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Have Pakistan made a huge mistake by NOT selecting Zaman Khan for the Asia Cup?

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This is what Aaqib Javed said recently about Zaman:

“In white-ball, I still believe Zaman Khan’s skills are above all. We have recently seen him in the Canada league, no bowler is near to him when it comes to bowling in death overs,”

And we have seen him do well in County and Hundred as well.

So has Inzamam missed a trick here?
 
Our top 3 pacers are locked, M Wasim is locked as a backup and we know the 'reason' of picking Faheem Ashraf (aka All Rounder), so that leaves no space for Zaman to come in the ODIs.
 
Our top 3 pacers are locked, M Wasim is locked as a backup and we know the 'reason' of picking Faheem Ashraf (aka All Rounder), so that leaves no space for Zaman to come in the ODIs.
Zaman Khan in for faheem ashraf I would take any day of the week. But alas Mr Micheal Bevan Level all-rounder Faheem must take center stage.
 
I’d have picked him just to bowl at the death, have ZERO faith in Naseem, Rauf and Shaheen defending 50 odd of the last 4-5 overs.
 
Zaman can't yet be relied upon for a good 10 overs so his selection is a moot point. He has barely even played domestic 50 over cricket.

Maybe 2027 WC if he works hard, but i expect to see him more in t20.
 
This lad literally bowls wicket to wicket, bowls perfect yorkers and bowls excellent bouncers.

He's so consistent, why wouldn't you want him to bowl 10 overs? Zaman, Naseem, Shaheen and Haris will win you games.
 
Zaman can't yet be relied upon for a good 10 overs so his selection is a moot point. He has barely even played domestic 50 over cricket.

Maybe 2027 WC if he works hard, but i expect to see him more in t20.
Abdullah shafique barely played list A as well. Zaman bowls wicket to wicket, bowls perfect yorkers and bouncers. He'd been excellent in psl and was excellent in the NZ t20 series, a series which favoured batting and besides naseem no one looked onsong.

He's the perfect middle overs and death bowler. He's just not a new ball bowler due to lack of swing. This man has the potential to be Glenn mcgrath Level seamer due to how consistent is line and length is.
 
lolz at the thread title and Aaqib as usual making nonsensical statements.

Zaman Khan List A stats: 7 matches, 6 wickets, 55.50. He's a T20 specialist right now and maybe that changes over time but its certainly not right now. They have a 4th seamer in Wasim Jr. anyways.
 
i would say they have made a big mistake by not selecting Immad Wasim into the squad.. he is in excellent form these days.
 
Pakistan have made multiple mistakes lol.

1) Relying on Nawaz, its funny because nawaz lost us our last Pakistan vs india game where he couldn't even defend 16 of the last over, giving kholi no balls and ashwin wides. People still have audacity to say he's a good player despite being a bits and pieces player.

2) Taking Usama Mir. Usama is predictable, he just bowls standard legspin, no googly, leg break etc, just the same bounce. He is faster but he isn't as versatile as abrar who's significantly superior as a legspin bowler. Maybe Pakistan does not want another yasir Shah repeat.

3) Taking Faheem Ashraf. Same ball every delivery at 130 kph, this man is destined to get tonked. But idk, anytime inzi becomes chief selector, Faheem comes back for no reason.

4) reluctant to try tayyab, Saud or Abdullah in the middle order, yes ik saud and tayyab are in the squad but pak cam only take 15 members. I wouldn't be surprised if saud and tayyab are the ones who are left out. Doesn't even make sense. Tayyab fine, cause he's failed in his 3 international games so far but saud and Abdullah were the reason you dominated Sri lanka, try them out in odi atleast, maybe they'll replicate their test performance.

5) Playing Rizwan at no 4. Tbf, I don't have that much of an issue besides the fact that rizwan is even better then Inzi at getting run out lol.

6) not having an extra genuine pacer in the squad. Our team relies too much in shaheen, naseem and haris. What If their unfit? Can waseem really take over and be the answer?
 
Don't think so. The four bowlers selected currently are the best. Zaman and Ihsanullah will have to wait, first prove themselves in bilaterals and then they can be considered for something as big as the World Cup Or even Asia Cup.
 
Now they have gone for Zaman Khan as a substitute player for Haris Rauf which i think is not a right call.
He is not a a bowler who can get you the break throughs in middle overs, in my opinion Zaman Khan needs some more time in domestic circuit to prove his worth.
 
Did he use the ‘Canada league’ as his support for selection LOL
 
Now they have gone for Zaman Khan as a substitute player for Haris Rauf which i think is not a right call.
He is not a a bowler who can get you the break throughs in middle overs, in my opinion Zaman Khan needs some more time in domestic circuit to prove his worth.
He will open the bowling.
 
Trust in zaman Khan, ihsanullah and zaman Khan will be good editons.

They are genuine pacers, not bits and pieces cricketers.

Zaman will come good in odi trust.
 
Zaman Khan is a great death bowler, will be watching him tomr
 
Pretty excited to watch him tomorrow, but hopes are not very high for Zaman
 
It was not possible for him to make a place in the Asia Cup squad with Shaheen, Naseem and Haris but now when Naseem and Haris is out he is going to play tomorrow's game against Sri Lanka. I don't think he was the best option to be in the playing XI even with Naseem and Haris have been ruled out. There are better options than him that could be called up. Ihsanullah and Hasan Ali are couple of names that comes in mind straightaway.
 
So he is playing - huge chance to make a statement for the World Cup squad selection
 
Inzamam ul Haq was asked by the media: "We saw that Zaman Khan did well in the Asia Cup match. Why has Hassan Ali been selected over Zaman Khan?

In reply to the question Inzamam ul Haq said:
"Hassan Ali was injured during the Asia Cup. He was my first choice back then, but he was not cleared and that is why we went with Zaman Khan. Zaman is with the team in reserves as he is a good bowler, especially in the death. But in an event of this kind, we need someone who has experience."
 
I think most have said it but I'll just repeat, Zaman is not good enough for a full 10 overs and his form in the Hundred was really bad at times.

Hasan Ali has had a solid year of LO cricket and based on performances, you can't discount him.

Arshad Iqbal may have been a choice but it really is a toss up between the two.
 
I think most have said it but I'll just repeat, Zaman is not good enough for a full 10 overs and his form in the Hundred was really bad at times.

Hasan Ali has had a solid year of LO cricket and based on performances, you can't discount him.

Arshad Iqbal may have been a choice but it really is a toss up between the two.
Considering the fact that Faheem is not in the squad ( he should not be, so all good) definitely we need a bowler who can bowl and bat in crunch times. Hassan can hit some shots late down the order so he was an automatic choice to be in the squad considering that other top performers were injured and all. So It is good squad. Let's support them.
 
Considering the fact that Faheem is not in the squad ( he should not be, so all good) definitely we need a bowler who can bowl and bat in crunch times. Hassan can hit some shots late down the order so he was an automatic choice to be in the squad considering that other top performers were injured and all. So It is good squad. Let's support them.
Yep, now its all about getting mentally right and performing in the key moments.
 
Absolute pathetic team selection. No vision whatsoever. Why have we picked so many batters, and why did we drop M Haris!

Zaman Khan should have been there as the 5th pacer.
 
Anyone beyond SSA , Naseem and Rauf is a gamble selection atleast Hassan can tonk a few with the bat
 
No such thing as a huge mistake.

Zaman is as raw as they come and offers nothing special.

Neither does Hasan Ali.

In the end Hasan probably just edges it due to experience and batting ability but it's really not a groundbreaking decision either way.
 
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