Pakistan (151/5) defeat Zimbabwe (147/8) by 5 wickets in a thrilling encounter in the opener of Tri-Nation T20I series

[Deewana Mastana]

4 more and Pak win by 5 wickets

Nawaz does it

 

[RidiculousMan]

Nawaz the match winner!

 

[Asif321]

Gritty innings by Usman Bhai

 

[RidiculousMan]

Fakhar should be MOTM

 

[Asif321]

Babar and Agha are the problems in this line up

 

[RidiculousMan]

Gritty innings by Usman Bhai

His best of his life

 

[saabir]

Nawaz is currently the pakistan most valuable player.

 

[Aami]

Im pleased for Usman, we need new comers to win ot for us ...

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

not convinced by Usman Khan. One of the most ugly looking ( Style of play ) batter at crease i have seen in recent times. proper hack. Deserved UAE team

 

[ask_analyse_act]

This hackish innings will do more harm to Pakistan

exactly , Big teams will eat him alive and will cost pak games against top sides for sure 10 / 10 times..

 

[saabir]

His best of his life

Decent inning from Usman..did not block many balls and always looking to rotate the strike and put away the bad balls. His partnership with Fakhar was very valuable.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

not convinced by Usman Khan. One of the most ugly looking ( Style of play ) batter at crease i have seen in recent times. proper hack. Deserved UAE team

cant imagine Rizwan and even Haris is dropped for this hack

 

[Devadwal]

Nawaz 2.0 is real match winner for Pakistan.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

cant imagine Rizwan and even Haris is dropped for this hack

only scored 3 boundaries. 2 of them deserved six on long hops and last one misfield on free hit. Cant hack his way out at Int level like PSL. just does nt work

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Decent inning from Usman..did not block many balls and always looking to rotate the strike and put away the bad balls. His partnership with Fakhar was very valuable.

his inns would have cost the game, if Nawaz was out in the penultimate over... the way he played the free hit , shows what he is capable of even with no fielders catching for him... How was he asked to drop UAE contract to play for the national side, Pak selectors either dont care or never watch games or players before selecting them...

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

his inns would have cost the game, if Nawaz was out in the penultimate over... the way he played the free hit , shows what he his capable of even with no fielders catching for him... How was asked to drop UAE contract to play for the national side, Pak selectors either dont care or never watch games or players before selecting them...

look at Nawaz Clearing the boundary with ease compared to this hack. Nawaz looks like proper batter compared to Usman who looks for runs in ugly fashion and only succeeds if luck is with him

 

[TheSultan]

I can confidently say the Shaheens will beat this team easily

 

[jnaveen1980]

Nawaz 2.0 is real match winner for Pakistan.

He is the only valuable player in this set up and Abrar on certain surfaces.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Imagine Level of PSL bowling where Hack like Usman khan Scored 40 Ball Hundred. Probably lower than Grade 2 domestic set up

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Natural course of action
Give captaincy to Shaheen
Agha Experiment ia Failed. He needs to avoid the Sarfraz Ahmed Fate and save his career in ODI and Test
M Nawaz in place of Agha
Irfan Niazi in place of Usman Khan
and Keeping duties for Farhan

 

[RidiculousMan]

Decent inning from Usman..did not block many balls and always looking to rotate the strike and put away the bad balls. His partnership with Fakhar was very valuable.

Fakhar took all the pressure and then released it with his wrath to ensure Pakistan wins this game easily at the end.

 

[hassan918]

Fakhar took all the pressure and then released it with his wrath to ensure Pakistan wins this game easily at the end.

He first scarified his opening place and now the number 3 spot, still performed brilliantly for his team. Hats off to him.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I am gonna lay my neck on the line and say that Sikandar Raza is a better batsmen than Babar in T20 format !

 

[Nasty Naz]

They are barely managing to win which is good I suppose but man oh man are there massive red flags with this team.

The top order continues to be beyond horrific. Like it's not just bad, they're downright abysmal. Nobody up top can seem to make more than 20-30 runs and they're not even quick runs. Pakistan routinely gets dominated in the PP, with the bowlers not striking in PP and batters not striking in the PP either. Salman Agha at 4 in particular, continues to be the weak link in the lineup where he doesn't have a role nor a spot that makes sense.

They are barely winning and that's papering over some serious red flags on this team. Because of the wins, it gives the players a false sense they are still doing fine but to me, there seems to be massive red flags on this batting lineup that will get exposed at the WC.

 

[CricVet]

Them forcibly converting Fakhar to be a finisher and change his whole batting position just months before a World Cup is criminal activity. He'll still do it because he cares about the team but this is not the way you treat your senior and most dependable batsman. Even no.4 is valid imo but anything below that means you don't value what he brings despite him not having the same abilities still

Fakhar is an opener or NO spot below 3 - period!
These idiots will destroy his utility. The ENTIRE T20 setup of this team is meesed up and they are hell bent on stupid experiments which will gain nothing and lose everything - stupid coaching/selection.

 

[Fanboy375]

Deliberately under performing to remove the ZimBabar tag .. Lanka-e-Azam

Lanka Azam or SA Azam better than Zimbu Azam.

 

[Caved12]

Pakistan should have batted first against a weaker side like Zimbabwe and used the chance to truly test this new “modern cricket” template Hesson keeps talking about. When else are we going to find out whether these “young” players can actually play that high-tempo style? I don’t think they can, but at least try it against a team like Zimbabwe and see where we stand. Absolutely no idea why we chose to bowl first after winning the toss.

 

[Rana]

I am gonna lay my neck on the line and say that Sikandar Raza is a better batsmen than Babar in T20 format !

Lol bro why is that putting your neck on the line?

Putting your neck on the line is by claiming the left handed opener Murumani is better than Babar in T20s

I think he is

 

[harshjoshi87]

What was he doing all these years?

I read somewhere he had shifted to UAE.

 

[harshjoshi87]

Well played Usman. We should all support a cricketer who left UAE dreams to play for mulk.

 

[harshjoshi87]

look at Nawaz Clearing the boundary with ease compared to this hack. Nawaz looks like proper batter compared to Usman who looks for runs in ugly fashion and only succeeds if luck is with him

Nawaz is playing international cricket for last 4-5 years, Usman hasn't played enough at international level.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Pakistan should have batted first against a weaker side like Zimbabwe and used the chance to truly test this new “modern cricket” template Hesson keeps talking about. When else are we going to find out whether these “young” players can actually play that high-tempo style? I don’t think they can, but at least try it against a team like Zimbabwe and see where we stand. Absolutely no idea why we chose to bowl first after winning the toss.

Because we are scared to reach a below par score and then be embarrassed by Zimbos.