Need to play Saud Shakeel and Abdullah Shafique in this middle order!

[msb314]

Cannot stress this enough - Iftikhar, Khushdil. Asif etc. wil be nothing more than 10 ball hacks.

Proper batsman can become T20 experts but not the other way around.. Simply put we don’t have the likes of SKY, Stokes, Maxwell etc. in order middle order.

Saud and Abdullah are the only better options.

 

[shamaan]

What positions are Saud and Abdullah going to play.Abdullah struggled massively in National cup and Saud Strike rate in National cup was around 120.

 

[Mamoon]

Both are successors to Azhar and Shafiq with their timid approach and you want them in the middle-order in T20Is?

Good luck asking them to bat at 10+ RPO.

 

[Rana]

No thanks to Abdullah

Kamran Ghulam instead.

 

[Mobashir]

Bad ideas coming one after another.
Most probably because of the lack of options we have. But really the ideas some people have are just out of this world.

 

[Rana]

Saud Shaqeel is a correct call.

He has been the most impressive at no.3 in the Pakistan cup. He plays pace and spin equally well.

Abdullah is only useful as an opener and we already have two who bat at 120.

Kamran Ghulam, Qasim Akram and even Sahibzada Farhan are much more appropriate options for the 3/4/5 positions

 

[Mobashir]

No thanks to Abdullah

Kamran Ghulam instead.

No way. Kamran Ghulam can only play one format, it's test cricket.
He has succeeded in First Class not in domestic T20's.
An overall average of 24 and SR of 122 playing in low level domestic is more than enough to understand that he should never be selected for Pakistanis team.

 

[Savak]

Players out of the team are always better than the players in the team.

Please let the selectors and team management do their jobs. Thank you

 

[Rana]

No way. Kamran Ghulam can only play one format, it's test cricket.
He has succeeded in First Class not in domestic T20's.
An overall average of 24 and SR of 122 playing in low level domestic is more than enough to understand that he should never be selected for Pakistanis team.

The guys who are averaging well and coming through are not doing anything special! If you watch PSL/T20 cup Kamran and Saud are a far better shout in the middle as compared to the many players who are playing outside of their position because of Babar and Rizwan occupying the opening slot.

Fakhar would naturally look clueless at 3…Kamran and Saud did not look clueless however.

Shan playing in T20 itself is disrespectful to players like Saud/Kamran and Sarfaraz even who are accustomed to batting in the middle and building the innings for their sides.

 

[GreenKhan]

Shafique will be at a similar level to Shan masood. SR of 120 maximum.

The only dynamic player we have proven at world level is Fakhar zaman .

 

[Officer Barbrady]

Saud needs to play test cricket. Bring him in for the England series. He is not the solution for our t20 issues. Shafique has struggled this season, let him get the t20 numbers in domestic to justify selection

 

[hitthestump]

Bad ideas coming one after another.
Most probably because of the lack of options we have. But really the ideas some people have are just out of this world.

The ideas keep getting crazier and crazier. Last week it was Haider and Shan who would be our saviours. After that reality check we have two long format players who can barely clear the inner ring most of the time.

The best winning strategy for Pakistan right now remains Rizwan and Babar playing as many balls as possible and our bowling attack defending it. Nobody else apart from these two can rescue us from losing every game otherwise.

 

[Savak]

Shafique will be at a similar level to Shan masood. SR of 120 maximum.

The only dynamic player we have proven at world level is Fakhar zaman .

Fakhar Hack Zaman who had a SR of 100-110 in the recent Asia Cup and was found out by teams via the short ball.

 

[GreenKhan]

Fakhar Hack Zaman who had a SR of 100-110 in the recent Asia Cup and was found out by teams via the short ball.

He’s proven at world level . It’s just that some
Fans have short memories .

 

[Anis Shivani]

Those who are calling the Saud idea crazy probably didn't watch him in the just concluded national tournament.
I agree with the OP.
I mentioned Abdullah Shafique as a T20 opener some time ago.
I realize Saud is more suited to ODIs and test cricket, but compared to the people we now have in the middle order, he's a proper batsman who will do better than these nobodies. He did really well in the final.
There are at least 10 other names that make sense for the middle order. They should all be tried.

 

[msb314]

Those who are calling the Saud idea crazy probably didn't watch him in the just concluded national tournament.
I agree with the OP.
I mentioned Abdullah Shafique as a T20 opener some time ago.
I realize Saud is more suited to ODIs and test cricket, but compared to the people we now have in the middle order, he's a proper batsman who will do better than these nobodies. He did really well in the final.
There are at least 10 other names that make sense for the middle order. They should all be tried.

Absolutely Saud needs an extended run at no. 3 in T20’s and at no. 4 in ODI’s

 

[msb314]

Both are successors to Azhar and Shafiq with their timid approach and you want them in the middle-order in T20Is?

Good luck asking them to bat at 10+ RPO.

Azhar Ali was a leg spinner who essentially became a no. 3 for most of his career. Saud and Abdullah are proper stroke players. Besides neither can do worse than Iftikhar and Khushdil…

 

[JibranAnsari]

Saud shakeel and abdullah shafique arent t20 players.

 

[Barragan]

Horrible, absolutely horrible!

Throwing around names like Abdullah, Saud and Ghulam.

This is not Test cricket, but rather T20!!

Pak would have by far the worst batting line up in T20 history, if all three were added to the mix of Babar and Rizwan.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Neither are T20 players. It's as simple as that.

 

[Rana]

Neither are T20 players. It's as simple as that.

A bit rich coming from a side that is playing Babar, Rizwan and Shan Masood in their first XI

 

[Nasty Naz]

A bit rich coming from a side that is playing Babar, Rizwan and Shan Masood in their first XI

Hilarious to compare what Babar & Rizwan have achieved in T20's compared to Saud & Kamran.

I know you can troll better.

 

[Rana]

Hilarious to compare what Babar & Rizwan have achieved in T20's compared to Saud & Kamran.

I know you can troll better.

Let the two play at 3 and 4, let them accumulate and statpad as well. I see nothing wrong with it once the precedent has been set

 

[Rana]

Can you imagine the audacity of Babar/Rizwan/Shan fans to call Saud, Abdullah and Kamran Ghulam non T20 players without even seeing them in T20i cricket

Hypocritical!

 

[TeymurBlake]

Both are more stroke makers rather than brute hitters, but with Rizwan, Babar and Masood in the team, Pakistan could do without them. Farhan and Tahir wouldn't have been bad options if there strike rotation was better.

 

[Anis Shivani]

Can you imagine the audacity of Babar/Rizwan/Shan fans to call Saud, Abdullah and Kamran Ghulam non T20 players without even seeing them in T20i cricket

Hypocritical!

Yes exactly.

 

[shamaan]

Saud shakeel and abdullah shafique arent t20 players.

I agree they ain't t20 players but both should be in the test xi and maybe odis.

 

[shamaan]

Saud,Kamran Ghullam are not good enough t20 players but also Shan should not be in the squad if he's made to bat at 4.