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No Pakistan player in Asia XI for Bangladesh T20s (due to PSL): Ehsan Mani [Update Post#176]

The team shouldn't be called Asia XI really should it.
 
Saj said:
The team shouldn't be called Asia XI really should it.
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This is my view but [MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] has the amazing resolution that we Pakistanis have the right to not call it Asia XI and everyone else in the world will call it Asia XI.
 
cricketjoshila said:
The world 11 team that visited pakistan had players from how many test teams?

It was still called world 11.
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Who did it not represent? Best players from England, New Zealand and India would have been included if they were not so afraid.
 
Abdullah719 said:
‘We never said that Pakistan players can’t be there’

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is set to celebrate the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation, by hosting two T20 matches in March between the Asia XI and the World XI. Initial plans were for the Asia XI to have players from all the Asian countries including Pakistan. BCB president Nazmul Hassan informed that the BCB reached out to the PCB but were told that the PSL (Pakistan Super League) clashed with the dates of the T20 matches of Asia XI and World XI.

Indian media IANS today quoted BCCI Joint Secretary Jayesh George as saying that India were under the impression that no Pakistan players will be playing in the Asia XI. “What we are aware of is that there will be no Pakistan players in the Asia XI. That is what the message is, so, there is no question of both countries coming together or picking one over the other. Sourav Ganguly will decide the five players who will be a part of the Asia XI,” Jayesh told IANS.

The BCB president however confirmed that there was no such process going on not to involve Pakistan players. “I haven’t told them [BCCI] anything like that. It’s going to be Asia vs Rest of the World. The thing is that the players who are available will play,” he said during a press conference today.

“We never said that Pakistan players can’t be there. When we communicated with the boards, Pakistan were the only country which said that the time clashed with the PSL. They asked for the date to be shifted but we informed them that the date can’t be shifted since his [Bangabandhu] birthday is on the 17th of March and the time we have been allocated for the matches by the government is from 18th to 22 [March]. PCB did not respond as of yet but maybe because the dates clashed with PSL, Pakistan players maybe unavailable," he said.

https://www.thedailystar.net/sports...r-said-pakistan-players-cant-be-there-1845460

Plot twist :murali
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Oh my god, what just happened? Did you shatter a million dreams?
[MENTION=133315]Hitman[/MENTION] [MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] [MENTION=151350]Mesozoic[/MENTION] commiserations, 56 inch chest beating onto a hot air balloon

you my sirs have been trolled by the BCCI
 
Rana said:
Who did it not represent? Best players from England, New Zealand and India would have been included if they were not so afraid.
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I have to laugh at the "best players" part. None of the "best players" was part of that squad. For goodness sake, that so-called "World XI" had Paul Collingwood, a guy who last played international cricket in 2011.
 
ak619 said:
I have to laugh at the "best players" part. None of the "best players" was part of that squad. For goodness sake, that so-called "World XI" had Paul Collingwood, a guy who last played international cricket in 2011.
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Read the post without your orange tinted glasses. The best players from all of those countries represent the world XI if they were not afraid for their lives. In the case of AB Devilliers, afraid to lose his IPL contract. This is not on PCB for not managing a World XI that the World XI, they would do the best they can for whatever ICC produces for them.
 
cricketjoshila said:
The world 11 team that visited pakistan had players from how many test teams?

It was still called world 11.
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Well you can't have every country represented in a World XI, but an Asian XI without Pakistan is hardly worthy of the name.
 
Rana said:
Read the post without your orange tinted glasses. The best players from all of those countries represent the world XI if they were not afraid for their lives. In the case of AB Devilliers, afraid to lose his IPL contract. This is not on PCB for not managing a World XI that the World XI, they would do the best they can for whatever ICC produces for them.
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Read that again and tell me what does that tell you about your country?

And I'll keep my glasses on, thank you very much. Can't handle all the hate here without them. Hurts my eyes. :)
 
ak619 said:
Read that again and tell me what does that tell you about your country?

And I'll keep my glasses on, thank you very much. Can't handle all the hate here without them. Hurts my eyes. :)
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You have an issue with My country but you fail to acknowledge the serial rape, brutality against women, genocide of Kashmiris and the occasional security lapses leading to many deaths of civilians and army officials.

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. India is a bigger mess than Pakistan even if it looks as if it can paint a better image on its biased propaganda filled media
 
Saj said:
Well you can't have every country represented in a World XI, but an Asian XI without Pakistan is hardly worthy of the name.
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Pakistan beat England and New Zealand in the World Cup (India lost to both).

Afghanistan lost all of their matches

Bangladesh only beat Afghanistan

But this Asian XI will have these three supergiants of Asia to represent the Asian XI and not include Pakistan in their master plan.
 
Rana said:
You have an issue with My country
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I don't have an issue with your country. Don't know where you got that from. You're the one who is saying that if cricketers come to Pakistan they should fear for their lives. I didn't say that.

Like i said earlier, I just found it funny when you said that World XI featured the "best players" from across the globe. Having a 42 year old retired cricketer in the XI doesn't quite scream "best players from around the globe", if you ask me. That's all that i had to say.
 
What is this ron dhona about exclusion. The PCB, as per BCB, seems to have indicated it will clash with PSL
 
No Pakistan player in Asia XI for Bangladesh T20s: PCB chief

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ehsan Mani has clarified that Pakistan cricketers will not be able to feature in the Asia XI team that will take on World XI in two official T20 matches on March 18 and 21 next year, in Bangladesh, as the dates are clashing with the Pakistan Super League (PSL) schedule.

"The Asia XI match is during the PSL. We did explore with BCB the possibility of the match date being changed but BCB were not able to do this for understandable reasons," Mani told Sportstar on Thursday via text message.

"Unfortunately the media hypes as ever are a distortion of the facts," he added.

The matches are a part of the celebrations to commemorate the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahaman, Bangladesh’s father of the nation.

According to some of the media reports, the BCCI will be releasing five players for the tournament.

However, on Thursday, BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly refused to comment on the issue.

India and Pakistan have not featured in a bilateral series for the last seven years and only compete in global events.

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...ehsan-mani-sourav-ganguly/article30405587.ece
 
So all this Pakistani fans cursing, Indian fans thumping, politicians assuming is for some clash in schedule which is pretty normal and happened many times in past.
 
Abdullah719 said:
No Pakistan player in Asia XI for Bangladesh T20s: PCB chief

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ehsan Mani has clarified that Pakistan cricketers will not be able to feature in the Asia XI team that will take on World XI in two official T20 matches on March 18 and 21 next year, in Bangladesh, as the dates are clashing with the Pakistan Super League (PSL) schedule.

"The Asia XI match is during the PSL. We did explore with BCB the possibility of the match date being changed but BCB were not able to do this for understandable reasons," Mani told Sportstar on Thursday via text message.

"Unfortunately the media hypes as ever are a distortion of the facts," he added.

The matches are a part of the celebrations to commemorate the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahaman, Bangladesh’s father of the nation.

According to some of the media reports, the BCCI will be releasing five players for the tournament.

However, on Thursday, BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly refused to comment on the issue.

India and Pakistan have not featured in a bilateral series for the last seven years and only compete in global events.

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...ehsan-mani-sourav-ganguly/article30405587.ece
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Whole of PP had a good time pass on this topic. We can close the matter now. :afridi
 
This was a case of the media causing an entire circus.

Pakistan players not available due to PSL but report made it sound as though they were being left out maliciously.
 
hashimafzal said:
This was a case of the media causing an entire circus.

Pakistan players not available due to PSL but report made it sound as though they were being left out maliciously.
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This is just a coverup. PCB didn’t want to play in a tournament commemorating a “traitor”. BCB didn’t want PCB in a tournament commemorating its founding father. BCCI wanted BCB to chose either it or PCB.

Finally, Bangla, smart as they are, schedule the tournament clashing with PSL. Works for every one! LOL
 
Babbar said:
This is just a coverup. PCB didn’t want to play in a tournament commemorating a “traitor”. BCB didn’t want PCB in a tournament commemorating its founding father. BCCI wanted BCB to chose either it or PCB.

Finally, Bangla, smart as they are, schedule the tournament clashing with PSL. Works for every one! LOL
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Einstein

Birth date is 17 march, BCB are hosting matches in the same week so it's genuinely clashing with PSL
 
Meanwhile, the PCB has said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is giving false and misleading impression about Pakistan players being ignored for the ICC-approved T20 games between the Asia XI and World XI in Dhaka on March 16 and 20, under the umbrella of BCB and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

The PCB said the matter was discussed at an ACC meeting where the PCB had informed the BCB that they were willing to allow its players as long as the dates were altered to avoid a clash with the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020.

“The T20Is between World XI and Asia XI were scheduled from 16-20 March, while the HBL PSL 2020 is likely to end on 22 March. Since dates of both the series couldn’t be changed, we offered our regrets to the BCB, both verbally and in writing, which they understood and accepted.

“It is unfortunate that the facts were twisted to mislead Pakistan cricket fans and followers,” the spokesman added.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1524606/p...ive-reasons-for-not-playing-tests-in-pakistan
 
emranabbas said:
Einstein

Birth date is 17 march, BCB are hosting matches in the same week so it's genuinely clashing with PSL
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Next logic he will come up with is that BCB changed Shiekh Mujib's birth date to clash with PSL :))
 
If BCB wanted it could have easily postponed the tournament for a week. There’s no rule that matches have to happen on the day the great man was born.

It’s a win win for every one. Now as it’s agreed that Pakistan was invited but could not come due to domestic compulsions, we can call this an Asia XI vs World XI tournament.
 
I think we should send our very best to honor the memory of the great man.

Rohit
Tamim
Kohli (c)
Mushfiq
Shakib
Shanaka
Bhanuka
Rashid
Mujib
Bumrah
Shami

Bench: Hasaranga, Rahul, Saifuddin, Gurbaz

This team will beat any team in Asia.
 
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Abdullah719 said:
Meanwhile, the PCB has said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is giving false and misleading impression about Pakistan players being ignored for the ICC-approved T20 games between the Asia XI and World XI in Dhaka on March 16 and 20, under the umbrella of BCB and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

The PCB said the matter was discussed at an ACC meeting where the PCB had informed the BCB that they were willing to allow its players as long as the dates were altered to avoid a clash with the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020.

“The T20Is between World XI and Asia XI were scheduled from 16-20 March, while the HBL PSL 2020 is likely to end on 22 March. Since dates of both the series couldn’t be changed, we offered our regrets to the BCB, both verbally and in writing, which they understood and accepted.

“It is unfortunate that the facts were twisted to mislead Pakistan cricket fans and followers,” the spokesman added.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1524606/p...ive-reasons-for-not-playing-tests-in-pakistan
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Excellent, win win for everyone. Now the strength of Asia xi won't be diluted to accomodate Pakistani players. Only Babar would have made it on merit anyway.
 
Two posts calling him a "great man". I don't have a problem with you guys openly doing that on time pass. Why cricket forum?
 
Hyperion66 said:
Excellent, win win for everyone. Now the strength of Asia xi won't be diluted to accomodate Pakistani players. Only Babar would have made it on merit anyway.
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To the contrary, the strength of Asia XI would've been diluted to accommodate the whims of BCCI and BCB.
 
ahsan17 said:
To the contrary, the strength of Asia XI would've been diluted to accommodate the whims of BCCI and BCB.
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Not really. Babar , the only guy who would've realistically made it into the team , has not much to offer than the likes of Kohli, Rohit, Mushfiq, Dhawan/Rahul (?) and heck even Liton das.
 
ahsan17 said:
To the contrary, the strength of Asia XI would've been diluted to accommodate the whims of BCCI and BCB.
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How? I don't think people would pay money to watch Imad Wasim darting his heart out or Sarfraz yawning behind the stumps.
 
Mesozoic said:
Not really. Babar , the only guy who would've realistically made it into the team , has not much to offer than the likes of Kohli, Rohit, Mushfiq, Dhawan/Rahul (?) and heck even Liton das.
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I am not going to argue whether anyone else besides Babar would've made it to the team. There are several Pakistani cricketers that can go on merit alone over the players mentioned in the previous post. I can count two very quickly, on top of Babar. There's a reason why Pakistan is a number 1 team, and there's a reason why you guys are downplaying Pakistani players (because it suits your national narrative). But the fact that just alone Babar would make it means strength of Asia XI would've been diluted to accommodate the whims of BCCI and BCB.
 
ahsan17 said:
I am not going to argue whether anyone else besides Babar would've made it to the team. There are several Pakistani cricketers that can go on merit alone over the players mentioned in the previous post. I can count two very quickly, on top of Babar. There's a reason why Pakistan is a number 1 team, and there's a reason why you guys are downplaying Pakistani players (because it suits your national narrative). But the fact that just alone Babar would make it means strength of Asia XI would've been diluted to accommodate the whims of BCCI and BCB.
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Reasons behind Pakistan's no.1 ranking have been widely discussed and acknowledged over here. So, no point going there again.

And we have absolutely no reason to downplay any Pakistani players. Can't help if you feel so.
 
Hyperion66 said:
How? I don't think people would pay money to watch Imad Wasim darting his heart out or Sarfraz yawning behind the stumps.
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Look at the players you've picked. Mohammad Amir has far better T20 stats than Bhanuka. Fakhar has similar average to Tamim but Tamim has much worse strike rate. You added Mujib and Rashid Khan to the list. These guys have played a big fat zero (0, nill, nada) matches against top 8 cricket teams in T20Is. You can literally pick Imad Wasim (the worst option you decided to dish out) over either of them based on that fact alone.
 
Hyperion66 said:
How? I don't think people would pay money to watch Imad Wasim darting his heart out or Sarfraz yawning behind the stumps.
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Shadab can be picked as backup spinner for Mujeeb and Rashid. He won't get a place in the XI but can be used as a substitute fielder.
 
ahsan17 said:
Look at the players you've picked. Mohammad Amir has far better T20 stats than Bhanuka. Fakhar has similar average to Tamim but Tamim has much worse strike rate. You added Mujib and Rashid Khan to the list. These guys have played a big fat zero (0, nill, nada) matches against top 8 cricket teams in T20Is. You can literally pick Imad Wasim (the worst option you decided to dish out) over either of them based on that fact alone.
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I should correct myself. Rashid has played a total of 3 out of his 45 matches against top 8 teams. Completely changes the equation, some would say.
 
ahsan17 said:
Look at the players you've picked. Mohammad Amir has far better T20 stats than Bhanuka. Fakhar has similar average to Tamim but Tamim has much worse strike rate. You added Mujib and Rashid Khan to the list. These guys have played a big fat zero (0, nill, nada) matches against top 8 cricket teams in T20Is. You can literally pick Imad Wasim (the worst option you decided to dish out) over either of them based on that fact alone.
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Bhanuka is a batting allrounder who played a key role in the recent 3-0 sweep in Pakistan. Don't know how he can be compared to Amir?

Tamim's inclusion is more on him being from Bangladesh rather on merit or else Rahul/Dhawan would have been there. And I'm not even going to argue about Rashid and Mujeeb over Imad.
 
cricketjoshila said:
He is the founder of a country,respect that.
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It's political in nature. Try calling Jinnah a great man on any Indian forums' non-off topic (heck, even off-topic) forum.
RyanRyan10 said:
Shadab can be picked as backup spinner for Mujeeb and Rashid. He won't get a place in the XI but can be used as a substitute fielder.
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One guy has never played against top 8 T20I teams. Other has played 3 out of his 45 matches against them. A guy who has done more or less the opposite is supposed to back their back up.
 
ahsan17 said:
Look at the players you've picked. Mohammad Amir has far better T20 stats than Bhanuka. Fakhar has similar average to Tamim but Tamim has much worse strike rate. You added Mujib and Rashid Khan to the list. These guys have played a big fat zero (0, nill, nada) matches against top 8 cricket teams in T20Is. You can literally pick Imad Wasim (the worst option you decided to dish out) over either of them based on that fact alone.
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You are wasting your time. Anyone who believes KL Rahul is a sure pick in ANY XI deserves no response.
 
Mesozoic said:
Bhanuka is a batting allrounder who played a key role in the recent 3-0 sweep in Pakistan. Don't know how he can be compared to Amir?
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Ok, fair point, I believe I was looking at the wrong line when it came to Bhanuka. But what about Shami? Amir has significantly superior T20I stats over Shami.

Tamim's inclusion is more on him being from Bangladesh rather on merit or else Rahul/Dhawan would have been there.
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Or Fakhar would be there if it included Pakistan.

And I'm not even going to argue about Rashid and Mujeeb over Imad.
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The choice of Imad was facetious, because he's played against top 8 teams and the other 2 guys have played a combined 3 games against the top 8 teams, and because the other poster had been condescending towards Imad. Not that I think Imad should make the team, but you are really stretching it if you think Mujib and Rashid should both make the team.

We're talking 3-4 guys (again, leaving out Babar) that could easily make the team.

This makes my point about you guys are minimizing Pakistani players and hyping up other players into the stratosphere.
 
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So basically Indian media (and some of our friends here) tried to malign Pakistan by insinuating that their players were not picked because of some reason not connected to cricket.
 
ahsan17 said:
Ok, fair point, I believe I was looking at the wrong line when it came to Bhanuka. But what about Shami? Amir has significantly superior T20I stats over Shami.

Or Fakhar would be there if it included Pakistan.



The choice of Imad was facetious, because he's played against top 8 teams and the other 2 guys have played a combined 3 games against the top 8 teams, and because the other poster had been condescending towards Imad. Not that I think Imad should make the team, but you are really stretching it if you think Mujib and Rashid should both make the team.

We're talking 3-4 guys (again, leaving out Babar) that could easily make the team.

This makes my point about you guys are minimizing Pakistani players and hyping up other players into the stratosphere.
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Again I don't even want to argue if you think Imad is better than Rashid or Mujeeb in T20s. Just because Afghanistan doesn't play top teams , doens't make Imad a better bowler than them.

Yes. I too disagree with Shami being there. I think it'd likely and rightly be Mustafizur.

Again, not trying to downplay or minimise or hype up anyone.
 
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Mesozoic said:
Again I don't even want to argue if you think Imad is better than Rashid or Mujeeb in T20s. Just because Afghanistan doesn't play top teams , doens't make Imad a better bowler than them.
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No offence meant, but I think you need to read my post again. Like I said, the choice of Imad was facetious, primarily because the other poster picked him out of all other options he had, and someone else could make a reasonable argument on picking him over the two players mentioned. I am not one of those, like I said.

Yes. I too disagree with Shami being there. I think it'd likely and rightly be Mustafizur.
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Amir has similar stats to Mustafizur, with a better economy rate.

Again, not trying to downplay or minimise or hype up anyone.
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You and other people suggested only 1 Pakistani player would've made the Asia XI team. But when one objectively looks at the options and find there are many Pakistani players that could be picked over the suggested ones, it makes me think you are not here to discuss objectively.
 
ahsan17 said:
One guy has never played against top 8 T20I teams. Other has played 3 out of his 45 matches against them. A guy who has done more or less the opposite is supposed to back their back up.
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Rashid & Mujeeb haven't played against top sides because their team doesn't get opportunities to play against top sides.

However, both of them have exceptional records against sides like WI and Bangladesh. Rashid also played t20 WC and in 3 out of 4 games,his figures were 2-17,2-26 & 1-27,he was poor only against SA so he has done well in the limited opportunities he got against big teams.

And not to forget ,both of them have also excelled in the two premier t20 leagues-IPL & BBL.

As for Shadab,he started off very well but has had a poor 2019. His lack of wicket taking ability cost Pakistan games this year. Even a certain Wanindu Hasaranga outbowled him in the series played in Pakistan.
 
RyanRyan10 said:
Shadab can be picked as backup spinner for Mujeeb and Rashid. He won't get a place in the XI but can be used as a substitute fielder.
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Not on merit, I would rather have Kuldeep, much superior bowler. Shadab's batting is neither suited for t20 nor will be required.
 
RyanRyan10 said:
Rashid & Mujeeb haven't played against top sides because their team doesn't get opportunities to play against top sides.

However, both of them have exceptional records against sides like WI and Bangladesh. Rashid also played t20 WC and in 3 out of 4 games,his figures were 2-17,2-26 & 1-27,he was poor only against SA so he has done well in the limited opportunities he got against big teams.

And not to forget ,both of them have also excelled in the two premier t20 leagues-IPL & BBL.

As for Shadab,he started off very well but has had a poor 2019. His lack of wicket taking ability cost Pakistan games this year. Even a certain Wanindu Hasaranga outbowled him in the series played in Pakistan.
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None of this makes it obvious that Shadab should be behind both of these guys, especially Mujib. You could make a better argument for Rashid (even that's stretching it by a lot, but it's not completely unreasonable), but I don't see how you make an argument for Mujib over Shadab given the latter has played almost all his games against the top teams. WI and BD are ranked below Afghanistan in T20Is btw.
 
Generally, these kind of teams (Asia/World X1) are picked on representation, hosting rights as well as competency. I won’t be surprised if there are 3-4 from BD, 2-3 each from from India, SL, Pak (if it were to play) and one each from AFG and possibly Nepal. This won’t beat any IPL team but will represent Asia well. Similarly World X1 may have players from Ireland.
 
Hyperion66 said:
Not on merit, I would rather have Kuldeep, much superior bowler. Shadab's batting is neither suited for t20 nor will be required.
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So, your original list boils down to the fact that BD, Afghanistan are included so you have to pick some players from those teams instead of merit, but Pakistani players cannot be picked because of merit. Makes complete logical sense.
 
Babbar said:
Generally, these kind of teams (Asia/World X1) are picked on representation, hosting rights as well as competency. I won’t be surprised if there are 3-4 from BD, 2-3 each from from India, SL, Pak (if it were to play) and one each from AFG and possibly Nepal. This won’t beat any IPL team but will represent Asia well. Similarly World X1 may have players from Ireland.
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That's fine, but are you changing your earlier statement? I have already talked about how several Pakistani players could easily play instead of Afghan and BD players.

Babbar said:
Babar deserves to be in Asia XI. India should get an exception for him. No other Pak player will honestly get in even if the match was to be held in Karachi.
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ahsan17 said:
None of this makes it obvious that Shadab should be behind both of these guys, especially Mujib. You could make a better argument for Rashid (even that's stretching it by a lot, but it's not completely unreasonable), but I don't see how you make an argument for Mujib over Shadab given the latter has played almost all his games against the top teams. WI and BD are ranked below Afghanistan in T20Is btw.
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Mujeeb has different role.he bowls in PPs and has done extremely well wherever he has played including the IPL and BBL. His economy against WI & BD is less than 5 which incredibly good.

I am aware that Afghanistan is ranked above Bangladesh and West Indies & they have reached there only because of their spin trio. Remove them and Afghanistan would be losing to associates. It has only been after Rashid's debut that Afghanistan started dominating a side like Ireland and then owned Zimbabwe. Now with the inclusion of Mujeeb,they became even better and have reached no.8 in t20i rankings.

An the reason for not having Shadab in the XI is his current form.Even most Pakistan fans have wanted him to get dropped from the Pakistan XI because he hasn't been picking up wickets in the middle overs and hasn't made any positive positive impact for his side.
 
ahsan17 said:
That's fine, but are you changing your earlier statement? I have already talked about how several Pakistani players could easily play instead of Afghan and BD players.
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I am not changing my statement. Purely on skill, only Babar deserves (probably Amir but he’s not a good ambassador of Pakistan or cricket). However, if PCB plays in Asia X1, there will 2-3 Pak players in the team as also from India and SL. BD, being host, will probably get more players in the team.
 
ahsan17 said:
So, your original list boils down to the fact that BD, Afghanistan are included so you have to pick some players from those teams instead of merit, but Pakistani players cannot be picked because of merit. Makes complete logical sense.
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Every single player from my xi are merit based picks except perhaps Tamim, even though he is a fine player but not exactly suited for t20 I guess. But I can't fill the XI with half a dozen Indians now, can I? If Babar was available I would have gladly picked him as an opener. Apart from that all are merit based picks.

BTW why do you doubt that? Do you think you have better players than Shakib, Mushfiq? Better hitters than Bhanuka? Better spinners than Rashid and Mujeeb? Answer is, you don't, despite what you may think.
 
ahsan17 said:
Look at the players you've picked. Mohammad Amir has far better T20 stats than Bhanuka. Fakhar has similar average to Tamim but Tamim has much worse strike rate. You added Mujib and Rashid Khan to the list. These guys have played a big fat zero (0, nill, nada) matches against top 8 cricket teams in T20Is. You can literally pick Imad Wasim (the worst option you decided to dish out) over either of them based on that fact alone.
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I am sorry, seems I missed this reply of yours. Bhanuka is a talented bat and a prodigious hitter of the cricket ball, why would I pick a line length trundler over him?

Rashid, Mujib are levels above Imad Wasim on bowling merit. I do not watch IPL so had to check records before putting together the XI. They tormented and toyed with batsmen far above Imad's pay grade. I am sorry but I can't take Imad's performance in UAE seriously where 140-150 is per score and Babar saves the day with his blistering 52 ball 70.
 
Yeah Pakistan players don't deserve to be in Asia Xi. Pakistan is the no.1 T20 team for 2 years now. Let's look at the other team rankings
India 5th
Sri Lanka 7th
Afghanistan 8th
Bangladesh 9th

So yeah make your bottom tier minnow XI and call it Asia XI, serves you right,lol
 
Altho, PCB is not participating in this competition due to PSL but this effectively makes the Asia XI, the Asia minnows XI after looking at the rankings of the teams :)))
 
The Asia cup next year is going to be a T20 version.

I guess, time for another rude awakening after how things transpired in the last edition. Can't wait. I bet it'll be even more brutal this time around. :)
 
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Mesozoic said:
The Asia cup next year is going to be a T20 version.

I guess, time for another rude awakening after how things transpired in the last edition. Can't wait. I bet it'll be even more brutal this time around. :)
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Yep, will be fun. You better be here once it goes pear-shaped for you and your buddies :yk
 
Mesozoic said:
The Asia cup next year is going to be a T20 version.

I guess, time for another rude awakening after how things transpired in the last edition. Can't wait. I bet it'll be even more brutal this time around. :)
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Looking at your team I think it'll be an even contest.
 
Mesozoic said:
I didn't make OTT comments in June 2017 like a certain someone who ate a "not so humble pie" during the 2018 Asia cup. :yk
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Hey, atleast I was here to take the heat. 90% of the Indian crowd went into a hole after that painful defeat :yk
 
Hyperion66 said:
Excellent, win win for everyone. Now the strength of Asia xi won't be diluted to accomodate Pakistani players. Only Babar would have made it on merit anyway.
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Imad and Shadab are the best Asian T20 spinners. Rashid and Mujeeb boost their stats by playing minnows.

From your XI, Mohammad Shami is nowhere to be found in the rankings, Faheem Ashraf of all people is better ranked and has better stats:))

Although Fakhar has been wildly out of form, he still averages the same as Tamim in T20I cricket, with a SR 20 higher.

So much for diluting the XI:))
 
aloo paratha said:
Imad and Shadab are the best Asian T20 spinners. Rashid and Mujeeb boost their stats by playing minnows.

From your XI, Mohammad Shami is nowhere to be found in the rankings, Faheem Ashraf of all people is better ranked and has better stats:))

Although Fakhar has been wildly out of form, he still averages the same as Tamim in T20I cricket, with a SR 20 higher.

So much for diluting the XI:))
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Over hyping ki bhi ek had hoti hai bhai. :virat
 
aloo paratha said:
Imad and Shadab are the best Asian T20 spinners. Rashid and Mujeeb boost their stats by playing minnows.

From your XI, Mohammad Shami is nowhere to be found in the rankings, Faheem Ashraf of all people is better ranked and has better stats:))

Although Fakhar has been wildly out of form, he still averages the same as Tamim in T20I cricket, with a SR 20 higher.

So much for diluting the XI:))
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You gotta be kidding right? Please tell me you are kidding. Imad and Shadab aren't even decent for God sake. Padded their stats by bullying second string sides in UAE.

Are you seriously doubting Shami based on t20 ranking? T20 rankings are a joke, holds less credibility than my dog's morning poop. For example their are at least a dozen bats out there who are better than Babar Azam in this shortest format of the game.

I am sorry but the likes of Faheem and Fakhar aren't even cricketers in my book. We have higher standards.
 
Hyperion66 said:
You gotta be kidding right? Please tell me you are kidding. Imad and Shadab aren't even decent for God sake. Padded their stats by bullying second string sides in UAE.

Are you seriously doubting Shami based on t20 ranking? T20 rankings are a joke, holds less credibility than my dog's morning poop. For example their are at least a dozen bats out there who are better than Babar Azam in this shortest format of the game.

I am sorry but the likes of Faheem and Fakhar aren't even cricketers in my book. We have higher standards.
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A pseudo-cricketer scored a century against you in a world tournament final.

Shame
 
Ronaldo7 said:
A pseudo-cricketer scored a century against you in a world tournament final.

Shame
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Fluke happens. Even Anil Kumble gave a little phainti to Waqar Younis of all people and Agarkar had a century at Lords. Most recent example is Yasir's century against Starc and Cummins.
 
Hyperion66 said:
Fluke happens. Even Anil Kumble gave a little phainti to Waqar Younis of all people and Agarkar had a century at Lords. Most recent example is Yasir's century against Starc and Cummins.
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Scored a 50 against England too in the semis.
Was that a fluke too? Lol
 
Hyperion66 said:
You gotta be kidding right? Please tell me you are kidding. Imad and Shadab aren't even decent for God sake. Padded their stats by bullying second string sides in UAE.

Are you seriously doubting Shami based on t20 ranking? T20 rankings are a joke, holds less credibility than my dog's morning poop. For example their are at least a dozen bats out there who are better than Babar Azam in this shortest format of the game.

I am sorry but the likes of Faheem and Fakhar aren't even cricketers in my book. We have higher standards.
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Shadab averages almost similar to Kuldeep in ODIs if we exclude one SA series and Chahal averages worse than Shadab if that one series is excluded. Not to forget Shadab has 50s in ODIs and is much better fielder. In T20s as well he has a much better record than Chahal who also played against similar sides.

Imad on the other hand is a much better bowler in T20s than Pandya and Jadeja and his batting is as poor as Pandya but better than Jadeja (Stats can be seen). Shami is a top bowler but nothing exceptional in T20s, based upon any stat Amir, Shaheen and Hasan Ali are better than him in T20s.

Other than, Kohli, Rohit, Bumrah and Kuldeep(Based upon stats as recent form isnt great) I dont think any other player is good enough to make Asian Xi in T20s.
 
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