ICC CT 2017 | Final : India vs Pakistan | 18th June, 2017 | The Oval | Pakistan Innings

[Nelson on]

Fakhar please stop playing recklessly, your job is not done here. Let Babar settle and then go for big shots.

Totally agree

 

[WC-Passion]

Babar needs to stop batting dot balls.

 

[IcedCoffee]

8* (20). Shabba, playing out the overcast conditions. Massive movement there.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Next one in should be Malik or Sarfraz

 

[Markhor]

Bumrah off the field at the moment being attended to by the physio.

 

[Jabo]

He can't relax
We Need A big 300
And fakhar needs to do that

Babar needs to get a move on

 

[Nasty Naz]

At this point, Pakistan should consider it a T20 match rest of the way and bat like it.

 

[waleed88]

India's best chance is to keep Misbah Azam on the strike

And there were days when people called him Babar Kohli, what a joke!!

 

[JaDed]

Congrats to Pak posters and Zaman,timely 100

 

[Haseeb 22]

Just go Babar. Just go!

 

[Nikhil_cric]

A knock which was as clutch as they come. Well done lad.

 

[hur rizvi]

Babar

 

[adzzy786]

8* (20). Shabba, playing out the overcast conditions. Massive movement there.

Really tough batting pitch

 

[imshally81]

India is lacking of 6th bowler

 

[GOAT999]

Pakistan could have doubled this score if we had the liked of razzaq afridi and kamran akmal

 

[On_the_up]

Babar is sucking the life out of this partnership.

Very poor inns so far.

Will get Fakhar out due to pressure.

 

[cricfan967]

Someone get this guy an IPL contract

 

[QalandarFan]

Captain needs to give Babar a kick in the rear end durig the drinks break, so he can up his ante. Playing with such little intent in the final.

 

[pillionrider]

With 19 overs left and 9 wickets in hand we really should look for 380+

You can look, but you won't find

 

[Barragan]

Zam needs to play most of the overs

Babar needs to play more freely from the other end

 

[Pakistani Pace]

Babar seriously needs to hit the gym

 

[Madplayer]

Bumrah off the field at the moment being attended to by the physio.

Hopefully he doesnt come back on. Would be really hard to score off him.

 

[Haroon786]

Kohli has poor body language.

 

[Markhor]

Sarfraz or Malik should have come at no.3

Pakistan need to be flexible with their batting order for once today. Malik or Sarfraz should be in next. May be worth promoting Shadab later on as he is a decent hitter.

 

[Buffet]

I wish we can bat India out of game

350 will do it.

 

[Zeshan547]

No matter how much babar recover but this is match losing start by him, don't know it's selfish genes or those Akmal genes at work

 

[sjahmed23]

Babar Azam should be thrown out like his cousin next series. This is ridiculous batting after you are 132/1

 

[Madplayer]

Kohli has poor body language.

Kohli's body itself is missing

 

[Veteran]

Babar has poor footwork. Needs to work on his technique.

 

[aukhan]

Babar akmal needs to change his gears now.

 

[On_the_up]

Babar is sucking the life out of this partnership.

Very poor inns so far.

Will get Fakhar out due to pressure.

Malik should come in next. Hafeez definitely not.

 

[ExpressPacer]

What has Babar even done...

 

[Pakistani Pace]

Kohli's body itself is missing

 

[coy0607]

I don't know what Babars problem is here. He's playing such lazy shots, really frustrating to watch

That selfish label is going to continue to grow if he keeps playing like this

 

[PakFan2010]

320 is a par score on this pitch.

Pakistan have it all to do!

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

Babar Azam batting average = 54.5
Fakhar Zaman batting average = 80.33

 

[hur rizvi]

I wish we can bat India out of game

That's not possible we still would have to bowl extremely well

 

[IcedCoffee]

Kohli's body itself is missing

lolll

 

[Stallion__]

What a costly no ball that was

 

[vandokkum]

350 will do it.

If India win this one with Kohli getting a good score, he will go down as the GOAT in odis.

 

[Fahdi]

Babar is doing alright. It's not as if he is dead batting the ball, he is trying to find the gaps to rotate strike. Some very good fielding has denied him about 4 singles.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

We need 350 MIN

 

[Arsal_AK]

330-340 should a lock at this point.

 

[90MPH]

340 will be match winning - if we get there.

 

[Pakistani Pace]

 

[Hasan2K8]

Brilliant batting by Fakhar! Credit to this batsman changed the attitude of Pak batting this CT.

 

[Saeed]

19 overs left with 9 wickets on hand, we can play a T20 cricket from now on.

 

[hadi123]

19 overs left. We need 10+ an over

 

[amvbfm]

Come on guys, Babar doesn't need to go hard yet. We can make up later as long as we don't lose wickets. We all know we are prone to collapses, better to go steady. Babar is slightly slow but nothing alarming yet.

 

[shariqnoor]

I feel anything above 300 will be tough to chase. The pressure of the final is something else.

 

[Leeon1994]

Babar playing too slow

 

[jkay]

300+ needed. Come on guys prove the whole world wrong and take india out of this game! Such a shame Azhar got run out

 

[IcedCoffee]

Are the umpires thinking it's a test match? That was super high!

 

[ExplicitAI]

Fakhar got a hundred off a no ball, make them pay now!!

 

[Syed1]

Dadi in the commentary i was missing her

 

[GOAT999]

Luck luck luck luck

 

[IcedCoffee]

Good running.

 

[Madplayer]

We need Fakhar to score 150 today.

 

[adzzy786]

Babar really needs to step up

 

[GOAT999]

Wow pandya is bowling very well

 

[Syed1]

How is that not a wide?

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

I feel anything above 300 will be tough to chase. The pressure of the final is something else.

Agree

 

[Vorador]

Fakhar Zaman has something rarely found in Pakistani batsmen - intelligence. Adapts his game to the field, knows when to shift gears. Highly impressed.

Babar Azam should do the right thing and get out.

 

[WebGuru]

Bhogle Asks:

What is it with left handed openers from Pakistan against India? Saeed Anwar, Salman Butt, even Nasir Jamshed, now Fakhar Zaman

 

[hur rizvi]

Babar has built pressure on fakhar

 

[amvbfm]

Fakhar starting to slog now. Needs to play proper cricket and go on, its a good pitch the runs will come themselves. Doesn't need to go so hard.

 

[ExplicitAI]

all first innings tons resulted in losses...

 

[Leeon1994]

Umpires are always biased towards us with wides

 

[adzzy786]

Baber is really annoying

 

[Hamza_]

Come on guys, Babar doesn't need to go hard yet. We can make up later as long as we don't lose wickets. We all know we are prone to collapses, better to go steady. Babar is slightly slow but nothing alarming yet.

We need 330+

 

[CricketAnalyst]

I have been saying for a long time Babar Azam even in a purple patch was scoring slow. What do you think will happen when form deserts him? This is the answer.

He is helping us more than Pakistan with such a slow innings.

 

[Farhansk]

No need for wild slog fakhar, this is what happens when your partner plays too many dot balls but that's how babar sets up his innings, I think babar will make up for all the deliveries he wasted.

 

[Madplayer]

Good pull by Babar
Need more of it.

 

[Rafay Shafiq]

Babar Azam lack strength in his legs. Slow runner

 

[IAJ]

Fast bowlers really hard to get away and we have not selected Raees.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Need to target 350

 

[Syed1]

Finally some runs for Misbah

 

[GOAT999]

bhogle asks:

what is it with left handed openers from pakistan against india? Saeed anwar, salman butt, even nasir jamshed, now fakhar zaman

hum ultey hath ki dena pasand kertey hein

 

[imshally81]

 

[Madplayer]

Babar has built pressure on fakhar

Babar is ensurinh that more wickets dont fall and Fakhar doesnt get under pressure. He will make up for it.