"If a team of the best players from IPL faced one from PSL, the PSL side would win" : Abdul Razzaq

[MenInG]

"If a team of the best players from IPL faced one from PSL, the PSL side would win" : Abdul Razzaq

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Abdul Razzaq "if a team of the best players from the Indian Premier League faced a team made-up of the best players from the Pakistan Super League, the PSL team would win" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1219332524675039234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[MenInG]

Spoken with some conviction but is he right?

 

[RainStopsPlay]

How does a best PSL team look like? Can someone list the possible PSL best XI?

 

[Zaz]

Whats razzaqs fascination with comparing everything to india? First the shezad and tendulkar ludicrous comparison and now this

Doesnt he realise he is embarrassing himself everytime he opens his mouth like this?

 

[MenInG]

How does a best PSL team look like? Can someone list the possible PSL best XI?

With or without foreign players? what if some of them also play in PSL?

 

[Hawkeye]

Good.

More publicity for him. Though he's doing it wrong. Learn from Shoaib. Don't troll that audience, you make them your fans.

 

[RainStopsPlay]

With or without foreign players? what if some of them also play in PSL?

Include the best foreign talent. Doesn't matter if they're part of IPL, too. Just want to see how does the best PSL XI look like.

 

[Titan24]

Best players? Overseas players in IPL along with Indian players would probably make it a T20 world XI team without Pak players so obviously on paper that would look stronger.

Looks like Razzaq is trying to tap some share of social media and youtube market.

 

[Titan24]

Include the best foreign talent. Doesn't matter if they're part of IPL, too. Just want to see how does the best PSL XI look like.

Last year PSL 2019 XI was selected as:

Waston
Kamran
Babar
ABD
Ingram
Asif Ali
Pollard
Faheem
Wahab
Hassan
Umer Khan (Spinner)
Sandeep Lamichanne

So it includes only 4 international players just like PSL match.

 

[JattMaula]

Good.

More publicity for him. Though he's doing it wrong. Learn from Shoaib. Don't troll that audience, you make them your fans.

His target audience is different.

 

[RainStopsPlay]

Last year PSL 2019 XI was selected as:

Waston
Kamran
Babar
ABD
Ingram
Asif Ali
Pollard
Faheem
Wahab
Hassan
Umer Khan (Spinner)
Sandeep Lamichanne

So it includes only 4 international players just like PSL match.

Nice to see some talented cricketers, but what is Asif Ali doing in this list?

 

[SensiblePakFan]

1st sensible comment from Razzaq in a while.

 

[silentkiller187]

Hate to break it but India’s t20 team would give the best of psl a run for their money let alone with the addition of some foreigners

 

[Test lover]

Yes after all PSL is best league in the world lol

 

[Markhor]

Hahaha ! Wow, first Kamran comes out saying Mickey Arthur is to blame for the "problem of fitness tests", now Abdul Razzaq shows his IQ level.

 

[BaankeJi]

If Pakistani foreign minister can "suspect" that BCCI is behind BCB delaying tour to Pakistan, then these statements are very very mild. Go Razzaq!

 

[Finisher]

Lahore lions beat IPL sides with only Pakistani Players so it is possible

 

[JaDed]

Lahore lions beat IPL sides with only Pakistani Players so it is possible

Sides or side?

 

[ethan hunt]

A local lahore side beat Mumbai indians with all their overseas players.
Bumrah was hit around by akmal and shehzad in that game.

Razzaq may be trolling but its not far fetched.

 

[Finisher]

Sides or side?

Side
The 2nd game wasn't one sided. KKR won with 3 balls remaining with Sunil Narine Chucking to his hearts content them days.

 

[tyron_woodley]

A local lahore side beat Mumbai indians with all their overseas players.
Bumrah was hit around by akmal and shehzad in that game.

Razzaq may be trolling but its not far fetched.

yes said no one ever.

 

[topspin]

You might as well say Pakistan would beat India and World XI in the shortest format of the game.

 

[JaDed]

Side
The 2nd game wasn't one sided. KKR won with 3 balls remaining with Sunil Narine Chucking to his hearts content them days.

It was also the time PCT was a world class T20 team in ICC tournaments.. and they had many players from the national team then..

Anyhow we would know in the upcoming T20 WC if PCT is as good as it was pre 2014 level, also the best team then of IPL (consistency) was CSK and that match was abandoned due to rain.

It would be fun to watch though..

 

[hitthestump]

Last year PSL 2019 XI was selected as:

Waston
Kamran
Babar
ABD
Ingram
Asif Ali
Pollard
Faheem
Wahab
Hassan
Umer Khan (Spinner)
Sandeep Lamichanne

So it includes only 4 international players just like PSL match.

This is 12 players, which incidentally is what we'd need to beat an IPL XI

 

[moghul]

Why does,t he say something sensible for a change.

 

[light]

I think he wrote BPL wrong. Wrote IPL instead

 

[kingusama92]

IPL XI would be India's top 7 players + 4 foreign superstars.

David Warner
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli (C)
AB De Villiers
Andre Russell
Hardik Pandya
Rishabh Pant (WK)
Imran Tahir
Yuzvendra Chahal
Jasprit Bumrah
Mohammad Shami

They could also include Ben Stokes by removing Warner (replace with Dhawan/KL Rahul) as well but his form wasn't too good in the IPL.

Nonetheless, PSL XI has no chance regardless of the combination you put together.

 

[ahmadharis1]

IPL XI would be India's top 7 players + 4 foreign superstars.

David Warner
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli (C)
AB De Villiers
Andre Russell
Hardik Pandya
Rishabh Pant (WK)
Imran Tahir
Yuzvendra Chahal
Jasprit Bumrah
Mohammad Shami

They could also include Ben Stokes by removing Warner (replace with Dhawan/KL Rahul) as well but his form wasn't too good in the IPL.

Nonetheless, PSL XI has no chance regardless of the combination you put together.

This. This team right here would dominate every other team in the world. A PSL team wouldn't even come close

 

[tyron_woodley]

This. This team right here would dominate every other team in the world. A PSL team wouldn't even come close

take out pannauti pant and out Rahul. Even better.

 

[Titan24]

This is 12 players, which incidentally is what we'd need to beat an IPL XI

You are correct as Sandeep Lamachane is the 12th man.

 

[Titan24]

IPL XI would be India's top 7 players + 4 foreign superstars.

David Warner
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli (C)
AB De Villiers
Andre Russell
Hardik Pandya
Rishabh Pant (WK)
Imran Tahir
Yuzvendra Chahal
Jasprit Bumrah
Mohammad Shami

They could also include Ben Stokes by removing Warner (replace with Dhawan/KL Rahul) as well but his form wasn't too good in the IPL.

Nonetheless, PSL XI has no chance regardless of the combination you put together.

Ok than PSL xi will replace AB with Hales or Roy and Maybe Watson will move to four.

On a serious note; guys this wouldnt be a bad match at all to be honest. Yes IPL XI will start as favourites but still would be an interesting proposition.

 

[Banton10]

David warner
Rohit Sharma
Virat
N. Pooran
Josh butler
Hardik pandya
Andre Russell
Kuldeep
Chahal
Jasprit bumrah
Bhuvneshwar

 

[Revolution]

Most of the foreign players will definitely play for IPL than PSL.

These foreign players still sit in bench in IPL but avoid playing for PSL.

Reasons are open truth.

 

[Mesozoic]

I mean what's the context here. Did someone ask him something related or did he just get a feeling "It's been a while since I've said something stupid. Here we go".

 

[MenInG]

I mean what's the context here. Did someone ask him something related or did he just get a feeling "It's been a while since I've said something stupid. Here we go".

Its part of an interview - stay tuned.

 

[MenInG]

IPL XI would be India's top 7 players + 4 foreign superstars.

David Warner
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli (C)
AB De Villiers
Andre Russell
Hardik Pandya
Rishabh Pant (WK)
Imran Tahir
Yuzvendra Chahal
Jasprit Bumrah
Mohammad Shami

They could also include Ben Stokes by removing Warner (replace with Dhawan/KL Rahul) as well but his form wasn't too good in the IPL.

Nonetheless, PSL XI has no chance regardless of the combination you put together.

Imran Tahir also plays in PSL (or did in the past) - think we should exclude such players?

 

[ChennaiFan]

I mean what's the context here. Did someone ask him something related or did he just get a feeling "It's been a while since I've said something stupid. Here we go".

It is his opinion. But if he himself actually believes in what he had said is questionable.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

PSL churns out the kind of talent that IPL can only dream of. Nothing wrong in what razzler said. There is a reason why Pakistan have been no. 1 in the format for quite some team.

 

[Srtfan]

Ipl best xi
Rohit
Warner
Kohli
Abd
Rahul
Hardik
Russel
Bhuvi
Kuldeep
Rashid
Bumrah


Ipl 2nd xi
Shaw
Dhawan
Maxwel
Buttler
Pant
Pollard
Suryakymar yadav
Rabada
Ashwin
Chahal
Saini

 

[Mamoon]

Lahore lions beat IPL sides with only Pakistani Players so it is possible

A local lahore side beat Mumbai indians with all their overseas players.
Bumrah was hit around by akmal and shehzad in that game.

Razzaq may be trolling but its not far fetched.

Oh bhai, check the batting lineup of Mumbai first before doing bhangra to Razzaq’s nonsense statement.

Simmons
Hussey
Saxena
Rayudu
Tare
Pollard

That is a terrible lineup. Hussey is the only quality batsman in that lineup but this match was in 2014 and he was finished by then.

Any half-decent T20 side would walk over this awful batting lineup.

In comparison, Lahore Lions had Shehzad, Jamshed, Hafeez and Umar Akmal. A more than decent lineup especially for 2014 and clearly better than Mumbai Indians’.

As far as Bumrah is concerned, he was 21 year old at the time and nothing like the bowler he is today. He was not nothing special until 2016.

 

[Mamoon]

PSL best XI might give IPL third XI some competition though.

 

[Mamoon]

IPL, along with the WT20, is the highest form of T20 cricket in the game.

I would argue that if the full-strength Pakistan national T20 team, the one that calls itself the number 1 ranked side, were to play in the IPL as a 9th franchise, they won’t make it to the play-offs.

 

[kingusama92]

Imran Tahir also plays in PSL (or did in the past) - think we should exclude such players?

That's fair.

But it might become impossible to field a PSL XI with that requirement. All of the tournament's foreign players have been in the IPL at one point or another.

 

[RajBan]

That's fair.

But it might become impossible to field a PSL XI with that requirement. All of the tournament's foreign players have been in the IPL at one point or another.

The only common top player in recent times is Watson, Pollard and ABD

 

[Bhaijaan]

Due to smaller pool, PSL has more quality than IPL.

 

[theariezman]

IPL, along with the WT20, is the highest form of T20 cricket in the game.

I would argue that if the full-strength Pakistan national T20 team, the one that calls itself the number 1 ranked side, were to play in the IPL as a 9th franchise, they won’t make it to the play-offs.

itself

if this is the way ......
I wish we call our self No.1 ODI itself

 

[MenInG]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...fying-group-champions-league-twenty20-2014-15

Scorecard

Lahore Lions won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining) vs Mumbai Lions in 2014

 

[shortbread]

Cos without the foreign players, what Razzaq is saying is that the Pakistan T20 squad will beat the Indian T20 squad. If Fakhar and Babar are on a roll, India stands no chance. Bar Kohli and Sharma, its a very weak batting line up with a long tail.

 

[jiduguravindra]

Cos without the foreign players, what Razzaq is saying is that the Pakistan T20 squad will beat the Indian T20 squad. If Fakhar and Babar are on a roll, India stands no chance. Bar Kohli and Sharma, its a very weak batting line up with a long tail.

Same can be said about Pakistan bar fakhar and babar no quality batter available that made recall of seniors.even if fakhar and babar on roll can match kohli and sharma on a roll.unlike rohit fakhar is a hack.

 

[jiduguravindra]

Ipl best xi
Rohit
Warner
Kohli
Abd
Rahul
Hardik
Russel
Bhuvi
Kuldeep
Rashid
Bumrah


Ipl 2nd xi
Shaw
Dhawan
Maxwel
Buttler
Pant
Pollard
Suryakymar yadav
Rabada
Ashwin
Chahal
Saini

Make 3rd Xi, I think even that team also look strong enough to beat or give competition to best psl team.

 

[Srtfan]

Even ipl 3rd xi can beat best psl xi
Gill
Bairstow
Smith
Iyer
Stokes
Karthik (wk)
Sundar
Jadeja
Gowthan
Deepak chahar
Boult

Still there are lot of options balance for even 4th xi rahane, pandey, shami,,umesh, dhoni, krunal, dube, Shreyas Gopal, rahul chahar + foreign player .

 

[BlueBeamer]

Don't see anything wrong with what Razzaq said. Sure on paper an IPL XI will be stronger but T20 games are mercurial, any team half decent team can win on its day.

 

[Mueez]

I disagree with Razzaq.

PSL’s best team can’t beat IPL’s best team which may include some T20 giants.

 

[ethan hunt]

Oh bhai, check the batting lineup of Mumbai first before doing bhangra to Razzaq’s nonsense statement.

Simmons
Hussey
Saxena
Rayudu
Tare
Pollard

That is a terrible lineup. Hussey is the only quality batsman in that lineup but this match was in 2014 and he was finished by then.

Any half-decent T20 side would walk over this awful batting lineup.

In comparison, Lahore Lions had Shehzad, Jamshed, Hafeez and Umar Akmal. A more than decent lineup especially for 2014 and clearly better than Mumbai Indians’.

As far as Bumrah is concerned, he was 21 year old at the time and nothing like the bowler he is today. He was not nothing special until 2016.

It was the champions league. Mumbai played because they qualified over others. What's your point ?

Shehzad. Jamshed akmals and babar azam are all local lahoris. It was a proper local team and kinda shows how strong Lahore cricket is.

 

[Mirpur express]

Just about everything that comes from Abdul is irrelevant, they guy has really low IQ

 

[Mamoon]

It was the champions league. Mumbai played because they qualified over others. What's your point ?

Shehzad. Jamshed akmals and babar azam are all local lahoris. It was a proper local team and kinda shows how strong Lahore cricket is.

My point is self-explanatory. That was a terrible batting lineup. Do you even know who the likes of Saxena and Tare are? No one does.

The local Lahori players were better than this weak Mumbai team. The only good batsman was Simmons while Hussey was finished. He was a walking wicket in IPL that year.

More importantly, Mumbai were without Rohit Sharma and also Corey Anderson.

Mumbai were actually poor in the IPL that year. They won 7 and lost 7, and if they would have picked the team that lost to Lahore (no Rohit and Corey Anderson) they would probably have finished at the bottom.

Lahore’s victory in that match proves nothing. They played against the weakest possible IPL side at the time.

If they would have won against a team with Rohit then it would have meant something.

If Lahore Lions were to play in the 2014 IPL against full-strength IPL sides, they would have been smashed.

Since 2011-2012, the best IPL teams have been consistently stronger than Pakistan’s national T20 team. Apart from maybe in 2009 or 2010, the Pakistani team wouldn’t have won the IPL had they played as a franchise.

Similarly, the best PSL XI is no match at all for the best IPL XI.

 

[ethan hunt]

My point is self-explanatory. That was a terrible batting lineup. Do you even know who the likes of Saxena and Tare are? No one does.

The local Lahori players were better than this weak Mumbai team. The only good batsman was Simmons while Hussey was finished. He was a walking wicket in IPL that year.

More importantly, Mumbai were without Rohit Sharma and also Corey Anderson.

Mumbai were actually poor in the IPL that year. They won 7 and lost 7, and if they would have picked the team that lost to Lahore (no Rohit and Corey Anderson) they would probably have finished at the bottom.

Lahore’s victory in that match proves nothing. They played against the weakest possible IPL side at the time.

If they would have won against a team with Rohit then it would have meant something.

If Lahore Lions were to play in the 2014 IPL against full-strength IPL sides, they would have been smashed.

Since 2011-2012, the best IPL teams have been consistently stronger than Pakistan’s national T20 team. Apart from maybe in 2009 or 2010, the Pakistani team wouldn’t have won the IPL had they played as a franchise.

Similarly, the best PSL XI is no match at all for the best IPL XI.

Well they did play against a full strength kolkatta knight riders and weren't smashed but again you are free to have an opinion.
Also cory anderson? Seriously?
I just feel that with a smaller pool of players it isnt a far fetched suggestion.

 

[Finisher]

Oh bhai, check the batting lineup of Mumbai first before doing bhangra to Razzaq’s nonsense statement.

Simmons
Hussey
Saxena
Rayudu
Tare
Pollard

That is a terrible lineup. Hussey is the only quality batsman in that lineup but this match was in 2014 and he was finished by then.

Any half-decent T20 side would walk over this awful batting lineup.

In comparison, Lahore Lions had Shehzad, Jamshed, Hafeez and Umar Akmal. A more than decent lineup especially for 2014 and clearly better than Mumbai Indians’.

As far as Bumrah is concerned, he was 21 year old at the time and nothing like the bowler he is today. He was not nothing special until 2016.

What about the bowling lineup of Harbhjan Singh-Malinga-Pravin Kumar-Pragyan Ojha and Jasprit Bumrah.
Can You compare Adnan Rasool and Imran Ali to these

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

IPL best eleven is Indian team without liabilities and the best foreign players in it. PSL is obviously best Pakistan eleven with very good foreign players excluding the ones chosen for IPL obviously ($). I can guarantee that IPL eleven will win 8/10 times against PSL eleven. Razzak should shut up for good.

 

[HEYY]

I don't think so, IPL has some of the best players from all over the world + all Indian internationals. I only see PSL team winning a game if its a 5 or 10 match series.

 

[MenInG]

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...f-the-best-players-from-IPL-quot-Abdul-Razzaq

Read his full interview here.

 

[Mamoon]

What about the bowling lineup of Harbhjan Singh-Malinga-Pravin Kumar-Pragyan Ojha and Jasprit Bumrah.
Can You compare Adnan Rasool and Imran Ali to these

Bumrah was nothing at that time. You cannot win T20s with such a terrible batting lineup against a good side like Lahore Lions.

 

[cricketjoshila]

It was the champions league. Mumbai played because they qualified over others. What's your point ?

Shehzad. Jamshed akmals and babar azam are all local lahoris. It was a proper local team and kinda shows how strong Lahore cricket is.

Mumbai qualified as the 4th best ipl team. Lahore qualified as Pakistans champions. So the best Pakistani team was able to beat the 4th Indian team. Thats a v good comparison.

Btw whats Razzaqs obsession with India and IPL?

There are do many other leagues.

 

[minamino]

I don't know why is he trying to offend Indians by making such silly statements? He could earn a lot of money by targeting Indian audience. He should learn from Tanvir Ahmed or Basit Ali.

 

[Mamoon]

Well they did play against a full strength kolkatta knight riders and weren't smashed but again you are free to have an opinion.
Also cory anderson? Seriously?
I just feel that with a smaller pool of players it isnt a far fetched suggestion.

They didn’t play against a full-strength KKR.

KKR had a weak middle-order because of the absence of Shakib and Pandey, who scored a match-winning hundred in the IPL final that year, and was also their second highest scorer.

Corey Anderson was very good at the time and an important player for Mumbai. It was the same year where he broke Afridi’s record of fastest ODI century.

The quality of overseas players in PSL are incomparable to IPL. The majority of the best contemporary players in the world play in the IPL but not in the PSL.

That is why it is absurd to suggest that a PSL XI can beat IPL XI.

IPL XI will easily win 8/10 times.

 

[Kroll]

Just like the time Crystal Palace beat Man City at the Etihad, it's possible but highly unlikely. Razzaq back smoking the spinach again?

 

[B_Positive]

IPL best eleven is Indian team without liabilities and the best foreign players in it. PSL is obviously best Pakistan eleven with very good foreign players excluding the ones chosen for IPL obviously ($). I can guarantee that IPL eleven will win 8/10 times against PSL eleven. Razzak should shut up for good.

Honestly I will have to agree with this. Any team can beat any in t20s but IPL xi would definitely dominate PSL xi most of the time. Similar to what Pakistan team is against India these days. Except for that one match in CT final, pakistan has lost almost everything in last 6-7 years...

 

[Raja111]

It's possible if it's a 5 match series and played in Pakistan or UAE!

 

[Ertugrul_Bey]

He’s completely lost his marbles and needs an intervention. Smh

 

[tyron_woodley]

good luck versing current Mumbai now yhough. current bumrah alone will destroy that team single handedly.

 

[jnaveen1980]

These imaginary challenge is some kind of an obsession for the past Pak cricketers. Do you see any matured cricketer talking this way?

 

[Saj]

It won't happen, but what an excellent match it would be.

In fact get the BBL PSL IPL CPL Vitality Blast and BPL winners in a tournament.

 

[Titan24]

It won't happen, but what an excellent match it would be.

In fact get the BBL PSL IPL CPL Vitality Blast and BPL winners in a tournament.

Yes and this was the initial idea behind champions league T20 as well but it wasnt executed or marketed well. Idea definitely deserves a comeback with better planning.

 

[Hyperion66]

Yes and this was the initial idea behind champions league T20 as well but it wasnt executed or marketed well. Idea definitely deserves a comeback with better planning.

It will be extremely one sided affair with IPL teams wiping the floor with rest of the teams and some flukes and upsets here and there. If I am not wrong exactly same happened in the last few additions of the clt20 where IPL teams competed with each other for the trophy while the other teams were severely outclassed and outmatched.

 

[Hyperion66]

It won't happen, but what an excellent match it would be.

In fact get the BBL PSL IPL CPL Vitality Blast and BPL winners in a tournament.

You seriously think it would be an even contest?

 

[Hyperion66]

These imaginary challenge is some kind of an obsession for the past Pak cricketers. Do you see any matured cricketer talking this way?

After his YouTube channel bombed he has no other go but to spew spicy nonsense to stay relevant.

 

[Saj]

You seriously think it would be an even contest?

Who knows. By writing it off you are showing no respect to other T20 Leagues, just the IPL.

I've stated a tournament of T20 League winners would be interesting.

 

[Hyperion66]

Who knows.

I've stated a tournament of T20 League winners would be interesting.

We had a league almost exactly as you suggesting but it wasn't half as interesting with IPL teams mostly decimating other teams and competing against each other in the finals. I would much rather have multiple nation t20 tournaments, kinda like them ODI tournaments we used to have back in the 90s.

 

[Titan24]

It will be extremely one sided affair with IPL teams wiping the floor with rest of the teams and some flukes and upsets here and there. If I am not wrong exactly same happened in the last few additions of the clt20 where IPL teams competed with each other for the trophy while the other teams were severely outclassed and outmatched.

We had a league almost exactly as you suggesting but it wasn't half as interesting with IPL teams mostly decimating other teams and competing against each other in the finals. I would much rather have multiple nation t20 tournaments, kinda like them ODI tournaments we used to have back in the 90s.

At that time WI, PAK, BD, Eng, SA didnt have their own leagues and thus no foreign players which made it pretty one sided on occasions.

 

[Saj]

We had a league almost exactly as you suggesting but it wasn't half as interesting with IPL teams mostly decimating other teams and competing against each other in the finals. I would much rather have multiple nation t20 tournaments, kinda like them ODI tournaments we used to have back in the 90s.

So just because something happened in the past, it means that IPL teams are still unbeatable. Ok if you say so.