Pakistan [189/6] beat South Africa [188/6] by 4 wickets in 1st T20I

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[ask_analyse_act]

Will see stubborn uncle Misbah will open with Fakhar or not.

 

[UzmanBeast]

It will be interesting to see where Fakhar plays.

No.3 wouldn't be a bad idea, especially when Shamsi comes into the mix. He bashed him around in the ODIs.

 

[imshally81]

Very poor bowling performance by Pakistan

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Really want Haider to do well. This management will not be too forgiving to someone like him

 

[Mesozoic]

Pak batting lineup looks much better than in the ODIs and South Africa's bowling is probably at BD level...

So, expecting an 18 over run chase...

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Below par from SA. With that garbage bowling attack, they won't be able to defend this at all.

 

[RajBan]

Pak batting lineup looks much better than in the ODIs and South Africa's bowling is probably at BD level...

So, expecting an 18 over run chase...

Zim level. BD is way better

 

[Hasan123]

Fakhar and Rizwan should open.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

No need to change the opening. No need to Panic

 

[Hasan123]

Babar and Rizwan opening.

 

[Hasan123]

Not a convincing start.

 

[imshally81]

Rizwan is not effective in PP

 

[Ozeirk]

They shouldn't have experimented with openers

 

[Ahmed216]

Watch rizwan scratch his way to a run a ball 20

 

[Justcrazy]

Big ask for Pakistan here

 

[Nasty Naz]

Babar and Rizwan opening again. Poor stuff from Misbah.

In terms of scoring quickly, that is probably one of the weakest opening pairing around the world.

 

[Ozeirk]

Spinner is expected to cause some hesitation but we should see off this phase

 

[ARK Rafay]

Interesting move to play Fakhar 1 down.

 

[Hasan123]

The top 5 is going to have do a lot of the work.

 

[Kroll]

What kind of opening pair is this? What is Misbah doing?

 

[Usman Chadda]

Misbah is a grade A idiot

 

[Hasan123]

Williams on debut.

 

[Rana]

What kind of opening pair is this? What is Misbah doing?

This is apparently our best available opening pair according to ‘experts’

 

[Sunzi]

Kohli v Babar thread about to be bumped in 3.. 2.. 1.. following that 'fastest to 6,000 in T20' graphic

 

[adzzy786]

Babar should have come in at 3

 

[Ozeirk]

Why isn't Sharjeel playing?

 

[Hasan123]

Fakhar opening gives you a left/right hand opening pair. I think Fakhar best position is opening in LO cricket.

 

[Abdullah Rabbani]

Hope rizwans golden run isn't over

 

[Nasty Naz]

Rizwan had some nice games but he should not be a opening fixture. The powerplay is when teams are explosive and look to score 50-60 consistently.

Old school approach from Pakistan that continues to persist.

 

[Rana]

Why isn't Sharjeel playing?

Because Misbah doesn’t like him

 

[Baigel]

Y'all seriously have short-term memory.

Rizwan scored a T20I hundred in the last T20I series he played, becoming the second Pakistani to do so. I agree, he's not the best bat in the world, but in no way should we be writing him off. He was a hero on here a few months ago.

Let's not fall victim to a general dislike towards a player

 

[imshally81]

444

 

[Rana]

2 overs. 10 runs

 

[Kroll]

Fakhar would have smashed that spinner in the 1st over.

 

[ARK Rafay]

What kind of opening pair is this? What is Misbah doing?

Off the three Fakhar, Babar and Rizwan. Rizwan takes the most time to get going. So He has to 100% open the innings if we want to play him in this format. Although it is the first time I think we'll see Fakhar come 1 down. I would definitely open Fakhar though.

 

[Hasan123]

Rizwan best position in T20s is opening. If he bats down the order you people will complain about him there. Babar has batted at 3 in LO regularly.

 

[Justcrazy]

Hafeez willbe key in this chase

 

[Markhor]

Two accumulators as T20 openers not ideal.

 

[Abdurmirr]

People on this site have the memory of a goldfish. Rizwan out batted both Sharjeel and Fakhar in the PSL. He deserves to be in the team

However I do agree that Fakhar should have opened with Babar coming at 3

 

[sindhiboy]

This lizaad Williams guy looks good. Should have played the last odi

 

[Hasan123]

Hendricks is rubbish. Should have kept Linde on.

 

[Ozeirk]

Wickets in hand can take Pakistan across the line so I am not worried about slightly average run rate.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Y'all seriously have short-term memory.

Rizwan scored a T20I hundred in the last T20I series he played, becoming the second Pakistani to do so. I agree, he's not the best bat in the world, but in no way should we be writing him off. He was a hero on here a few months ago.

Let's not fall victim to a general dislike towards a player

He doesn't belong in the T20 side if he doesn't open. That's a problem when you have Babar and Fakhar playing in their good forms. Misbah is going for an experiment which I don't like at all. Best bet in this situation would be to open Fakhar and Rizwan.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Is Lizaad just another trundler or does he bowl decent speeds?

 

[Rana]

Klaasen was 18, off 9

 

[Cric_lover4487]

Pak playing with only 4 batsman??

 

[sindhiboy]

Have the conditons suddenly changed?

 

[Nasty Naz]

Y'all seriously have short-term memory.

Rizwan scored a T20I hundred in the last T20I series he played, becoming the second Pakistani to do so. I agree, he's not the best bat in the world, but in no way should we be writing him off. He was a hero on here a few months ago.

Let's not fall victim to a general dislike towards a player

Rizwan is great and no one is disliking the player. It's just he shouldn't be opening.

Babar is incredible as an opener and you need an explosive opener with him with 200 runs in T20 becoming the norm.

Look at how SA openers came out and destroyed our best bowler. A lot of aggression is required in the powerplay.

 

[Rana]

Ahmad Shahzad vibes so far

 

[Greenstorm]

Misbah loser, the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[Hasan123]

Lots of pressure on the middle already.

 

[UzmanBeast]

This is some poor batting by Rizwan right now.

Hasn't looked like he adapted to the South African wickets this series.

 

[Abdurmirr]

Shot Bobby

 

[imshally81]

Sharjeel & Fakhar... Dream opening pair

 

[Fazzy321]

Two accumulators to start chasing a big target is not ideal

 

[Rana]

Sharjeel & Fakhar... Dream opening pair ��

It may never happen in our lifetime

 

[Abdurmirr]

Ahmad Shahzad vibes so far

Hey at least it isn’t Sharjeel Khan vibes off 11 from 19

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Pak playing with only 4 batsman??

Rizwan
Babar
Fakhar
Hafeez
Haider ali
Hasan and faheem can bat too

 

[Justcrazy]

The pitch is flat , you need to make sure you do not let required rate go to high.

 

[shah_1]

Rizwan simply doesn't fit in T20 cricket

 

[ex-q-zit]

Although many want Fakhar to open it makes sense for him to be at 3 and babar opening because he can score boundaries in the middle overs whereas Babar can try to find the boundaries in the powerplay when the fielders are in the circle.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

criminal to open with Rizwan when u have Fakhar in playing 11.

 

[UzmanBeast]

In a way, this is good for Babar because he knows it's up to him to accelerate.

Will he bat outside his comfort zone? It awaits to be seen.

 

[castortroy]

Why wouldn't you open with the Fakhar, the man in form

 

[imshally81]

Effortless shot by Babar

 

[Sunzi]

Sisanda carrying some timber ha ha.

Needs that Azam Khan diet!

 

[Baigel]

Rizwan is great and no one is disliking the player. It's just he shouldn't be opening.

Babar is incredible as an opener and you need an explosive opener with him with 200 runs in T20 becoming the norm.

Look at how SA openers came out and destroyed our best bowler. A lot of aggression is required in the powerplay.

Fair enough.

But where would you play Rizwan? If he plays this innings at 4 or 5, Pakistan automatically loses the game. Ideally, by having him open you give him a longer rope to 'come back' in his innings something he wouldn't be able to do lower down the order.

You're also right in saying that our openers need to be explosive, and Fakhar is not that. If you look at all of the innings in which he's scored big, he plays out the first 10 overs and then scores boundary on boundary. Fakhar is not the solution in T20I. If anyone, Sharjeel needs to open the innings because he has the ability to go after the bowlers from ball one, something no other Pakistani batsman can do. He's not a world beater, but he's the best we have at the moment

 

[UzmanBeast]

3 more overs, should be looking for at least 30 runs.

 

[Nasty Naz]

17 runs after 3 overs in a 189 chase.

Just really poor stuff right here.

 

[imshally81]

No ball wasted

 

[Rana]

Amazing power hit

 

[Sunzi]

Babar showing he should have come in at 3. Fakhar should have opened. Rizwan at the top is fine.

 

[Ozeirk]

It's criminal to miss the free hit.

 

[Markhor]

It's not unfair to criticise Babar's power game. Waste of a freehit.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Babar showing he should have come in at 3. Fakhar should have opened. Rizwan at the top is fine.

They guy who's on 10 from 8 should be in the middle order instead of the guy who's on 10 from 13?

 

[imshally81]

666

 

[Abdurmirr]

My ohh my Rizwan

 

[UzmanBeast]

Sedate start. Poor start. Poor bowling is not being dispatched. Need some real aggression from the middle order to win this.

 

[Fazzy321]

Babar wants to open so he can bring his average back to 50