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Why is he not the captain of this useless bunch of individuals?
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I'd pick him ahead of Zahid Mehmood any day of the week in T20Is or ODIs.
Imad is still the best limited over all-rounder in Pakistan.
^ Imad is clearly not motivated enough to attain those fitness standards.
What about Azam Khan though?
In a recent interview....
"Imad's performance in the recent past wasn't up to the mark. He also has fitness issues which is why he is suffering"
"Currently, we have high fitness standards in the team. And, it is visible in team's performance"
Active bowlers with a better T20I ER than Imad:
- Mujeeb Ur Rehman
- Rashid Khan
Inactive/retired bowlers with a better T20I ER than Imad:
- Daniel Vettori
- Harbhajan Singh
- Sunil Narine
- Samuel Badree
Important to note, that out of all these names only Rashid Khan has played as many T20I as Imad. No player out of these has played more T20I matches than him. And even Rashid, for all his talent and ability has done quite a bit of minnow bashing and padded his stats big-time by dominating the associates.
Good Stat! Adding to that he bowls most of his overs during the PP. I remember him bowling to Roy in England in PP last year and I watching it was nervous knowing how Roy can hit. Imad did a decent job in not being hit for much then too. He did had a bad over but Roy was lucky to get away too.
Anyway, Imad did splendidly well in WT20. His batting is a bit better than Khushdil and Asif Ali (who doesn't even bowl. He is one of the best proven finishers. Asif and Khushdil can hit 6s but there success % is really low. I am amazed why Imad is not tried often as he offers so much with bat and ball. Pakistan can fit in Shadab, Imad and Nawaz in a T20 XI. All 3 are proper T20 bowlers and good enough to bat at 6,7. The team with these 3 may look like;
Babar
Rizwan
Fakhar
< A good proper T20 batter like Hafeez aur Malik>
Iftikhar
Shadab
Imad
Nawaz
Hasan
Shaheen
Haris
I think this team will have all bases covered.
Active bowlers with a better T20I ER than Imad:
- Mujeeb Ur Rehman
- Rashid Khan
Inactive/retired bowlers with a better T20I ER than Imad:
- Daniel Vettori
- Harbhajan Singh
- Sunil Narine
- Samuel Badree
Important to note, that out of all these names only Rashid Khan has played as many T20I as Imad. No player out of these has played more T20I matches than him. And even Rashid, for all his talent and ability has done quite a bit of minnow bashing and padded his stats big-time by dominating the associates.
Absolutely. That just makes his ER all the more incredible. Unfortunately, someone like Mohammad Wasim, who does not strike me as a particularly bright individual probably does not possesses the intellectual capability to understand the importance of what Imad brings to the table. Otherwise he would not have been dropped after his outstanding performance at the T20 World Cup.
As a batter he possesses alot of ability too but he has never been given the chance to bat higher than 7 or 8 in this format. And like you said, he is more than capable of batting at 6 like Shadab and Nawaz.
I have nothing against Nawaz, who has improved leaps and bounds and absolutely deserves to be in the side. But when you are selecting guys like Usman Qadir, Zahid Mehmood, Asif Afridi(!), and telling us that they are better choices than Imad, than I'm sorry to say, but you are simply out of your mind.
The next t20 competition is in Australia they will unlikely play 3 spinning all rounders and if I had to choose between nawaz and Imad il choose Nawaz.
His bowling will be useless in Australia.
As a batter he walks in to the middle order no doubt, even worth giving him a shot as an opener. He can bat, and the threshold for walking into bat for Pakistan is very low, so why not. Already know who he could’ve replaced in the squad.
Mohammad Nawaz can open too. He is a free flow stroke player and loves pace on the ball
His bowling will be useless in Australia.
As a batter he walks in to the middle order no doubt, even worth giving him a shot as an opener. He can bat, and the threshold for walking into bat for Pakistan is very low, so why not. Already know who he could’ve replaced in the squad.
Seems Mohammad Wasim still not convinced.
Imad is rubbish too , unfit and a toxic person on top nawaz is far better then him in every department anyway.Waseem in convinced Khushdil is better version of Lara and Chacha is the newer version of Richards . Waseem looks like living in his own fantasy world, nothing to do with reality. His person issue with Imad hurting Pakistan team's balance.
Those who are hyping Imad's batting...can you list any match-winning inngs from Imad in last 4 years (except vs Afg in 2019).
For all his flaws, even Khushdil has finished a couple of games for Pakistan vs Aus & WI.
Imad's strength was his economical bowling in PP which Pakistan don't need anymore due to emergence of young fast bowlers and Nawaz.
Imad was never that good with the bat and even his bowling isn't as good as it was due to his shoddy fitness.
Khushdil is very lucky to not be dropped but Imad's not the answer either.
His bowling will be useless in Australia.
As a batter he walks in to the middle order no doubt, even worth giving him a shot as an opener. He can bat, and the threshold for walking into bat for Pakistan is very low, so why not. Already know who he could’ve replaced in the squad.
Imad was most certainly the answer for the Asia Cup.
He's clearly underrated by some and should be the 4th or 5th name on the team sheet for the Aussie World Cup.
All he had to do was skip the CPL, play at 4 in the National T20, if he out-performed Shan he could’ve made it to the team.
I don't think he was competing with Shan, the competition was more like Usman Qadir for him.
Nah, the competition was Mohammad Nawaz. Usman Qadir is just a back up for Shadab.
Shan Masood knew he couldn’t get into the team as an opener because we have Rizwan and Babar at the top. PCB asked him to bat at 3-4 at domestic to see whether he could replace Fakhar.
Imad should’ve known that the only way to get into the team is by competing for the middle order spot. He could’ve been a replacement for Ifthikar.
Imad’s downfall was when he was captain of KK, how many times did we see him push himself down the batting order.
Imad's strongest suit is bowling.
You can't compare him to genuine batters.
Imad doesn’t bowl outside the power play overs anymore. Having both him and Nawaz in a 15 man squad is much of a muchness.
Remember, he’s not competing w/ Qadir but rather Nawaz. Qadir is going to cover for Shadab.
Is Imad a better bowler than Qadir? He’s definitely more economical.
But they’ve taken Qadir because theoretically Qadir can be a wicket taker whilst Imad strongest suit is pressuring batsmen with economical bowling in the PP and inducing false shots for wickets. When he bowls outside of the PP, he’s still economical but not as dangerous.
Thus it’s either Nawaz or Imad but not both, because playing them both in the same side is not effective.
WRT Qadir, I think it’s Abrar Ahmed who will rival for his spot, as he is a mystery spinner who can step in for Shadab.
Imad doesn’t bowl outside the power play overs anymore. Having both him and Nawaz in a 15 man squad is much of a muchness.
Remember, he’s not competing w/ Qadir but rather Nawaz. Qadir is going to cover for Shadab.
Is Imad a better bowler than Qadir? He’s definitely more economical.
But they’ve taken Qadir because theoretically Qadir can be a wicket taker whilst Imad strongest suit is pressuring batsmen with economical bowling in the PP and inducing false shots for wickets. When he bowls outside of the PP, he’s still economical but not as dangerous.
Thus it’s either Nawaz or Imad but not both, because playing them both in the same side is not effective.
WRT Qadir, I think it’s Abrar Ahmed who will rival for his spot, as he is a mystery spinner who can step in for Shadab.
This . It's between him and Nawaz. Imad has a very specific role. He is a poweeplay bowler . Even yesterday , after the PP, QDK and Azam Khan smashed him for 14 in an over.
If Pakistan select him, the whole bowling strategy has to change to accommodate him. Pakistan prefer to bowl pave upfront and spin through the middle. On the odd day that the pace attack gets smashed, Nawaz can bowl in the PP.
Nawaz is a better all phase bowler, bowls better against left handers (imad is relatively weak against them) and has less fitness issues.
Nah, the competition was Mohammad Nawaz. Usman Qadir is just a back up for Shadab.
Shan Masood knew he couldn’t get into the team as an opener because we have Rizwan and Babar at the top. PCB asked him to bat at 3-4 at domestic to see whether he could replace Fakhar.
Imad should’ve known that the only way to get into the team is by competing for the middle order spot. He could’ve been a replacement for Ifthikar.
Imad’s downfall was when he was captain of KK, how many times did we see him push himself down the batting order.
Imad is rubbish too , unfit and a toxic person on top nawaz is far better then him in every department anyway.
Those who are hyping Imad's batting...can you list any match-winning inngs from Imad in last 4 years (except vs Afg in 2019).
For all his flaws, even Khushdil has finished a couple of games for Pakistan vs Aus & WI.
Imad's strength was his economical bowling in PP which Pakistan don't need anymore due to emergence of young fast bowlers and Nawaz.
Imad was never that good with the bat and even his bowling isn't as good as it was due to his shoddy fitness.
Khushdil is very lucky to not be dropped but Imad's not the answer either.
Imad's strongest suit is bowling.
You can't compare him to genuine batters.
Has his fitness cost Pakistan in the field ?
This . It's between him and Nawaz. Imad has a very specific role. He is a poweeplay bowler . Even yesterday , after the PP, QDK and Azam Khan smashed him for 14 in an over.
If Pakistan select him, the whole bowling strategy has to change to accommodate him. Pakistan prefer to bowl pave upfront and spin through the middle. On the odd day that the pace attack gets smashed, Nawaz can bowl in the PP.
Nawaz is a better all phase bowler, bowls better against left handers (imad is relatively weak against them) and has less fitness issues.
Can somebody check if he is being rude/dismissive over his CPL captain?
Lol at people calling him buttler and suggesting he can open or lonely play as a batter. He is useless
Do you call Khushdil a genuine batter.
Isn't that what Khushdil is in the team for supposedly.
Yeah giving away easy runs due to his pathetic fielding. Answer the question if kushdil is so bad which I agree he is. Why is he comfortably out performing Imad even in bowling?
Mohammad Wasim speaking about why Imad was not selected and Nawaz preferred over him:
"Imad Wasim has some limitations which he needs to improve upon, because you cannot be a limited cricketer in any form of the game; You need to be ready for any scenario or situation - so when we compare both, Nawaz is the better option"
"Look we replaced Imad with Nawaz and the way he has performed, we will continue with Nawaz; He can bowl with the new ball, bowl in the middle overs, against left or right-handed batsman - he can handle any situation; The same applied to his batting where he can bat in any position or play the role in any slot"
Can you really play a spin bowling allrounder that cant turn the ball? This PSL has shown us how limited he is in terms of his bowling but also how he can't finish games with his batting. His best batting scores this PSL:
92* (54) - Lost - Set total of 202 to chase and United chased with 4 balls remaining
57* (30) - Lost by 24 runs - Failed to chase 198 total
46* (26) - Lost by 3 runs- Failed to chase 197 total
80* (47) - Lost by 2 runs - Failed to chase 200
Losing while chasing and staying not out once can be just be put down as being unlucky, but this seems like a continuing pattern of just not being able to finish games where you should've chased down the total with the scores Imad had made and especially considering he was not out in all the innings above.
You haven't proved that he is giving away runs in the field.If you think Khushdil is a better bowler than Imad then you need to go sleep.
Can you really play a spin bowling allrounder that cant turn the ball? This PSL has shown us how limited he is in terms of his bowling but also how he can't finish games with his batting. His best batting scores this PSL:
92* (54) - Lost - Set total of 202 to chase and United chased with 4 balls remaining
57* (30) - Lost by 24 runs - Failed to chase 198 total
46* (26) - Lost by 3 runs- Failed to chase 197 total
80* (47) - Lost by 2 runs - Failed to chase 200
Losing while chasing and staying not out once can be just be put down as being unlucky, but this seems like a continuing pattern of just not being able to finish games where you should've chased down the total with the scores Imad had made and especially considering he was not out in all the innings above.
At the moment Imad Wasim over Nawaz is a no brainier. Nawaz seems to have lost his zip and hitting ability. Where as Imads bowling is nothing to talk home about but his hitting ability is back again.
Imad is a must in the ODI squad give the guy a chance at 6 or 7 as a finisher
Yes Karachi have been poor for large parts of PSL 8 but to be fair to Imad he has batted at a strike rate of 174.27, is amongst the top scorers in the tournament and averages 179.50.
It's actually his bowling that hasn't been as good as it could have been - 7 wickets and an economy rate of 8.07.
He has been badly let down by a number of team-mates at this tournament.
Imad vs Nawaz is not the competition. Nawaz just took a fifer in odis. Imad can't bowl ten overs in an odi. He has to compete for the 6th bowler role.
It's Haris Sohail vs Imad
And Usama Mir vs Nawaz
Nawaz is an inferior bowler to Imad outside Asia. In Asia Nawaz might be slightly better when pitch is not a road.
In PSL Nawaz has bowled very poorly, so Imad actually has a better case as a bowler too.
In batting, there's no question as to who's better. In fact Imad makes the T20 & ODI team on batting abilities alone.
Saw this now Kushdil has taken more wickets last season then Imad has in 2 seasons combined I believe. If there is anyone sleeping that is you.
2 years back the team was relying on kudrat ki nizam with the batting getting beaten black and blue with bowling carrying. As soon as the bowling fell apart the batting would obviously fall.Speaking on a local news channel, Mohammad Wasim alleged that Imad is hiding the true nature of his injury.
“A lot of revelations will come out. They won't stay hidden. If you're claiming a rib injury, and it's actually a knee injury... It's a long-standing injury that you can see while running between the wickets, while bowling, and while fielding,"
“When you'll compromise on things, be it fitness or quality, just for the sake of experience...those who prefer the financial side of the game over their country, you keep bringing them back. What kind of an environment will the team have?"
“Everyone's talking how the team had unity two years back – there was unity, and there were results. Some characters weren't there, you've brought back in those characters. The team's result is in front of you, and the team environment too," he further added.