New Zealand (178/7) defeat Pakistan (174/8) by 4 runs to go 2-1 up in the 5-match T20I series

[Nikhil_cric]

He nailed the yorkers. 2 lucky boundaries.

You need to go into the pitch. Yorkers are high risk.

 

[imshally81]

8 down

 

[Rana]

Iftikhar knows he’s going to get toasted if we lose this

 

[RidiculousMan]

When you realize there's no Naseem Shah tonight

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pak needs to score a 6 now.

Amir can use the long handle well.

 

[JattMaula]

70mph Yorkers working.

 

[JattMaula]

Imad and Amir in mddle.

This is historic!

 

[Asad T]

smoker is running fast

 

[imshally81]

Wide

 

[Deewana Mastana]

10 off 2

 

[Champ_Pal]

Neesham is such a mediocre trundler.

 

[imshally81]

4 runs

 

[Deewana Mastana]

4

6 off 1

 

[Markhor]

Iftikhar knows he’s going to get toasted if we lose this

He needed to finish it once he consumed all those deliveries.

However the extras, and Zaman and Mir's usual halwa bowling meant a harder chase than what should've been.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Clutch straight hit for four by Imad

 

[Rana]

Should have been a 6

Slot ball missed

 

[Ahmed216]

Well done Imad. He's a must for T20 WC

 

[Champ_Pal]

6 off last ball :miandad

 

[Deewana Mastana]

NZ win

 

[imshally81]

Ohoooooo

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Just don't bowl wide or full.

 

[emranabbas]

What a game

 

[RidiculousMan]

Clutch anti climax from Imad

 

[Rana]

Oh my days we lost

 

[Champ_Pal]

Poor kid in blue t-shirt. Heart broken.

 

[jattafridi]

Congrats New Zealand c team

Third class captain Babar

 

[MenInG]

So much for ice cool Imad.

 

[JattMaula]

Do a Miandad Imad!

 

[JattMaula]

So much for ice cool Imad.

He fought valiantly unlike some.

 

[Asif321]

Ifti should be dropped completely. What a garbage innings was that

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Can't blame Imad. He walks into this team ahead of some others.

Kid in blue shirt, I feel you lil man.

 

[Asad T]

the 11 wides cost us in the end

 

[emranabbas]

What a game wouldn't get this entertainment with rizwan batting

 

[JattMaula]

Commentator saying it's 1-2.

 

[mominsaigol]

This is all chacha's fault. Horrible horrible batsmen, literally misbah 2.0 of this era. Garabge innings.

I'm so mad.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Well done NZL.. keep it going and make it 3-1 easy peesy

 

[RidiculousMan]

Pakistan cannot win this series now and New Zealand cannot lose. This is already a nightmare for this team but one more slip up would mean that Pakistan loses 3-1 against this New Zealand B/C team.

 

[PakEngFan]

What's Babar excuse today? We had 2 wickets left? When are we going to learn usama and zaman are rubbish?

 

[mominsaigol]

I'm so irritated y stupid captain sending chacha > Imad.

Like why? Based of what?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

So much for ice cool Imad.

You're blaming the one guy who scored at 200 strike rate ?

 

[jattafridi]

saim ayub Babar Azam ifti mania usman khan need better performance good luck for future games

 

[RyanRyan10]

Chacha is the match ka muzrim

23 (21) is a pathetic knock while chasing 180

 

[emranabbas]

Still done well good game

 

[ask_analyse_act]

This is all chacha's fault. Horrible horrible batsmen, literally misbah 2.0 of this era. Garabge innings.

I'm so mad.

He has lost so many matches. He is not a batsman for international class. They have got another one in Usman khan another gully cricketer.

 

[mominsaigol]

You're blaming the one guy who scored at 200 strike rate ?

This is all chacha's fault. I want him eradicated from the team.

I can't believe I'm actually supporting what imam I repeat Imam ul haq of all people said last year about chacha.

Parchi was right about the 2nd parchi

 

[Cricket Warrior]

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

This is all chacha's fault. Horrible horrible batsmen, literally misbah 2.0 of this era. Garabge innings.

I'm so mad.

Yeah.. he used to complain he doesn't get to play much due to babar and rizwan taking 15 overs between them.. he has had plenty of opportunities and clutch moments.. never comes through... too many chances for iftikhar without any meaningful performances

 

[mominsaigol]

He has lost so many matches. He is not a batsman for international class. They have got another one in Usman khan another gully cricketer.

Ik bro, I'm one of the biggest chacha haters. Although not the biggest obviously.

 

[Asad T]

Can't blame Imad. He walks into this team ahead of some others.

Kid in blue shirt, I feel you lil man.

 

[Asif321]

Ifti
Usama
Zaman khan

Shouldn’t be in WC squad definitely

 

[Rana]

Maddy missed 2-3 slot balls he should have cleared for 6

 

[Caved12]

You're blaming the one guy who scored at 200 strike rate ?

And gave 18 runs in his last 3 overs

 

[RyanRyan10]

Brian Masaba is still the most successful t20i captain @topspin @Rana

 

[mominsaigol]

You see chacha, look at what you did you monster. All your fault.

 

[mominsaigol]

Brian Masaba is still the most successful t20i captain @topspin @Rana

As if Bobby ever deserved it

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Can't blame Chacha.

He will play how he sees fit, and it's up to the rest of the team to play around him.

They couldn't get us over the line today and once again its poor Chacha who gets the blame.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Feel for this kid.. will probably loose faith in this team

 

[Caved12]

Iftikhar is the match ka mujrim for his slow innings.

 

[mominsaigol]

Can't blame Chacha.

He will play how he sees fit, and it's up to the rest of the team to play around him.

They couldn't get us over the line today and once again its poor Chacha who gets the blame.

Is this sarcasm?

 

[mominsaigol]

Feel for this kid.. will probably loose faith in this team

I want this picture to be Chacha's twitter pfp.

 

[shariqnoor]

To be fair, this is also a Pakistan B side. No Shaheen, Rauf, Naseem, Rizwan in this match. 4 key players missing is a lot.

However, the fact remains that Pakistan's backup players are rubbish and C players of teams like Aus, Eng, Ind, NZ, SA are much better than Pakistan's backup.

Pakistan cricket is in a downward spiral and will never recover until the country's economy improves, which is basically never.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

To be honest , I think this would have been the highest ever chase at Gaddafi in a T20I.

Zaman and Usama are probably more to blame.

But this series is more about learning your best squad and PAK now know that these 2 are not good enough.

 

[Rana]

Hopefully City bottle it like this too

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Can't blame Chacha.

He will play how he sees fit, and it's up to the rest of the team to play around him.

They couldn't get us over the line today and once again its poor Chacha who gets the blame.

He gets the blame deservedly.. he missed full tosses that should have travelled out of park.. can you imagine likes of chapman playing 23 off 20 even after 3 or 4 down? The guy scored 100 off 47 balls from 74/4.. this fake finisher has no shots except the one in slot that he can clear..

 

[Asad T]

To be fair, cacha bowled really well, 1/14 in 2 overs

 

[Aman]

To be fair, this is also a Pakistan B side. No Shaheen, Rauf, Naseem, Rizwan in this match. 4 key players missing is a lot.

However, the fact remains that Pakistan's backup players are rubbish and C players of teams like Aus, Eng, Ind, NZ, SA are much better than Pakistan's backup.

Pakistan cricket is in a downward spiral and will never recover until the country's economy improves, which is basically never.

These players are our bench warmers bench warmers.

Pakistani fans should feel deeply embarrassed.

 

[mominsaigol]

To be honest , I think this would have been the highest ever chase at Gaddafi in a T20I.

Zaman and Usama are probably more to blame.

But this series is more about learning your best squad and PAK now know that these 2 are not good enough.

No their not, Their bad 100%, but the score at the end of the day was not unchasable.

Chacha played nearly 4 overs, imagine if you sent imad to play those 4 overs.

Chacha, shadab, Babar, Rizwan (Biggest frauds of thos generation)

Saim and usman are not frauds but enough is enough.

 

[Caved12]

To be fair, this is also a Pakistan B side. No Shaheen, Rauf, Naseem, Rizwan in this match. 4 key players missing is a lot.

However, the fact remains that Pakistan's backup players are rubbish and C players of teams like Aus, Eng, Ind, NZ, SA are much better than Pakistan's backup.

Pakistan cricket is in a downward spiral and will never recover until the country's economy improves, which is basically never.

Yes our A team beat this NZ team so convincingly in the last t20 match.

 

[MenInG]

You're blaming the one guy who scored at 200 strike rate ?

The one who is supposed to be our saviour.

no wickets to show as well.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

He gets the blame deservedly.. he missed full tosses that should have travelled out of park.. can you imagine likes of chapman playing 23 off 20 even after 3 or 4 down? The guy scored 100 off 47 balls from 74/4.. this fake finisher has no shots except the one in slot that he can clear..

Can you imagine Chapman bowling 2 overs 1 for 14?

 

[Rana]

Imad should bat at 3

Babar the coward isn’t going to do it

 

[Aman]

Fakhar becomes Bradman against us and minnows. He's not a good batsmen.

 

[mominsaigol]

To be fair, this is also a Pakistan B side. No Shaheen, Rauf, Naseem, Rizwan in this match. 4 key players missing is a lot.

However, the fact remains that Pakistan's backup players are rubbish and C players of teams like Aus, Eng, Ind, NZ, SA are much better than Pakistan's backup.

Pakistan cricket is in a downward spiral and will never recover until the country's economy improves, which is basically never.

Rauf kahan sei aya?

As for shaheen and naseem, naseem has been rubbish this series. Shaheen has ironically Been worse then abass afridi and Amir.

Rizwan cost us last game.

These 4 players being excluded don't make this a b string team lol.

 

[Aman]

To be honest , I think this would have been the highest ever chase at Gaddafi in a T20I.

Zaman and Usama are probably more to blame.

But this series is more about learning your best squad and PAK now know that these 2 are not good enough.

I swear to God I've only seen Fakhar score runs against us and minnows.

 

[Rana]

Fakhar becomes Bradman against us and minnows. He's not a good batsmen.

Especially Sodhi

 

[Markhor]

Pakistan need to keep trying different batting combinations despite this result. No it didn't work tonight but that shouldn't mean we retreat back into comfort zone of Rizwan and Babar opening the innings or dominating the top 3 positions yet again. We know their ceiling.

Ifti should've finished it after consuming so many balls but we lost too many wickets in PP. Saim and Usman didn't capitalise on NZ's drops. Saim tries to be too cute sometimes and frankly 15 T20Is is more backing than most would receive.

Zaman and Mir are liabilities. Neither should be in the WC squad.

Abbas Afridi's performance was a positive, god knows why Babar gave Mir a full quota but not Abbas. It's these small things where Babar fails as captain and it keeps costing us games time and again.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I am a fan of chacha. Gentle giant. But he looks 2 years older than MSD. MSD will do more damage at this age than Ifi. He can retire and focus on league cricket

 

[Aman]

Especially Sodhi

Yup his runs against us and innings against India in the CT Final fool people into thinking he's a class batsmen when he's a below average hack.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Can you imagine Chapman bowling 2 overs 1 for 14?

Chapman doesn't have to when his team has regular bowlers and has no role required in bowling.. so you play 7 bowlers in team with shadab included? Who the **** will bat for us?

 

[mominsaigol]

Chacha: Giving Me mohali flashbacks