally.
In Pakistan cricket, name me 3 x players who are mentally tougher than Imad Wasim? To give you a head start, neither Babar nor Rizwan are better than him in this regard.
I’m also still waiting for a full response to my list of his accomplishments. Getting scared are we?
You assume wrong, I’m not basing my assessment of his mental attributes merely on a handful of games.
If you revisit what he’s achieved in his career, you’ll see that he’s punched above his weight. Any player who can do that has to have a remarkable mental fortitude in themselves.
Imad has been praised by many commentators for keeping a cool head under pressure.
Imad has played 1 t20 WC where he was comfortably out played by shadab. It's not even close.
They also played 1 50wc where again shadab comfortably outplayed him. Imad averaged nearly 100 with the ball!!
Shadab is rubbish too don't get me wrong and doesn't deserve a spot in the odi team like Imad but for t20 he's better than Imad. In 2 t20 wc's hes played he's been one of our best performers in both of them. The problem is you watch the games where Imad performs and completely ignore the fact that he was one of the worst players in this PSL before the last couple of games.
Shadab has far more runs than him and more wickets though Imad has better economy. You are just basing it on the last couple of games.
If we are to compare the two as T20 cricketers, you cannot draw conclusions just from one tournament. After looking at the stats, you can’t really distinguish between the two.
But more importantly, Imad was sidelined by Babar in the last few years. All because he didn’t want anything to do with his lame clique. Imad was in the form of his life with the bat during last year’s PSL. His batting and calmness was sorely missed during the 2023 WC. In this tournament, Babar got what he deserved after the way he treated him.
This is evident by his batting performances against the top sides and his economy rate. But for someone who has vouched for Nawaz over Imad in the post, according to multiple posters, your judgment clearly cannot be trusted.
As white ball cricketers overall, Imad is significantly superior to Shadab. A number of Indian posters pointed this out after the second eliminator. The reason why I would take heed to what they say if I was you is because they’re more impartial compared to us Pakistanis on this matter.
Let the outcome of ISLU’s last 3 x matches be a lesson, to give up on your bashing of Imad and let this toxic agenda of yours slide. Maybe when you stops, you’ll finally be off the restricted list as well.
You're doing a great job driving conversations forward
