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Mohammad Rizwan "The criticism seems to be dying down a bit, so I must be doing something right"

Rizwan reaches 2500 T20I runs in his 65th innings, only the 3rd Pakistani to do so.
 
It was wonderful to see him get out for 49 considering the fact that he was playing for his 50. Lovely karma.
 
Firebat said:
Rizwan reaches 2500 T20I runs in his 65th innings, only the 3rd Pakistani to do so.
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Greatest t20 opener we have ever produced.

I actually don't know anyone in the world who can find the ball not coming onto the bat yet still get to fifties as often as he does.
 
hitthestump said:
Greatest t20 opener we have ever produced.

I actually don't know anyone in the world who can find the ball not coming onto the bat yet still get to fifties as often as he does.
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worst actually. Nice try but you cannot fool anybody here now. :dw
 
srh said:
worst actually. Nice try but you cannot fool anybody here now. :dw
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Keep crying and bringing single sentences with no evidence, logic, reasoning, meaning nor stats. I'm sure you know it's a waste of time to do anything more though.
 
Unfortunate dismissal

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MenInG said:
Unfortunate dismissal

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Nothing unfortunate

Karma
 
Unfortunate? We all know he is a joke against the moving ball. Zero technique.
 
Overconfidence is never good. Rizwan didn't want to improve his batting and was content
With selfish batting and personal milestones.

Also Rizwan's weakness has been badly exposed. His off side game is non exististent. And I always said he is a non impact player. His batting never usually helps his team againdt good sides. As we have seen in this world cup he looks nothing but an ordinary statspadder.
 
MRSN said:
Overconfidence is never good. Rizwan didn't want to improve his batting and was content
With selfish batting and personal milestones.

Also Rizwan's weakness has been badly exposed. His off side game is non exististent. And I always said he is a non impact player. His batting never usually helps his team againdt good sides. As we have seen in this world cup he looks nothing but an ordinary statspadder.
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If he had stayed till 7th over Pakistan would have lost
 
srh said:
Pakistan was very lucky that Rizwan get out quickly. He should be out of T20 team now.
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The bigger wicket for Pakistan was Shan Masood

Boy he had all he needed to make an inconsequential 50 and justify laptop selector!
 
Poor tournament if the truth be told.

175 runs from 159 balls at a strike-rate of 110.06
 
Saj said:
Poor tournament if the truth be told.

175 runs from 159 balls at a strike-rate of 110.06
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About 100 of those 159 balls were in the powerplay

So this is essentially a 2/10 tournament for him with the bat
 
Rizwan Wicket:

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Pathetic display from an overrated, 2 shot, garbage batsman. I hope this is finally the end for his holding pak hostage opening stint.
 
Excellent innings by Riz - just needs to take it to the end and get the deal done
 
5000 runs across all three formats for M Rizwan today.
 
It was a pleasure to see him fail & get back to earth. His arrogance was getting out of hand lately but hopefully the recent reality checks will humble him.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great game of cricket in Rawalpindi Test. Kudos to England for such a brave declaration and extraordinary efforts to get the game away from us.<br><br>We will bounce back, in sha Allah.</p>— Muhammad Rizwan (@iMRizwanPak) <a href="https://twitter.com/iMRizwanPak/status/1599828469353156609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Azhar, Rizwan and Babar are some of the most spineless batsmen in our history.

It’s sad that newer players will have guys like this as role models.

It’s why Shafique and Saud are also taking after their timid mentors.

Need to end this pathetic culture of overtly defensive mindsets.
 
James said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great game of cricket in Rawalpindi Test. Kudos to England for such a brave declaration and extraordinary efforts to get the game away from us.<br><br>We will bounce back, in sha Allah.</p>— Muhammad Rizwan (@iMRizwanPak) <a href="https://twitter.com/iMRizwanPak/status/1599828469353156609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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I like rizwan but this isnt appropriate Youve just been hammered Would the great aussie team of the 2000s done this

This wasnt a great game of cricket for pakistan

The need of the hour isnt of showing appreciation for the opposition but should be getting in the face of the opposition and some kick up the backside to the players about showing some grit, self respect and pride

What happened to win at all costs or Are we now playing to lose with honour?
 
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Zaz said:
I like rizwan but this isnt appropriate Youve just been hammered Would the great aussie team of the 2000s done this

This wasnt a great game of cricket for pakistan

The need of the hour isnt of showing appreciation for the opposition but should be getting in the face of the opposition and some kick up the backside to the players about showing some grit, self respect and pride

What happened to win at all costs or Are we now playing to lose with honour?
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Rizwan cannot even read what is written here. He has a social media team & I doubt they run everything by him before posting on his behalf.
 
Not off the mark in Multan after 25 balls!
 
He is a nothing player. Scoring selfish runs in T20 cricket at the top means nothing.

If he was a great player he wouldn’t have failed miserably in the middle-order in T20Is & ODIs.

Zero performance but 100% arrogance.
 
Time for him to be dropped from tests, not good enough consistently to be batting top 6 in tests, these nice 20s and 30s ain't helping the team. Needs to go work on his batting.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Time for him to be dropped from tests, not good enough consistently to be batting top 6 in tests, these nice 20s and 30s ain't helping the team. Needs to go work on his batting.
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Babar thought he’s a test number 4 Babars judgement of players is one of the worst in history.

:moyo
 
Rizwan should decide whether he wants to be a cricketer or join the seminary. Instead of trying to prove to everyone you're the most pious man on the planet, can you get your head down and concentrate on making runs.
 
Mamoon said:
He is a nothing player. Scoring selfish runs in T20 cricket at the top means nothing.

If he was a great player he wouldn’t have failed miserably in the middle-order in T20Is & ODIs.

Zero performance but 100% arrogance.
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His failures are conveniently overlooked far more than others

This current PCB wants to use him for another 5 years at least
 
Rizwan has fallen under same syndrome as Akmal and Sarfaraz before him, hes had a few good knocks and become complacent, team think tank then start to think these keeper batsmen are good enough to bat inside top 6 as proper batsmen which they can, its just deja vu with keepers in pakistan, rizwans going same route as Akmal/sarfaraz, purple patch is over.

Rizwan shouldnt be batting at number 4/5 in tests, also these nice little 30/40s have zero impact on team inns under pressure.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Rizwan has fallen under same syndrome as Akmal and Sarfaraz before him, hes had a few good knocks and become complacent, team think tank then start to think these keeper batsmen are good enough to bat inside top 6 as proper batsmen which they can, its just deja vu with keepers in pakistan, rizwans going same route as Akmal/sarfaraz, purple patch is over.

Rizwan shouldnt be batting at number 4/5 in tests, also these nice little 30/40s have zero impact on team inns under pressure.
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Sarfaraz’s counter attacking knocks at 6/7 were usually very good. He was a good Keeper/Batsman under Misbah
 
Rana said:
Sarfaraz’s counter attacking knocks at 6/7 were usually very good. He was a good Keeper/Batsman under Misbah
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Yeah but he also became complacent, started to dip in form, put on weight. Non of our keepers last longterm as soon as they think they have made it they become complacent.
 
Markhor said:
Rizwan should decide whether he wants to be a cricketer or join the seminary. Instead of trying to prove to everyone you're the most pious man on the planet, can you get your head down and concentrate on making runs.
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Great post. I'm 100% convinced Sarf is still a better option than this guy. Sarf is a proven fighter and match winner in all 3 formats.
 
Rana said:
His failures are conveniently overlooked far more than others

This current PCB wants to use him for another 5 years at least
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He has been regular in tests only since 2019 & averages almost 40. I understand your criticism on him for T20s but he hasn't done much wrong in this format.
 
Rizwan must bear significant responsibility for the collapse. He allowed Leach to gain control, totally destroyed the momentum of the innings and also detailed Shakeel from the way he was playing when Babar was with him.
 
Horrendous series so far. Poor batting and untidy keeping. Dare I say even Sarfraz would be a better option - he might also have given babar a few more options as babar on his own is a useless tactician
 
Markhor said:
Rizwan should decide whether he wants to be a cricketer or join the seminary. Instead of trying to prove to everyone you're the most pious man on the planet, can you get your head down and concentrate on making runs.
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Spot on.

He's lost focus on cricket because of his association with the Tableeghi. This also happened to Inzi in the 2007 World Cup.
 
Guy needs to be dropped and replaced in the final test to remind him that he is not indispensable
 
Why does it happen to so many of our players? They look the real deal and then regress quickly. Do other teams work them out or do they rest on their laurels and don't work hard enough on their game?

I really thought Rizwan was different but he can't complain if he is dropped from the test team. His batting form is similar to Safraz's when he got dropped.
 
I am starting to strongly dislike him. He needs to be dropped. He needs a humbling.
 
His batting in tests has been rubbish needs to pick up or show the door.
 
Rizwan is responsible for 2nd test loss. He played 37 dot balls to score his first run.That put pressure on said shakeel.With complete defensive mind set Pakistan have lost it.
 
Rizwan opening today in place of Imam who is in hospital due to MRI scan for his hamstring

Doing a decent job at the moment.
 
Tests are the last format Rizwan should be dropped from. Best glovework in the country and probably top 3 in the world. To a limited extent T20s and to a greater extent ODIs you can argue that he can be replaced
 
Nobody can play those.

World class bowling from Anderson.
 
shujaatraza said:
Looks like his purple patch is over.
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He never had a purple patch was just statpadding in T20s against B teams was exposed regularly in big games in tournaments and series deciders rnow he can do the same at the next ODI World Cup and then the T20 World Cup before he’s dropped.
 
Beauty from Anderson

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Poor shot again, another nice 20. Time to be dropped.
 
Jack Leach mentioned they had watched a lot of videos of the Pakistan Australia series. Starc dismissed Rizwan like this in the Australian series.

This English team under Stokes and Mccullam is very professional. Saqlain just drinks chai and relies on Kudrat ka Nizam in comparison
 
He is making a lot of these balls look unplayable then they really are by closing the bat face early, same was case with Starc decent balls but with a straight bat you can handle them smae with first innings dismissal

PPers have a go at him in T 20 i strongly defend him but his test batting has been a real problem area. The way he gets out most times lead to a collapse as the new batsman thinks a lot is happening of the straight when its just poor technique
 
TheSultan said:
Horrendous series so far. Poor batting and untidy keeping. Dare I say even Sarfraz would be a better option - he might also have given babar a few more options as babar on his own is a useless tactician
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I saw all the series bar few incidents his wicket keeping has been up to mark, batting wise he needs to contribute more significantly but his position should be 6, he is a wicketkeeper batsman not a full time batsman. They bat him higher to fit in extra bowler or an all rounder instead of another batsman.
 
No fifties in his last 10 Test innings.

Average is now under 40.

0 1 40 19 37 24 46 29 30 10
 
I think they should drop him if they loose this game.
Rizwan should be batting at 6
 
Form is temporary. Lack of class is permanent. He is a very average player - there is a reason it took him 4-5 years to get his act together.

His technique is horrible & he has very little natural talent. His only asset was his hard work & grit but he has become complacent lately & all the fame & adulation has gone to his head.
 
Saj said:
No fifties in his last 10 Test innings.

Average is now under 40.

0 1 40 19 37 24 46 29 30 10
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Misbah said that prime Sarfaraz was the oxygen of the team. We thought Rizwan would be our new oxygen but now his test batting is like an asthmatic without his inhaler!
 
Pakistan should look to groom Mohammad Harris in the test team and plan for the long run.
 
Saj said:
No fifties in his last 10 Test innings.

Average is now under 40.

0 1 40 19 37 24 46 29 30 10
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Most have these knocks he's got a start and got in and the thrown it away, simply not good enough. Seems to have no match awareness and willingness to dig in and score big when well set.
 
Criticism will come thick and fast for such shots

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Extremely poor effort today I thought, never had any intention of playing to the situation or building an innings, just slogged himself into oblivion.
 
Last 6 tests

1,9,19,40,24,37,29,46,10,30,19

Ave 23

The guys batting as a top 6 batter, loads of pathetic nice 20s and 30s

Time to be dropped.
 
Lazy shot again today.

Seems on edge all of the time at the crease. Not settled, fidgeting around all of the time which must be affecting his concentration.
 
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