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IPL in UAE has badly exposed PSL in UAE

Maybe the same ones who are chasing 195+ scored every time?

Loved how you did not fall into the trap of listing the batters to this guy who would then have proceeded to compare XX with YY and how their records are great. Awesome stuff.


PSL is a great league, us Pakistanis -- who are the primary consumers -- enjoy it much more than any other league and that is what matters, not what the neighbors think. We have had some great matches this time too, all the teams are equally matched and the TTF are gradually fading away and new stars are coming into the spotlight. What more can we ask for?
 
Scores of 190+ being chased down every time.

Home grown fast bowlers bowling 150kmh, not foreign imports.

Mujeeb and Rashid Khan, two regular IPL bowlers struggling to make an impact on the league with their bowling.

Chris Gayle who was a failure in the UAE PSL shows that he is as good as he has been in The IPL when he plays in Pakistan.

There goes PSL has better bowling argument :uakmal :uak
 
Loved how you did not fall into the trap of listing the batters to this guy who would then have proceeded to compare XX with YY and how their records are great. Awesome stuff.


PSL is a great league, us Pakistanis -- who are the primary consumers -- enjoy it much more than any other league and that is what matters, not what the neighbors think. We have had some great matches this time too, all the teams are equally matched and the TTF are gradually fading away and new stars are coming into the spotlight. What more can we ask for?
Exactly even last year there were some cracker matches. This despite no seperate window to allow exceptional international stars to join.
 
PSL has faster bowlers, better or not needs to be seen. Except for Hassah/Shaheen nobody else has consistently bowled well. I really like the look of Dahani and a couple others but they are extremely wet behind the ears and not ready for the next step. When compared to IPL, PSL has quicker home grown bowlers no doubt, but better am not sure. For starters, India doesn't throw in too many unknown 18-19 year olds in the limelight especially not a fast bowler. As an Indian, i envy the young speedsters in PSL and watch matches only to see them bowl and switch off after that.
 
It's my bad I don't know bowling fast means bowling better.. Sorry again..

PSL has good medium pacers too. The same kind of bowlers who will represent Ranji trophy teams if they were born on the other side of the border.
 
Read the next line also Einstien

“Home grown fast bowlers who hit 150 kmh”

PSL has faster bowlers, better or not needs to be seen. Except for Hassah/Shaheen nobody else has consistently bowled well. I really like the look of Dahani and a couple others but they are extremely wet behind the ears and not ready for the next step. When compared to IPL, PSL has quicker home grown bowlers no doubt, but better am not sure. For starters, India doesn't throw in too many unknown 18-19 year olds in the limelight especially not a fast bowler. As an Indian, i envy the young speedsters in PSL and watch matches only to see them bowl and switch off after that.

Err, what is this, has faster bowlers, based on? The speed gun readings dont support that, Prasidh, Siani were touching 150
 
Scores of 190+ being chased down every time.

Home grown fast bowlers bowling 150kmh, not foreign imports.

Mujeeb and Rashid Khan, two regular IPL bowlers struggling to make an impact on the league with their bowling.

Chris Gayle who was a failure in the UAE PSL shows that he is as good as he has been in The IPL when he plays in Pakistan.

Mujeeb played just 2 games in IPL 2020 season and his economy was 10.37. He failed even in 2019. In 2018, he was good.

Rashid's economy in 2 PSL matches he played was 5.50. That's very good.

Rest everything is fine. It's good to hear franchises getting rid of TTFs and introducing youngsters who are better.

I want PSL to grow. We need more successful leagues in cricket.
 
Err, what is this, has faster bowlers, based on? The speed gun readings dont support that, Prasidh, Siani were touching 150
Please provide some data with respect to the most 145+ kph deliveries bowled by local talent in these leagues. Will give us a clear picture.
 
Please provide some data with respect to the most 145+ kph deliveries bowled by local talent in these leagues. Will give us a clear picture.

No Indian pacer breached the 150k barrier in the last IPL but guys like Saini, Prasidh, Aaron, Yadav were among the list of bowlers with the fastest balls in the 2019 IPL. Think Saini breached the 150k barrier that season.

Problem for the Indian pacers is that they have to compete with blokes like Nortje, Archer, Ferguson, Rabada, etc., so that even if they bowl one at 148.5k speed, that won't feature even in the top 100 fastest deliveries for the season. Nortje was just breathing fire last season and bowling serious gas, he bowled the fastest ever delivery in the IPL history last season, clocked at 156.2k speed.

You can check the speed records for the IPL season wise from the link below.

https://www.iplt20.com/stats/2019/fastest-balls

https://www.iplt20.com/stats/2020/fastest-balls

I searched in the PSL website to find a table for the quickest deliveries but to no avail. Post me the link if you can find it.
 
No Indian pacer breached the 150k barrier in the last IPL but guys like Saini, Prasidh, Aaron, Yadav were among the list of bowlers with the fastest balls in the 2019 IPL. Think Saini breached the 150k barrier that season.

Problem for the Indian pacers is that they have to compete with blokes like Nortje, Archer, Ferguson, Rabada, etc., so that even if they bowl one at 148.5k speed, that won't feature even in the top 100 fastest deliveries for the season. Nortje was just breathing fire last season and bowling serious gas, he bowled the fastest ever delivery in the IPL history last season, clocked at 156.2k speed.

You can check the speed records for the IPL season wise from the link below.

https://www.iplt20.com/stats/2019/fastest-balls

https://www.iplt20.com/stats/2020/fastest-balls

I searched in the PSL website to find a table for the quickest deliveries but to no avail. Post me the link if you can find it.
With regards to PSL, we will have to rely on snapshots of the broadcaster showing the most 145+ kph deliveries bowled by the pacers. I remember 2020 being dominated by Naseem Shah, but don’t remember the exact number of deliveries sorry.

No idea about the IPL, don’t follow it. Genuinely interested to know the claim of the above poster, where some Prasidh etc were bowling 150+ kph or quicker. With all due respect, I don’t think there is any Indian bowler quicker than any of Shaheen, Hasnain or Rauf at the moment.
 
P.S.: I think pace is overrated. I could never for the life of me understand the extreme obsession of Pakistani fans with the quickest balls in every tournament.

I think a majority of the best bowlers have always bowled in the low 140s. Someone like Saini often threatens to touch the 150k mark but he's a million miles away from the quality of Bumrah who often operates in the early 140s mark. Ditto with Starc and Cummins.

I think pace is important, but a minimum threshold of 136-138 is more than enough. Ball skills is more important. Learning to control the length at a lively pace, presenting the seam well, learning to swing it and controlling the swing, ability to bowl a threatening bumper and yorker are much more essential skills.
 
With regards to PSL, we will have to rely on snapshots of the broadcaster showing the most 145+ kph deliveries bowled by the pacers. I remember 2020 being dominated by Naseem Shah, but don’t remember the exact number of deliveries sorry.

No idea about the IPL, don’t follow it. Genuinely interested to know the claim of the above poster, where some Prasidh etc were bowling 150+ kph or quicker. With all due respect, I don’t think there is any Indian bowler quicker than any of Shaheen, Hasnain or Rauf at the moment.

Like I said, guys like Saini, Aaron, Prasidh, etc., touched the 150k mark in the 2019 edition.

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In the last IPL though, Nortje and Archer ruled the roost. They were just too quick.They probably bowled 80 of the top 100 quickest deliveries between them. It was more like an ego battle between the two.
 
P.S.: I think pace is overrated. I could never for the life of me understand the extreme obsession of Pakistani fans with the quickest balls in every tournament.

I think a majority of the best bowlers have always bowled in the low 140s. Someone like Saini often threatens to touch the 150k mark but he's a million miles away from the quality of Bumrah who often operates in the early 140s mark. Ditto with Starc and Cummins.

I think pace is important, but a minimum threshold of 136-138 is more than enough. Ball skills is more important. Learning to control the length at a lively pace, presenting the seam well, learning to swing it and controlling the swing, ability to bowl a threatening bumper and yorker are much more essential skills.

Yeah I think we clearly mentioned that we have good quality medium pacers also.
 
Who are the best medium pacers in the PSL?

Why don’t you take out time and watch the league for once instead of continuing to ask these pointless questions? Or do you genuinely believe Pakistan’s good medium pacers are no match for those 130kmh IPL bowlers?
 
Why don’t you take out time and watch the league for once instead of continuing to ask these pointless questions? Or do you genuinely believe Pakistan’s good medium pacers are no match for those 130kmh IPL bowlers?

Geez it was a genuine question man, I don't even watch the IPL full time.
 
Or do you genuinely believe Pakistan’s good medium pacers are no match for those 130kmh IPL bowlers?

Well when "those 130 kph IPL bowlers" win a T20 and a Test series in Australia while their Pakistani counterparts keep getting walloped onto the grass banks by some second tier NZ club sides....he has every reason to believe that. Doesn't he?
 
Well when "those 130 kph IPL bowlers" win a T20 and a Test series in Australia while their Pakistani counterparts keep getting walloped onto the grass banks by some second tier NZ club sides....he has every reason to believe that. Doesn't he?

Ah ok, performances in Australia are all that matters....
 
Ah ok, performances in Australia are all that matters....

Ofcourse for them that is the only thing that would matter for the next 100 years. With an England tour coming up where their bowlers are going to be walloped on to the second tier of every stadiums, they would quickly move on to ignore it. Pakistan does better in England, India does better in Australia ... and both get tonked in Newzealand. but alas! they have short memories of the tonking their trundlers get abroad apart from Australia.
 
Ofcourse for them that is the only thing that would matter for the next 100 years. With an England tour coming up where their bowlers are going to be walloped on to the second tier of every stadiums, they would quickly move on to ignore it. Pakistan does better in England, India does better in Australia ... and both get tonked in Newzealand. but alas! they have short memories of the tonking their trundlers get abroad apart from Australia.

Back to back series wins in Australia has confirmed India’s status as the GOAT Asian Test team. They have the right to milk it for years.

Moreover, it is futile to compare India in Australia with Pakistan in England.

India have won back to back series in Australia, while Pakistan celebrates drawn series in England like a small team. Pakistan has not won in England since 1996 and rain saved them from a 3-0 whooping last summer.

As far as India in England and Pakistan in Australia is concerned, again, there is no comparison.

India wins a Test on pretty much every England tour and won a series in 2007. On the other hand, Pakistan is beyond embarrassing in Australia and has a 100% losing record (with zero draws) since the 1999 tour.

Javed Miandad was still playing ODI cricket the last time Pakistan did not lose a Test match in Australia. :)))

That sums it up. The unmatched mediocre of Pakistan cricket always rears its ugly head whenever they tour Australia. Truly a pathetic team with no talent, skill and mental application.

No team is as woeful in any country as Pakistan in Australia.
 
Ofcourse for them that is the only thing that would matter for the next 100 years. With an England tour coming up where their bowlers are going to be walloped on to the second tier of every stadiums, they would quickly move on to ignore it. Pakistan does better in England, India does better in Australia ... and both get tonked in Newzealand. but alas! they have short memories of the tonking their trundlers get abroad apart from Australia.

Lol at saying drawing in England is the same thing as winning back to back series in Australia, especially for asian teams.

When was the last time Pakistan won a test series in England? India have won there in 2007.

Last time when India toured England the Indian bowlers outperformed the English bowlers in most of the innings but it's their batsmen that let them down in that series.

England were 6 down for 80 in almost every single innings before their tailenders came into the rescue. Despite india losing all 5 tosses, the series was so close that a couple of games could have gone either way. the only difference was Sam Curran.

Indian bowlers conceded 400+ only once in 9 innings in that series whereas yours were getting smoked for 600 for fun in Australia last time.

Even in Newzealand , they didn't concede 400 even once whereas yours got smoked for 650+ again.

In South Africa aswell, they didn't concede 400 even once and picked up all 60 wickets in 6 innings whereas your bowlers were getting smoked by ABD less SA.

You have to think that there's a world of difference between indian bowlers and your cannon fodders.
 
Another PAKISTANI, not foreigner who has breached the 150kmh mark. That’s 2 now within a space of days
 
152.6 now by Hasnain

What was Nortje’s fastest ball this year in IPL?
 
Read the next line also Einstien

“Home grown fast bowlers who hit 150 kmh”

Is sarfraz still blasting Naseem / Hasnain /Steyn for leaking 10 an over after their 150 km thunderbolts....

PSL should also check ball speeds after the ball has been hit by batsman....
 
Is sarfraz still blasting Naseem / Hasnain /Steyn for leaking 10 an over after their 150 km thunderbolts....

PSL should also check ball speeds after the ball has been hit by batsman....

Do we check bat speed when Tewatia hits Cotteral cor 5 sixes?
 
Err, what is this, has faster bowlers, based on? The speed gun readings dont support that, Prasidh, Siani were touching 150

your lie is busted by your own countrymen about touching 150 in ipl in last season Meanwhile husnain

Mohammad Hasnain to Hales, 1 leg bye
That was in the slot, too, and that came at him at 151.1! Hales beaten for pace, really

4.3

Mohammad Hasnain to Hales, no run
Straight to the fielder. That was a low full toss, at 149kph, but United are turning that pace to their own advantage

Mohammad Hasnain to Stirling, no run
Good length ball on the stumps at 152 kph, punched watchfully into the off side.

:rabada2
 
152 kph indian bowlers could only dream to bowl at that speed

True.

Every year during PSL Pak bowlers become the bestest and Phaastest in the world and then start trundling and gets thrashed around as soon as international cricket starts.

Indian bowlers performed everywhere in the world and as a fan I am thankful that their dreams don't revolve around bowling the phaastest bowl ever.

Meanwhile enjoy your phaast bowling, not sure if you will have anything to boast over once real cricket resumes.
 
99% of the best contemporary players in the world do not play in PSL because it is beneath them and because PSL franchises cannot afford them.

A low-budget league like PSL cannot offer high quality. The difference between the UAE legs of IPL and PSL really illustrated the embarrassing gulf between the two leagues.

The gulf was always there because PSL is a low budget, cheap imitation of IPL, but the UAE leg highlighted how enormous the gap really was.

Moving forward, it would be in the best interests of our fans to enjoy PSL in isolation and not disappoint themselves by comparing it to IPL, which is the highest form of T20 cricket in the world.

If we are to establish a comparison, we should compare PSL to its competitors like BPL, CPL, BBL, LPL etc.

PSL and IPL are not competitors. PSL will never catch up with IPL just like Pakistan cricket will never catch up with Indian cricket.

If we want to live in denial as usual, it is our choice.
How can rabada bowl 154k in IPL last year and Nortje 154.5k this year when they barely managed 150k in our speed guns?
 
99% of the best contemporary players in the world do not play in PSL because it is beneath them and because PSL franchises cannot afford them.

A low-budget league like PSL cannot offer high quality. The difference between the UAE legs of IPL and PSL really illustrated the embarrassing gulf between the two leagues.

The gulf was always there because PSL is a low budget, cheap imitation of IPL, but the UAE leg highlighted how enormous the gap really was.

Moving forward, it would be in the best interests of our fans to enjoy PSL in isolation and not disappoint themselves by comparing it to IPL, which is the highest form of T20 cricket in the world.

If we are to establish a comparison, we should compare PSL to its competitors like BPL, CPL, BBL, LPL etc.

PSL and IPL are not competitors. PSL will never catch up with IPL just like Pakistan cricket will never catch up with Indian cricket.

If we want to live in denial as usual, it is our choice.

They bowl 150ks on international speed guns as well. Check a few series in South Africa.

Yes they do bowl few above 150k but not 154-155k ever on international cricket , except may be on Aus infamous overrated speed guns.
 
Btw Rabada didn't even manage 150k in Pakistan during tests yet some how he bowled at 154k during IPL , do you guys import those Aus speed guns as well?
 
Naseem top speed in his own words in Pakistan was 143k but when he went to Aus he was hitting 147.5k multiple times
 
Pretty sure Naseem will bowl an entire spell with 150k on Aus speed guns because he bowled so many deliveries at 146+ today
 
PSL is devoid of current world class international players

It is an entertaining franchise league but it serves little purpose other than enriching the players

IPL is a genius idea because having Indian youngsters play with and against the best players in the world makes them more confident and ready for the big stage.

Our youngsters are not reaping the same rewards by playing with the likes of Dunk and Salt.
 
Yes they do bowl few above 150k but not 154-155k ever on international cricket , except may be on Aus infamous overrated speed guns.

Please watch Nortje bowl during the recent series in SA.

Aus speed guns are far better than what pakistan uses.
 
your lie is busted by your own countrymen about touching 150 in ipl in last season Meanwhile husnain

Mohammad Hasnain to Hales, 1 leg bye
That was in the slot, too, and that came at him at 151.1! Hales beaten for pace, really

4.3

Mohammad Hasnain to Hales, no run
Straight to the fielder. That was a low full toss, at 149kph, but United are turning that pace to their own advantage

Mohammad Hasnain to Stirling, no run
Good length ball on the stumps at 152 kph, punched watchfully into the off side.

:rabada2

Hasnain alone has bowled more 145 plus kph deliveries than all Indian pacers combined last IPL.
I enjoy watching psl for the local fast bowlers. It's exciting. The fast bowling apart from the foreign contingent is pretty pedestrian in the IPL
 
"We need to address the elephant in the room - PSL’s standard of batting is shockingly poor and you cannot have a high quality T20 league without high quality batsmen."

Golden words of one of the greatest cricket brains of the 21st century.
 
Why don’t you take out time and watch the league for once instead of continuing to ask these pointless questions? Or do you genuinely believe Pakistan’s good medium pacers are no match for those 130kmh IPL bowlers?

130 kph natarajan helped win a test match in Australia. None of your bowlers can do that regardless of speed gun numbers. Cant even beat wellington second XI in this format, let alone tests :rabada2
 
IPL sides struggling to chase 150 two games in a row.

Lack of quality batting?
 
I think this UAE leg has just exposed how terrible the talent within Pakistan and the PSL is.

Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Shan Masood, Azam Khan and many other well below international tier batsmen have flourished and it's even more sad looking at the bowling

Wahab Riaz, Imran Khan, Mohammed Irfran, Sohail Tanvir plus Sohail Khan have all had most Pakistani batsmen struggling to buy a run and have been the most economical bowlers for their respective sides.

Really, really sad state of affairs for us.
 
I think this UAE leg has just exposed how terrible the talent within Pakistan and the PSL is.

Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Shan Masood, Azam Khan and many other well below international tier batsmen have flourished and it's even more sad looking at the bowling

Wahab Riaz, Imran Khan, Mohammed Irfran, Sohail Tanvir plus Sohail Khan have all had most Pakistani batsmen struggling to buy a run and have been the most economical bowlers for their respective sides.

Really, really sad state of affairs for us.

I see

we dont score runs in the UAE= we are terrible

we score big runs in the UAE= we are terrible because below international tier batsmen have flourished. One of the great influences of the legend himself at work here
 
Is it good batting or bad bowling? For a tournament which has the best bowling talent, 247-2 in 20 overs is not a good look at all.
 
I see

we dont score runs in the UAE= we are terrible

we score big runs in the UAE= we are terrible because below international tier batsmen have flourished. One of the great influences of the legend himself at work here

That wasn't my point but what you said is unironically true :))

When conditions in UAE are slow and tough for batting we see our batsmen fail to have any sort of plan or ability to negate the somewhat difficult conditions and we see bowlers dominate.

However when the reverse occurs and conditions are good for batting than we see the same batsmen who struggled against the "great" bowlers on slower and more difficult tracks dominate them while those bowlers become absolute bunnies.

This just goes to show how low our standards are. Good batting conditions = rubbish batsmen dominating rubbish bowlers. Good bowling conditions = rubbish bowlers dominating rubbish batsmen
 
That wasn't my point but what you said is unironically true :))

When conditions in UAE are slow and tough for batting we see our batsmen fail to have any sort of plan or ability to negate the somewhat difficult conditions and we see bowlers dominate.

However when the reverse occurs and conditions are good for batting than we see the same batsmen who struggled against the "great" bowlers on slower and more difficult tracks dominate them while those bowlers become absolute bunnies.

This just goes to show how low our standards are. Good batting conditions = rubbish batsmen dominating rubbish bowlers. Good bowling conditions = rubbish bowlers dominating rubbish batsmen

Impressive Logic.
 
Just watched few minutes of PSL. The bowling was quite impressive. Especially fast bowling which seemed like 1980s test cricket level.
 
480 runs in a T20.....in PSL....in the UAE

Would love to hear OP's views on this
 
Impressive Logic.

By all means I’d like you to prove me wrong. I mean seeing all our senior TTFs playing like world stars must just show how great our cricketing talent truely is and is definitely not a sign of a poor a cricketing nation we are :smith
 
That wasn't my point but what you said is unironically true :))

When conditions in UAE are slow and tough for batting we see our batsmen fail to have any sort of plan or ability to negate the somewhat difficult conditions and we see bowlers dominate.

However when the reverse occurs and conditions are good for batting than we see the same batsmen who struggled against the "great" bowlers on slower and more difficult tracks dominate them while those bowlers become absolute bunnies.

This just goes to show how low our standards are. Good batting conditions = rubbish batsmen dominating rubbish bowlers. Good bowling conditions = rubbish bowlers dominating rubbish batsmen

Beautifully explained, I couldn’t have done a better job.

Nevertheless, people in denial shall remain in denial.
 
That wasn't my point but what you said is unironically true :))

When conditions in UAE are slow and tough for batting we see our batsmen fail to have any sort of plan or ability to negate the somewhat difficult conditions and we see bowlers dominate.

However when the reverse occurs and conditions are good for batting than we see the same batsmen who struggled against the "great" bowlers on slower and more difficult tracks dominate them while those bowlers become absolute bunnies.

This just goes to show how low our standards are. Good batting conditions = rubbish batsmen dominating rubbish bowlers. Good bowling conditions = rubbish bowlers dominating rubbish batsmen

This right here is a once in a generation post.
 
This right here is a once in a generation post.

I’m sorry I must be wrong about what I said. I guess the performances from Asif, Iftikhar, Imran Khan, Sohaib Tanvir, Mohammed Irfan and the rest of the seniors is just a sign of how great our reserves are.

I mean if these guys are performing so brilliantly in “the worlds best league” than surely we must get these guys in the team.
 
The ongoing UAE leg of IPL has completely debunked this thread.

Too many dull games.....sluggish wickets with teams struggling to score even 140 consistently.

Hope the wickets improve for WT20
 
The ongoing UAE leg of IPL has completely debunked this thread.

Too many dull games.....sluggish wickets with teams struggling to score even 140 consistently.

Hope the wickets improve for WT20


Yes, this phase hasn't produced the nailbiters the first phase and the last IPL managed to produce. Pitches have been nonsense largely.
 
Bump. Wonder where our Indian friends gone. So many low scoring games and person who created this thread this is what happens on such pitches unless roads are prepared. Its all about being patient everyone gets exposed just like this thread has.
 
Do you really think the current MI side will lose to pakistan or Sri Lanka or the current South Africa more often than not?

The days of "motivation" and "jazba" are long gone as the sport has become extremely professional now. Players will give pretty much their all irrespective of whether they're playing for nation or franchise.


The days of Jazba and motivation are over for MI fans?
 
Will we see more exposure in the second eliminator and final?


We've seen enough of that in the last season itself. Just few days back, MI smashed 235 like at Dubai like it's nothing. I'm pretty sure no PSL side has crossed even 200 once in like... a million attempts.

No point beating a dead horse. :asif
 
Horrendous pitches. Its a pity a WC is being played here especially after the pitches have been further run to the ground in the IPL. Pitches in Oman seem better, going by the scores of SL and Oman. I see no difference between the PSL and IPL being played here apart from the odd match when MI played like they had nothing to lose.
To see the likes of AB and VK struggle is truly an eyesore.
 
You cant change the mind of a bakht who is at liberty with reality


As predictable as sunrise and sunset! :91:

This is why you shouldn't ask too many questions when you know you wouldn't like the answers.
 
Kabhi shaam dhale tou mere dil main aaaa jaaaanaaa

How can we forget the best thread of the 21st century :)))
 
Forget PSL franchises. If the Pakistan national team joins IPL as a franchise, it will not come close to winning the competition.

The young Indian batsmen will massacre the likes of Rauf, Wahab, Imad, Shadab etc.

Amir and Shaheen might be the only two bowlers who might do well.

IPL batting standards are incredible.

Great scholar of PP
 
Hahha . OP used to give big lectures how Pakistan is going down hill and India will thrash Pakistan in UAE . Gone into hiding now
 
Oh dear Mamoon, you surely must regret coming up with a thread like this.
 
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