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Not sure how this guy keeps getting a long rope. Hes even a worse version of Asif Ali. Hope to be proven wrong as he seems to be the apple of management's eyes nowadays and we have important tournies coming up however from an eye test and record point of view - he seems to be a complete fraud.
 
I would rather play Imad than either Khushdil or Asif. Mo Wasim needs to let go of his agenda against Imad.
 
Bits and pieces, who will occasionally do well.

Yet to be convinced by him.
 
Asif is better than Khushdil. I agree.

I think Asif should be a regular in ODI and T20. He is a good hitter.
 
Khushdil got enough chances but can’t deliver.He is a poor fielder too.
 
Surprising that he didn't get much of a bowl as his place over Asif is dependant on him bowling a few overs. However it seems Babar preferred to give more opportunity to Salman this series.
 
I think he has something about him.
Needs to be given a set position to bat and given plenty more overs to bowl.
 
Knee-jerk reaction. Khushdil just won Pakistan three ODIs while playing the finisher role only a few months ago. He has also earned a place in the side based on outstanding performances in PSL and List A. Like any other player he needs time and patience to come into his own and develop into a vital player for the side. Instead of starting threads over one bad performance have some patience...the cupboard for talent is bare in this country regardless or what certain posters here may think.
 
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Khushdil in ODIs is better than Asif IMO. He's not a finished article by any means but has improved in last 12 months. Asif is simply a t20 batter.
 
In what way? Asif Ali hasn't won this team anything in ODI's and was literally a batsmen you couldn't send in if the team was collapsing.

How quickly people forget after one bad series but Khushdil helped us chase down a historic total against Australia and the first match in Multan against WI.

Pakistani fans & media are seriously toxic.
 
I think this Is Rizwans friends 11 now
All of his friends been given chances
Don’t know why haris is getting chance, his batting is crap and can hold a throw.
Khushdil again with Rizwan connection is getting chances over asif ali and Iftikhar. Wast of spot if he is not going to bowl.
Imad needs to be in ODIs and Haris sohail also
 
I guess this forum is in favour of Shoaib Malik returning for the t20 world cup.

Because i can assure you no Pakistani Lance Klusener's are waiting in domestic cricket for their chance.
 
I agree ge wastes too many balls early on and when he tries to hit more often he misses the ball
 
hitthestump said:
I guess this forum is in favour of Shoaib Malik returning for the t20 world cup.

Because i can assure you no Pakistani Lance Klusener's are waiting in domestic cricket for their chance.
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I tell you what, Malik is a whole lot better than most of our “youngsters”!

Kushdil I will give a lot of time to, because the lad has come into international cricket on the back of rock solid List A stats.

Agha Salman has not. Mohammed Harris definitely has not. Persisting with Harris in particular is bonkers.

Just look at Shan Masood’s recent performances and his overall List A stats. That man should be walking into this team every day of the week with his eyes closed.

If only Pakistani selectors and management weren’t so stupid.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Knee-jerk reaction. Khushdil just won Pakistan three ODIs while playing the finisher role only a few months ago. He has also earned a place in the side based on outstanding performances in PSL and List A. Like any other player he needs time and patience to come into his own and develop into a vital player for the side. Instead of starting threads over one bad performance have some patience...the cupboard for talent is bare in this country regardless or what certain posters here may think.
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These type of threads are a norm, just because their fav players are not in the squad. Khushdil Shah is a match winner and early in his career but people want him dropped as he is like Malik playing for many years xD
 
Pakistan doesnt have a proper middle order in ODIs ever since Mickey left and they are continuously filling that up with bits and pieces...

Mickey atleast had Babar, Hafeez, Haris and Malik.. as middle order bats..

Now after Hafeez and Malik retired... Pak had a chance to make Haider and Shafique 2 good batsman to play in the middle order... Wasted Haider by warming the bench and now wasting Shafique too..

Pak middle order tries were Ifti chacha, Danish Aziz, Khusdhil, Asif, Agha Salman, so far...

Speaking about the OP... Khusdhil is a much better batsman than Asif ali...

Khushdil has been more reliable batsman compared to Asif Ali

No wonder hw many time Asif gets out in mid on or deep midwicket or cow corner.. He is been celebrated as a batsman in pak tells how low the standards have gone down for pak..
 
Ryw said:
These type of threads are a norm, just because their fav players are not in the squad. Khushdil Shah is a match winner and early in his career but people want him dropped as he is like Malik playing for many years xD
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Exactly this thread is created to showcase Asif NOTHING Ali
 
Credit to him for coming up with a new name not seen before in Pakistani cricket (the Khushdil part, not the Shah one).

On the other hand, how many Asifs and Alis are out there?
 
Usman said:
I tell you what, Malik is a whole lot better than most of our “youngsters”!

Kushdil I will give a lot of time to, because the lad has come into international cricket on the back of rock solid List A stats.

Agha Salman has not. Mohammed Harris definitely has not. Persisting with Harris in particular is bonkers.

Just look at Shan Masood’s recent performances and his overall List A stats. That man should be walking into this team every day of the week with his eyes closed.

If only Pakistani selectors and management weren’t so stupid.
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Well Pak think tank mantra is dont use batsman in red hot form... Use them later when their form diminishes and say selected for his previous run of form and glory..

MO WASIM thinks high of himself as if he is the best thinking cricketing brain behind his selection...

he has no clue just like his predecessors.. #PPTselector
 
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There is no way you can Ignore Shan and keep playing Khusdhil who can't even score a 50 against an associate nation while playing as a specialist batter.
 
One dimensional player who wont be able to do anything against decent bowling attacks.
 
We fans are too impatient and there are no two ways about it.

He has played 10 ODIs with an avg of around 34 and SR of 94. Played an impactful know of 41* to finish the 2nd ODI vs Aus when Pak was chasing around 350.

Averages 42 in List A cricket with SR of 97 and 8 100s on his back. He has been one of the best white ball middle order batsman in Pakistan statistically. Asif Ali is nowhere near in terms of domestic numbers.

Not saying he is of similar caliber but, as reference atleast look at how the development happened in other middle order players around the world who bat at 5 or below.

Jos Buttler after 10 ODIs (Avg of 14)
Ben Stokes after 10 ODIs (Avg of 14)
ABD after 10 ODI (Avg of 19)

List goes on.

Some people are even questioning Mohammad Haris now after 3 full innings. Lol.

The reason why Pak is unable to develop as many quality batsmen as some other countries is because we are impatient and that tendency is in the selectors and management as well.

Haider was dropped after 2 ODIs, he is supposed to be a better longer format player then T20.

There is no player in the world or has been with exceptions aside who can start winning you matches from the word go. Even Aussie domestic structure doesnt produce that kind of players that can dominate the international seen straight away. Jos Phillipe is one of the most highly rated young player in Australia but, he has struggled big time in his international career so far.
 
It's nothing to do with stats , you can have a list A avg of 55+ and still look like a dud at International cricket , He just have very poor defense against any decent delivery and add to that his horrible shot selection which often costing him his wicket. Not good signs and he is far from being a half decent International cricketer currently
 
Muhammad Saad said:
It's nothing to do with stats , you can have a list A avg of 55+ and still look like a dud at International cricket , He just have very poor defense against any decent delivery and add to that his horrible shot selection which often costing him his wicket. Not good signs and he is far from being a half decent International cricketer currently
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You wont be able to quote many duds in international cricket who had List A average of 55 with SR of over 85 (Ofcourse exceptions might exist but, they dont make a norm). Yet to see him getting out playing a defensive shot, correct me if I am wrong. On the other hand he is not supposed to be a technical beast batting at no 5 and 6, what you want from him is that he takes the innings deep if he comes in early and to be able to hit blows during the death overs. He is no Nicholas Pooran or Ben Stokes but, can play clutch knock on his day in his style. If he have unearthed a young world class no 5, 6 who can destroy the attacks, I would be happy to see him in the team even with a List A average of 10 or 15 so its not only about numbers, I agree rather caliber. However, any one with caliber that is currently ready to take the spot?

If there is a better option then he should be playing but, suggestion of older Asif Ali (Who doesnt add much with ball as well) who has a mediocre List A record doesn't seem to be the solution. We often criticize selections and players without talking about the solutions.
 
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Slim said:
Not sure how this guy keeps getting a long rope. Hes even a worse version of Asif Ali. Hope to be proven wrong as he seems to be the apple of management's eyes nowadays and we have important tournies coming up however from an eye test and record point of view - he seems to be a complete fraud.
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Yeah man he is horrendous. I have seen enough of this guy. He looks absolutely pathetic even against low ranked teams.

In t20is he is even worse. He averages 13-14 i think in more than 10 t20is with the strike rate of 107. He is awful really. I don't understand why he keeps getting selected.

He has an awful technique he looks so out of depth against pace bowling. He is awful against spin bowling.

I really hope he never plays for Pakistan again.
 
Time to bring back Imad, Shan Masood, Haider Ali and Asif Ali. The latter is a definite starter for T20Is and deserves to make the squad for the ODIs at the very least.

The selections are horrible.
 
Titan24 said:
You wont be able to quote many duds in international cricket who had List A average of 55 with SR of over 85 (Ofcourse exceptions might exist but, they dont make a norm). Yet to see him getting out playing a defensive shot, correct me if I am wrong. On the other hand he is not supposed to be a technical beast batting at no 5 and 6, what you want from him is that he takes the innings deep if he comes in early and to be able to hit blows during the death overs. He is no Nicholas Pooran or Ben Stokes but, can play clutch knock on his day in his style. If he have unearthed a young world class no 5, 6 who can destroy the attacks, I would be happy to see him in the team even with a List A average of 10 or 15 so its not only about numbers, I agree rather caliber. However, any one with caliber that is currently ready to take the spot?

If there is a better option then he should be playing but, suggestion of older Asif Ali (Who doesnt add much with ball as well) who has a mediocre List A record doesn't seem to be the solution. We often criticize selections and players without talking about the solutions.
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First of all Ramprakash and Graeme Hick says Hi to you , secondly you do have watched Khusdil bat against pacers capable of bowling 135+ consistently right? Don't you think he looked like a tailender against anything above 135k?
 
Muhammad Saad said:
First of all Ramprakash and Graeme Hick says Hi to you , secondly you do have watched Khusdil bat against pacers capable of bowling 135+ consistently right? Don't you think he looked like a tailender against anything above 135k?
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He looks like a proper tailender.
He has awful technique against pacers and he is absolute trash against spinners as well.

He definitely doesn't deserve to play for national team.
 
And yes we do have far better prospects than him , Kamran Ghulam can hit it big and consistently , Muhammad Huraira is also a consistent batter who can bat aggresively and had a great domestic season last year , Qasim Akram even though got limited opportuinty is a far greater and allround cricketer than him as well and he can score quickly and to be fair I would take Imad the batsmen and Shan Masood over him chacha and Asif any day
 
Titan24 said:
We fans are too impatient and there are no two ways about it.

He has played 10 ODIs with an avg of around 34 and SR of 94. Played an impactful know of 41* to finish the 2nd ODI vs Aus when Pak was chasing around 350.

Averages 42 in List A cricket with SR of 97 and 8 100s on his back. He has been one of the best white ball middle order batsman in Pakistan statistically. Asif Ali is nowhere near in terms of domestic numbers.

Not saying he is of similar caliber but, as reference atleast look at how the development happened in other middle order players around the world who bat at 5 or below.

Jos Buttler after 10 ODIs (Avg of 14)
Ben Stokes after 10 ODIs (Avg of 14)
ABD after 10 ODI (Avg of 19)

List goes on.

Some people are even questioning Mohammad Haris now after 3 full innings. Lol.

The reason why Pak is unable to develop as many quality batsmen as some other countries is because we are impatient and that tendency is in the selectors and management as well.

Haider was dropped after 2 ODIs, he is supposed to be a better longer format player then T20.

There is no player in the world or has been with exceptions aside who can start winning you matches from the word go. Even Aussie domestic structure doesnt produce that kind of players that can dominate the international seen straight away. Jos Phillipe is one of the most highly rated young player in Australia but, he has struggled big time in his international career so far.
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Very well said . I would also like to add that mediocre players like Hafeez and Malik played 300 games plus for Pak and they stil neve got there averages out of the 30s and played countless undeserved world cups .

Based just on that khushdil deserves a fair run in the team .

He has played some decent knocks for Pak.

The problem for him is as Pak are so top heavy in one dayers and especially in t20s he very rarely gets a chance to build an innings of substance therefore there will always be an element of hit and miss for whoever plays in that position . Let him be.
 
The problem isn’t khushdil or asif.
The problem is solid # 4 and # 5 around which these guys can bat around.

You’re expecting too much from khushdil and asif type of players. They aren’t going to make a game from you. They’re not going to rotate the strike.

Rizwan was thought to be a middle order bat who can carry the team but he’s not.

It’s time to stick with established solid players like iftikhar and said shakeel - proper batsmen who can bat with sr 80-90 and then hold up one end so these hitters can hit
 
Usman said:
I tell you what, Malik is a whole lot better than most of our “youngsters”!

Kushdil I will give a lot of time to, because the lad has come into international cricket on the back of rock solid List A stats.

Agha Salman has not. Mohammed Harris definitely has not. Persisting with Harris in particular is bonkers.

Just look at Shan Masood’s recent performances and his overall List A stats. That man should be walking into this team every day of the week with his eyes closed.

If only Pakistani selectors and management weren’t so stupid.
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What position would Shan bat ?
 
I would definitely not play kamran ghullam,Shan Masood or any similar in replace of Khushdil becouse that means playing players in not even a similar position.
 
Muhammad Saad said:
First of all Ramprakash and Graeme Hick says Hi to you , secondly you do have watched Khusdil bat against pacers capable of bowling 135+ consistently right? Don't you think he looked like a tailender against anything above 135k?
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Ramprakash and Hick averaged 40 and 41 respectively in List A cricket, not 50 which was your argument about list A average. List A cricket is 50 overs domestic cricket. Further Hick averaged almost 38 in ODIs which is far from a failure especially in that era.

Coming to Khushdil sometimes he has looked ugly but, then guys I mentioned in my post who are stars of LOIs did look ugly when they averaged 14, 19 in their initial 10 ODIs. They even struggled with extra pace initially.

So in my opinion 10 ODIs, 8 innings where he didn’t always have much overs to bat are not at all enough to judge a player. Even if you find a generational talent he might not start delivering until few innings and matches under his belt so you have to be patient.

Its not about Khushdil, its about the process and having realistic expectations. Guy keeps on delivering in domestic cricket as well as PSL so no other option than to stick by him unless we have a better proposition.

Again easy to criticize but, difficult to come up with solutions and options. Any options which you think are capable enough to meet needs of Pak ODI setup at those numbers?
 
shamaan said:
If only his fitness was as good as his batting.
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then he should have been told to work on it instead of simply dropping him without giving him any reason. The intelligence levels of majority of our cricketers are not very high when it comes to fitness.
 
Naveedahmed1 said:
Agree pak really need Harris sohail back at 4

Ifti and Haider Ali should also be in squad of 15

Imam
Fakhar
Shahfique

Babar
Harris
Haider
Rizwan

Ifti
Nawaz
Shadab
Imad

Shaheen
Rauf
Naseem
Zahid
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Zahid should not be anywhere near the national team.
Wasim is a good prospect IMO and should be persevered with. Should only be released from the squad if there's FC or LA cricket going on at home.

Shan has pretty much earned his selection. If you don't pick a guy with such stellar performance, it will send a wrong message to the entire bunch of domestic cricketers.

Khushdil isn't that bad as everyone is saying. He was extremely poor 1 year back but he has been improving.
 
shamaan said:
What position would Shan bat ?
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I would bat him at 5. I know what people will say - oh you need a hitter at 5 etc. I fundamentally disagree. The only reason people believe that is because Imam and Babar have been so successful that by the time our number 5 comes out to bat, it’s right at the back end of the innings. However, Imam had a quiet series against the Netherlands and didn’t play the third game. When we needed our number 5 to stand up, he faltered, because he is a hitter not an innings builder.

That inability of the middle order to play more than a handful of balls nearly cost us the match against a team with the worst ranking of any in international cricket.

Our middle order is crying out for a proper batsman and Shan’s performances are crying out for him to be given that role.

In any case, Shan bats in one day cricket at a really good strike rate, and so what exactly is the confusion here?

This is a no-brainer!
 
Titan24 said:
We fans are too impatient and there are no two ways about it.

He has played 10 ODIs with an avg of around 34 and SR of 94. Played an impactful know of 41* to finish the 2nd ODI vs Aus when Pak was chasing around 350.

Averages 42 in List A cricket with SR of 97 and 8 100s on his back. He has been one of the best white ball middle order batsman in Pakistan statistically. Asif Ali is nowhere near in terms of domestic numbers.

Not saying he is of similar caliber but, as reference atleast look at how the development happened in other middle order players around the world who bat at 5 or below.

Jos Buttler after 10 ODIs (Avg of 14)
Ben Stokes after 10 ODIs (Avg of 14)
ABD after 10 ODI (Avg of 19)

List goes on.

Some people are even questioning Mohammad Haris now after 3 full innings. Lol.

The reason why Pak is unable to develop as many quality batsmen as some other countries is because we are impatient and that tendency is in the selectors and management as well.

Haider was dropped after 2 ODIs, he is supposed to be a better longer format player then T20.

There is no player in the world or has been with exceptions aside who can start winning you matches from the word go. Even Aussie domestic structure doesnt produce that kind of players that can dominate the international seen straight away. Jos Phillipe is one of the most highly rated young player in Australia but, he has struggled big time in his international career so far.
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I remember him struggling in his first spell in International cricket, but he has done ok since. We don't have much options tbh and his bowling should be used more as he found some success in PSL.
 
Usman said:
I would bat him at 5. I know what people will say - oh you need a hitter at 5 etc. I fundamentally disagree. The only reason people believe that is because Imam and Babar have been so successful that by the time our number 5 comes out to bat, it’s right at the back end of the innings. However, Imam had a quiet series against the Netherlands and didn’t play the third game. When we needed our number 5 to stand up, he faltered, because he is a hitter not an innings builder.

That inability of the middle order to play more than a handful of balls nearly cost us the match against a team with the worst ranking of any in international cricket.

Our middle order is crying out for a proper batsman and Shan’s performances are crying out for him to be given that role.

In any case, Shan bats in one day cricket at a really good strike rate, and so what exactly is the confusion here?

This is a no-brainer!
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I would never play Shan at 5 espically if rizwan is batting at 4 it may work against the weeker teams we're 300 is a good score but it won't work against teams who will get 350+ it would be an insult on Shan to bat him that low.
 
BunnyRabbit said:
then he should have been told to work on it instead of simply dropping him without giving him any reason. The intelligence levels of majority of our cricketers are not very high when it comes to fitness.
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Does he actually need to be told that his fitness isn't upto to scratch even a five year old child can tell you that.
 
shamaan said:
I would never play Shan at 5 espically if rizwan is batting at 4 it may work against the weeker teams we're 300 is a good score but it won't work against teams who will get 350+ it would be an insult on Shan to bat him that low.
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Ok cool let’s stick to Kushdil and Salman. Their 10s and 20s will be really useful against those strong teams you mention.

There is no insult to Shan batting him at any position. He can’t bat in the top 3 as those places have rightly been earnt by Fakhar, Imam and Babar. I don’t think it’s a good idea to bat Rizwan lower than 4 because he plays fantastically well (with a great strike rate) when he’s given a little time to settle in. I think Shan is capable of both playing a long innings and hitting out where needed.

With a strong lower order of maybe Kushdil, Shadab etc (where is Faheem Ashraf?), this could all really work.
 
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Ok cool let’s stick to Kushdil and Salman. Their 10s and 20s will be really useful against those strong teams you mention.

There is no insult to Shan batting him at any position. He can’t bat in the top 3 as those places have rightly been earnt by Fakhar, Imam and Babar. I don’t think it’s a good idea to bat Rizwan lower than 4 because he plays fantastically well (with a great strike rate) when he’s given a little time to settle in. I think Shan is capable of both playing a long innings and hitting out where needed.

With a strong lower order of maybe Kushdil, Shadab etc (where is Faheem Ashraf?), this could all really work.
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Rizwan has been poor in odis.i suggest Shan Masood bat at 4/5 in the psl in order but him to be in contention for that position.
 
He is a good minnow basher

A tail ender against pace with bit of bounce, and Hardik throughly exposed this tailunt. He is going to be a headless chicken in Australia
 
Only in pakistan do batsmen try to cut sharp short deliveries when an orthodox manual tells you to hook and pull.

Only babar tried the pull hook but that was good since he is our proper batsmen so he tried the proper shot.

M yusuf has his work cut out with these clowns.
 
mazkhan said:
Only in pakistan do batsmen try to cut sharp short deliveries when an orthodox manual tells you to hook and pull.

Only babar tried the pull hook but that was good since he is our proper batsmen so he tried the proper shot.

M yusuf has his work cut out with these clowns.
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Loool seriously what was that shot?

Khushdil is an inspiration for everyone really. If he can make it to pakistan national team, anyone can.
 
These guys seriously inspire no confidence in the middle order

I have more confidence in shadab and nawaz making consistent runs than Asif and Khushdil
 
Too many bits and pieces players in pak cricket and Khushdil is no different.
 
One of the most selfish players who has a real ability to strike the ball!

Why is this joker trying to nudge singles in the first 10-15 balls he faces at number 5 in a T20????

See ball, hit ball!!!
 
The failed trio of Asif Ali, Khushdil and Ifti were as usual and very predictably poor. Anyone with any knowledge of their batting knows that they are useless hacks and not even very good hacks either.

There’s not even a high chance that between them they can make 30-40 runs and they are occupying crucial middle order spots. Criminal to play more than one of them.
 
TheSultan said:
The failed trio of Asif Ali, Khushdil and Ifti were as usual and very predictably poor. Anyone with any knowledge of their batting knows that they are useless hacks and not even very good hacks either.

There’s not even a high chance that between them they can make 30-40 runs and they are occupying crucial middle order spots. Criminal to play more than one of them.
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Ifti was Pakistan’s most confident batsman at the crease today

Also two decent catches at long on. Let’s not always bash Chacha for the sake of it.

Asif wanted to do his job and hit sixes at a time when Pakistan needed sixes.

Khushdil was poor but he was quite good fielding on the boundary
 
Khushdil is useless.Pakistan needs to find a proper fast bowling allrounder to replace Khushdil.Hasnain would have scored more than Khusdil.Pakistan could have gone with four fast bowlers.
 
Rana said:
One of the most selfish players who has a real ability to strike the ball!

Why is this joker trying to nudge singles in the first 10-15 balls he faces at number 5 in a T20????

See ball, hit ball!!!
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Exactly my point.
And it was not only him, a few others did the same.

No intent to launch a counter attack - no bat speed no bat swing no energy no fire in the belly.

Those timid nudges and blocking the ball for singles was cringeworthy.
 
If that's how Khushdil plays pace and bounce he's going to be destroyed in Australia.
 
His shot range is limited and the better bowlers know that.

That's why he will rarely perform at the highest level.
 
Please show some respect to Khusdil, he has helped Pakistan win an ODI against Australia and an ODI against the West Indies. He had a bad game today.
 
Trash player. He should be nowhere the Pakistan cricketing setup. He doesnt know the basic technique of batting. Like someone said, if he can get into pakistani team, anyone can surely!
 
Savak said:
Please show some respect to Khusdil, he has helped Pakistan win an ODI against Australia and an ODI against the West Indies. He had a bad game today.
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Doesn’t inspire confidence at all. He needs poor bowling to score runs, simple as that. You won’t get far in international cricket with that.
 
saqibali said:
Can't believe imad wasim or Harris sohail can't be selected instead of khushdil.
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Imad Wasim has done Jack with the bat since 2016 minus that knock against Afghanistan in the 2019 WC where he had multiple chances.
 
Rana said:
Ifti was Pakistan’s most confident batsman at the crease today

Also two decent catches at long on. Let’s not always bash Chacha for the sake of it.

Asif wanted to do his job and hit sixes at a time when Pakistan needed sixes.

Khushdil was poor but he was quite good fielding on the boundary
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He doesn’t inspire any confidence even if he looks confident.
 
shah_1 said:
He is a good minnow basher

A tail ender against pace with bit of bounce, and Hardik throughly exposed this tailunt. He is going to be a headless chicken in Australia
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Even that is hard to say if you have seen the Netherlands series.

He will put away whatever is in his small arc. If the ball is not in his hitting zone he would bat like a tailender regardless of whoever is bowling, be it Mitchell Starc or some under 19 club bowler.

I would actually pick hasan ali over this guy only on batting talent forget haider ali.
 
The guy failed to score a half century in any format in his International Career , not even against Minnow , Seriously we are doomed if these trio middle order gets to Australia in T20 Worldcup , Hopefully National T20 will unearth 2 or 3 good middle order batsmen ,
Honestly I would take Malik , Hafeez and Imad over the trio of Ifti , Asif and Khusdil any day of the week in both T20 and ODis.
 
Anyone with little bit of cricketing sense can see his so many shortcomings as a batsman.
He is absolutely terrible
One of the worst player ever.

That chief selector needs to be sacked for selecting this loser.
 
He is too one dimensional, and leg side hack mostly, plus worst starter and take too many dot balls to settle and in position where he bat and in T20 format you don't have that luxury, he is beast if the bowler bowl in his arc and he is well settled, and any international bowler worth his salt won't allow thi to happen most of time, so he is bound to be big liability.
 
Shoaib Malik on one leg is better than the Kia brand batsmen Khushdil, Iftikhar and Asif. Even Imad would contribute more often than these three in any format. Pakistan needs to add proper batsmen in the T20 team, especially when the bowling of so called all rounders is not even used.
 
Ryw said:
These type of threads are a norm, just because their fav players are not in the squad. Khushdil Shah is a match winner and early in his career but people want him dropped as he is like Malik playing for many years xD
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Players are not made overnight. It's international cricket. There is a reason it is supposed to be hard and why it takes players years of playing consistently to establish themselves. But our fans somehow seem to think that the answer to every problem is replacing a guy who has had 3-4 failures with a yOuNgStEr.

When that youngster fails a couple of times for them, its time to replace him with another youngster.

It's actually remarkable how deluded some of the opinions of people here are.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Players are not made overnight. It's international cricket. There is a reason it is supposed to be hard and why it takes players years of playing consistently to establish themselves. But our fans somehow seem to think that the answer to every problem is replacing a guy who has had 3-4 failures with a yOuNgStEr.

When that youngster fails a couple of times for them, its time to replace him with another youngster.

It's actually remarkable how deluded some of the opinions of people here are.
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But there should be some weight given to a player’s shortcoming, which are glaringly obvious in this case. This lad can only score runs against bad bowling, international level bowlers don’t give you that luxury most of the time. Anything going slightly away from him on a good length cramps him up and he looks ugly nudging the ball around, wasting deliveries in the process.

Iftikhar and Asif fall in the same boat, but chances of a fluke performance are higher from them.
 
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