"If given the chance to play, I hope to be the MoM in the game against India" : Shadab Khan

[MenInG]

"If given the chance to play, I hope to be the MoM in the game against India" : Shadab Khan

Shadab Khan speaking to the media today

"If given a chance to play against India, I will give my 100% percent and play an important role for Pakistan"

"From what I have seen of these India-Pak games on TV, they look like high pressure games"

"If given a chance, I will try and play an important role and become man of the match in this game"

"There is no pressure on us; we recently won the ODI series in the West Indies so our morale is quite high as well"

 

[Syed1]

Well done Shady hoping for you to break a billion hearts on Sunday.

 

[idrizzy]

Loving the confidence

 

[Speedster777]

love his attitude toward the game. he'll be our trump card

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Loving the lip service coming out from both camps....Sunday's gonna be epic !!

 

[Arham_PakFan]

10/10 for Ambition and confidence.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

I hope they play him.

 

[badsha001]

Sab ko MOM chaiye... He won't be playing so need to chill out a little bit...

 

[kukkad kamaal]

Inshallah he will be brought back to earth by Virat

 

[Syed1]

Inshallah he will be brought back to earth by Virat

Kohli will be back in the pavilion by the time Shady comes onto bowl

 

[KyoOne]

He's an exciting prospect. Lets see what he does come 4th June

 

[LastManstanding]

Pakistani players are so humble.

 

[someone21]

Clearly not so humble. he is not a fixed starter nor a key player, and yet he is dreaming of MoM. Why do Pakistan players keep talking about personal glory instead of the team game?

 

[squarecut]

Talking big without having any achievements to show for- is he taking lessons in big talk from Bangladeshi fans ?

 

[Sadevdesai]

Talking big without having any achievements to show for- is he taking lessons in big talk from Bangladeshi fans ?

So many self-serving statements from Players .... totally unbelievable !!!!

 

[Farhansk]

Only two of the Hafeez/Imad/Shadab should play, India is good in playing spin. We must trust our Fast bowlers.
8 to 11 should be locked by Faheem, Amir,Hasan and Junaid.

6th and 7th spot must go to spin bowling all-rounders. I am totally convinced that Shadab is good enough batsman to play at no.7, Imad and Hafeez must fight for no.6.

Hafeez at the top and in the middle order disturbs the overall balance of the team. He must play as a hitter down the order, the role that Razzaq used to play for us in ODIs.

 

[aniket1911]

Clearly not so humble. he is not a fixed starter nor a key player, and yet he is dreaming of MoM. Why do Pakistan players keep talking about personal glory instead of the team game?

Well, if he talking about winning MoM that naturally means he wants to win it for Pakistan.

Also, Statements like these put pressure on management to select the person.

 

[Syed1]

Well, if he talking about winning MoM that naturally means he wants to win it for Pakistan.

Also, Statements like these put pressure on management to select the person.

Shadab is 90% sure starter for Pakistan. Had the first warmup not happened it would have been 100%.

 

[aniket1911]

Shadab is 90% sure starter for Pakistan. Had the first warmup not happened it would have been 100%.

Good to know, Hope he turns out to be another Yasir againt us.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

I dont see any arrogance here.

"If given a chance, I want to become the MOM" whats wrong in this ?

 

[dauntless]

Good attitude he is a good player he should play instead of that darter imad

 

[Syed1]

Ramiz Raja hinting that neither Shadab nor Fahim will play but everyone's favourite, half-fit, shuper phasst Wahab Riaz will play.


Thank you Mickey

 

[JibranAnsari]

He wants to perform better than the rest of 21 players and win it for pakistan..whats wrong in it?

 

[cricketerB94]

Ramiz Raja hinting that neither Shadab nor Fahim will play but everyone's favourite, half-fit, shuper phasst Wahab Riaz will play.


Thank you Mickey

He is not hinting, it's just his opinion. I'm listening his opinion on Geo News for 2,3 days and he constantly wants his favorite players to be selected.
Wahab is one of his favorite players and he wants him in the team because he has pace. So, thanks Ramiz instead.
Hope that team management don't take his opinions too seriously.

 

[Manager101]

I hope he plays all matches.

After doing strength & weakness analysis of all our bowlers, I think, he is the only bowler in Pakistan squad who can take the key wicket of Virat Kohli.

 

[ChachaPakistani]

Need to pick him. No one thinks about having fit fielders defending boundaries. Shadab is a great fielder. You need to invest in youth that show immense signs of promise with ball bat and fielding, especially in big games like this to develop their experience. Shadab has all of those. And please no Wahab, all signs (recent performance and health) point towards him not being selected. It'll be the worst decision.

 

[Square Drive]

Shadab is 90% sure starter for Pakistan. Had the first warmup not happened it would have been 100%.

What makes you think Shadab will start ahead of both Fahim (great warmup game) and Wahab (proven ICC tournaments performer, proving performer against India)?

I'd play Shadab for sure but due to the aforementioned reasons I don't see the management playing him.

 

[Syed1]

What makes you think Shadab will start ahead of both Fahim (great warmup game) and Wahab (proven ICC tournaments performer, proving performer against India)?

I'd play Shadab for sure but due to the aforementioned reasons I don't see the management playing him.

Wahab is half injured. It would be the worst decision to play him.


Fahim's bowling is club level, we saw that in both warmups.

 

[Square Drive]

Wahab is half injured. It would be the worst decision to play him.


Fahim's bowling is club level, we saw that in both warmups.

I'm speaking from the management's point of view.

I'd play Shadab, as I've said before.

 

[Hasan123]

Shadab should play. He's a confident boy, I'm sure playing vs India won't scare him. He had the variations to cause the Indian batsmen problems.

 

[hadi123]

He won't be man of the match cos man of the match normally goes to player on winning side and we will lose

 

[aloo paratha]

I hope he gets a game!

 

[Monsee]

He won't be man of the match cos man of the match normally goes to player on winning side and we will lose

Why even bother waiting till game day, pick up blades...slit wrists; game done!

 

[someone21]

Well, if he talking about winning MoM that naturally means he wants to win it for Pakistan.

Also, Statements like these put pressure on management to select the person.

No, it speaks of personal glory only. You do realize a team can lose even if their player is MoM?

A statement like just want the team to win and will contribute in whatever way possible is so much better and sensible.

 

[aniket1911]

No, it speaks of personal glory only. You do realize a team can lose even if their player is MoM?

A statement like just want the team to win and will contribute in whatever way possible is so much better and sensible.

It happens very rarely, so no point arguing just for the sake of it.

 

[spade]

The only guy besides Malik who has an X factor about him. I would have definitely picked him.

 

[Napa]

What makes you think Shadab will start ahead of both Fahim (great warmup game) and Wahab (proven ICC tournaments performer, proving performer against India)?

Wahab proven against India? In the recent Asia Cup game against India, the first over he bowled he got smacked for 15 runs, thus relieving the little bit of pressure Amir had been able to build up.

 

[Snak3eye5]

My guts say he will be our key wicket taker and will be our surprise package against India. I see him taking Kohlis wicket for sure. I he's playing India will be demolished

 

[yasir]

What I am hearing is that he will not play on June 4, there is tie between him and Fahim, so Immad is already selected. To me this is a very defensive and terrible strategy. He should play ahead of Immad...

The other tie is between Wahab/Junaid, rest team is already selected. Its suprising that Pakistan batting is worse in the world, yet Azhar,Shezad,Hafeez are automatic selection

 

[kingusama92]

The way Edgbaston was today, I doubt he gets to play.

There was no spin to be found.

Amir
Hasan Ali
Junaid (or Wahab which would be dumb)
Fahim
Imad
Hafeez/Malik

That's what I expect will be the bowling options on Sunday.

 

[ahaseeb]

Playing Wahab would be a disaster. Cant understand the love for him from PCB. He is highly highly over rated.

 

[yadunoe]

He must play hes a big talent and India havent seen much of him he has match winning potential

 

[squarecut]

He has taken five ODI wickets in three matches and those were matches played against second string West Indies team. He has never won a man of the match in ODI. Bring him on. He will realise the difference between West Indian batsmen and Indian batsmen.

 

[Stallion__]

I would rather not play him against India. They play wrist spin better than finger spin. With conditions not conducive to spin at all, a darter is a better choice.

 

[Square Drive]

Wahab proven against India? In the recent Asia Cup game against India, the first over he bowled he got smacked for 15 runs, thus relieving the little bit of pressure Amir had been able to build up.

He took a 5-fer against you lot in the WC semi-final.

Old news, I know, but he's still a proven performer against you guys and it'll be enough for the management to consider him over Shadab (which will obviously be the wrong move).

 

[Manager101]

The way Edgbaston was today, I doubt he gets to play.

There was no spin to be found.

Only 4 overs of part-time spin were bowled by Travis Head, so can't judge yesterday's pitch by that.

 

[GrandMaster]

My guts say he will be our key wicket taker and will be our surprise package against India. I see him taking Kohlis wicket for sure. I he's playing India will be demolished

Thank you Jinx King. His figure would look something like this (if he is in the playing 11)

6-0-45-0

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Interestingly a very light session today for Shadab Khan <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IndvPak?src=hash">#IndvPak</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ct17?src=hash">#Ct17</a> <a href="https://t.co/30dqMBPmUO">pic.twitter.com/30dqMBPmUO</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/870950566192664576">June 3, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[explayer]

We need four bowlers amir junaid hasan and shadab rest of the ten over can be done between hafeez imad and malik. 4 pure bowlers are must against india and if conditions suit fast bowlers then rest imad and play fahim.

 

[hisham_ashraf]

Unfortunately it looks like that we will pick up Faheem Ashraf ahead of Shadab.I hope Shadab plays somehow as he is our secret weapon,we just can't pick Fahim on the basis of one performance that too against Bangladesh on a small ground..