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"I stand before you and openly admit that this is my failure, just as my current form is a personal failure": Mohammad Rizwan

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Mohammad Rizwan shared following thoughts in post match presser today, after facing 7th consecutive loss in PSL 11:

## **On Personal Performance and Responsibility**
* "First and foremost, my own performance wasn't up to the mark, and the team's results reflect that. Had I performed better from the front, the outcome for the team would have been different."
* "I am not offering excuses, but I recognize that I fell short in certain areas, which ultimately led to these results."
* "We are only human. I admitted to myself from the start that I made mistakes and my performance suffered. However, that doesn't mean I will give up or quit; I will remain strong and keep going."
* "I stand before you and openly admit that this is my failure, just as my current form is a personal failure."
## **On Batting Position and Team Roles**
* "While I have always had a preferred batting number, I have never complained or reacted negatively if I was asked to move down the order. I have never made demands of that nature."
* "I am willing to do whatever the team requires of me. Whether they ask for a specific role or I suggest one myself, I am always ready to adapt for the benefit of the side."
* "I handed over the gloves to Rohail Nazir [Razaula] because he is a youngster; I felt it was important to support him and be out there with him on the field."
## **On T20 Retirement and Passion for Cricket**
"If you feel that at this age, or for any other reason, I should take retirement, I will take it. But my love for the game isn't something I walk away from just because of a string of poor performances. If I am not performing, I have the courage to tell the captain to give someone else a chance, which I have done in the past, but I will not quit the game itself."
 
That has to be the CRAZIEST press conference I have ever seen from a player that is centrally contracted by PCB in the history of their press conferences!
 
## **On T20 Retirement and Passion for Cricket**
* "If you think I’m going to retire just because of my age, I won't. For me, cricket is a passion—whether it’s T20s, Tests, or ODIs."
* "I love the game. I play it because I don’t know anything else in life; I don't have a business or other sports to fall back on. It’s all about cricket for me


He said something like “if you people think I should retire, I will retire”



Yeah get the hell out ya fraud!!!
 
That has to be the CRAZIEST press conference I have ever seen from a player that is centrally contracted by PCB in the history of their press conferences!
How? he’s openly admitting his faults, something our cricketers refuse to do
 
He said something like “if you people think I should retire, I will retire”



Yeah get the hell out ya fraud!!!
You think he isn’t fit for T20 but why do you want him to retire from cricket in general?

So you admit you don’t just want him out of the T20 team? You just want him to retire completely because of a personal dislike ?
 
Thank you for the honesty and having more integrity than most of our players have historically who refuse to ever admit their own faults like this openly. Instead they cry on national media why they are out of the team instead of working on their own deficiencies. Still a few good years and ultimately still the most superior pure wicket keeper in the country.

You’ve gone back before, worked on your game and come back a better player. Still young in cricketing years so you will come back stronger I’m sure
 
(6:46 onwards)

What a ******

It’s clear as daylight that he should retire from T20, but he says that he will retire from all of cricket and not one format only!

Alright, so retire from all of cricket then and be done with it!
 
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Thank you for the honesty and having more integrity than most of our players have historically who refuse to ever admit their own faults like this openly
What flaws has he admitted to having exactly?

“My performance was not good”. That’s not admitting anything we do not know already. Which flaws in his game has he admitted to openly?? He says he is still good enough for all of cricket!!
 
What flaws has he admitted to having exactly?

“My performance was not good”. That’s not admitting anything we do not know already. Which flaws in his game has he admitted to openly?? He says he is still good enough for all of cricket!!
Yeah and what is wrong with him for the longer formats ?

He should retire from cricket in general because you don’t like him as a T20 player and hate him in general?


"First and foremost, my own performance wasn't up to the mark, and the team's results reflect that. Had I performed better from the front, the outcome for the team would have been different."

* "I am not offering excuses, but I recognize that I fell short in certain areas, which ultimately led to these results."

* "We are only human. I admitted to myself from the start that I made mistakes and my performance suffered.

* "I stand before you and openly admit that this is my failure, just as my current form is a personal failure."

He’s openly stating here for the world to see that what is happening is his fault. He has taken the entire blsme
Upon himself which is a good leader.

They lost today because of Sam Billings, a coward would have come out and solely blamed him
 
"First and foremost, my own performance wasn't up to the mark, and the team's results reflect that. Had I performed better from the front, the outcome for the team would have been different."

* "I am not offering excuses, but I recognize that I fell short in certain areas, which ultimately led to these results."

* "We are only human. I admitted to myself from the start that I made mistakes and my performance suffered.

* "I stand before you and openly admit that this is my failure, just as my current form is a personal failure."
 
That has to be the CRAZIEST press conference I have ever seen from a player that is centrally contracted by PCB in the history of their press conferences!
Why? Because he's owning up to his mistakes and responsibility of failure of his team as captain?
 
Why? Because he's owning up to his mistakes and responsibility of failure of his team as captain?
Kiss pe Ehsan Kar raha hai yeh?

“He came out and admitted his faults”…”what a great and honest man”







Yeah he lost 7 matches in a row and has lost 16 from his last 17!! Plus 5 when he was Pakistan captain too!!

He’s dented the careers of at least 2 potential opening talents for Pakistan and was very close to ruining a 3rd player in Masood but that kid luckily held his own!

also came out and said that he was acting like a nightwatchman for Yasir Khan who can’t play the early swinging ball! So now his opening position is also questionable forever because Rizwan thinks he can handle swing better than Yasir can!
 
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One thing you have to give him, Rizzu understands the local media system well. Knows what to say and how to say it(in Urdu/Pashto). Does the performative stuff off the field as well(speeches at the gatherings). Good survival instincts for his local envs.
 
rizzu is a very talented player who has been ruined by his propensity for playing politics, establishing his religious influence and inability to step away from the limelight.

hes a world class red ball wicket keeper, hes a very good lower order red ball batsman, hes a very good white ball wicket keeper. what he is not, is a power hitter, unfortunately he has never admitted this, and has ruined his career because of it.

its a shame, because hes still the best red ball keeper batsmen pak have had.
 
rizzu is a very talented player who has been ruined by his propensity for playing politics, establishing his religious influence and inability to step away from the limelight.

hes a world class red ball wicket keeper, hes a very good lower order red ball batsman, hes a very good white ball wicket keeper. what he is not, is a power hitter, unfortunately he has never admitted this, and has ruined his career because of it.

its a shame, because hes still the best red ball keeper batsmen pak have had.
playing politics, establishing his religious influence and inability to step away from the limelight.

Enough reasons to never select him for PCT again!
 
Thanks for enlightening us but anyone with an internet connection can find out that you've lost 17 of your last 18 T20s as captain and average 15 with the bat this season at a strike-rate of 116.

I guess maybe @RizwanT20Champ may not know but then again he also thinks Babar Azam is the Novak Djokovic of cricket
 
Mohammad Rizwan shared following thoughts in post match presser today, after facing 7th consecutive loss in PSL 11:

## **On Personal Performance and Responsibility**
* "First and foremost, my own performance wasn't up to the mark, and the team's results reflect that. Had I performed better from the front, the outcome for the team would have been different."
* "I am not offering excuses, but I recognize that I fell short in certain areas, which ultimately led to these results."
* "We are only human. I admitted to myself from the start that I made mistakes and my performance suffered. However, that doesn't mean I will give up or quit; I will remain strong and keep going."
* "I stand before you and openly admit that this is my failure, just as my current form is a personal failure."
## **On Batting Position and Team Roles**
* "While I have always had a preferred batting number, I have never complained or reacted negatively if I was asked to move down the order. I have never made demands of that nature."
* "I am willing to do whatever the team requires of me. Whether they ask for a specific role or I suggest one myself, I am always ready to adapt for the benefit of the side."
* "I handed over the gloves to Rohail Nazir [Razaula] because he is a youngster; I felt it was important to support him and be out there with him on the field."
## **On T20 Retirement and Passion for Cricket**
"If you feel that at this age, or for any other reason, I should take retirement, I will take it. But my love for the game isn't something I walk away from just because of a string of poor performances. If I am not performing, I have the courage to tell the captain to give someone else a chance, which I have done in the past, but I will not quit the game itself."
All this dramabaazi and he still doesn’t have the shame to retire himself.

I will answer his question - yes we feel you should take retirement. Will you comply or was it just another bit of dramabaazi?
 
"First and foremost, my own performance wasn't up to the mark, and the team's results reflect that. Had I performed better from the front, the outcome for the team would have been different."

* "I am not offering excuses, but I recognize that I fell short in certain areas, which ultimately led to these results."

* "We are only human. I admitted to myself from the start that I made mistakes and my performance suffered.

* "I stand before you and openly admit that this is my failure, just as my current form is a personal failure."
But what’s he gonna do about it? Talk is cheap. Action, action, action
 
rizzu is a very talented player who has been ruined by his propensity for playing politics, establishing his religious influence and inability to step away from the limelight.

hes a world class red ball wicket keeper, hes a very good lower order red ball batsman, hes a very good white ball wicket keeper. what he is not, is a power hitter, unfortunately he has never admitted this, and has ruined his career because of it.

its a shame, because hes still the best red ball keeper batsmen pak have had.
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Bro's Pakistan's Alan Knott lol
 
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Bro's Pakistan's Alan Knott lol
ive banged on about it for ages, for those of us old enough to have lived through moin khan, kamran akmal, and even sarfu, rizwan is a god send in red ball cricket behind the stumps. unfortuantely the red ball format isnt given the respect or exposure it needs to thrive in pak. aus, eng, sa, nz, ind, rizzu would be a undisputed generational goat contender, but the fact that hes a rubbish white ball opener means his entire legacy is defined by the trait whicih was never his primary strength.

im not saying this is fans fault, its his because he loves attention and politics which compounds issues, and the PCBs for just not playing enough tests for him to make a career out of that.
 
ive banged on about it for ages, for those of us old enough to have lived through moin khan, kamran akmal, and even sarfu, rizwan is a god send in red ball cricket behind the stumps. unfortuantely the red ball format isnt given the respect or exposure it needs to thrive in pak. aus, eng, sa, nz, ind, rizzu would be a undisputed generational goat contender, but the fact that hes a rubbish white ball opener means his entire legacy is defined by the trait whicih was never his primary strength.

im not saying this is fans fault, its his because he loves attention and politics which compounds issues, and the PCBs for just not playing enough tests for him to make a career out of that.
he's rubbish for whiteball I agree, but I'll keep him for red ball, he still can score runs in SENA, but I doubt that now, since he's struggling in all frpnts, let's hope atleast eh does that there, but tbf the level of keepers we've had they make rizwan look like alan knott as a keeper, and gilchirst as a batter already lol
 
he's rubbish for whiteball I agree, but I'll keep him for red ball, he still can score runs in SENA, but I doubt that now, since he's struggling in all frpnts, let's hope atleast eh does that there, but tbf the level of keepers we've had they make rizwan look like alan knott as a keeper, and gilchirst as a batter already lol
I think I'm pretty vocal with my criticism of Rizwan as a T20 batter, but even I will admit that he is one of the best Test wicketkeepers we have ever produced. He is absolutely spotless behind the stumps and regularly makes important contributions with the bat when the team is stuck in a tricky position. Even if you are Rizwan's harshest critic, this is something you should be able to admit as an objective cricket fan. I am even willing to give him a chance in ODI cricket, eventhough he has been off-color as an ODI batsman for quite some time now.

My issue with him is his failure to admit that he is simply not cut out for T20 cricket anymore. The era of 120 SR anchors is over and has been over for a while now. If he just decided to be honest with himself and retired from T20 cricket, I would have no issues with him. But for some reason he is delusional enough to think he can still make it as a T20 batter.
 
I think I'm pretty vocal with my criticism of Rizwan as a T20 batter, but even I will admit that he is one of the best Test wicketkeepers we have ever produced. He is absolutely spotless behind the stumps and regularly makes important contributions with the bat when the team is stuck in a tricky position. Even if you are Rizwan's harshest critic, this is something you should be able to admit as an objective cricket fan. I am even willing to give him a chance in ODI cricket, eventhough he has been off-color as an ODI batsman for quite some time now.

My issue with him is his failure to admit that he is simply not cut out for T20 cricket anymore. The era of 120 SR anchors is over and has been over for a while now. If he just decided to be honest with himself and retired from T20 cricket, I would have no issues with him. But for some reason he is delusional enough to think he can still make it as a T20 batter.
Yeah problem is that he's declining in whiteball, and even then his sr of 80 in ODis and 120 in T20s is useless regrdless of his avg, the game has gone past that, but ai'll keep him in tests because he's pak's best batter for both home and away, agreed with everything you've said
 
Anyone who has followed Pakistan's test cricket during the careers of Kamran Akmal and Sarfraz Ahmed knows what a Godsend Rizwan is behind the stumps. Even if he makes ZERO runs with the bat I will select him purely based on his ability as a wicketkeeper. You CANNNOT quantity the impact a wicketkeeper's dropped catches make on the end-result of a test match. Heck, I have seen seen Kamran Akmal and Sarfraz Ahmed throw away test matches for us just because of their lazy and shoddy glovework.

So why not focus on that? Why not focus on being the best in areas where you actually have something to offer? Instead you decide to insult our intelligence by making us think you have ANY SKILL WHATSOVER as a T20 batsman.
 
Anyone who has followed Pakistan's test cricket during the careers of Kamran Akmal and Sarfraz Ahmed knows what a Godsend Rizwan is behind the stumps. Even if he makes ZERO runs with the bat I will select him purely based on his ability as a wicketkeeper. You CANNNOT quantity the impact a wicketkeeper's dropped catches make on the end-result of a test match. Heck, I have seen seen Kamran Akmal and Sarfraz Ahmed throw away test matches for us just because of their lazy and shoddy glovework.

So why not focus on that? Why not focus on being the best in areas where you actually have something to offer? Instead you decide to insult our intelligence by making us think you have ANY SKILL WHATSOVER as a T20 batsman.
He needs to focus on batting at no.7 in the tests and 5 or 6 for ODIs.
 
Riz's time in t20 is up... He should just sideline himself if he really wants to be remembered in a positive way. So far he has been attracting a lot of criticism, which is fair in every way. His side his losing left right and center and he at the top, has been an utter failure.
 
How? he’s openly admitting his faults, something our cricketers refuse to do
How is admitting, but saying he won't change anything or do anything about it, a good thing? Can I admit I suck in the office and then continue my job?
 
Owning up publicly to a loss in form is likely a good sign.

But it shouldn’t deflect from a judgment on his viability as a player.

The first could be a sign of character.

The second is an entirely separate issue of whether this player is good enough to continue.

One shouldn’t let sympathy / appreciation for the first to influence judgment of the second.
 
He said something like “if you people think I should retire, I will retire”



Yeah get the hell out ya fraud!!!
Pakistan cricket team should retire Along with PCB offical the way they have performed recently .. proper Minnow stuff :klopp :kp
 
Kiss pe Ehsan Kar raha hai yeh?

“He came out and admitted his faults”…”what a great and honest man”







Yeah he lost 7 matches in a row and has lost 16 from his last 17!! Plus 5 when he was Pakistan captain too!!

He’s dented the careers of at least 2 potential opening talents for Pakistan and was very close to ruining a 3rd player in Masood but that kid luckily held his own!

also came out and said that he was acting like a nightwatchman for Yasir Khan who can’t play the early swinging ball! So now his opening position is also questionable forever because Rizwan thinks he can handle swing better than Yasir can!
I wonder of he ran away with your property or something. You have so much personal hate inside of you for him.

It's harmful for you.
 
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Thanks for enlightening us but anyone with an internet connection can find out that you've lost 17 of your last 18 T20s as captain and average 15 with the bat this season at a strike-rate of 116.

I guess maybe @RizwanT20Champ may not know but then again he also thinks Babar Azam is the Novak Djokovic of cricket
And Mohammad Rizwan is Roger Federer?
 
I wonder of he ran away with your property or something. You have so much personal hate inside of you for him.

It's harmful for you.
Yeah precisely, I don’t even hate my enemies as much as this guy hates a cricketer who has never personally harmed him. He dedicates his everyday to saying something about him
 
He’s not in the T20 National team, why should he retire from franchise or domestic T20 cricket? Or any other format ?
He can do what he wants in national t20, domestic t20 or his back garden. Just retire from the national team.
 
Why did you feel burning sensation after knowing the truth? - Nation want to know. :klopp :kl
First of all, using minnow like that is not kind. Secondly, asking them to retire from cricket is just pathetic. Even our team has gone through bad phases where they were not a strong side. Every team has its own importance in cricket and it deserves respect.
 
He can do what he wants in national t20, domestic t20 or his back garden. Just retire from the national team.

And what if he doesn't?

Your ire should be at the selectors not him.

And forget about Tontee Tontee anyway. Leave alone Domestic Tontee Tontee. Leave that to @Rana
 
He isn’t in the national T20 team though and has not been for well over a year ?
He isn’t in the national T20 team because some donut like Misbah or Hafeez isn’t the chief selector or influential at the moment.

He knows that as soon as one of his lobbyists get appointed, he’s back in business. Hence he hasn’t retired!
 
And what if he doesn't?

Your ire should be at the selectors not him.

And forget about Tontee Tontee anyway. Leave alone Domestic Tontee Tontee. Leave that to @Rana
I don’t even know what you’re talking about. What’s Tontee?
 
Team lost all 7 matches but still Rizwan the captain opened in every inning. What kind of adamant mindset is that? Clearly things were not going well for the team and he should have thought in greater interest of the team. At least in 2-3 games he should have let any other player opened the innings. In T20s you have to switch plans quickly if original plan is not working
 
Thanks for enlightening us but anyone with an internet connection can find out that you've lost 17 of your last 18 T20s as captain and average 15 with the bat this season at a strike-rate of 116.

I guess maybe @RizwanT20Champ may not know but then again he also thinks Babar Azam is the Novak Djokovic of cricket
I already exposed your lie about Djokovic but you can keep repeating it. This thread is about Rizwan BTW so let's leave other players including your favorite minow basher tullar out of it.
 
rizzu is a very talented player who has been ruined by his propensity for playing politics, establishing his religious influence and inability to step away from the limelight.

hes a world class red ball wicket keeper, hes a very good lower order red ball batsman, hes a very good white ball wicket keeper. what he is not, is a power hitter, unfortunately he has never admitted this, and has ruined his career because of it.

its a shame, because hes still the best red ball keeper batsmen pak have had.
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Bro's Pakistan's Alan Knott lol
ive banged on about it for ages, for those of us old enough to have lived through moin khan, kamran akmal, and even sarfu, rizwan is a god send in red ball cricket behind the stumps. unfortuantely the red ball format isnt given the respect or exposure it needs to thrive in pak. aus, eng, sa, nz, ind, rizzu would be a undisputed generational goat contender, but the fact that hes a rubbish white ball opener means his entire legacy is defined by the trait whicih was never his primary strength.

im not saying this is fans fault, its his because he loves attention and politics which compounds issues, and the PCBs for just not playing enough tests for him to make a career out of that.
This!

Rizwan is a world class keeper and excellent Keeper/Batter in Red ball and he is good as an ODI Keeper, he is not a Power hitter and not a T20I player, because of later people want to blame all the issues of Pakistan Cricket on him.
 
Rizwan is done and dusted in T20s... He might retire soon from T20Is (Should actually)
 
I hope he doesn’t retire

I have a feeling he will break the record of the world’s most retired out player in the game.
If he continues to play like he is doing, he will surely do that
 
This guy said something along the lines of “you people (journalists) who want me to retire today also in the past said “Rizwan Chacka nahi maar sakta”


Does this guy think his life is some kind of Bollywood movie? Did he become Heinrich Klaasen or something in his head? As if he was hitting a six every 6th-7th ball he faces?


Tu ab bhi chacka nahi maar sakta!!!

Even if you do…then you play 10 dot balls or singles to destroy the impact of your random six!!
 
This guy said something along the lines of “you people (journalists) who want me to retire today also in the past said “Rizwan Chacka nahi maar sakta”


Does this guy think his life is some kind of Bollywood movie? Did he become Heinrich Klaasen or something in his head? As if he was hitting a six every 6th-7th ball he faces?


Tu ab bhi chacka nahi maar sakta!!!

Even if you do…then you play 10 dot balls or singles to destroy the impact of your random six!!
He had more sixes hit at one point than Shahid Afridi in less games too he also has 4 less sixes than Fakhar having played 14 less matches

You disliking him wont change those dynamics even if you come up with some kind of excuse to defend how useless Fakhar has been in T20i

Rightly said too, they said he could not hit sixes, he is second on that list, those journalists need to take an L because he did prove them wrong.

There is only one guy on this list that struggles to hit sixes

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He has hit 23 more sixes in only 3 more innings than the most prolific six hitter Pakistan has ever produced. Rizwan cannot hit sixes but has more in less innings than 90 percent of this list so what does that mean?

Sahibzada is most impressive and if this list highlights one thing, it is that we have also created a myth about our six hitting capabilities just like we state we have a world class bowling attack.
 
He had more sixes hit at one point than Shahid Afridi in less games too he also has 4 less sixes than Fakhar having played 14 less matches

You disliking him wont change those dynamics even if you come up with some kind of excuse to defend how useless Fakhar has been in T20i

Rightly said too, they said he could not hit sixes, he is second on that list, those journalists need to take an L because he did prove them wrong.

There is only one guy on this list that struggles to hit sixes

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What’s this rubbish?

95 sixes having faced 2700+ balls? That too many of them in the powerplay??

Who’s buying this bs now??


Yeh Chakka nahi maar sakta! Pehle bhi nahi maar sakta tha, ab bhi nahi maar sakta!
 
He had more sixes hit at one point than Shahid Afridi in less games too he also has 4 less sixes than Fakhar having played 14 less matches

You disliking him wont change those dynamics even if you come up with some kind of excuse to defend how useless Fakhar has been in T20i

Rightly said too, they said he could not hit sixes, he is second on that list, those journalists need to take an L because he did prove them wrong.

There is only one guy on this list that struggles to hit sixes

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Going by this,

Farhan will hit 200 sixes by the time he faces as many balls as Rizwan has faced.

Don’t share these backwas stats with me trying to act smart. Your scam is over!
 
Does not matter, they said he cannot hit sixes, he is there second on the list, No journalist has ever said Babar cannot hit sixes
 
Going by this,

Farhan will hit 200 sixes by the time he faces as many balls as Rizwan has faced.

Don’t share these backwas stats with me trying to act smart. Your scam is over!
Like I said, his record is impressive, the rest on this list are poor, compared to India, England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa

Face the facts, we are a garbage cricket team that cannot bowl and cannot bat to modern standards
 
Like I said, his record is impressive, the rest on this list are poor, compared to India, England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa

Face the facts, we are a garbage cricket team that cannot bowl and cannot bat to modern standards
Can't you see him playing? Does he look prolific six hitter to you by any stretch of imagination? Can he stand still and hit one over covers with full face? He is a joke. Shahibzada farhan is best six hitter in recent times for Pakistan who has ability to clear boundary
 
Can't you see him playing? Does he look prolific six hitter to you by any stretch of imagination? Can he stand still and hit one over covers with full face? He is a joke. Shahibzada farhan is best six hitter in recent times for Pakistan who has ability to clear boundary
All the questions you are asking him, in his mind he thinks Rizwan can do all that and even more. He thinks Rizwan is some kind of Heinrich Klaasen
 
Rizwan is so shameless. He is so far out of his depth in T20S, yet he continues to play and open every match, and no one has the balls to drop him.
 
"I am willing to do whatever the team requires of me. Whether they ask for a specific role or I suggest one myself, I am always ready to adapt for the benefit of the side."

What the 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Rizzu bhai is talking to Lil Jimmy
 
Painful to watch but T20 has passed him by.

He should stick to the 50 over and test format.
 
No.1 to no.11 You can’t trust him or Babar to bat in any position at the intl level in T20I’s, even no.11!
Both have been badly exposed in this format. Rizwan at this point should just retire from T20s altogether. Because even if he is just playing PSL, he is not doing any team any favors. Where can he bat? I can't think of a single number where he can bat and play a useful knock.
 
Painful to watch but T20 has passed him by.

He should stick to the 50 over and test format.
Even with the lack of other options and my thought he might be able to do a job down the order (did not deserve to open with that SR), it is clear he is NOT the answer.
 
He should never be picked for the T20I side again. Franchises work differently and if they are willing to pay him for these kinds of rubbish performances , he can make some more money instead of retiring.

Suspect that he is a couple of years older than his listed age and his relatively limited hand eye is gone now.

You can make adjustments in the longer formats but T20 is a brutal format. You need explosive hitters
 
Both have been badly exposed in this format. Rizwan at this point should just retire from T20s altogether. Because even if he is just playing PSL, he is not doing any team any favors. Where can he bat? I can't think of a single number where he can bat and play a useful knock.
No way he is only 34.....a least 37
 
He's also ending PSL careers of his teammates some won't get picked now due to losing so many matches Amir and Billings were both looking embarrassed when he misfielded one on the boundary and it went through for a four.
 
He should never be picked for the T20I side again. Franchises work differently and if they are willing to pay him for these kinds of rubbish performances , he can make some more money instead of retiring.

Suspect that he is a couple of years older than his listed age and his relatively limited hand eye is gone now.

You can make adjustments in the longer formats but T20 is a brutal format. You need explosive hitters
He seems done at international level in all formats tbh. His batting in odis is equally bad. Tests is where he can still play but he will be useless though he's still the best keeper in the country.
 
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