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IPL | Rajasthan Royals V Deccan Chargers | Rajasthan | 09/05/08

Afridi gone.

Skies one to point. Warne gets him.

Poor cricket from Afridi.
 
A ferocious beastly 1 off 3 balls.

Well, his prowess these days is as a bowler....
 
i had a feeling the beast would get out and sadly that is the case and his terrible batting form continues sadly
 
Saj said:
Afridi gone.

Skies one to point. Warne gets him.

Poor cricket from Afridi.
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Too much respect shown to Afridi by Gilly by sending him up the order. Deserves to come down much lower!
 
Have no worry, he'll raze them to the ground with his 'leg breaks' :D
 
I'm a huge fan of Afridi, but as I've said before, his batting has been a massive let-down in the IPL, very embarrassing considering his reputation.
 
shabs100 said:
this guy is an idiot! :))) :)))
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well he was facing warne - afridi should open - shots like that go for boundaries in the early overs when the ball is brand new and there is pace on the ball
 
Came out of the crease way too early. Allowed Warne to drag the ball back and bowl it wider. You dont try those kind of things against Warne and expect to get away with it

Hope to see him fire with the ball though
 
Farhad said:
A ferocious beastly 1 off 3 balls.

Well, his prowess these days is as a bowler....
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What a pathetic strike rate :)) . This guy is fit only for Tests.
 
gibster82 said:
well he was facing warne - afridi should open - shots like that go for boundaries in the early overs when the ball is brand new and there is pace on the ball
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and we should declare 30 yard circles as boundaries while Afridi batting :))) :))) :)))
 
lol Afridi is handicap, super hyped blind batsman i have ever seen. i dont understand why you **** guys are so much in love with him...he's married...and for the afridi open or not..he's same bull...dont matter...
 
LOL Warne made Afridi look like a dunce with that dismissal.
 
Afridi tries to be over aggressive in ODIs and especially T20s, he's been a complete vidyut in T20 games (with the bat)
 
commentator blaming the slump on Afridi...saying he has once again let his team down and I agree...the same happened when the same teams met in Jaipur. Momentum was with DC then and Afridi came in and went straight away and Rajasthan got the upper hand.
 
well done Royal puttars!!

As for Afridi ...LOLLLL. Another beastly innings that never happened.
 
i think it's time for PAK ppl to consider Afridi as a bowler, who cud bat a bit....
 
105-5 after 16 overs
DC 55 runs in last 10 overs
21 runs and 4 wickets in last 5 overs
 
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RumiNYC said:
20-30 runs in every 6+ innings ? jeez ppl...get a life...
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out of those 20-30, 20 was scored in one innings. So less than 10 runs from rest of his innings. He is been a joke in batting. :))
 
Full on collapse now. Some noname gone, 6 down. Like I said, 120 will be a stretch. Disgraceful considering the start Gilly gave us.
 
With Afridi in limited overs cricket you either open with him, bat him at 3 or down at 7 or 8.

He's not a middle order bat. He's a pinch hitter either at the top or the bottom of the order!
 
if i were to play in GALI cricket, i'd have bowl againts Afridi in any given day, geez...he's such a show-boat..
 
If PCB picks Afridi even after seeing this repeated irresponsible batting, there are no duffers more than them.
 
dblock said:
Deccan are collapse mode!
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Well the theory going round is, Deccan players are just there for a party and a good time, by their performances it certainly looks that way.
 
afridi has been a big let down with his batting during the IPL, but i am not concerned as i think for pakistan he would play SLIGHTLY different and use his brain a bit, i personally think afridi sees IPL as a net session and nothing more. also maybe he is just playing to the price he was payed, a stupid and cheap price.

inshallah for Pakistan he fires as he would know playing for pak like this would cost him more
 
Commentators are bashing the beast big time.

Chappell: "I'd rather play against him than with him."
 
Now Aamir compares playing Afrdi as Russian Roulette to whioch Greg replies "I rather be playing against him than with him"...ouch!
 
A very true statement about Afridi from the commentator: 'I'd rather be playing against him than with him'
 
pakistanbest said:
afridi has been a big let down with his batting during the IPL, but i am not concerned as i think for pakistan he would play SLIGHTLY different and use his brain a bit, i personally think afridi sees IPL as a net session and nothing more. also maybe he is just playing to the price he was payed, a stupid and cheap price.

inshallah for Pakistan he fires as he would know playing for pak like this would cost him more
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Like he played responsibly for Pakistan? wasn't he the one who caused a collapse recently in a one dayer against SA and publicly apologized? This guy is not fit for playing cricket. As a neutral fan one can see why Lawson is cringing about this idiotic, irresponsible, useless cricketer.
 
are his loyal supporters taking this on the chin? chappell is taking the right tick.
 
Tanvir getting hammered...Pakistanis are having a bad couple of days so far...
 
Mercenary said:
With Afridi in limited overs cricket you either open with him, bat him at 3 or down at 7 or 8.

He's not a middle order bat. He's a pinch hitter either at the top or the bottom of the order!
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That can never be an excuse for his scores in the series.
 
jackal786 said:
If PCB picks Afridi even after seeing this repeated irresponsible batting, there are no duffers more than them.
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Er...he is also a bowler not just a brain-dead batsman
 
looks like tanvir will be dropped next match for mascharanas, not a good day for pakistanis.
 
Mercenary said:
With Afridi in limited overs cricket you either open with him, bat him at 3 or down at 7 or 8.

He's not a middle order bat. He's a pinch hitter either at the top or the bottom of the order!
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I would play him at the bottom of the order. He's a walking wicket opening the innings.
 
Tanvir getting hit about today. 10 from this over so far.

Bowling too full

121 for 6.
 
jackal786 said:
Like he played responsibly for Pakistan? wasn't he the one who caused a collapse recently in a one dayer against SA and publicly apologized? This guy is not fit for playing cricket. As a neutral fan one can see why Lawson is cringing about this idiotic, irresponsible, useless cricketer.
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When you are trying to build a team from afresh, it's hard to inlcude a player who has never played according to the match situation in his life...
 
they shud come up with Afridi jokes just like they have so many CHUCK Norris jokes....
 
pakistanbest said:
afridi has been a big let down with his batting during the IPL, but i am not concerned as i think for pakistan he would play SLIGHTLY different and use his brain a bit, i personally think afridi sees IPL as a net session and nothing more. also maybe he is just playing to the price he was payed, a stupid and cheap price.

inshallah for Pakistan he fires as he would know playing for pak like this would cost him more
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DC owners should be feeling happy now for the price. Must be repenting for what they paid for Symonds. Atleast they paid Afridi as per his performance. ;)
 
They should really rename this Australian Premier League, all other nations have just been sideshows to the Australian for the most part of this.
 
OZGOD said:
I would play him at the bottom of the order. He's a walking wicket opening the innings.
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Just looking at the squad, they are better off playing one of the Sri Lankans i.e. Vaas/Zoysa/Silva...
 
Usman Sahib said:
Er...he is also a bowler not just a brain-dead batsman
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That is the lamest excuse one can give to keep an irresponsible cricketer. Bhajji is not a batsman too. But every time when he plays irresponsible hoicks he was really torn apart. Only recently he has calmed down.. and started playing responsible. For example 2 fifties in Australia in the test matches. He is not even a specialist bowler like Bhajji. Kumble for all his wickets he can play irresponsibly. Doesn't he play with common sense in Tests?
 
dblock said:
They should really rename this Australian Premier League, all other nations have just been sideshows to the Australian for the most part of this.
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Top three run scorers and wicket takers are indian though (yes they have played mroe matches)
 
Raji thiefed out LBW. But what do you expect when you completely stuff up a reverse sweep?
 
jackal786 said:
That is the lamest excuse one can give to keep an irresponsible cricketer. Bhajji is not a batsman too. But every time when he plays irresponsible hoicks he was really torn apart. Only recently he has calmed down.. and started playing responsible. For example 2 fifties in Australia in the test matches. He is not even a specialist bowler like Bhajji. Kumble for all his wickets he can play irresponsibly. Doesn't he play with common sense in Tests?
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That would be a wonderful example except for the minute fact that Afridi has 6 Test 100's at an average of 40 in only 25 odd matches. But keep going, this is entertaining, all this based on a domestic T20 game :))
 
Indiafan said:
Top three run scorers and wicket takers are indian though (yes they have played mroe matches)
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But the relative impacts of Australian to all other nations even India (of whom comprimise 60%+ of the players) is just immense, and half the Australians have gone home so we can't look at absolute figures really as hardly any nation has had sufficient players available to play all the matches except the home based Indian players.
 
Easa said:
That would be a wonderful example except for the minute fact that Afridi has 6 Test 100's at an average of 40 in only 25 odd matches. But keep going, this is entertaining, all this based on a domestic T20 game :))
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So whats your point. He is not performing because its domestic T20 and will score a century on his next international match?
 
Easa said:
That would be a wonderful example except for the minute fact that Afridi has 6 Test 100's at an average of 40 in only 25 odd matches. But keep going, this is entertaining, all this based on a domestic T20 game :))
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Its not really though is it? This has been based on the majority of his career.
 
jackal786 said:
That is the lamest excuse one can give to keep an irresponsible cricketer. Bhajji is not a batsman too. But every time when he plays irresponsible hoicks he was really torn apart. Only recently he has calmed down.. and started playing responsible. For example 2 fifties in Australia in the test matches. He is not even a specialist bowler like Bhajji. Kumble for all his wickets he can play irresponsibly. Doesn't he play with common sense in Tests?
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He has been consistently performing with the ball for Pakistan so I have no idea how the selectors will justify dropping him. His batting is nothing but a bonus, its only the hardcore Afridi fans that have drooled over the batting prowess of Afridi. The majority of us have maintained he is a good bowler who can bat/slog. Dont forget he was selected primarily as a leg-spinner before 'that' innings. As a leg-spinner who has been taking wickets consistently for the last 3 years, I cant see how he can be dropped

BTW his stats are as good enough to label him as a specialist leg-spinner
 
i swear i checked my blood pressure level around 110 b4 Afridi come to bat, now it's 145+...freaking AFRIDI..
 
Easa said:
That would be a wonderful example except for the minute fact that Afridi has 6 Test 100's at an average of 40 in only 25 odd matches. But keep going, this is entertaining, all this based on a domestic T20 game :))
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Ya those flat track useless centuries most of them. In general he has let down the side with bat more than any tailender let alone middle order batsman in the history of cricket. Lawson Australian understands it better than these 15 year old Afridi worshippers.
 
Usman Sahib said:
He has been consistently performing with the ball for Pakistan so I have no idea how the selectors will justify dropping him. His batting is nothing but a bonus, its only the hardcore Afridi fans that have drooled over the batting prowess of Afridi. The majority of us have maintained he is a good bowler who can bat/slog. Dont forget he was selected primarily as a leg-spinner before 'that' innings. As a leg-spinner who has been taking wickets consistently for the last 3 years, I cant see how he can be dropped

BTW his stats are as good enough to label him as a specialist leg-spinner
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He should bat at no.11 though.
 
jackal786 said:
Ya those flat track useless centuries most of them. In general he has let down the side with bat more than any tailender let alone middle order batsman in the history of cricket. Lawson Australian understands it better than these 15 year old Afridi worshippers.
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You can only judge a batsman by where he's playing. If that was the criterion, would bowlers who bowl well in England and Australia be underrated, just because they are bowler friendly tracks there? The fact of the matter is that an average of 40 for a number 6 or 7 batsman, who is an all rounder, who bowls useful leg spin... these are really good statistics. In ODI's and T20's, he has always been inconsistent.
 
I think a few people need to calm down, success or failure - Afridi always seems to be contentious issue for fans, personally I feel if he doesn't perform with the ball today, Deccan could well be within their right to drop him.
 
I thought gilly would use his head and let afridi open but i was wrong.. Well its only one way to go with afridi IMO send him opener and let him hit the crap out of the bowlers.. He has to open.. When will they realise this..
 
Usman Sahib said:
Thats for the team management to decide. But dropping him would be the pinnacle of stupidity from the selectors
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Absolutely not.. In terms of economy in IPL there are more than 25 players ahead of him.. In terms of wickets in IPL there are atleast 15 players ahead of him. He didn't exactly prove that he is indispensable.
 
The beast may have played his last innings for DC. Whatever you may say about his bowling, if he doesn't click with the ball tonight, he may be dropped for a full time bowler for the next match.
 
If i were Deccan chargers owner i would never ever play him again in any match. He is absolutely a waste. You cannot plan anything with him. He was picked in the side as an all rounder not part time leg spinner. All he had to do was play around few balls and target specific bowlers something 20 year old Rohit understood not this brainless idiot.
 
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