For the sake of the World Cup, Babar needs to bat 1 down, open with Fakhar

[Major]

There has been a lot of talk not to bat both babar and Rizwan as openers. One of them should be one down and fakhar needs to open. I have been against this since day one.

However, in Australia, Babar Azam can't bat with the ball moving. He is playing slow in pp where ground is big and runs in pp matter. Because after pp you will rotate strike so why not take your chances upfront like South Africa does


Fakhar opens use the pp and babar doesn't have to face the new moving ball.

Even in the match against India, the ball was moving and babar looked clueless. He got out and after an over the ball stopped moving and shan played it off well.

Babar is needed to play on these grounds because proper cricketing shots are required.

Babar can open in UAE but no in Australia

 

[Rana]

Major Tu rehnde

You can’t be mocking those who opposed the RizBar strategy and now panic when it has been exposed

 

[WengerOut]

Accept it or not, Babar is the best batsman by a long distance especially in Aus. It is Rizwan who is incompetent. Babar is just in bad form. It can be back and Pak do not have quality batsman waiting outside.

 

[Suleiman]

Major Tu rehnde

You can’t be mocking those who opposed the RizBar strategy and now panic when it has been exposed

Agreed. All Babar and Rizwan opening pair lovers jumping ship now when the ship is 90% fully sunk and all the life boats have left

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

RizBab combo is to blame for everything, middle order was never tested properly and Babar took the same failures to WC viz. Haider/ Asif/ Chacha

 

[cricketjoshila]

Agreed. The Pakistani middle order is struggling on these fresh pitches in Australia.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Just pack the bags and go home early..

 

[ask_analyse_act]

RizBab combo is to blame for everything, middle order was never tested properly and Babar took the same failures to WC viz. Haider/ Asif/ Chacha

U forgot Happy Heart who is on a paid vacation..

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

U forgot Happy Heart who is on a paid vacation..

Ya forgot that useless player as well.

 

[Major]

Major Tu rehnde

You can’t be mocking those who opposed the RizBar strategy and now panic when it has been exposed

Your criticism is not valid. Because rizbabar opening pair works in uae and pakistan.

In australia, he should be one down because the ba is moving

 

[Major]

Accept it or not, Babar is the best batsman by a long distance especially in Aus. It is Rizwan who is incompetent. Babar is just in bad form. It can be back and Pak do not have quality batsman waiting outside.

Babar is the best. No doubt but he can't play against the moving ball.

Even in psl misbah kicked him out because shaun tait exposed him.

Babar at one down works because the ball stops moving after 3 overs.

Babar is now treating team pakistan like Karachi kings

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Your criticism is not valid. Because rizbabar opening pair works in uae and pakistan.

In australia, he should be one down because the ba is moving

It did not move much, bounce was more and was zipping through.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Accept it or not, Babar is the best batsman by a long distance especially in Aus. It is Rizwan who is incompetent. Babar is just in bad form. It can be back and

Pak do not have quality batsman waiting outside.

They do have better players than Khusdil , Asif , Ifthi, Haider Ali, Usman Qadir back in the hut could be easily replaced..

It is their friendship, like , dislike culture now costing them and embarassing too.

Babar gonna learn it the hard way.. Deserves for choosing friends over merit to form the 11..

 

[ZafarKhan2022]

Lol Fakhar Zaman

0, 13, 5, 15, 10, 3

The biggest comedian of the Asia Cup fielding, he looked high as hell.

 

[Major]

Lol Fakhar Zaman

0, 13, 5, 15, 10, 3

The biggest comedian of the Asia Cup fielding, he looked high as hell.

We need pp advantage. We don't expect fakhar to play 10 overs. Use the pp get the advantage and than babar can come after

 

[Rana]

U forgot Happy Heart who is on a paid vacation..

He is more fortunate than 99.9% of Pakistanis all over the world

It is my dream to visit and experience Australia!

 

[WengerOut]

Babar is the best. No doubt but he can't play against the moving ball.

Even in psl misbah kicked him out because shaun tait exposed him.

Babar at one down works because the ball stops moving after 3 overs.

Babar is now treating team pakistan like Karachi kings

He has a good record in Eng and NZ and how can he be suddenly bad against moving ball?

 

[Major]

He has a good record in Eng and NZ and how can he be suddenly bad against moving ball?

Let's admit it, those were not the main bowlers.

When the ball moves, babar seems clueless

 

[shamaan]

Accept it or not, Babar is the best batsman by a long distance especially in Aus. It is Rizwan who is incompetent. Babar is just in bad form. It can be back and Pak do not have quality batsman waiting outside.

No one is saying he isn't Pakistan best batter but that doesn't mean he should bat at number 3

 

[shamaan]

Agreed. The Pakistani middle order is struggling on these fresh pitches in Australia.

They were struggling before this world cup so can't use the excuse regarding conditions.

 

[topspin]

Babar and Rizwan have been coasting against B and C string sides in meaningless bilateral games.

It's amazing how many Pakistan fans had their heads in the clouds after that 10 wicket win against a very weak England side. The green tinted hype brigade got so carried away, they were saying things like "where are the Babar/Rizwan critics hiding?" It was as if the Asia Cup never happened.

Well today they've finally woken up and all of a sudden wanna jump ship.

[MENTION=147292]RedwoodOriginal[/MENTION] Remember when you were getting all smug after that successful wicketless 200+ run chase against England? Funny how all of your predictions always comes come back to bite you in the backside.

 

[shamaan]

Your criticism is not valid. Because rizbabar opening pair works in uae and pakistan.

In australia, he should be one down because the ba is moving

But they didnt try it before the world cup so they wasn't going to explore during the world cup.

 

[topspin]

Babar is the best. No doubt but he can't play against the moving ball.

Even in psl misbah kicked him out because shaun tait exposed him.

Babar at one down works because the ball stops moving after 3 overs.

Babar is now treating team pakistan like Karachi kings

I'm no fan of Misbah but maybe he was right to kick him out.

 

[Major]

But they didnt try it before the world cup so they wasn't going to explore during the world cup.

Issue is babar azam.

Even waseem akram said he didn't want to bat one down for KK so we can't do anything.....

Kk came dead last and now babar is treating pakistan like that

 

[topspin]

Major Tu rehnde

You can’t be mocking those who opposed the RizBar strategy and now panic when it has been exposed

Remember me saying during the game, that most of the RizBar lovers will jump ship after the tournament? Well looks like they already have now.

 

[jnaveen1980]

It did not move much, bounce was more and was zipping through.

Babar was bouncecd out by Bhuvi there in the first match where the bounce was unusual, Pandya bounced out 3 or 4 batsmen.

 

[Rana]

No one is abandoning. Suggesting change according to situation.

Your someone who enjoys seeing Rizwan doing bad because for you being right is more important

Because I love Pakistan cricket team!

I fell in love with a great team that played the game in the correct manner!

Rizwan is, was a product of dirty politics and nepotism by your idol Misbah!!

 

[Suleiman]

Babar and Rizwan have been coasting against B and C string sides in meaningless bilateral games.

It's amazing how many Pakistan fans had their heads in the clouds after that 10 wicket win against a very weak England side. The green tinted hype brigade got so carried away, they were saying things like "where are the Babar/Rizwan critics hiding?" It was as if the Asia Cup never happened.

Well today they've finally woken up and all of a sudden wanna jump ship.

[MENTION=147292]RedwoodOriginal[/MENTION] Remember when you were getting all smug after that successful wicketless 200+ run chase against England? Funny how all of your predictions always comes come back to bite you in the backside.

Pak fans are the best at taking stats at face value with zero introspection and context. Same goes for our selectors.

That idiot selector goes “do you expect me to break up the best opening pair in the world?” Forget opening pair, sounded like he had been asked to separate a man from his wife )

We turn away from the bigger picture and celebrate wins even Vs second string as if we just won the World Cup.

And then in the actual WC, you get this..

 

[shamaan]

Issue is babar azam.

Even waseem akram said he didn't want to bat one down for KK so we can't do anything.....

Kk came dead last and now babar is treating pakistan like that

Yes I agree but I also think Muhammed Wasim played into Babar Azams hands becouse they asked him regarding changes but Babar said no changes for world cup and they didn't make any changes.

 

[Rana]

No you don't.

You made a comment years ago, and when Rizwan started performing you are hell bent to come as correct.

Like you are also the guy who wants asif ali as captain.

Alhamdolillah, my niyyat was clean when I suggested that Asif Ali should be the captain.

Why? Because he is a proven selfless cricketer who will do what’s best for the team and not himself!

 

[Nabeel23]

Babar needs to bat at 3 and anchor the innings, he’s our best batsman so needs to stay and have the rest of the batters play around him. Rizwan should bat at 4 when the spinners are on, he can rotate the strike and can get those 2s and 3s, he was struggling today on those faster Aussie pitches.

You have three natural openers in Shan, Haider and Fakhar (if fit). Give them the licence to attack in the powerplay, that’s their strength..it worked in the warm up game when they were 60-0…it’s not rocket science. Our openers have a free licence, middle order already looks stronger and more solid and then you can use floaters like Nawaz and Shadab depending on the match situation.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Hmm....

Sacrilege to change the opening pair.

 

[topspin]

Pak fans are the best at taking stats at face value with zero introspection and context. Same goes for our selectors.

That idiot selector goes “do you expect me to break up the best opening pair in the world?” Forget opening pair, sounded like he had been asked to separate a man from his wife )

We turn away from the bigger picture and celebrate wins even Vs second string as if we just won the World Cup.

And then in the actual WC, you get this..

You've just reminded me how many green tinted delusional fans bought into the claim of Pakistan "boasting the best opening combination in the world".

We know this is based on their career averages but they mean literally jack because they've padded up their stats against weaker bowlers. Lets not forget Pakistan are the only team that plays their full strength side in meaningless bilateral games.

A good T20 batsman doesn't just deliver runs, it's also the rate at which they score their runs. Babar and Rizwan to date have played 169 T20Is combined and neither of them have managed to achieve a strike rate of 130. Imagine having such a poor strike rate after facing B/C string bowling attacks and then claiming they're the best opening combo in T20 cricket

It just sums up how intellectually bankrupt Pakistan cricket really is. The vast majority of their fans and ex-players simply have no understanding of cricket.

 

[pakistan cricket fan]

Now it is too late after being kicked out after the first round.

 

[Markhor]

You've just reminded me how many green tinted delusional fans bought into the claim of Pakistan "boasting the best opening combination in the world".

We know this is based on their career averages but they mean literally jack because they've padded up their stats against weaker bowlers. Lets not forget Pakistan are the only team that plays their full strength side in meaningless bilateral games.

A good T20 batsman doesn't just deliver runs, it's also the rate at which they score their runs. Babar and Rizwan to date have played 169 T20Is combined and neither of them have managed to achieve a strike rate of 130. Imagine having such a poor strike rate after facing B/C string bowling attacks and then claiming they're the best opening combo in T20 cricket

It just sums up how intellectually bankrupt Pakistan cricket really is. The vast majority of their fans and ex-players simply have no understanding of cricket.

To think people have the gall to say Babar is our greatest ever batsman. He's lucky he didn't play in an era when teams consistently fielded full-strength teams in white ball bilaterals. Imagine if this guy had to face McGrath, Pollock, Ambrose week in week out.

Inzamam, Miandad, Anwar and Zaheer would average well over 50 too in ODI cricket if they played weakened opposition on a regular basis.

He may be the GOAT aesthetically but it's your courage and heart when it really matters that defines careers, and so far he's done nothing to bottle it in big games time and again.

 

[Major]

To think people have the gall to say Babar is our greatest ever batsman. He's lucky he didn't play in an era when teams consistently fielded full-strength teams in white ball bilaterals. Imagine if this guy had to face McGrath, Pollock, Ambrose week in week out.

Inzamam, Miandad, Anwar and Zaheer would average well over 50 too in ODI cricket if they played weakened opposition on a regular basis.

He may be the GOAT aesthetically but it's your courage and heart when it really matters that defines careers, and so far he's done nothing to bottle it in big games time and again.

Babar is still a great batsman and it doesnt matter what he does in this tournament.

We have seen his Test performances against AUstralia where he batted some good innings.

I dont think you need t20 cricket to adjurn someone as best or worst.

 

[hitthestump]

RizBab combo is to blame for everything, middle order was never tested properly and Babar took the same failures to WC viz. Haider/ Asif/ Chacha

Please back up your claim, because it looks to me like the names you've mentioned have had plenty of opportunity to be 'tested' this year. Where have you got this from exactly and can you evidence it? Or are you just repeating it because you heard it somewhere and thought it sounded cool

 

[Stewie]

The world cup is over for us. They can do whatever they want now, i wont make any difference now.

 

[Plumb]

lol 2 bad games and now babar and rizwan are bad...
Fact is Rizwan is clueless about the Aussie bouncy and pacey tracks (shows how he struggled in last 2 games and no timing in shots)

Babar is having bad form plus not able to adjust with bounce. Rizwan playing the same legside flick and not able to play it properly.

the notion of "we trust this middle order" is done we need to work hard on producing good batsmen who can play pull and cut. We been experimenting by making openers middleorder batsmen and sloggers as finishers.

I don't see them scoring runs in next games as its very difficult to adjust(not an excuse) but that's how it looks from far away...

 

[shamaan]

Babar is still a great batsman and it doesnt matter what he does in this tournament.

We have seen his Test performances against AUstralia where he batted some good innings.

I dont think you need t20 cricket to adjurn someone as best or worst.

He's a good batesman even with this dip in form but he's level Kohli,Williamson,Root and Smith in tests and won't be Pakistan greatest test batter.

 

[shamaan]

lol 2 bad games and now babar and rizwan are bad...
Fact is Rizwan is clueless about the Aussie bouncy and pacey tracks (shows how he struggled in last 2 games and no timing in shots)

Babar is having bad form plus not able to adjust with bounce. Rizwan playing the same legside flick and not able to play it properly.

the notion of "we trust this middle order" is done we need to work hard on producing good batsmen who can play pull and cut. We been experimenting by making openers middleorder batsmen and sloggers as finishers.

I don't see them scoring runs in next games as its very difficult to adjust(not an excuse) but that's how it looks from far away...

People are not saying he's a bad player what they were saying before this tournament is that he should bat at 3

 

[Stewie]

lol 2 bad games and now babar and rizwan are bad...
Fact is Rizwan is clueless about the Aussie bouncy and pacey tracks (shows how he struggled in last 2 games and no timing in shots)

Babar is having bad form plus not able to adjust with bounce. Rizwan playing the same legside flick and not able to play it properly.

the notion of "we trust this middle order" is done we need to work hard on producing good batsmen who can play pull and cut. We been experimenting by making openers middleorder batsmen and sloggers as finishers.

I don't see them scoring runs in next games as its very difficult to adjust(not an excuse) but that's how it looks from far away...

I have been hearing this for thirty years. But he will never fix out pitches and have half decent fast bouncy ones. There is a reason Wasim keeps making fun of Misbah and Inzi, etc on The Pavilion because they loved to make as dead as possible wickets for home games so they can score runs. Our domestic thought process is the same. We will never be able to compete with Australia and South Africa because of that.

 

[Justcrazy]

Babar is good batsman but he is never going to be Kohli , Tendulkar , Pointing etc.

Pakistan batting lack of awareness continues. The major reason what is feel is lack of education , Most Pakistan players are not educated , thus are not confident enough , usuallly do not gel with other team players.

Its unfortunate , but I do not think anything can be done , this is the limit they have , you cannot get more out of them.

 

[Savak]

Babar is good batsman but he is never going to be Kohli , Tendulkar , Pointing etc.

Pakistan batting lack of awareness continues. The major reason what is feel is lack of education , Most Pakistan players are not educated , thus are not confident enough , usuallly do not gel with other team players.

Its unfortunate , but I do not think anything can be done , this is the limit they have , you cannot get more out of them.

Shan Masood is highly educated, he has a degree in Sports Management

 

[kingusama92]

These experiments should have been done in the million T20Is they played before the tournament.

Now they will be making these changes blindly.

It's not even hindsight, a lot of people were talking about this for months when they kept pushing the RizBar opening partnership.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Like I posted somewhere yesterday, Rizwan is more likely to struggle on Australian pitches rather than Babar.
Babar has simply been in patchy form for last 2 months otherwise he would still be good on these pitches.

We have been extremely awful in Australia for 25 years now. Today's performance should not be a surprise.

With Pak almost certain to not make it to the semis, think it's a good time for guys to play free of any pressure and try different approach.

Haider Ali should be dropped till he grows a brain though.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Babar is good batsman but he is never going to be Kohli , Tendulkar , Pointing etc.

Pakistan batting lack of awareness continues. The major reason what is feel is lack of education , Most Pakistan players are not educated , thus are not confident enough , usuallly do not gel with other team players.

Its unfortunate , but I do not think anything can be done , this is the limit they have , you cannot get more out of them.

None of Inzi, Miandad, Yousaf and Younis was educated.

 

[mastermind_quad]

With Fakhar I assume Babar is anyway going to play most of the opening overs.

But yes I agree that Babr should play @ 3rd position.

Everybody (ex-players/fans/cricket gurus) knows this for a long time now not sure why the coach and captain never think about it. Teams best batsman should always come at 3.

Pakistan needed a good opener and this makeshift approach of Babar being the opener did well so far but it was always a make-shift approach. Pakistan needs a good opener.

regarding the remaining matches in this T20 WC yes, if Fakhar is fit he should open.

IMHO Fakhar and a few others should not be part of the Pak team or squad. Pakistan needs to find some good openers from domestic cricket even if they are not very explosive ones.

 

[ZafarKhan2022]

For those asking for better pitches to be prepared in the domestic structure, I'm not sure if you guys have watched much of Pakistan's domestic cricket because the batting techniques are absolutely horrendous due to a lack of coaching at the grassroots level. This is the main reason Pakistan prepares slow wickets for domestic matches. If Pak's domestic matches started having Australian, English, New Zealand, or South African type wickets then domestic tournaments would turn into farces.

 

[Rana]

IMHO Fakhar and a few others should not be part of the Pak team or squad. Pakistan needs to find some good openers from domestic cricket even if they are not very explosive ones.

What’s the point of finding openers who are not explosive?

Why are we so confused about this position as a nation?

 

[mastermind_quad]

What’s the point of finding openers who are not explosive?

Why are we so confused about this position as a nation?

Ab kya bolun.

A proper opener most of the time can score more than a ball. And if you give a consistent run to a proper opener sooner or later he'll start giving you a very good start as well. maybe not very explosive but nothing like 2 overs 4 runs etc which you usually get with your make-shift openers even on easy batting pitches.

 

[mastermind_quad]

+ make-shift openers will always start slow at least for the first 2-3 overs as they are not openers and they were never trained to open and play starting overs.

 

[Rana]

Ab kya bolun.

A proper opener most of the time can score more than a ball. And if you give a consistent run to a proper opener sooner or later he'll start giving you a very good start as well. maybe not very explosive but nothing like 2 overs 4 runs etc which you usually get with your make-shift openers even on easy batting pitches.

Pakistan cannot swallow it’s ego and let the two proper openers of this nation have a free hit in the powerplay

The two proper openers are Fakhar Zaman and Sharjeel Khan

 

[mastermind_quad]

Pakistan cannot swallow it’s ego and let the two proper openers of this nation have a free hit in the powerplay

The two proper openers are Fakhar Zaman and Sharjeel Khan

yes, As I said earlier if Fakhar is fit he should play and open.

I am against him in the Pak team only because of his inconsistency and lack of agility in the field.

 

[Ami]

Pakistan cannot swallow it’s ego and let the two proper openers of this nation have a free hit in the powerplay

The two proper openers are Fakhar Zaman and Sharjeel Khan

.....but one of them is Maula Jatt's twin brother, who can sure weild an axe but with the grace of a blind buffalo!

 

[topspin]

To think people have the gall to say Babar is our greatest ever batsman. He's lucky he didn't play in an era when teams consistently fielded full-strength teams in white ball bilaterals. Imagine if this guy had to face McGrath, Pollock, Ambrose week in week out.

Inzamam, Miandad, Anwar and Zaheer would average well over 50 too in ODI cricket if they played weakened opposition on a regular basis.

He may be the GOAT aesthetically but it's your courage and heart when it really matters that defines careers, and so far he's done nothing to bottle it in big games time and again.

Couldn't agree more. Unlike those names, he's mentioned he's unable to impose presence in the game and this is because of two reasons.

Firstly, he's timid and mentally weak. The reason being he's more obsessed about his boosting his average and the problem with that ofc is he doesn't want to take responsibility.

Inzi, Miandad, Anwar and Zaheer have always led from the front and shown intent to dominate the opposition.

I've always thought Babar is a massively overrated white ball cricketer. There's no way he'd be averaging anywhere near his current average of 61, if he was playing full strength bowling attacks in ODIs in each series.

 

[topspin]

Pakistan cannot swallow it’s ego and let the two proper openers of this nation have a free hit in the powerplay

The two proper openers are Fakhar Zaman and Sharjeel Khan

Seems criminal now for him to be left out. The guy has a proven track record against Starc and Cummins in white ball cricket played in Australia.

I'd back even with his lack of fitness to demolish the minnows (at the very least) all by himself.

 

[srh]

There has been a lot of talk not to bat both babar and Rizwan as openers. One of them should be one down and fakhar needs to open. I have been against this since day one.

However, in Australia, Babar Azam can't bat with the ball moving. He is playing slow in pp where ground is big and runs in pp matter. Because after pp you will rotate strike so why not take your chances upfront like South Africa does


Fakhar opens use the pp and babar doesn't have to face the new moving ball.

Even in the match against India, the ball was moving and babar looked clueless. He got out and after an over the ball stopped moving and shan played it off well.

Babar is needed to play on these grounds because proper cricketing shots are required.

Babar can open in UAE but no in Australia

Sharjeel is needed more than any other batsman. Can he be flied over and included in the team during this WC in any way? That might be the best option left to try to save Pakistan.

 

[Major]

Seems criminal now for him to be left out. The guy has a proven track record against Starc and Cummins in white ball cricket played in Australia.

I'd back even with his lack of fitness to demolish the minnows (at the very least) all by himself.

Corrupt player. Would rather lose than bring corrupt players back.

Once you involved in spot fixing or match fixing, no place for you

 

[topspin]

Corrupt player. Would rather lose than bring corrupt players back.

Once you involved in spot fixing or match fixing, no place for you

To be honest bro, there was never any conclusive evidence against him.

The problem was Najam Sethi opened his mouth too early and to save face he went above and beyond to ensure he was banned.

 

[TheSultan]

Oh please - when a lot of us were screaming this for the last two months we were shown their “amazing” stats. And reminded how amazing these supermen were.

 

[Major]

To be honest bro, there was never any conclusive evidence against him.

The problem was Najam Sethi opened his mouth too early and to save face he went above and beyond to ensure he was banned.

Bro najem sethi never charged him.

Its the court. Shajeel even lost the appeal. The case was presented in front of competent people and there was a lawyer from each side.

He was proven fixer, along with Khalid Latin and Nasir jammed. Nasir jammed was an old fixer who got caught finally in the end

 

[topspin]

Bro najem sethi never charged him.

Its the court. Shajeel even lost the appeal. The case was presented in front of competent people and there was a lawyer from each side.

He was proven fixer, along with Khalid Latin and Nasir jammed. Nasir jammed was an old fixer who got caught finally in the end

Junaids looked into this in some depth and found there was no conclusive evidence.

Khalid Latif and Nasir Jamshed were proven fixers.

 

[Major]

Junaids looked into this in some depth and found there was no conclusive evidence.

Khalid Latif and Nasir Jamshed were proven fixers.

Junaid even claim asif to be innocent.

Besides these guys self admitted in the end

 

[Champ_Pal]

Have to agree with OP.

Babar is too valuable for Pakistan to get out to the new ball. The final score depends on how much Babar and Rizwan score. It makes sense for Babar Aazm to be at the crease when the ball is 5 or 6 overs old. Some hack can open and try his luck against new ball.

 

[charlie007]

<B>Junaids looked into this in some depth and found there was no conclusive evidence </B>.

Khalid Latif and Nasir Jamshed were proven fixers.

Junaids is the biggest snake oil salesman on earth :-D - you might as well say you read it over the internet and that could probably be true. Anyway, None of these players from around the world caught in fixing is innocent, they just got caught; some admitted right away, some later, and some will do later in their autobiographies to make money out of that.

 

[ex-q-zit]

Wouldn't be a bad idea for Shan to open with Rizwan and Babar drop to 1 down as he is terribly low on confidence.

 

[ex-q-zit]

With Haris playing a quickfire knock would be interesting to see if Babar drops to 1 down against BD.

 

[indianpanacea]

I would love batting order against Bangladesh as
Haris
Haider
Rizwan
Babar
Nawaz
Iftikhar
Shahdab
Wasim jnr
Afridi
Haris
Naseem

 

[kingusama92]

Haris just showed the importance of an attacking opener.

Pakistan has two solid batsmen (Babar/Rizwan) that can play in the middle order. Use their stability to send attacking openers in front of them for an aggressive start.

In the matches it doesn't work, you still have RizBar behind them.

 

[Rana]

Haris just showed the importance of an attacking opener.

Pakistan has two solid batsmen (Babar/Rizwan) that can play in the middle order. Use their stability to send attacking openers in front of them for an aggressive start.

In the matches it doesn't work, you still have RizBar behind them.

Rizwan is as good as Khushdil, Asif and Haider in the middle. Don’t try to make him look like he is some kind of Shoaib Malik in the middle

 

[kingusama92]

Rizwan is as good as Khushdil, Asif and Haider in the middle. Don’t try to make him look like he is some kind of Shoaib Malik in the middle

Fair enough. I think the second solution is to have an aggressive opener paired with Rizwan.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

Babar wont willingly go down into the middle order. Hopefully we get a new captain who forces him to go down to # 3 or even #4.

 

[Major]

Misbah is saying that now Pakistan is in the semis. For this you need to bring harris with rizwan and send babar at 1 down.

Just think about semi and finals and make these changes. Harris is going to take more risk, so just use him in the pp and him losing his wicket can be covered with the other batsman.

 

[Concerned]

It will be selfishness if the same pair which have failed every in game open in the semis.

 

[rahat22]

In T20 you don’t need an anchor opening the batting but In our team unfortunately there are 2 anchors at the moment who have got the job.
My lineup would be

Shan (because of his match awareness)
Harris (Wicket keeper)
Babar
Shadab
Iftikhar
Nawaz
Asif (unfortunately we do not have any other hitter)
Wasim
Shaheen
Harris
Naseem

 

[emranabbas]

With all the hate shan is getting I think he has done pretty well.
I thought he would be another babar/rizwan type player

 

[Rana]

Misbah is saying that now Pakistan is in the semis. For this you need to bring harris with rizwan and send babar at 1 down.

Just think about semi and finals and make these changes. Harris is going to take more risk, so just use him in the pp and him losing his wicket can be covered with the other batsman.

Now Misbah cares about taking risks in the powerplay all of a sudden??

 

[Zaz]

Now Misbah cares about taking risks in the powerplay all of a sudden??

Its about being fluid and adapting to the scenario and form of players

Babar is clearly out of form With a normal performing babar there wouldnt be any issues but the current situation where a player is struggling requires a change

 

[Rana]

Its about being fluid and adapting to the scenario and form of players

Babar is clearly out of form With a normal performing babar there wouldnt be any issues but the current situation where a player is struggling requires a change

In the case of 99.9% of brainwashed or TukWashed fans….it’s about snapping out of a trance! It’s not about adaptation all of a sudden.

RizBar didn’t adapt their game anywhere, on any track in the world.