Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed are responsible for the defeat to Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup

[Savak]

Will not blame the likes of Khushdil, Asif Ali, Nawaz, Shadab for this defeat one bit. This was not an easy pitch and not an easy bowling attack to tee off against from ball one.

This team plays with an immense amount of fear and defensiveness. Top teams when chasing targets begin their assault from the very beginning, some of them consolidate for a few overs before reassaulting from overs 5 onwards and some even keep carrying on.

No, but Pakistan will keep eternally following the 90's strategy of keeping wickets in hand till 5 overs to go and expect everyone else to follow to score 10-12 runs an over effortless against good bowling attacks, fielding sides and against the longer boundaries.

Rizwan and Iftikhar left too much for everyone else to do on this wicket.

 

[PakEngFan]

Agreed pathetic innings from both.

 

[ethan hunt]

You cant play knoxkout matches with this strategy. Look at Australia and lanka today.

 

[Rana]

Lol

What’s the point crying now?

This is what you all wanted. Are you not Entertained???

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

And not Babar with the worst captaincy ever?

 

[Bilal7]

Rizwan could have played better but he is not the main culprit. This is how he bats and it works for Pakistan. However, you cannot have Babar getting out to a nothing ball, Iftikhar copying Rizwan's approach and for Buzdil to be useless as always.

 

[Mamoon]

The culprits are the deluded Pakistani fans who overrated this rubbish team and forgot that there were two matches against India, not one.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

This is funny I expect 7 other threads focused on other culprits.

Pakistan punched below their weight today.

I had said in another thread, you can't take the dress rehearsal match lightly. The defeat to Sri Lanka in the previous game has had a disastrous impact on team's psyche.

 

[Major]

Rizwan did not pace his innings well today, but that doesnt mean he should be dropped. Also, the iftikhar, khushdil and asif batting line up is delicate. Even fakhar does nothing.

Our batting is basically babar and rizwan

 

[Finisher]

What a disappointing innings from Rizwan, he deserves all the criticism he's receiving, not only this innings shoud be highlited but the 115 strikerate for 2021

 

[asifp]

Issue is you can't have two anchors

One of them needed to go for it and they were still defending in the 14th.

The entire team could whack it. But no let's play tuk tuk

 

[Finisher]

Rizwan doesnt deserve to bat in the power plays, he played nearly four overs for 18-19 runs today, even after getting a lucky start with Madushanka having a horror first over

 

[Savak]

Issue is you can't have two anchors

One of them needed to go for it and they were still defending in the 14th.

The entire team could whack it. But no let's play tuk tuk

Babar needs to be man enough to demote himself or even drop himself. If he is not in form, he is a liability for the team. Even on his best day, at best he can anchor the innings. He should have had the courage to drop himself.

 

[Snowflake]

Rizwan, the ever precious "anchor"!! Lol

An "anchor" needed for 120 balls )

Rizwan and Iftikhar biggest culprits for sure. Terrible terrible innings. Worst part is that he's probably thinking he played a great innings.

 

[Energy]

This is twice now where Iftikhar has shown glimpse of his real age and got out at the boundary, after playing slowly and especially when it was time to hit.

 

[SamNJ]

Entire blame cannot go to them. Pakistan needed to restrict SL under 150 and it looked possible after 58/5. Babar made a tactical mistake of continuing with Iftikhar for getting Rajapaksha out. Should have killed the game there itself.

 

[sweep_shot]

I thought Rizwan accelerated late.

They should've accelerated when they needed something like 83 runs from 8 overs. They allowed the NRR to go past 13.

 

[Savak]

Entire blame cannot go to them. Pakistan needed to restrict SL under 150 and it looked possible after 58/5. Babar made a tactical mistake of continuing with Iftikhar for getting Rajapaksha out. Should have killed the game there itself.

That aside, this total was still chaseable. Look at Australia and India, they will begin their assault from the very beginning. Even their anchors have the ability to pick up their strike rates and finish with a SR of 150-180 towards the end of their innings.

 

[mikeypbadana86]

58/5 to 170. Huge momentum shift. Babars poor form + fakhar zaman's poor form. Lack of intent from rizwan. Historically pakistan is not known for chasing targets. Bat first would have been a better choice?

Overall blessing in disguise before t20 world cup. Less chances with out sold middle order and in-form opening pair.

Bowling, as always is world class.

Between, SL is back to its ominous best reminding Arjuna ranatungas team. Gun batting, fearlessness,electric fielding and superb spin attack.

India: methodical & disciplined when it won in the past. pakistan: mercurial and unpredictable when it won in the past. SL: rutheless & dangerous when it won in past.

 

[ethan hunt]

Never win knockout with this mindset. No need for two anchors at that stage.
You have to get a fifty in 35 balls when chasing 170.

 

[Major]

I thought Rizwan accelerated late.

They should've accelerated when they needed something like 83 runs from 8 overs. They allowed the NRR to go past 13.

Actually we were over confident from the india game. Same situation happened against india but we came out of it due to pathetic bowlrrs.

Today against sri lanka we thought we would still do the same and nawaz was sent in even though nawaz isnt a power hitter. We got overconfident. Rizwan could had done better.

Amyways his critics will be happy today

 

[Bewal Express]

For those of us that have been watching PK cricket for decades know that the real culprit is the lack of talent. This compounded by a terrible domestic culture has led a team with 2 proper batsman.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

It's the bowling and fielding. Did no one watch that mid innings interview with naseem. He said that SL should have been bowled out for 120 when Pakistan had them at 58/5 . Naseem's body language suggested PAK had not bowled/fielded well enough.


On that track, 170 may have been a bit too much

 

[Markhor]

OP is spot on. It was the one of worst paced runchases I've seen.

This pair allowed the RRR to climb to 14 after 15 overs despite 7 wickets in hand and KNOWING this pitch was not one where batsmen could slog from ball one. My god, after 10 years of playing in UAE you'd think Pakistan of all teams would understand this by now.

Babar is the biggest culprit however to allow SRL to reach 170 in the first place, and secondly slapping an absolutely filthy delivery straight to fine leg. Despite having a shocker of a tournament, he stubbornly refused to move from his opening spot and compounded it with tactical and selection missteps.

 

[asfandyar]

Instead of haphazard domestic circuses, we need to have selection-focused tournaments. For example, if Pakistan needs a hard-hitting batsman with brilliant hand-eye coordination, this should be announced before the start of the tournament.

Selection camps should also be surgically focused on finding Pakistan's Butler/Maxwell and the next Umar Gul. Check how many deliveries of varying lines and lengths can be flicked or effortlessly lofted to the boundary. Then check how many yorkers can be bowled per over.

 

[Kroll]

TBF, Rizwan has usually done well or not the focus when others have backed him up and that's usually the plane be it out dated or whatever. But with Iftikhar meandering along jollily for run a ball, the chase was always going to end in failure.

They just don't have the ability to go through the gears and Iftikhar being 50 years old doesn't have the reflexes to play shots. He can only block, pad for singles or try and hit out but unfortunately he holed out when trying get a move on.

 

[Rana]

OP is spot on. It was the one of worst paced runchases I've seen.

This pair allowed the RRR to climb to 14 after 15 overs despite 7 wickets in hand and KNOWING this pitch was not one where batsmen could slog from ball one. My god, after 10 years of playing in UAE you'd think Pakistan of all teams would understand this by now.

Babar is the biggest culprit however to allow SRL to reach 170 in the first place, and secondly slapping an absolutely filthy delivery straight to fine leg. Despite having a shocker of a tournament, he stubbornly refused to move from his opening spot and compounded it with tactical and selection missteps.

The signs were there in the PSL when he moved Sharjeel to 3 despite being poor himself as an opener for KK

 

[Wanton]

After getting SL 58/5 and allowing them to score 170, was already damage done. On top of that Babar getting out for low score was absolutely criminal.

 

[Concerned]

The top scorer should not be blamed for a loss, however in this case Rizwan failed to capitalise despite batting over 10 overs. He deserves blame for todays loss

 

[Rana]

Mark this post


All of you will forget how useless Rizwan is when he scores 50 off 38 against England in 4/5 of the T20s

You will all praise him. You will all curse and abuse people like me who have been screaming how this man has been conning us for too long now. This cycle will continue

 

[Kaka4pope]

Asif Ali and Ifthikar don’t contribute enough generally to the team, other members of xi are more consistent - Haider Ali and another young batter who has potential for the 4+5 spots for the long-term.

We don’t have ‘power hitting’ finishers, so go with better overall batsmen who can move up gears.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Mark this post


All of you will forget how useless Rizwan is when he scores 50 off 38 against England in 4/5 of the T20s

You will all praise him. You will all curse and abuse people like me who have been screaming how this man has been conning us for too long now. This cycle will continue

He is a very useful player and a brilliant keeper. His value will be worth in gold when he has an attacking batsman to partner with him and Pakistan would be posting or chasing scores in excess of 180..

Problem here is not Rizwan. It was Babar and Zaman. Both failed miserably in the tournament. Even if one of them played well, Pakistan would have lifted the cup.

 

[PakEngFan]

Mark this post


All of you will forget how useless Rizwan is when he scores 50 off 38 against England in 4/5 of the T20s

You will all praise him. You will all curse and abuse people like me who have been screaming how this man has been conning us for too long now. This cycle will continue

Why can’t fakhar perform oh he’s batting at 3. Why did he flop 40 odd games at opening oh he didn’t get a proper go. Give him another go. Be consistent. Your post about rizwan are nothing more then pure hate. Rizwan played a pathetic innings and he’s one of the main reason why we lost. Will you ever talk about fakhar or sharjeel who is struggling in national t20 and has been made to look an amateur by Saim ayub.

 

[Ami]

The culprits are the deluded Pakistani fans who overrated this rubbish team and forgot that there were two matches against India, not one.

Boy! You're a broken record...with nothing original to say. Ever.

 

[Kroll]

He is a very useful player and a brilliant keeper. His value will be worth in gold when he has an attacking batsman to partner with him and Pakistan would be posting or chasing scores in excess of 180..

Problem here is not Rizwan. It was Babar and Zaman. Both failed miserably in the tournament. Even if one of them played well, Pakistan would have lifted the cup.

There is no value in just meandering along as end result is just the same but prolonging the agony longer. Misbah was an expert at this and a lot of people bought into his lone warrior myth. I hope history does not repeat itself.

 

[pakistan cricket fan]

Agreed they allowed the runrate to go so high and then nobody had a choice but to go hard from ball 1.

 

[Champ_Pal]

There is no value in just meandering along as end result is just the same but prolonging the agony longer. Misbah was an expert at this and a lot of people bought into his lone warrior myth. I hope history does not repeat itself.

Had Riwan got out at that time trying to hit big, Pakistan would have struggled to even score 100. His presence would allow other players to express themselves with the bat freely.

 

[Ami]

Agree with poster.
Left too much to do for an average middle order.
You can 'have a go' when 25+ are needed for the last 2 overs, and sometimes succeed, but cannot be expected to chase 60 off 22 balls.
The likes of Ifti, Khushdil, Asif etc are not great...but they're the best we have.
Pak T20 is an average team, nothing great - and the main weekness as we all know is the middle order.
Should ask Fakhar to open and get the best out of him; Babar is good enough to play well enough at one down.
As for Riz? Well, best out of him is opening. Where else?
As for Nawaz/Shadab and Co, they can hold their own.

 

[Grunge101]

Both of them deserve the blame but chacha much more so than Rizwan imo. Rizwan played like we know he does, no surprises there.on a good day he can tee off after a start and make up for his initial SR but when he can't, this is what you're going to get from him.

However the way chacha batted today was quite inexplicable. dot ball after dot ball to the spinners and then finally deciding he needs to go big in the 15th over with the RR touching 13. If you're having problems hitting it big after consuming 5 overs on your own, how is the lower order supposed to tee off from ball one ?.
Had he been back in the pavilion with an 8 off 5 balls in the 7th over, it would've atleast given Nawaz or Shadab a chance to settle in before trying to go big.

Seeing the like of him make the international team again and again has made it quite clear that a significant amount of favouritism is at play. There is just no way you can select someone like him based on one old performance against Australia and discount all the other times he's failed miserably u less there is someone at the helm that wants you there no matter what.

 

[Rana]

Why can’t fakhar perform oh he’s batting at 3. Why did he flop 40 odd games at opening oh he didn’t get a proper go. Give him another go. Be consistent. Your post about rizwan are nothing more then pure hate. Rizwan played a pathetic innings and he’s one of the main reason why we lost. Will you ever talk about fakhar or sharjeel who is struggling in national t20 and has been made to look an amateur by Saim ayub.

You have zero understanding of this game I’m afraid. I would rather not bang my head in a wall trying to reason with a blind supporter of Rizwan

 

[Technics 1210]

The OP missed out Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam, who batted BEFORE ChaCha Iftikhar and scored a combine tally of 5 runs, but no, lets blames Rizwan and Iftikhar.

 

[Rana]

The OP missed out Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam, who batted BEFORE ChaCha Iftikhar and scored a combine tally of 5 runs, but no, lets blames Rizwan and Iftikhar.

Rizwan batted in the position that suits him. He has closed the door for other openers because of Misbah ul Haq.

Fakhar is one of those who has been screwed because of this.

Iftikhar has been given numerous favours since Misbah screwed Micky Arthur and Sarfaraz

 

[gazza619]

Plz for once give credit to opposition.

They bowled and fielded unbelievably. This SL bowling line and fielding line up is even miles ahead of the SL of the 90s.

 

[Titan24]

Yes pretty poor stuff. Thing is its not just two rather overall approach of the Pak batting which is based upon the narrative of saving wickets and relying on game changing knocks from the so called hitters. This approach cant be replicated consistently.

You need to divide the innings and intent should be to score from the start till end at a pace which is required rather than pushing the rate up and ask hitters to go crazy from the word go.

 

[Giroux28]

Babar is the main culprit, failed as a captain in the field and followed with another failure with the bat.

 

[ethan hunt]

Wasted crucial overs of medium pace and as a result the two designated hitters of pace in khushdil and asif got out slogging their best spinner. Poor match awareness.

 

[PakPremi]

He is a very useful player and a brilliant keeper. His value will be worth in gold when he has an attacking batsman to partner with him and Pakistan would be posting or chasing scores in excess of 180..

Problem here is not Rizwan. It was Babar and Zaman. Both failed miserably in the tournament. Even if one of them played well, Pakistan would have lifted the cup.

Totall agree plus the fact after no 3 Pakistan have 3 useless KIA batsmen who will scores once in 10 innings,and even if one of them, Iftikhar, scores a bit more frequently his scores arenot significant enough to help the Total much, and is always slower than even Rizwans strike rate.

 

[ritzy_123]

There were many things today..

Why we changed the plan today? Nawaz bowled well the whole tournament why he bowled only one over today?

Ifti Chacha took one wicket even though Rajapkasa was batting but Nawaz bowled well against lefties too this series.

Shadab's fielding and the timing of his bad day.

Babar Azam's form and soft dismissals this series.

Rizwan and Ifti's batting today completely miscalculated the chase.

The only plan from our side was to win against India? Why Nawaz didn't bat at no. 4 again today?

Many things were quite annoying today.

 

[Hextro]

Rizwan didn't bat well but we would've lost even if Rizwan scored 50 off 30 deliveries. Every batsman besides Rizwan had no plans of staying on the crease.

SR of batsmen excluding the tailenders and Rizwan was 91.3. Everyone besides Rizwan and Babar is supposed to be a finisher.

Asif and Fakhar are free wickets for the opposition. We were playing with 9 players this whole Asia Cup.

 

[Zaz]

I believe it was a collective failure From the bowlers to the poor fielding which allowed the extra 20-30 runs to be conceded

We had them on the rack at the halfway point during their batting innings

After that yes the batting was awful They played too slow at the top and the middle order is useless and needs replacing

The team played an awful combined game today

 

[Snowflake]

These two scored 87 from 80. Leaving the rest to score 84 from 40.

If you think anyone else deserve more blame than these two, you need to get your head checked.

 

[Snowflake]

Rizwan didn't bat well but we would've lost even if Rizwan scored 50 off 30 deliveries. Every batsman besides Rizwan had no plans of staying on the crease.

SR of batsmen excluding the tailenders and Rizwan was 91.3. Everyone besides Rizwan and Babar is supposed to be a finisher.

Asif and Fakhar are free wickets for the opposition. We were playing with 9 players this whole Asia Cup.

What does staying on the crease mean? Rizwan and Iftikhar stayed on the crease for 13 overs... You want the others to do the same?

 

[ethan hunt]

At no stage should both batsman be anchoring the innings. This anchoring nonsense needs to stop. Look at how Srilanka batted despite the setbacks.

 

[Snowflake]

At no stage should both batsman be anchoring the innings. This anchoring nonsense needs to stop. Look at how Srilanka batted despite the setbacks.

Anchoring is term used to justify Rizwan's match losing innings that he plays every now and then. Please tell me who is the anchor in Ind, Aus, Eng, SL or even BD.

 

[mazkhan]

When you have a wicket batsmen who plays constant dot balls and wastes the powerplays. He can't even play balls on his offside at a good length wafting away and missing with no foot movement or weight transfer into the shot.

You have a batsmen who is probably old enough to be our father masquerading as a 30 yr old .

Then a hack like fakhar who is out of form for the whole tournament we might as well took sharjeel .

And then comes the tape ball hacks in asif ali and khushdil .

Its surprising the team reached the final

Also babar needs to be dropped from captaincy for me shadab or nawaz need to be made captain .

The only plus side is our bowling and the emergence of naseem shah in the white ball team, our bowling was excellent throughout the tournament .

 

[IMMY69]

I think both players batted to slow.

But the game was lost before that.

The ball swung for the first three overs of each innings then it comes on beautifully especially when it gets later at night. Even Ifti only have away 7 runs an over even though he's a pretty useless part timer.
No, the game was lost when Nawaz was kept out of the attack st a time when spinners are harder hit out.

Sri Lanka quickly brought on a spinner from one end and dried up the runs. We failed to do that and it cost us big time.

We just don't learn from our mistakes and it happens over and over again.

Same thing happened in the semi final against the Aussies.
Shadab was taking wickets and Wade was finding it tough against Imad st a time when it's ideal to bowl spinners but Imad didn't even finish his quota

I maintain that we have all the tools to be successful just lack the intelligence to read the game and make the right decisions more often then not

 

[Hextro]

What does staying on the crease mean? Rizwan and Iftikhar stayed on the crease for 13 overs... You want the others to do the same?

Rizwan played poorly but why is everyone ignoring the fact that all the other batsmen scored at a combined SR of 91.3. Pakistan's batting is Babar, Rizwan and there's nothing else after that. When Iftikhar got out the RRR was around 11.5, in response Nawaz, Asif, and Khushdil didn't score a single boundary. They're supposed to be our finishers. At least two boundaries from each of them could've changed the complexion of the game.

Fakhar isn't a factor anymore. He's just there to field and throw away his wicket.

 

[PakEngFan]

You have zero understanding of this game I’m afraid. I would rather not bang my head in a wall trying to reason with a blind supporter of Rizwan

For a start I have said it was a pathetic innings from rizwan and because of him mainly we lost the game. Secondly I have also stated if he plays more innings like this kick him out. Additionally I have also stated he should be kicked out of the odi team due to his pathetic batting. I have also criticised him smiling and fooling around all the time. If that’s what a blind fan is then I will take it. For me it’s Pakistan and then anyone else.

Let come to you and your blind support for fakhar who you seem to never say a word against even though he probably the worst player in team at the moment.Let not even mention sharjeel here. If anything you are a blind supporter of these 2 hacks.

You should be the last person to question someone’s understanding of the game. You think zeeshan ashraf is better then rizwan who can’t even get into a domestic team and he worse then a club level keeper. Let’s continue while we are here. You have also stated that Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shakeel are better batsmen then Babar and another one why was Sarfraz dropped lol.

Based you this I will refrain from questioning someone understanding of the game if I was you.

 

[shamaan]

Will not blame the likes of Khushdil, Asif Ali, Nawaz, Shadab for this defeat one bit. This was not an easy pitch and not an easy bowling attack to tee off against from ball one.

This team plays with an immense amount of fear and defensiveness. Top teams when chasing targets begin their assault from the very beginning, some of them consolidate for a few overs before reassaulting from overs 5 onwards and some even keep carrying on.

No, but Pakistan will keep eternally following the 90's strategy of keeping wickets in hand till 5 overs to go and expect everyone else to follow to score 10-12 runs an over effortless against good bowling attacks, fielding sides and against the longer boundaries.

Rizwan and Iftikhar left too much for everyone else to do on this wicket.

For this match the blame should be put upon Rizwan and Iftikhar but also Babar his captaincy was terrible.

 

[m.shah]

Absolutely true. I don't understand why Iftikar was sent ahead of Nawaz anyway.

 

[Asif321]

Rizwan comes from misbah school of thought so it will happen .

 

[Kianig89]

Team mgmt is also to be blamed, overused the mediocre Iftikhar and no urgency in chase, hopefully would never see Iftikhar in Pakistan colors

 

[pillionrider]

Sri Lanka not hearing Iftikhar's nick and giving him a life turned out to be a blessing in disguise

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I think Pakistan has had the same approach for ages.

170 target or 190 target or 120 target.

They will score 40 runs in 6 overs.

The problem is not Rizwan or Iftikhar or Babar.

Any batsmen who will open will play the same approach of saving wickets.

I am just surprised that people expected Rizwan to attack and score 60 in 6 overs chasing 170.

I repeat, irrespective of who opened the innings Pakistan would have scored the same amount of runs in powerplay.

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Babar form and delusional captaincy was the main reason, even a half intelligent captain would have thrown two of the trio from the final XI. T20 is fast cricket and is purely based on form , you can't keep out of form players and pretend that they will come good in crucial matches.
Also the blocking strategy needs to be gone too.

 

[happydavy]

If today you can't support Rizwan's 49 balls 55, then tomorrow you will have no right to celebrate his 47 balls 55.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

If today you can't support Rizwan's 49 balls 55, then tomorrow you will have no right to celebrate his 47 balls 55.

Rizwan will offer you exactly that. Day in and day out.

Babar will offer same.

Fakhar will also start slow and accelerate only later on in the innings if he gets a chance.

Khushdil, Ifti and Asif are so undependable that Pakistan are repeatedly sending Nawaz (an all rounder) at number 4-5 position to have some sort of sanity.

If the top 3 are going to occupy 15 overs of a T20 and end up at 100/1 wicket after 15 overs, they will NEVER chase 170 ever.

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

Gautam Gambhir: "It's because of Rizwan and Iftikhar that Pakistan could not finish the chase."

Gautam Gambhir on Star Sports Cricket LIVE:

If you ask me, it's because of Rizwan and Iftikhar that Pakistan probably could not finish this chase. It was necessary for either one of them to break the game, to play at a better strike rate and tempo. Two batsmen were playing at run a ball! When Asif Ali and Khushdil came out to bat, they needed 18 rpo! And when you were batting, it was 9 rpo! You took it from 9 to 18 rpo! So you were thinking that you would chase 70-80 off the last 5 overs? Imagine the pressure on Asif Ali, Shadab and Khushdil. At least leave enough that it would be manageable for them. Leave 11 or 12 rpo. You can't leave 18 rpo. So if anyone's lost the match, it is Mohammad Rizwan. Not Asif Ali, not Khushdil, not Shadab. Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar.

 

[Savak]

Gambhir spitting facts. Sadly Khusdil, Asif, Nawaz, Shadab will get blamed for the selfishness of Rizwan and Iftikhar

 

[Runner Up]

Lankan batsmen played proper cricketing shots and in gaps perfectly. They were unstoppable. The problem with Pakistan is too many out of form players.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Catches win matches. Sorry, I take responsibility for this loss. I let my team down. Positives for team, <a href="https://twitter.com/iNaseemShah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iNaseemShah</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/HarisRauf14?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HarisRauf14</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/mnawaz94?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mnawaz94</a> and the entire bowling attack was great. <a href="https://twitter.com/iMRizwanPak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iMRizwanPak</a> fought hard. The entire team tried their best. Congratulations to Sri Lanka <a href="https://t.co/7qPgAalzbt">pic.twitter.com/7qPgAalzbt</a></p>— Shadab Khan (@76Shadabkhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/76Shadabkhan/status/1569035324923445248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[shah_1]

Gambhir spitting facts. Sadly Khusdil, Asif, Nawaz, Shadab will get blamed for the selfishness of Rizwan and Iftikhar

Babar has to be blamed

Chacha has SR of 101 against spin so why did he pick him at 4?

 

[DHONI183]

Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed are responsible for this defeat against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup

Reflecting upon the Final now, I think that Pakistan were dismantled by the onslaught of the Sri Lankan lower-order in the latter half of the innings. To have the opposition at 57-5 and then to have ended up conceding 170, that too in a tournament final, must've shaken up the team a lot; and then the two early wickets did the further damage to dent the confidence of the team. Still, though, I'm yet to get my head around the match-losing partnership between Rizwan and Iftikhar. To leave your team requiring over 80 in the last seven overs was just stupid game-planning. Plain dumb on the part of both.

The problem with T20 cricket is that when you take the approach of consolidating and being careful, let's say for five, after quick wickets, then you're left with only 90 deliveries to score your runs; and that's very little time. Pakistan must soon address this issue before the T20 World Cup begins the next month.

 

[in_cutter]

Will not blame the likes of Khushdil, Asif Ali, Nawaz, Shadab for this defeat one bit. This was not an easy pitch and not an easy bowling attack to tee off against from ball one.

This team plays with an immense amount of fear and defensiveness. Top teams when chasing targets begin their assault from the very beginning, some of them consolidate for a few overs before reassaulting from overs 5 onwards and some even keep carrying on.

No, but Pakistan will keep eternally following the 90's strategy of keeping wickets in hand till 5 overs to go and expect everyone else to follow to score 10-12 runs an over effortless against good bowling attacks, fielding sides and against the longer boundaries.

Rizwan and Iftikhar left too much for everyone else to do on this wicket.

Add Babar who flopped all tournament and horrible captaincy.

 

[GudduBadmash]

We wouldn't have been talking about this right now if terrible captaincy did not allow then to go from 58-5 to 170. The man is not a leader and should not be the captain of Pakistan, to top it off he failed all tournament with the bat.


The way Babar and Fakhar got out yesterday in quick succession was criminal.

Rizwan and Iftikhar regardless are the only two players who crossed 100 runs for this team. Everyone else was shocking. They had to build a partnership when the team lost two prime batsmen and just as soon as they were about to start accelerating Iftikhar got out. It happens. A comedy of errors caused this defeat not your highest run scorer all tournament

 

[GudduBadmash]

He is a very useful player and a brilliant keeper. His value will be worth in gold when he has an attacking batsman to partner with him and Pakistan would be posting or chasing scores in excess of 180..

Problem here is not Rizwan. It was Babar and Zaman. Both failed miserably in the tournament. Even if one of them played well, Pakistan would have lifted the cup.

+1

 

[Rana]

We wouldn't have been talking about this right now if terrible captaincy did not allow then to go from 58-5 to 170. The man is not a leader and should not be the captain of Pakistan, to top it off he failed all tournament with the bat.


The way Babar and Fakhar got out yesterday in quick succession was criminal.

Rizwan and Iftikhar regardless are the only two players who crossed 100 runs for this team. Everyone else was shocking. They had to build a partnership when the team lost two prime batsmen and just as soon as they were about to start accelerating Iftikhar got out. It happens. A comedy of errors caused this defeat not your highest run scorer all tournament

Wow

You have had to come out of your usual comfort zone of 10pm where you spout your pro Rizwan propaganda knowing that you are less likely to face criticism and a hostile response for it.

Tough times. The act is finally over! It is only downhill from here for Rizwan Guddu!

 

[JaDed]

It's the bowling and fielding. Did no one watch that mid innings interview with naseem. He said that SL should have been bowled out for 120 when Pakistan had them at 58/5 . Naseem's body language suggested PAK had not bowled/fielded well enough.


On that track, 170 may have been a bit too much

Exactly lol, majority PCT fanbase is not seeing fielding as an issue.

 

[Saj]

Will not blame the likes of Khushdil, Asif Ali, Nawaz, Shadab for this defeat one bit. This was not an easy pitch and not an easy bowling attack to tee off against from ball one.

Sri Lanka scored 103 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in the last 10 overs.

There was nothing wrong with the pitch.

 

[Rana]

Sharjeel khan 46* off 25 in the powerplay right now for Sindh