They should give everyone chance in the warmup matches and play the best possible XI against Netherlands and so on. In a world cup, teams should only experiment when they have already qualified.
In warmup can play the whole squad
Point is your main players are not fatigued, over burdened with high chances of getting unfit and if a case like Naseem Shah happens, you know who to play rather than adding a undercooked, out of practice laddo bowler in a rush.
Pakistan just doesn't play enough matches unlike India for the players to feel over burdened
yeah they have already gave pakistan a bit of tough time on their last tour to Netherlands. Few matches went so close, so i think pakistan must not take them easy at all.
I have the same feeling
It's just not Pakistan matches, it's the PSL, the leagues around the world, plus it's not only India other countries have the same approach.
Well the bench strength is important in the case like Naseem Shah happening. You don’t want to be without your main bowler in a big tournament. So you make sure decent backups are ready and waiting to be called up when needed.
There's no way we do this in the first game of the tournament. A loss under these circumstances would be a death blow and no-one will want to take that risk.
Not happening
Gotta get the 20th 100, must surpass saeed Anwar
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Expecting Babar to score at least 3 centuries in this World Cup.Gotta get the 20th 100, must surpass saeed Anwar
Yeah I wouldn’t be so confident.
He might but I do know, if we reach semi final by some miracle, he ain't scoring in Semi or finals
He fancies NZ bowling yes.
Usama has done enough by our standards to secure a spot in starting 11
I doubt they will. Actually, I think they should not do that. It will be very awkward if they have to make any last minute change so let's keep it simple and announce the squad before the toss.
So Babar's buddy Shadab playing as well
4 inshaAllah
He fancies the aussies and SA too, it is just India he hasn't scored enough against. He is a world beater.
You have issues with them announcing on the toss and you had issues with them announcing 1-day prior. What do you really want?
Just asking the question
It will sure have its impact but won't be as bad as T20 WC '21 because it is not T20. Batting first teams will win more than 30-35% games too
What reasoning is that?
No astrology of course, lol. The reason is scoreboard pressure. You have only 10 wickets and there will be matches when you have to chase 350+, I see teams failing to chase down that total 8/10 times despite of the dew factor.
No I think 80% of the teams chasing will win the games on these wickets. No score is safe
There's no WI & Zim for him to score 3 centuries, at max he will score one most likely against NED.
I disagree, today's target was supposed to be chased anyway. Let's see in the upcoming games.
I am not getting defensive at all. Just mentioning that you're never satisfied.
This happened in the last IPL as well. Initially everybody was chasing and winning, but teams batting first starting doing better in the later half of the tournament.
I’m very satisfied that they are not really doing it after the Asia cup tbh
It is the first match of a very long tournament so the focus should be on winning the game rather than winning it by a huge margin.
What’s the point of playing? We should forfeit from the World Cup.
