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Note to Mickey Arthur, Babar Azam and Inzamam-ul-Haq: There is still time to rethink the World Cup squad!

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No official announcement made yet so there is time to rethink our strategy and choose a different squad for the World Cup instead of limiting ourselves to all the players in the Asia Cup squad.
 
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Fakhar should be dropped. No justification for World Cup selection based on past performances. He has been poor for a while.
 
Savak said:
According to reporters, Inzi is not happy with the performance of some of the players especially Shadab Khan, he wants Shadab to be stripped of the vice captaincy.
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Forgot he’s VC. Should defo be stripped of that haha as his place in the side should not be certain.
 
Hell will freeze over before inzi actually decides to drop rizwan, Shadab, Faheem, Nawaz or any if these players.
 
Imad , saim ayub . Sarfraz as reserve wk . Ideally replacement of rizwan should be someone who can play spin in middle so Harris doesn’t make sense.
 
Spin will be a big factor in India. Players ability to play spin will be even more important. We need to identify the best players of spin and select the likes of Sarfaraz Ahmed.
 
You can’t drop Fakhar because on his day, he is the only one in the team who can go big at a high SR.

He is in terrible form but if you drop, there will always be a question of what if Fakhar was here and in form.

Pakistan should play him until the last game of the World Cup and if he doesn’t click, say goodbye to him forever.

He will be 37 by the time the next ODI World Cup is around and you can develop Saim Ayub as his replacement in those 4 years.
 
Some posters asking to bring in cricketers who haven't represented Pakistan, are just hot in the domestic game for now or have been missing for the international stage and close to 40 truly represents PP lol

The changes being made need to common sense and logical.

Pakistan's pace bowling of Shaheen, Rauf, Naseem and Wasim Jr needs to be a lock.
Spin is lacking but Shadab on his day is terrific and always a gun fielder. Its tricky because they already have Mir and Nawaz in the squad...who else could they bring in and who would they drop? This is bad because Pakistan hasnt produced a world class ODI spinner since Ajmal.

The batting looks settled, we cant just throw the baby out with the bath water...but there is space for Shafique, maybe playing the opening game but Fakhar needs to be in the squad. Haris who had a chance today and messed up is a great striker on his day but he either opens or comes in at the tail end. Ifty needs to be the set no. 4 as he takes time to get going but can unleash...Rizwan is not that guy unfortunately.

Little tweaks, not wholesale changes.
 
Imam OUT Ayub IN

Rizwan OUT Haris IN

Agha OUT Sohail IN

Nawaz OUT Abrar IN

Faheem OUT Jamal IN


Saim Ayub (ATTACK)
Abdullah Shafique (ACCUMULATE)
Babar Azam (ACCUMULATE)
Haris Sohail (ATTACK)
Fakhar Zaman (ATTACK)
Ifthikar Ahmed (ATTACK)
Mohammad Haris (wk) (ATTACK)
Shaheen Afridi (10 OVERS UPFRONT)
Naseem Shah (7 OVER 1st SPELL)
Haris Rauf (PIPY)
Abrar Ahmed. (PROPER SPINNER)
 
owenhcricket said:
Some posters asking to bring in cricketers who haven't represented Pakistan, are just hot in the domestic game for now or have been missing for the international stage and close to 40 truly represents PP lol

The changes being made need to common sense and logical.

Pakistan's pace bowling of Shaheen, Rauf, Naseem and Wasim Jr needs to be a lock.
Spin is lacking but Shadab on his day is terrific and always a gun fielder. Its tricky because they already have Mir and Nawaz in the squad...who else could they bring in and who would they drop? This is bad because Pakistan hasnt produced a world class ODI spinner since Ajmal.

The batting looks settled, we cant just throw the baby out with the bath water...but there is space for Shafique, maybe playing the opening game but Fakhar needs to be in the squad. Haris who had a chance today and messed up is a great striker on his day but he either opens or comes in at the tail end. Ifty needs to be the set no. 4 as he takes time to get going but can unleash...Rizwan is not that guy unfortunately.

Little tweaks, not wholesale changes.
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Awesome post, too many armchair fantasy cricket fanboys here thinking you can go in to a World Cup and change half the team less than a month before it begins.

We have got to back the majority of players that have been part of our plans in the last 4 years, a debutant or two is fine as a wildcard but not to come straight in to the XI.
 
YousafTheBeast said:
Imam OUT Ayub IN

Rizwan OUT Haris IN

Agha OUT Sohail IN

Nawaz OUT Abrar IN

Faheem OUT Jamal IN


Saim Ayub (ATTACK)
Abdullah Shafique (ACCUMULATE)
Babar Azam (ACCUMULATE)
Haris Sohail (ATTACK)
Fakhar Zaman (ATTACK)
Ifthikar Ahmed (ATTACK)
Mohammad Haris (wk) (ATTACK)
Shaheen Afridi (10 OVERS UPFRONT)
Naseem Shah (7 OVER 1st SPELL)
Haris Rauf (PIPY)
Abrar Ahmed. (PROPER SPINNER)
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Haris Sohail is unfit. Fakhar is finished.
 
Think the problem with bowling as well - our pacers gave so many runs vs India and also now against SL
 
Shadab's position in the side is at stake - Pakistan must make bold decisions
 
Some answers have arrived. Zaman will likely go as the 4th seamer, therefore no need for Faheem or Wasim Jr.

Abdullah will go as the main opener with Imam. Haris as the third opener. Fakhar won't be in the squad hopefully.

Nawaz might keep his place although we desperately need Usama Mir in the squad as a genuine spinner. Shadab will keep his place too.

-Abdullah, Imam, Haris
-Bobby, Rizwan, Salman, Chacha
-Nawaz, Shadab, Usama
-Shaheen, Naseem, Rauf, Zaman
 
Mamoon said:
You can’t drop Fakhar because on his day, he is the only one in the team who can go big at a high SR.

He is in terrible form but if you drop, there will always be a question of what if Fakhar was here and in form.

Pakistan should play him until the last game of the World Cup and if he doesn’t click, say goodbye to him forever.

He will be 37 by the time the next ODI World Cup is around and you can develop Saim Ayub as his replacement in those 4 years.
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I'd play fakhar at no. 5. I think he will turn out to be good. He is just very bad against swinging deliveries due to his technique.
 
Babar is not going to be removed as captain. The same rona would be used that oh its near the world cup, we can remove him as captain afterwards. If you dont take a bold decision of removing Babar as captain now, than wait 4 years more for a world cup.

Than there is the Shadab dilemma. He aswell wont be dropped for similar reasons and will play in Indiia scott free.

Point is, we have seen this before and know how it goes. Nothing is gonna happen
 
MenInG said:
Will Pakistan change their tack?
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There will be alot of pressure on Shadab to keep his place. The commentators were almost laughing at his bowling form. Babar is not happy with him and blamed the middle overs again. Imad may make a comeback and that might not be a bad thing. We need some aggression in the field.
 
They need to drop Fakhar from the squad alongside Fahim that's two changes I would 100% make.
 
Two worst players are seriously playing on one and two performances

Fakhar zaman and shadab player
Low on quality- looks like local club team player
 
Major said:
Babar is not going to be removed as captain. The same rona would be used that oh its near the world cup, we can remove him as captain afterwards. If you dont take a bold decision of removing Babar as captain now, than wait 4 years more for a world cup.

Than there is the Shadab dilemma. He aswell wont be dropped for similar reasons and will play in Indiia scott free.

Point is, we have seen this before and know how it goes. Nothing is gonna happen
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For once I agree with you.
 
Major said:
Babar is not going to be removed as captain. The same rona would be used that oh its near the world cup, we can remove him as captain afterwards. If you dont take a bold decision of removing Babar as captain now, than wait 4 years more for a world cup.

Than there is the Shadab dilemma. He aswell wont be dropped for similar reasons and will play in Indiia scott free.

Point is, we have seen this before and know how it goes. Nothing is gonna happen
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Who should be the captain then? What choices do Pakistan have just before a WC
 
Sherazkhalid said:
I think he is suited for the 50 overs cricket, he worked in T20 WC, why not 50 over WC as well.
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Not Shan please. Pak have seriously missed an opportunity in this Asia cup to give Saud Shakeel a run but it looks like he won’t play in the World Cup as he was dropped from todays game.
 
shamaan said:
They need to drop Fakhar from the squad alongside Fahim that's two changes I would 100% make.
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We don't have any decent replacements for Fakhar so we may as well take him on the chance he can rediscover his form.

It doesn't really matter otherwise. Whoever we replace Fakhar with won't be enough for us to win the WC. But if Fakhar starts scoring then we actually have a small chance.
 
CricLegend said:
Who should be the captain then? What choices do Pakistan have just before a WC
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I dont know to be honest. Because i dont know how these guys captain there team. Do they look at conditions or pick teams based on social media trends.

I assume Shaheen Afridi is a sane head. Shadab is too selfish and Rizwan has played under the likes of Hafeez, Azhar and Misbah so i hope he has the right knowledge.

I wouldnt mind Shaheen as captain and Rizwan his deputy
 
I think India is the only country where Pakistani batsmen can bat. SL pitches dont’t suit them, SENA wickets move and seam too much, UAE wickets are too slow for them, and in Pakistan wickets are so flat that even players like Salt kills our bowlers. So then it’s only India left then. Agar udhar bhi na achi batting kar sakay tou phir…
 
I am now tempted to go with Azam Khan as the opener. Yes his fitness is not the greatest but cannot do worse than Fakhar. Even a 15 ball 30 will get us off to a flyer.. so Rizwan has to go as well - thank you and good bye

Abdullah and Saud have to play at 4 and 5 - simple as that..

Also Shadab has to be booted out ASAP and replaced by Usama. Also add add Abrar as they mystery spinner and give him a chance in the WC.
 
The solution for now (with the squad and fringe players floating around is the following:

1. Abdullah
2. Saim
3. Babar
4. Saud Shakeel
5. Tayyab
6. Iftikhar (I’m on the fence in him but he could be useful esp with his bowling and our pathetic spin options)
7. Haris (hard to dislodge darling Rizwan from the team management’s thinking but if he must play, he bats here)
8. Shaheen
9. Naseem
10. Rauf
11. Abrar

If 4th seamer required drop Ifti or Tayyab and adjust the batting order.

If we can’t even do this then it’s time for a radical takeover (the other thread I created)
 
An in form Umar Akmal and Haris Sohail are needed regardless of what’s said a few younger players like Saim can be used as a fresh option against teams who haven’t seen much of them.

In high scoring matches a top 3 of Imam Abdullah and Babar is not going to win you these matches against the best teams an in form Fakhar is also necessary as an opener who can go big once settled into his innings.
 
msb314 said:
I am now tempted to go with Azam Khan as the opener. Yes his fitness is not the greatest but cannot do worse than Fakhar. Even a 15 ball 30 will get us off to a flyer.. so Rizwan has to go as well - thank you and good bye

Abdullah and Saud have to play at 4 and 5 - simple as that..

Also Shadab has to be booted out ASAP and replaced by Usama. Also add add Abrar as they mystery spinner and give him a chance in the WC.
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I hope you joking about Azam Khan. What has he done to deserve to open for any International side, never mind Pakistan team
 
Major said:
I dont know to be honest. Because i dont know how these guys captain there team. Do they look at conditions or pick teams based on social media trends.

I assume Shaheen Afridi is a sane head. Shadab is too selfish and Rizwan has played under the likes of Hafeez, Azhar and Misbah so i hope he has the right knowledge.

I wouldnt mind Shaheen as captain and Rizwan his deputy
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Shaheen is injury prone so probably Rizwan is a better choice.

I do think Shadab needs to be dropped from the World Cup 11. If abrar is the best spinner in Pakistan then he should be in the 11.
 
You need to keep Fakhar and boot him out forever if he fails after the WC, like said earlier by Mamoon, if hes dropped, he will become a what if story.

You need to definitely boot Faheem though. Hes a nothing player. Total clown.

Abdullah Shafique should hold the spot with Imam for now, and Saud should be playing. We should also put Imad in the squad alongwith Zaman Khan. No need for garbage Dahani.

Also to those calling for Saim Ayub are probably forgetting how dreadful he was in the emerging Asia cup and series before. I do not count CPL performances, its a third class tournament. Also t20I is different ball game than ODIs.

Babar’s captaincy which i believe is quite mediocre cannot be improved further. He learnt what he learnt in the past few years and if he fails to bring the worldcup home, its time for a new captain in Shaheen.

Babar needs to look at his own batting as well which is a constant failure against any semi decent team in tournaments.
 
CricLegend said:
Shaheen is injury prone so probably Rizwan is a better choice.

I do think Shadab needs to be dropped from the World Cup 11. If abrar is the best spinner in Pakistan then he should be in the 11.
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Rizwan is nothing but an extremely limited player with hollywood level acting skills. His keeping has been really poor in Asia cup with multiple dropped chances. No way on earth this guy deserves to be captain.
 
Energy said:
Some answers have arrived. Zaman will likely go as the 4th seamer, therefore no need for Faheem or Wasim Jr.

Abdullah will go as the main opener with Imam. Haris as the third opener. Fakhar won't be in the squad hopefully.

Nawaz might keep his place although we desperately need Usama Mir in the squad as a genuine spinner. Shadab will keep his place too.

-Abdullah, Imam, Haris
-Bobby, Rizwan, Salman, Chacha
-Nawaz, Shadab, Usama
-Shaheen, Naseem, Rauf, Zaman
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To be honest no need to press any panic buttons.

The last 2 games has given us clarity on how rubbish some players are.

I like your squad but would only replace Nawaz with Imad.
 
TheSultan said:
The solution for now (with the squad and fringe players floating around is the following:

1. Abdullah
2. Saim
3. Babar
4. Saud Shakeel
5. Tayyab
6. Iftikhar (I’m on the fence in him but he could be useful esp with his bowling and our pathetic spin options)
7. Haris (hard to dislodge darling Rizwan from the team management’s thinking but if he must play, he bats here)
8. Shaheen
9. Naseem
10. Rauf
11. Abrar

If 4th seamer required drop Ifti or Tayyab and adjust the batting order.

If we can’t even do this then it’s time for a radical takeover (the other thread I created)
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You can’t pick new players for a World Cup who have not been playing recently. Maybe 1 rookie at most but not 5 rookies.

I like Saim as he is a natural stroke maker and has been in good form in CPL recently. I hope selectors take a gamble on him.

Saim Ayub
Imam
Babar
Saud
Rizwan (c)
Ifti
Imad
Shaheen
Naseem
Rauf
Abrar

reserves
M Harris
Salman
Amir
Zaman

Fakhar, Shadab and nawaz have been poor lately so they need to be dropped
 
Slim said:
Rizwan is nothing but an extremely limited player with hollywood level acting skills. His keeping has been really poor in Asia cup with multiple dropped chances. No way on earth this guy deserves to be captain.
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We don’t have any other player with captaincy credentials other than shaheen or ifti. One is injury prone and the other is not a guaranteed starter.

It has to be either Rizwan or Ifti
 
TheSultan said:
The solution for now (with the squad and fringe players floating around is the following:

1. Abdullah
2. Saim
3. Babar
4. Saud Shakeel
5. Tayyab
6. Iftikhar (I’m on the fence in him but he could be useful esp with his bowling and our pathetic spin options)
7. Haris (hard to dislodge darling Rizwan from the team management’s thinking but if he must play, he bats here)
8. Shaheen
9. Naseem
10. Rauf
11. Abrar

If 4th seamer required drop Ifti or Tayyab and adjust the batting order.

If we can’t even do this then it’s time for a radical takeover (the other thread I created)
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So with two new balls and 5 fielders in the ring, you want Ifti to bowl 10 overs guaranteed in every game lol. And that's only one point in this absolute disasterclass of a line up you've created.

It seems cricket is not the sport for you. Unless you are trolling, in which case i apologise because you're a pretty good troll.
 
Although many people might disagree but Rizwan can prove to be a much better captain for Pak.. he has much more tactical insight than Babar.. despite having mediocre bowling in PSL mostly, he almost always make to final in PSL…he knows how to maximise his resources, rotates the bowlers well…. his on field tactics are much better.. he reads the game well.. Plus, although he is a limited player, but he is a fighter ..and is much stronger mentally than babar.. mostly performs better than babar as a batsman also in crunch situations, despite being a limited batsman..

But it wouldnt be wise to change the captain just before world cup.. world cup will anyways be babar’s last chance as a captain.. Unfortunately we will have to bear with babar, as a captain until the world cup … unfortunately its true that we cant win , WC or any trophy with babar as captain.. he is too dumb tactically and shows no sign of improvement at all.. it just isnt there for him..
 
These boys should make themselves available asap:

Umar Akmal
Imad Wasim
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Mohammad Amir
Shoaib Malik (I know, he’s retired)
Ahmad Shahzad


I recon they all have a chance considering how confused this management and nation is right now
 
CricLegend said:
We don’t have any other player with captaincy credentials other than shaheen or ifti. One is injury prone and the other is not a guaranteed starter.

It has to be either Rizwan or Ifti
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Rizwan has the tendency to become a best captain for pakistan but i dont think babar would leave his place for him.
 
There is absolutely no need for wholesale changes. The Asia Cup squad is actually the best talent pool in the country at the moment barring one or two players.

Ridiculous to even consider dropping Fakhar Zaman at this juncture. I've been the biggest critic of him because I genuinely believe he's a proper hack of a batsman. However, he's still the best opener in the country in terms of striking the ball and has the X-factor about himself. If he turns up on one given day, he will win you a match single-handedly. Case in point - World Cup 2021 T20 semi-final. Had an absolute horror show leading up to the semi-final and then in the semi-final, smashed the Australians all around the park in Dubai. He and Imam are your best ODI openers. Along with Babar, it's the best Top 3 you can hope for at this point for the World Cup.

Rizwan is another player who is settled at number 4. Although he's not performing that consistently in ODI cricket as opposed to T20s, he's ok for now. Iftikhar has proven that he is a worthy player for number 5 coupled with his useful off-spin. I don't know why the management is hell-bent on having him at number 6 though.

On the bowling front, Shaheen, Naseem, and Rauf are your best 3 bowlers. Their place is non-negotiable.

That leaves positions 6-8. 3 players where you're mightily struggling. Shadab and Nawaz have just not been good enough to provide any semblance of respectability to the spin department. They don't spin the bowl even in spinner-friendly conditions and are not picking up middle-over wickets.

So what are the alternatives for positions 6-8?

Shadab and Nawaz's like-for-like replacement is Imad Wasim. Imad, while equally inept at spinning the ball, wipes the floor with Shadab and Nawaz in terms of batting. However, is a terrible fielder compared to both of them. In terms of bowling, what Imad has is accuracy, and would probably concede fewer runs than Shadab and Nawaz. But since Shadab is Pakistan's darling who cannot be touched, Imad could come in as Nawaz's replacement if the team management decides to go with 3 fast bowlers and 2 spinners.

If Pakistan decides to go with a 4 fast bowler strategy, then I would seriously consider Aamer Jamal in place of Faheem Ashraf or Mohammad Wasim. Both Wasim and Faheem are not batters at all and should never be considered one. Their bowling is also innocuous and does not trouble the opposition. Aamer Jamal has a good ability to strike the ball long and that is what you need at number 7 or 8.

The last position to decide is number 6. I find Salman Agha to be a very good player for Pakistan standards. He does not commit himself to leg-side hoicks and has the game to play 360 degrees. Coupled with his ability to sneak in 2 overs if required, I'm okay with his inclusion in the team. Saud Shakeel is a good player as well, but can he hit out big at number 6 if he comes in the death overs? The jury is still out. Could be another Fawad Alam in terms of ball striking.

Now, one last thing. Pakistan always does well when they have a complete maverick in their side. Someone who has not been played by the opposition before. The 2017 Champions Trophy was built on the success of Fakhar Zaman and Hassan Ali. Both players were novelty factors for the opposition and they couldn't handle them. Pakistan needs to select a couple of mavericks for the World Cup as well. Someone like Ihsanullah. He has the height and the pace to bully batsmen. It could be a gamble but I believe it's something worth taking.
 
CricLegend said:
I hope you joking about Azam Khan. What has he done to deserve to open for any International side, never mind Pakistan team
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Cannot do worse than Fakhar. Have an aggressive pinch hitter at the top can work wonders for us..
 
shadab needs to be given an earful. he's been bowling as if he hasn't slept in weeks.
Saim Ayub could be called in but Fahim and Wasim need to be dropped.
If Fakhar isn't able to find his form in the nets, then either Rizwan or Saim could open.
 
This Asia Cup has been a disaster for Pakistan. From bending down backwards to accommodate India rather than being the host nation proper to getting humiliated by India, 2 bad injuries to our premier fast bowlers and getting beat in tight game by an average Sri Lankan team.

Babar's batting form continues to disappoint and the less said about his captaincy skills the better.

We would have been in a much better position going in to the world up if we boycotted the cursed Asian Cup!
 
Rana said:
These boys should make themselves available asap:

Umar Akmal
Imad Wasim
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Mohammad Amir
Shoaib Malik (I know, he’s retired)
Ahmad Shahzad


I recon they all have a chance considering how confused this management and nation is right now
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Umar akmal
He is done with cricket should look to get uk citizenship and live happy after.

Imad wasim
Yes, if he is fit he can be good choice ahead of shadab.

Sarfraz ahmed
It's too late for him unfortunately to make permanent comeback. His age might be an issue

M. Amir
Done and dusted and not deserves to play for country.

Shoaib malik
Old he is done.

Ahmed shahzad
The player who spoiled himself and help his mates to aggravate conspiracies in dressing room.

Only possibility is imad wasim heard he is not fit not sure though
 
Major said:
Babar is not going to be removed as captain. The same rona would be used that oh its near the world cup, we can remove him as captain afterwards. If you dont take a bold decision of removing Babar as captain now, than wait 4 years more for a world cup.

Than there is the Shadab dilemma. He aswell wont be dropped for similar reasons and will play in Indiia scott free.

Point is, we have seen this before and know how it goes. Nothing is gonna happen
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He shouldn't be removed as a captain pre WC anyway. We don't have decent replacement and thankfully it is not 90s
 
rickroll said:
Or it can fail spectacularly with early wickets from rash shots.
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again, we already are losing an early wicket what difference will it make?

Atleast Azam Khan has age on his side..
 
CricLegend said:
Who should be the captain then? What choices do Pakistan have just before a WC
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You wanna know who should genuinely be a captain? Imad waseem but he ain't in the friend circle. But I've seen imad captain. He ain't the best but he rotates bowlers and changes things up with his squad.

Not like babar who keeps playing the winning 11 until that winning 11 wither badly loses or just gets injured altogether. And in bowling sticks to a formula even when thay formula doesn't make sense like removing our bowling trio in the first game and allowing India to recover even though we could have bowled India out for 127.
 
heddie19 said:
He shouldn't be removed as a captain pre WC anyway. We don't have decent replacement and thankfully it is not 90s
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We do, we have a captain who changes things up, rotates his squad, and doesn't stick to the same let's keep playing the same winning 11 until that winning 11 badly loses and gets injured and hospitlised for an entire season.

That captain is imad waseem but he ain't an Inzi buddy. Shadab and rizzu being captains will be the funniest thing that transpires on this planet.
 
BunnyRabbit said:
shadab needs to be given an earful. he's been bowling as if he hasn't slept in weeks.
Saim Ayub could be called in but Fahim and Wasim need to be dropped.
If Fakhar isn't able to find his form in the nets, then either Rizwan or Saim could open.
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If you give shadab an earful, shadab will just scream and start playing victim.

Shadab is the type of guy to drop rashid khan from a franchise squad just so he can play knowing full well that rashid khan would outshine him and the franchise team wanted rashid to be captain over shadab.
 
mominsaigol said:
If you give shadab an earful, shadab will just scream and start playing victim.

Shadab is the type of guy to drop rashid khan from a franchise squad just so he can play knowing full well that rashid khan would outshine him and the franchise team wanted rashid to be captain over shadab.
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Are you alluding to something that has happened already?
Shadab doesn't have that much influence in Pak team. In IU affairs, he does have an influence sadly.
 
BunnyRabbit said:
Are you alluding to something that has happened already?
Shadab doesn't have that much influence in Pak team. In IU affairs, he does have an influence sadly.
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How does he not have influence? He's the vice captain, and is being considered as a captain candidate and was given the go ahead to captain a t20 series against afghanistan. He also hasn't gotten dropped despite a massive string of failures upon failures of performances.

Rizwan, Shadab, Shaheen, Babar.

^^ These 4 are the golden Boys of Pakistan cricket team where the selection criteria doesn't apply to them the same way it applies to others.

Rizwan is eh, he's alright not too good and not too great but he's being hailed as the 2nd coming of kumar sangakara or Dhoni considering how much pcb praises him as a legendary t20 bat which he ain't.

Shaheen is a world class bowler but he's ironically the weakest of our trio woth both haris and naseem being significantly superior to him, as naseem has better line and length, is economical and a genuine wicket taker, Haris isn't economical but He's genuinely one of the smartest bowlers I've seen, he's a wicket taker due to his variation and being able to play mind games with the batsmen.

Shaheen is class but he's a horrible middle overs bowler and tends to rely on that early unplayable inswing to get his wickets which he can't do consistently and sometimes pitches it on legside.

However shaheen is viewed as pakistan's best bowler and ultimate asset and is considered completly undroppable.

Babar is a world class accumulator but is average against spin and is just a good accumulator yet he's praised as the man superior to kholi and basically the Don bradman of this era.

And shadab to this day is considered a match winner by pcb, and other analyst like ramiz raja.

Shadab is a horrible allrounder, but he's marketed as pakistan's allround saviour and considered privellidged, Babar is a good accumulator but he's praised as the 2nd coming of bradman, rizwan is decent but he's praised as the 2nd coming of gilchrist, and shaheen is class but below naseem and Rauf but is marketed as the ultimate assest.

These 4 golden boys and the way their marketed. They ain't going nowhere. Incase if shadab it's pure nepotism at its finest. Even more so then shan masood and faheem ashraf.
 
Panic button pressed. Asia Cup is a wake up call but making wholesome changes will make world no 1 team a laughing stock.
Just address the problem areas.
Problem area 1 is middle overs where we need a fit Haris Rauf and a proper spinner and it has to be Osama Mir. We can play either Nawaz or Shadab as a second spinner when pitches call for otherwise Iftikhar and Saud / Agha can do the job of 6th bowler. Untested Abrar cannot be brought in for the WC.
Need a proper middle order batter at no 4. Saud has all the ingredients to be one. He at 4 and Rizwan and Ifti at 5/6.
One of our openers has gone out of form so best option is rhat Babar should open with Imam and Abdullah should come at no 3.
If all fast bowlers are fit then bowling is sorted otherwise Zaman is there but he should be used in middle and end overs not with new ball.
 
hitthestump said:
So with two new balls and 5 fielders in the ring, you want Ifti to bowl 10 overs guaranteed in every game lol. And that's only one point in this absolute disasterclass of a line up you've created.

It seems cricket is not the sport for you. Unless you are trolling, in which case i apologise because you're a pretty good troll.
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As opposed to what? Shadab bowling a full 10 overs? I mean really you loyalists are something else!

But I did cater for the extra bowler in my sentence below the line up, but I can imagine you were fuming so much you didn’t get that far.

We can replace chacha with another bowler. I should have gone further and said we can replace Tayyab or chacha.

I would actually go further in my changes and bring in Imad and Azam Khan, but I’m just being a realist with the players that have been around the squad for the last few months
 
CricLegend said:
You can’t pick new players for a World Cup who have not been playing recently. Maybe 1 rookie at most but not 5 rookies.

I like Saim as he is a natural stroke maker and has been in good form in CPL recently. I hope selectors take a gamble on him.

Saim Ayub
Imam
Babar
Saud
Rizwan (c)
Ifti
Imad
Shaheen
Naseem
Rauf
Abrar

reserves
M Harris
Salman
Amir
Zaman

Fakhar, Shadab and nawaz have been poor lately so they need to be dropped
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I don’t understand what planet people are living on saying you can’t make so many changes and include so many rookies etc. Why not? Are we doing great with the current status quo?

You just got your biggest thrashing ever Vs India. You just got dumped from the Asia Cup Super 4 and are in the company of Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

You just got that silly facade of No1 Ranking shattered in front of your very eyes.

Do you want to give these losers medals?

I haven’t even gone radical. The bowling attack is almost the same. It’s the batting I’ve changed but I’ve only changed it with people hovering around the squad. I could go further.
 
Ensure usama starts as the first choice spinner.

Call up siam for the opening position and Imad for the middle order.

Get saud batting at the crucial #4.

Consider a backup fast bowler who is good with the new ball.
 
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