Pakistan (299/5) secure a narrow 6-run victory over Sri Lanka (293/9) in the series opener

[BouncerGuy]

@Rana rizbabar is batting atm... I hope you are not sad to see fakhar's knock?

 

[Kianig89]

Babar and Rizwan together, it's been an eternity

 

[Kianig89]

@Rana must be fuming

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Fakhars last impactful inning was in 2023, and now he is 35+ years old he must be replaced with Azan awais.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Fakhars last impactful inning was in 2023, and now he is 35+ years old he must be replaced with Azan awais.

But he is a modern day giant

 

[rpant_gabba]

RizBar magic!

 

[Sachin fan]

Babar is determined to make his 100 today, no matter how many balls it takes.

 

[Asif321]

Such a boring format - especially when mid tier teams play... yawnn!!

Only t20 cricket will survive . People have lot of things to do now and everything is fast unlike before when the fun was only TV . Test cricket will survive in England and Australia only . HK super sixes generate more revenue than these Odis .

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

King and Kaptana at the crease. Big 100s boys come on. Saim and Fakhar performed to standard but no one will criticise them. For @Dr_Bassim I suppose it was like watching a ferrari on a race track. Fakhar is playing like Ramiz Raja from 1991.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Happy rana must be here to see this... rizwan gone

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Saim and Fakhar modern openers on flat pitch against nihari buffet lankan bowlers scored 38(69) balls.Shades of Gilly and Viv @BouncerGuy @Ahmed216 @Caved12 @Raja Ishtiaq

 

[Rana]

Numba 4

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

King and Kaptana at the crease. Big 100s boys come on. Saim and Fakhar performed to standard but no one will criticise them. For @Dr_Bassim I suppose it was like watching a ferrari on a race track. Fakhar is playing like Ramiz Raja from 1991.

aa gaya swaad!!

 

[BouncerGuy]

Our very own T20 Hero is here ... Salman the saviour.

 

[Omer2002]

As i said the other day hasaranga is too good ..this team is too poor.

 

[Rana]

@Rana must be fuming

Tissues for Rana

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Happy rana must be here to see this... rizwan gone

Better SR than Saim and Fakhar. Only SR matters right?

 

[Rana]

Happy rana must be here to see this... rizwan gone

Time for you to tell us this pitch is a landmine

 

[Rana]

Babar and Rizwan together, it's been an eternity

Feels like Veer Zaara being reunited for you

 

[khyberlion]

A joke that rizwan bats at 4 shouldn't be higher then no 7.

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Tulla Agha time. Will be chewing gum and score at his T20 SR of 110 today?

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

too slow so far. Pakistan definitely has issues against decent spin.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Fakhars last impactful inning was in 2023, and now he is 35+ years old he must be replaced with Azan awais.

Last 23 matches, average 30, strike rate 87.

 

[Rana]

How is this number 4 any different to number 7s?

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Atleast Rizwan was selfless not to waste a review. Tulla Agha was reviewing shockers

 

[Deewana Mastana]

This is modern day cricket

 

[BouncerGuy]

Time for you to tell us this pitch is a landmine

So it was a landmine when saim and fakhar were batting???

 

[Kianig89]

So the middle order will be tested today , good preparation for 2027 WC

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Thanks to useless Fakhar and Saim, Babar will need to play himself in and the usual suspects will hound him.

 

[Rana]

So it was a landmine when saim and fakhar were batting???

Have I praised Fakhar and Saim?

 

[Kianig89]

SL v Pak was a box office fixture back in 90s

 

[BouncerGuy]

Have I praised Fakhar and Saim?

Seen enough

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

@Farabi great innings by Saim and Fakhar today. Would make Farhan proud.

 

[SherWaqar]

Batting like cowards

 

[Omer2002]

I have a feeling Agha and Tallat will score some runs and stay in team for few yrs

 

[BouncerGuy]

collapse loading

 

[Rana]

SL v Pak was a box office fixture back in 90s

Yes, it’s 2025 now !

 

[Rana]

Atleast Rizwan was selfless not to waste a review. Tulla Agha was reviewing shockers

I so wish he took the review

 

[Rana]

@Rana rizbabar is batting atm... I hope you are not sad to see fakhar's knock?

Yeh tou shuru hone se pehle hi khatam hi gaya?

 

[BouncerGuy]

Yeh tou shuru hone se pehle hi khatam hi gaya?

Thanks to your duas....

 

[Rana]

The T20 skipper is on the move!

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

I so wish he took the review

Fair play bro you criticised Fakhar. We can agree we have to move on from him. Very good in his prime he is past it. We can actually try Farhan

 

[Rana]

Thanks to your duas....

Thanks to my Lord always being there for me when no one is Alhamdolillah.

 

[Omer2002]

I am not being funny but agha is getting to the pitch of the ball and batting any tom dick and harry should bat ob this wicket

 

[saabir]

Pakistan is such a boring side to watch when they bat first. They have a settled Top 5 but their problem is they all are old school of thought barring Saim.. it's always safety first approach. Fakhar is 35 who is more of a liability now . Babar and Rizwan are on decline. Saim is hit or miss.. Salman is probably more reliable option but he is also too slow.. This team can compete with middle rank or lower ranked teams but will struggle to compete with AUS, England and India going forward.

 

[Rana]

Fair play bro you criticised Fakhar. We can agree we have to move on from him. Very good in his prime he is past it. We can actually try Farhan

I don’t have favourites

Pakistan first.

At this rate, Pakistan is only winning 3, maybe 4 games in the 50 over World Cup at best.

An ageing, regressing side that fails to adopt the need to adapt. It’s plain and simple.

You might as well get the same results with 6-7 newbies who are told to just throw caution to the wind.

 

[adi_62941]

Is the pitch bowler friendly?

 

[BouncerGuy]

Babar gone...LOL

Boy is under the dirt... Move on

 

[adi_62941]

Babar doing tuk tuk which means his wicket is very near.

 

[Omer2002]

Tail ender goes...i mean how can tehse guys not read the wrong one ..look at the damn gap btw bat and ball if shaheen did that i wud be fuming

 

[Rana]

Pakistan desperately needs the 2 group model back for the 50 over World Cup

They have no chance to qualify in top 4

Zero chance with the current model.

 

[Rana]

Babar doing tuk tuk which means his wicket is very near.

You called it

Respect

 

[khyberlion]

Babar the clown departs after another pathetic innings.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Talat is out at the crease now. Can't bat, can't bowl lol

 

[Rana]

Pakistan’s David Milner

Hussain Talat

 

[Rana]

Got away with that.

Crap umpiring

 

[Omer2002]

Umpire saves tallat my days...m

 

[Rana]

Salman Busquets needs to stand firm

 

[Nikhil_cric]

2 poor decisions by umpires against SL so far.

 

[khyberlion]

Hussain talat can't bat against spin or pace.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Hussain "the useless" Talat is on... Worse guy you can select in that batting lineup.

 

[khyberlion]

2 poor decisions by umpires against SL so far.

Both as plumb as it gets.

 

[cricfan432]

Pitch is on slow side, you cant expect much from fakhar. Indian mainly scored in final due to dew.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Apart from Agha and Saim, none are reliable in this lineup.

 

[BouncerGuy]

150 all out

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Pakistan playing rubbish

 

[khyberlion]

Lol at Hussain talat he was looking for a back of the length ball to guide it to 3rd man hence missed out on a full toss.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Hussain "the useless" Talat is on... Worse guy you can select in that batting lineup.

Not sure what he is doing in the team

 

[Rana]

Don’t understand why Talat is batting like a

He is a crap player trying to be defensive

Play your natural game! Your going nowhere like this!

 

[BouncerGuy]

Not sure what he is doing in the team

Domestic bully???

 

[Vikram1989]

Any middle order pak player is turning to be more and more useless than the earlier one.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Only positive in this current team is Salman (Not in t20s though)

 

[Rana]

This is what Agha was supposed to do against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the two Super 4 games in the Asia cup

His failure in those situations opened the door to the serial failure Babar Azam.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Haseebullah needs to come in for fakhar next game

 

[khyberlion]

Don’t understand why Talat is batting like a

He is a crap player trying to be defensive

Play your natural game! Your going nowhere like this!

He is a very poor batsmen and is very limited. Can't believe we have dropped Hasan Nawaz for him.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Time to drop Babar for good, as he is more concerned with his "this too shall pass" dilemma rather than team's needs

 

[jamie smith fan]

Haseebullah needs to come in for fakhar next game

Babar also needs to go

 

[Rana]

No clue what to do batting first

Just survive, build a partnership or two…maybe make a par score….hope for opposition to capitulate with the bat later.

Typical nonsense! Qasam khaa li hai ke humne nahi badlna!

 

[Vikram1989]

Apart from Agha and Saim, none are reliable in this lineup.

Saim seems to have lots of technical issues against the good bowlers.Pandya showed it with good length bowling in Dubai and here Lanka bowlers with pitched up deliveries around the off stump.

 

[Rana]

Hasaranga the goat bruv

His wronguns turning sharp on a deck where it’s not even spinning much

Sick bowler!