I still believe that Shadab is much better than what people have been suggesting over the past week. However, he may not perform as well against Indian team.
Indians are known for their strong performance against spin bowling, and this trend is likely to continue. Shadab, on the other hand, tends to perform better against other teams. He has taken some crucial wickets in important matches against other opponents, and his batting and fielding abilities make him an automatic selection in the playing XI
It is the other way around.
Shadab is worse than what people think. Even today, most people don’t realize how bad he actually he is.
He has no proper ability either as a batsman or as a bowler. People keep talking about his value with the bat but he has played 150+ international matches and you can count his good batting contributions one one hand, and it’s not like he hasn’t had opportunities to shine.
You don’t even need to look at the stats to know that he cannot bat and he has done nothing in 7 years to improve his skills.
He doesn’t have the technique to bat in the upper and middle-order and handle pace and spin and he doesn’t have the power hitting skills to be a lower-order impact player/finisher.
As a bowler, the only thing he had in his armory was a googly which he has lost for whatever reason. His leg break was never effective and his control is awful. He guarantees 2-3 boundary balls every over.
As a fielder he is good, not as good as he pretends to be but he is good. However, you cannot carry a player for his fielding skills when he is a liability both with the bat and the ball.
Shadab in the team means you are weakening both your batting and bowling simultaneously. Pakistan would be better off playing a proper batsman or bowler instead.
Furthermore, people keep conflating his performances in T20Is with ODIs. He has been decent in T20Is because he can take a few lucky wickets because the batsmen take risks and he can save 10-15 runs in the field.
His bowling is serviceable for 4 overs but he is not good enough for 10 overs because he is a glorified part-timer.
Shadab is a glorified tail-ender with the bat and a glorified part-timer with the ball. He is not even close to being a proper all-rounder and it will be a travesty if he is still in the ODI team after the World Cup where he is almost guaranteed to let Pakistan down again.
The cherry on top is his poor fitness and endurance. He pretends to be a great athlete but he is one of the weakest and most injury prone players in the squad.
