Flops XI of World Cup 2023

[Ab Fan]

Temba Bavuma(c)
Johnny Bairstow
Joe Root
Babar Azam
Jos Buttler (wkt)
Liam Livingstone
Shadab Khan
Mitchell Starc
Mark Wood
Haris Rauf
Mahesh Theekshana

No surprises, it's the team filled with England and Pakistani players as both the nations have played downright pathetic cricket.

Discuss!

 

[Bhaijaan]

Gill has to be up there

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Temba Bavuma(c)
Johnny Bairstow
Joe Root
Babar Azam
Jos Buttler (wkt)
Liam Livingstone
Shadab Khan
Mitchell Starc
Mark Wood
Haris Rauf
Mahesh Theekshana

No surprises, it's the team filled with England and Pakistani players as both the nations have played downright pathetic cricket.

Discuss!

I would make Babar Azam captain here as he flopped big time in captaincy and leadership as well.

 

[Ab Fan]

Gill has to be up there

Gill has to fail more to be up there.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Gill has to fail more to be up there.

He’s a Bharatiya.

An average below 40 is massive failure

Let’s not forget that he’s playing ahead Dhawan, Kishan

 

[jnaveen1980]

Gill has to be up there

Why? He missed 2 or 3 matches upfront. Took a while. So i won't be harsh on him.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bavuma helped SA by getting out early lol SO he didn't hurt them big

 

[Hitman]

Why? He missed 2 or 3 matches upfront. Took a while. So i won't be harsh on him.

I'll wait and see what he does in the 3 remaining matches. If he fails, he'll be the biggest flop of the tournament.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Temba Bavuma(c)
Johnny Bairstow
Joe Root
Babar Azam
Jos Buttler (wkt)
Liam Livingstone
Shadab Khan
Mitchell Starc
Mark Wood
Haris Rauf
Mahesh Theekshana

No surprises, it's the team filled with England and Pakistani players as both the nations have played downright pathetic cricket.

Discuss!

Bobby averages 40 in the World Cup. Not exactly failing .

I would add Mushfiqur Rahim. Pathetic failure despite all his experience and so called ability

 

[pillionrider]

I'd put Stokes here. Some meaningless knocks don't make up for a terrible WC that was hyped around his return.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I'd put Stokes here. Some meaningless knocks don't make up for a terrible WC that was hyped around his return.

He is alright. He came out of retirement. Did better than what the regulars could do. Buttler was unreognizable in this world cup. Moeen was average too.

 

[Ab Fan]

Bavuma helped SA by getting out early lol SO he didn't hurt them big

Bavuma after getting set can score runs at good strike rate too. He has career strike rate of 89. His problem is he has failed in all games.

 

[Farabi]

Bobby averages 40 in the World Cup. Not exactly failing .

I would add Mushfiqur Rahim. Pathetic failure despite all his experience and so called ability

Smith, Lab, Starc, Cummins,
Imam. Babar, Rauf, Shadab, Gill, Bavuma , Bairstow, Butler, Bairstow, Root, Wood, Stokes

 

[dravidthewall]

Bavuma
Kushal Parera
Babar(C)
Root
Mustafique Rahim(wk)
James Neesham
Mohamed Nawaz
Shadab khan
Mahesh pathirana
Mahesh theekshana
Harish Rauf

 

[Swashbuckler]

Imam should be there. If Gill doesn't improve he too will take an opening spot, he has been terrible thus far.

 

[Suleiman]

This team on its day can actually WIN the WC.

Watch out.

 

[sindhiboy]

Mujeeb??
Has been terrible this tournament

 

[topspin]

Swap Bavuma for Imam. Make Babar the captain of this flop XI because he has been by far the worst captain in this tournament.

 

[hassan918]

Temba Bavuma(c)
Johnny Bairstow
Joe Root
Babar Azam
Jos Buttler (wkt)
Liam Livingstone
Shadab Khan
Mitchell Starc
Mark Wood
Haris Rauf
Mahesh Theekshana

No surprises, it's the team filled with England and Pakistani players as both the nations have played downright pathetic cricket.

Discuss!

Bavuma doesn't deserve to be in this, his team is in the semi-finals.

 

[Rana]

1. Imam ul Haq
2. Jonny Bairstow
3. Babar Azam
4. Mohammad Rizwan (c)
5. Iftikhar Ahmed
6. Shakib Al Hassan
7. Shadab Khan
8. Mohammad Nawaz
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Harris Rauf
11. Mark Wood

My captain is Mohammad Rizwan for pulling all the strings behind the scenes and for making demands on national TV to bat at number 4. He is the architect of this MONUMENTAL failure Pakistan has suffered due to a span of dirty politics centred around him in the past 4 years.

 

[mominsaigol]

1. Imam ul Haq
2. Jonny Bairstow
3. Babar Azam
4. Mohammad Rizwan (c)
5. Iftikhar Ahmed
6. Shakib Al Hassan
7. Shadab Khan
8. Mohammad Nawaz
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Harris Rauf
11. Mark Wood

My captain is Mohammad Rizwan for pulling all the strings behind the scenes and for making demands on national TV to bat at number 4. He is the architect of this MONUMENTAL failure Pakistan has suffered due to a span of dirty politics centred around him in the past 4 years.

Damn, you really managed to make the worst 11 of the world cup? Good job

 

[Cricket Warrior]

1. Imam ul Haq
2. Jonny Bairstow
3. Babar Azam
4. Mohammad Rizwan (c)
5. Iftikhar Ahmed
6. Shakib Al Hassan
7. Shadab Khan
8. Mohammad Nawaz
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Harris Rauf
11. Mark Wood

My captain is Mohammad Rizwan for pulling all the strings behind the scenes and for making demands on national TV to bat at number 4. He is the architect of this MONUMENTAL failure Pakistan has suffered due to a span of dirty politics centred around him in the past 4 years.

As a captain u can consider babar as a flop but not as a batsman i guess.

He played with the average of 40 in this WC which i good enough.

 

[mominsaigol]

@topspin What do you think of mine?

1) Bavuma
2) Imam ul haq
3) Shanto
4) T hridoy
5) Shakib ul hasan (Shocking from him)
6) Josh Inglis (WK)
7) Shadab Khan
8) Mohammad Nawaz
9) Ish Sodhi
10) Haris Rauf
11) Logan Van Beek

^^ Butler, Bairstow, Brooks have been poor but im scared of them if they perform, imam and bavuma is never performing so all good.

 

[gazza619]

Don't waste time. Just take the Pakistani XI as the flop XI of the tournament.

 

[mominsaigol]

Don't waste time. Just take the Pakistani XI as the flop XI of the tournament.

Tbf, Fakhar came good like he always does lol

 

[giri26]

Imam should be there. If Gill doesn't improve he too will take an opening spot, he has been terrible thus far.

Gill has been a failure to be frank for all the hype around him at the start of the WC. An average of 38 with fifties only against Bangladesh, SL and Netherlands, he has been the biggest disappointment. He has couple of games to rectify that if India reach the finals. If he does not then yeah he is a flop too.

 

[topspin]

@topspin What do you think of mine?

1) Bavuma
2) Imam ul haq
3) Shanto
4) T hridoy
5) Shakib ul hasan (Shocking from him)
6) Josh Inglis (WK)
7) Shadab Khan
8) Mohammad Nawaz
9) Ish Sodhi
10) Haris Rauf
11) Logan Van Beek

^^ Butler, Bairstow, Brooks have been poor but im scared of them if they perform, imam and bavuma is never performing so all good.

Almost perfect. The other name I would add is Moeen Ali. He's been shocking for England and had no right to be in the World Cup squad.

 

[Suleiman]

1. Imam ul Haq
2. Jonny Bairstow
3. Babar Azam
4. Mohammad Rizwan (c)
5. Iftikhar Ahmed
6. Shakib Al Hassan
7. Shadab Khan
8. Mohammad Nawaz
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Harris Rauf
11. Mark Wood

My captain is Mohammad Rizwan for pulling all the strings behind the scenes and for making demands on national TV to bat at number 4. He is the architect of this MONUMENTAL failure Pakistan has suffered due to a span of dirty politics centred around him in the past 4 years.

Wow… 8/11 members being Pakistani is wild… shows how pathetic we were.

1 win Vs all the top 4-5 sides… with a loss to baby brothers Afghanistan to boot.

 

[Rana]

Wow… 8/11 members being Pakistani is wild… shows how pathetic we were.

1 win Vs all the top 4-5 sides… with a loss to baby brothers Afghanistan to boot.

If you are ranked number 1

If your players make statements like “we believe we are the true number 1s”

When your players make statements like “if XYZ bowler bowled in the warm ups, we wouldn’t have lost this badly”

When your captain openly says “I will answer everyone’s questions in the stadium”

When your captain laughs at journalists who question him about his poor spin bowling stocks, and his batsmen’s inability to play spin

When your captain says that “semi final is a small goal, we are looking to play the final”


And then you lose to India, Australia, Afghanistan, South Africa and England…plus maybe should have lost to NZ and barely escaped defeat against Sri Lanka…


The whole squad should be the GOAT FLOP squad in the history of sports!

 

[Rana]

Almost perfect. The other name I would add is Moeen Ali. He's been shocking for England and had no right to be in the World Cup squad.

Moeen is forgiven for that beauty he bowled to Rizwan.

SubhanAllah. That was such a gorgeous wicket

 

[Vikram1989]

Almost perfect. The other name I would add is Moeen Ali. He's been shocking for England and had no right to be in the World Cup squad.

Other than the ball against Rizwan, he did nothing

 

[topspin]

Moeen is forgiven for that beauty he bowled to Rizwan.

SubhanAllah. That was such a gorgeous wicket

Yes, I want to see that Youtube video again. It was good to watch.

 

[Vikram1989]

Yes, I want to see that Youtube video again. It was good to watch.

Am not sure u followed which commentary.

Germanos,Lady UK commentator went on saying "Rizwan was supposed to move on but he is unable to move.What sn Irony"

 

[sweep_shot]

2023 World Cup Flop XI:

Bavuma (c)
Gill
Babar
Smith
Shakib
Butler (wk)
Nawaz
Moeen
Wood
Starc
Southee
Rauf (12th man).

 

[JaDed]

2023 World Cup Flop XI:

Bavuma (c)
Gill
Babar
Smith
Shakib
Butler (wk)
Nawaz
Moeen
Wood
Starc
Southee
Rauf (12th man).

Shadab for all the talk deserves to be there.
Also Southee was never expected to do well in India..

 

[sweep_shot]

Shadab for all the talk deserves to be there.
Also Southee was never expected to do well in India..

Southee has IPL experience. Also, an experienced veteran who has played in India many times. Should've done better.

Nawaz did worse than Shadab. So, I picked him over Shadab.

 

[mominsaigol]

Yes, I want to see that Youtube video again. It was good to watch.

That wicket doesn't even make sense.

Rizwan apparently pulled his hamstring by pushing his hamstring and randomly kicking the air

By wicket I mean rizwan, not moeen Ali bowling

 

[Ab Fan]

Don't waste time. Just take the Pakistani XI as the flop XI of the tournament.

Pakistan is not the only team that failed to produce results as per expectation.

 

[topspin]

That wicket doesn't even make sense.

Rizwan apparently pulled his hamstring by pushing his hamstring and randomly kicking the air

By wicket I mean rizwan, not moeen Ali bowling

Yeah the acting was embarrassing and cringeworthy.

I think he needs to realise that everyone sees him as an actor on the pitch.

I don’t get what’s in his head. I doubt the Tableeghi Jamat would approve of this.

 

[gazza619]

Pakistan is not the only team that failed to produce results as per expectation.

There is a slight difference though my friend. England & SL produced poor results because the players flopped.

Pakistan produced a poor result because we picked flopped average players to start with.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Temba Bavuma(c)
Johnny Bairstow
Joe Root
Babar Azam
Jos Buttler (wkt)
Liam Livingstone
Shadab Khan
Mitchell Starc
Mark Wood
Haris Rauf
Mahesh Theekshana

No surprises, it's the team filled with England and Pakistani players as both the nations have played downright pathetic cricket.

Discuss!

Bavuma and Starc can produce great performances in the SF/F then they will have to be removed from this XI. You should have waited for the tournament to end to make this XI.

 

[RyanRyan10]

There is a slight difference though my friend. England & SL produced poor results because the players flopped.

Pakistan produced a poor result because we picked flopped average players to start with.

On paper, Pakistan team looked stronger than Sri Lanka

 

[topspin]

Imam should be there. If Gill doesn't improve he too will take an opening spot, he has been terrible thus far.

Indeed he averaged 27 in this tournament.

 

[Ab Fan]

I stick with my selection of 10 players in this side. Let's see if I can have someone in place of Starc.

Bavuma remains the perennial captain of this side.

 

[hassan918]

Imam should be there. If Gill doesn't improve he too will take an opening spot, he has been terrible thus far.

Gill after his innings against New Zealand in the semi-final would surely be not an option now.

 

[deltexas]

No matter who makes this 11 list but the unanimous consensus seems to be that Bavuma should be the undisputed captain of this team !

 

[mominsaigol]

Indeed he averaged 27 in this tournament.

He'd be averaging lower if it wasn't the worst match losing 70 I have ever seen in my life he played against I believe nedtherlands.

I forgot the team he played it against. I forgot if it was nedtherlands or some other

 

[Tintin]

For me, that will be Babar coming from one of his fan.
Second will be Gill as expected from from him this World Cup but hoping he will prove me wrong during the finals.

 

[Ab Fan]

For me, that will be Babar coming from one of his fan.
Second will be Gill as expected from from him this World Cup but hoping he will prove me wrong during the finals.

You guys would probably love to fill this XI with all the Desi players

 

[Devadwal]

2023 World Cup Flop XI:

Bavuma (c)
Gill
Babar
Smith
Shakib
Butler (wk)
Nawaz
Moeen
Wood
Starc
Southee
Rauf (12th man).

Gill is flops? Guys has Play great innings in semifinal .

 

[asfandyar]

Temba Bavuma(c)
Johnny Bairstow
Joe Root
Babar Azam
Jos Buttler (wkt)
Liam Livingstone
Shadab Khan
Mitchell Starc
Mark Wood
Haris Rauf
Mahesh Theekshana

No surprises, it's the team filled with England and Pakistani players as both the nations have played downright pathetic cricket.

Discuss!

Flop means the players were a hit before the tournament. Replace always-mediocre Shadab Khan with Rashid Khan, never-really-fired Wood with Siraj, who's-this-guy Theekshana with Mujeeb, Rana-Faheem Livingstone with Suryakumar Yadav.

 

[sweep_shot]

Gill is flops? Guys has Play great innings in semifinal .

By Gill's own standard, he flopped in this tournament.

 

[Ab Fan]

Flop means the players were a hit before the tournament. Replace always-mediocre Shadab Khan with Rashid Khan, never-really-fired Wood with Siraj, who's-this-guy Theekshana with Mujeeb, Rana-Faheem Livingstone with Suryakumar Yadav.

Flop means flop players who are big names and supposed to do well. Based on your posts, it seems you only felt Asian players were hit.

Wood is a bigger superstar than Siraj. Siraj is a young lad who had good start to his ODI career but he wasn't expected to run riots or be the leading wicket taker. The main man was always Bumrah who did well enough to disqualify himself from this list.

Theekshana did worse than Mujeeb. Both are same level names.

Rashid is a great T20 bowler, not ODIs though and playing for minnows usually won't help your case. He has contributions too.

Surya is all hype in T20s, not ODIs. Livingstone was actually real hype and he bombed.

 

[Ab Fan]

By Gill's own standard, he flopped in this tournament.

No, he didn't flopped. That's double standard actually. Setting high expectations and not achieving that is not flopping.

Actually by your logic, Shaheen is a flop too. But you won't mention him due to obvious bias.

 

[Ab Fan]

I still stand with the same team and the only change could be to replace Starc with someone else.

Flop means flop players who are big names and supposed to do well. Based on your posts, it seems you only felt Asian players were hit.

Wood is a bigger superstar than Siraj. Siraj is a young lad who had good start to his ODI career but he wasn't expected to run riots or be the leading wicket taker. The main man was always Bumrah who did well enough to disqualify himself from this list.

Theekshana did worse than Mujeeb. Both are same level names.

Rashid is a great T20 bowler, not ODIs though and playing for minnows usually won't help your case. He has contributions too. His economy is good by the way.

Surya is all hype in T20s, not ODIs. Livingstone was actually real hype and he bombed.

Edited.

 

[asfandyar]

Flop means flop players who are big names and supposed to do well. Based on your posts, it seems you only felt Asian players were hit.

Wood is a bigger superstar than Siraj. Siraj is a young lad who had good start to his ODI career but he wasn't expected to run riots or be the leading wicket taker. The main man was always Bumrah who did well enough to disqualify himself from this list.

Theekshana did worse than Mujeeb. Both are same level names.

Rashid is a great T20 bowler, not ODIs though and playing for minnows usually won't help your case. He has contributions too.

Surya is all hype in T20s, not ODIs. Livingstone was actually real hype and he bombed.

Rashid is ranked 8th in ODIs, Siraj 2nd, Mujeeb 13th, Theekshana 16th. Agree with your point on SKY, but like Livingstone, he also has hype behind him, not numbers.

 

[Sunzi]

Gill flopped for me.

All of this hype and he's done nothing all tournament. 80 retired hurt out of 400, albeit in a semi, was less impactful than Sharma's 40-odd.

All tournament been waiting for something from Gill but it is yet to come.

Only SKY has been worse for India but somewhat forgivable given where he bats; even he has a vital innings in his pocket: The 49* vs ENG.

Gill's obviously a good bat but has only shown glimpses of his ability thus far. For his reputation and world rating, I'd regard him as a flop.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Temba Bavuma
Johny Bairstow
Kusal Mendis
Babar Azam
Steve Smith
Shakib Al Hasan
Jos Buttler (c/wk)
Mitchell starc
Haris Rauf
Maheesh Theekshana
Mark Wood

 

[jnaveen1980]

Gill flop lol In which world? Gill was not stat-padding like some guys. He was aggressive. He took chances. Not once he was clueless. He had positive body language. If he really decided to accumulate he could have done it with ease. Tuk tuking his way to 100 in 100 balls. We don't want that kind of cricketer. An impactful 40 > soulless selfish 100