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Pakistan (146/9) secure a 41-run victory against UAE (105) and qualify for the Super Four of the Asia Cup 2025

Rauff is inconsistent , he can win you some games but always there is a chance will get hammered and lose easy games. Pakistan need to get in a reliable fast bowler. Someone who is accurate.
 
OldWarHorse said:
Looks the most improved player in Pakistan over the past year.
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His progression has been wonderful. He was thrown as a young kid in Test matches infront of England's BazzBall. The start was alright for him personally but we wondered if it was a little too early.

A few ups and downs in between. But yes you are correct, this year he has been fantastic in all formats.
 
Nice...so we have another India Pakistan match on Sunday. Have to find a place to watch it at least for a bit.

Should be spicy given all the background. Hopefully doesn't get too bitter. A few declined handshakes and snarky comments at press conferences is fine and adds to the spice.
 
followed said:
He has been very good. Best bowler in the tournament from pakistan so far.

Even though I still don't like him but I like he is performing for the team. He should keep his head down and keep working hard. No need of those weird celebrations.
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It's a good celebration. You should think and change your mind about that celebration.
 
imshally81 said:
I feel for the Indians who were here expecting to see an upset....
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To be honest, I was in two minds, I wanted Pakistan to lose but at the same time I thought that beating Pakistan on Sunday would be more enjoyable than beating UAE.

We will smashed every team to win the Asia Cup. So doesn't matter much for us

:klopp :kp
 
Now need to beat India on Sunday. India has gotten way too out of hand.

They have gotten so arrogant and obnoxious.
Need to put them in their place.

I want pakistan to beat them so desperately.
Let's go..
 
On flat tracks these minnows would not just run Pakistan close but defeat them.. Pak has the worst batting outfit in world cricket
 
A crucial point from Salman Agha. Even in collapses Pakistan is getting to 140-150. If only the batting can click then Pakistan can compete even against India
 
followed said:
Now need to beat India on Sunday. India has gotten way too out of hand.

They have gotten so arrogant and obnoxious.
Need to put them in their place.

I want pakistan to beat them so desperately.
Let's go..
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And what is India's place in cricket? Even if qudrat somehow showers all its blessings on the pakistan team and they overcome India this Sunday - do you really think they'd be able to repeat that twice in a row? Better pray that Pak follows the script for this sunday and loses as expected, and then pray real hard for a miracle for the final - may be the ct miracle of yesteryears might happen again for Pak and Fakhar plays a blinder
 
Got out of jail thanks to SSA's late cameo with the bat.

Bowling would not have come into the equation had the target been < 120.

Batting is a major worry ... to put it mildly
 
RidiculousMan said:
A crucial point from Salman Agha. Even in collapses Pakistan is getting to 140-150. If only the batting can click then Pakistan can compete even against India
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If only Salman Agha had any talent and skill, he would be the second coming of Inzamam.

Ifs mean nothing. This garbage batting unit has been brutally exposed. This whole intent and new template drama has proved to be a load of hogwash.

Teams with intent don’t put up such scores. Intent is shown on the pitch not in press conferences.

These players clearly don’t have the talent and the chops.
 
Azaad said:
And what is India's place in cricket? Even if qudrat somehow showers all its blessings on the pakistan team and they overcome India this Sunday - do you really think they'd be able to repeat that twice in a row? Better pray that Pak follows the script for this sunday and loses as expected, and then pray real hard for a miracle for the final - may be the ct miracle of yesteryears might happen again for Pak and Fakhar plays a blinder
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Coward Pakistan fans didn’t give them a chance against Afghanistan as well.

Don’t worry, this is our team.

We believe in them.
 
cricfan432 said:
Not really, on flat pitches our batters will outbat them, only on slow and spin wickets we struggle
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Haven't you seen enough? Pak batters are crap, with the exception of may be Fakhar who can genuinely punish a cricket ball on his good days. On a flat track, these jokers will score something like 150/160, and the minnows might just chase it as the spinners wouldn't be able to put the mockers on the chase
 
Azaad said:
Haven't you seen enough? Pak batters are crap, with the exception of may be Fakhar who can genuinely punish a cricket ball on his good days. On a flat track, these jokers will score something like 150/160, and the minnows might just chase it as the spinners wouldn't be able to put the mockers on the chase
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Yeah we haven’t been following just recently like you have.

We know our team and it’s strength.

It’s a good team.
 
Rana said:
Yeah we haven’t been following just recently like you have.

We know our team and it’s strength.

It’s a good team.
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Don't care about Rizwan but it was an OK team with Babar in there. At the moment it is a bad cricket team.....hope all this criticism gets to their heads and somehow makes them perform though.... the mediocrity on display especially in batting lately is embarassing
 
Rana said:
Bad team how?

Losing to India? Who’s beaten India of late?

When was the last time India lost a T20 match????
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Tell me when has Pak, in their entire history, been this susceptible to losing to downright minnows?
Every single victory seems like a hard grind and a come from behind victory.
Even the one today where uae were very much in the game until the fag end of the match
 
Azaad said:
Tell me when has Pak, in their entire history, been this susceptible to losing to downright minnows?
Every single victory seems like a hard grind and a come from behind victory.
Even the one today where uae were very much in the game until the fag end of the match
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Answer my question


When did India lose their last T20? Pakistan has won 12 of their last 16 games with Hesson

One loss was against India.

When did India last lose a T20??
 
One of the most puzzling decisions Pakistan made today was sending out of from Agha at 4 instead of in-form Haris. What was going through their mind I don't know, but I hope they don't keep making this foolish mistake again and again.
 
Azaad said:
Tell me when has Pak, in their entire history, been this susceptible to losing to downright minnows?
Every single victory seems like a hard grind and a come from behind victory.
Even the one today where uae were very much in the game until the fag end of the match
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Pakistan was always like that against minnows....in 2019 world cup smashed south africa England and New Zealand but lost badly to westindies and almost lost to Afghans.....its not new....in 2022 t20 also lost to zimbabwe but smashed south africa and NZ
 
Katwalindian said:
Pakistan was always like that against minnows....in 2019 world cup smashed south africa England and New Zealand but lost badly to westindies and almost lost to Afghans.....its not new....in 2022 t20 also lost to zimbabwe but smashed south africa and NZ
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West Indies loss was not accident. They bombarded pakistan with bouncers and they succumbed to it.
 
Red-Indian said:
Nice...so we have another India Pakistan match on Sunday. Have to find a place to watch it at least for a bit.

Should be spicy given all the background. Hopefully doesn't get too bitter. A few declined handshakes and snarky comments at press conferences is fine and adds to the spice.
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A foregone conclusion… save your time for a worthwhile endeavour
 
jnaveen1980 said:
West Indies loss was not accident. They bombarded pakistan with bouncers and they succumbed to it.
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Pakistan were unlucky to lose that toss. I remember the weather being very overcast too. It very easily could have been Windies out cheaply had the toss gone the other way, but that's just cricket I guess. Ended up being the difference between Pakistan getting to the semi-finals.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Pakistan were unlucky to lose that toss. I remember the weather being very overcast too. It very easily could have been Windies out cheaply had the toss gone the other way, but that's just cricket I guess. Ended up being the difference between Pakistan getting to the semi-finals.
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I distinctly remember they were unable to take on short balls. Pakistan didn't have the ammunition to bounce out Windies.

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According to the stats shown on TV , Pak team has played the 2nd highest number of attacking shots in this Asia Cup with a worst success rate of 14% which was below Oman success rate of 20% (the 2nd worst in this Asia Cup) it tells that intent is definitely there but talent is not there to convert that intent.
 
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RedwoodOriginal said:
Pakistan were unlucky to lose that toss. I remember the weather being very overcast too. It very easily could have been Windies out cheaply had the toss gone the other way, but that's just cricket I guess. Ended up being the difference between Pakistan getting to the semi-finals.
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Pak was unlucky to miss out on Lanka Game which got washed out. Win there would have gotten us past NZ. Perhaps It was India’s Bad luck NZ got through
 
Muhammad Saad said:
Yes exactly, the intent is there just the talent is not.
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This was evidence without this stat. But this has clearly shown the skill gap. This table only consists of lower ranked sides. Even here Pakistan is at the bottom. Imagine the table next to bigger teams that are not here. This average also indicates this team can collapse from 70/1 to 80/6 in no time literally anywhere against any team in quest of quick runs.
 
During a recent interview at a local sports platfome, Misbah-ul-Haq disagreed with Salman Agha’s assessment:

“I think it was very surprising that in the post-match talk, Agha said we need to improve our batting in the middle overs, whereas our problem starts right from the beginning. Almost every time, we lose our first two batters, so our innings basically starts with us already two wickets down,”

“ I believe we need to address that issue first. Especially in these conditions, as I keep saying, once the spinners come on and the circle opens up a bit, it becomes difficult, and that’s when we lose wickets. If you’re already 0–2, then you’re going nowhere,”
 
Rana said:
Answer my question


When did India lose their last T20? Pakistan has won 12 of their last 16 games with Hesson

One loss was against India.

When did India last lose a T20??
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Other Big teams can upset India on their Day

With the batting at Display and Short comings we have displayed Against UAE , We have no hope on this Sunday Either.

Farhan’s footwork has suddenly disappeared. the ball he gave his wicket against UAE , on normal day he would tonk this on Short leg , But today he was stuck in crease and out of position to play that. Saim’s off side game is complete trash. Teams know this now
 
Cricket Warrior said:
During a recent interview at a local sports platfome, Misbah-ul-Haq disagreed with Salman Agha’s assessment:

“I think it was very surprising that in the post-match talk, Agha said we need to improve our batting in the middle overs, whereas our problem starts right from the beginning. Almost every time, we lose our first two batters, so our innings basically starts with us already two wickets down,”

“ I believe we need to address that issue first. Especially in these conditions, as I keep saying, once the spinners come on and the circle opens up a bit, it becomes difficult, and that’s when we lose wickets. If you’re already 0–2, then you’re going nowhere,”
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Of course he has issues with the top order

Iska bass chaley, he will make Imam and Shan open our T20 batting.

Pathetic mindset coach/player.

His opinion should be discarded!
 
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What nonsense? How is Misbah wrong? Misbah is spot on! Saim has gotten out for a first ball duck in three consecutive games, and Farhan is badly struggling, scoring at less than a run a ball throughout the tournament so far.
 
Rana said:
Of course he has issues with the top order

Iska bass chaley, he will make Imam and Shan open our T20 batting.

Pathetic mindset coach/player.

His opinion should be discarded!
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He's spot on the 2 misfiring hacks at the top are putting pressure on the rest of the fragile lineup
 
mazkhan said:
He's spot on the 2 misfiring hacks at the top are putting pressure on the rest of the fragile lineup
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Cry all you want.

These are our openers. This is who we are backing.

They are the future. These are the players who will deliver for us.

Misbah can keep his outdated views to himself. He lost the right to reason when he destroyed and set Pakistan cricket back for decades!
 
Rana said:
Cry all you want.

These are our openers. This is who we are backing.

They are the future. These are the players who will deliver for us.

Misbah can keep his outdated views to himself. He lost the right to reason when he destroyed and set Pakistan cricket back for decades!
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Its only a matter of time naqvi will be on his knees and bring back babar , rizwan and imam ul haq .
 
Rana said:
Cry all you want.

These are our openers. This is who we are backing.

They are the future. These are the players who will deliver for us.

Misbah can keep his outdated views to himself. He lost the right to reason when he destroyed and set Pakistan cricket back for decades!
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3 consecutive 0s and they are our future. I mean wow. The future is looking pretty dark.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
T20 is lottery.

Pakistan can win against India.
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No they won’t. No way Pakistan can even fluke a win against India. The gap is just too big. Wishful thinking from Pakistan fans to cheer them up but we are struggling to beat UAE and India has been maintaining their unbeaten run since the T20 championship win.
 
psyoptica said:
3 consecutive 0s and they are our future. I mean wow. The future is looking pretty dark.
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There have been plenty of slumps for good players

Saim is the same player on who’s back you won overseas ODI series against Australia and South Africa.

We know he’s a quality player. We will back him all the way. We stand with our players in their best times, we must stand with them in their worst too.
 
Rana said:
There have been plenty of slumps for good players

Saim is the same player on who’s back you won overseas ODI series against Australia and South Africa.

We know he’s a quality player. We will back him all the way. We stand with our players in their best times, we must stand with them in their worst too.
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Yeah well you can’t indefinitely stick with someone who sucks so bad.
 
Rana said:
InshaAllah Saim will play a knock which will get you into the final of the Asia Cup

This boy will do it.

Believe in him.
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I wish this more than anybody but i have no real expectations from this team. They are not good enough to put up any fight.
 
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