Pakistan (302/9) defeat Afghanistan (300/5) by 1 wicket to win the 2nd ODI

[imshally81]

Runout

 

[Marooned]

Imam habitually keeps making poor calls for running between wickets.

 

[Rana]

The great number 4 MashaAllah

 

[Cric1234]

Run out Afghans keeping Imam out there to make the run go up.

 

[Shafi]

Rizwan should only play as an opener. Very limited ability

 

[Marooned]

Wew almost another runout.

 

[Rana]

Great match

 

[Rana]

I recon THE WORST Player to be trusted with the number 4 position in Pakistan history

 

[imshally81]

Again suicidal running

 

[Marooned]

RR keeps going up. We will need a chacha special at this rate.

 

[PakPremi]

What a lucky 50 by Babar

Rashid owned him again

How? Only got beaten once as did Imam.

 

[PakPremi]

RR keeps going up. We will need a chacha special at this rate.

More Agha than Chacha

 

[Devadwal]

Easy win for Pakistan but good game as they will be tested unlike last game

 

[Cric1234]

Easy win for Pakistan but good game as they will be tested unlike last game

You really think chasing over 8 an over will be easy in the last 10 overs.

 

[mominsaigol]

Imam habitually keeps making poor calls for running between wickets.

That wasn't Imam's fault. Rizwan made the call. Watch closely.

 

[Fazzy321]

Defo need some partnership here if we want to win

 

[Shafi]

Aga Salman 3 of 9!!! Pathetic. Nawaz should play ahead of Usama Mir.

 

[Firebat]

Pakistan ahead on runs of where AFG where at this stage

 

[Fazzy321]

Someone give Salman some fitting gloves he is always fixing them

 

[Marooned]

That wasn't Imam's fault. Rizwan made the call. Watch closely.

Agreed.

He himself has been guilty of the same on multiple occasions though.

 

[Marooned]

Pakistan seem to have a significant fan following in Sri Lanka. Never knew that.

 

[PakPremi]

Pointless shot by Agha

 

[Ahmed216]

Agha was batting like there was a rat in his pants

 

[Ahmed216]

Usama Mir

 

[mominsaigol]

Agreed.

He himself has been guilty of the same on multiple occasions though.

Imam definitely has, I don't disagree, but in this instance it was rizwan who made the call, not imam.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Why Chacha is being hidden

 

[Ahmed216]

This is the best we can expect from Babar in the name of innovation

 

[Devadwal]

Lol Why he was even sent ahead of Iftikhar and shadab

 

[boomboomcheema]

In Chacha we trust.

 

[Firebat]

Usama Mir?

 

[Shafi]

Usama is such a useless player!!! Should never be selected again

 

[SamNJ]

One can see they were trying to bring nrr down. It just didn't pay off.

 

[sindhiboy]

this is chaotic

 

[mominsaigol]

If babar isn't gonna use agha as a bowling option then simply put saud and tayyab needs to take their place.

Or you can choose nawaz instead.

Agha is useless against afghan spinners.

 

[Ahmed216]

If Imam plays a long innings it almost always involves a run out

 

[Saj]

Middle order panic stations again.

Don't get why Usama was sent in at 6.

 

[SamNJ]

Usama is such a useless player!!! Should never be selected again

Shadab + Nawaz is better combo.

 

[SamNJ]

Finally Imam falls. Concentration lapse.

 

[Ahmed216]

As I said in last game play proper bats.
All rounders from no. 5 onwards will never work.
But Babar will never learn. He loves rellu kattas

 

[boomboomcheema]

Imad selfish knock gone good didn't deserve 100.

 

[Adi_62945]

Pak middle order is hilarious
A big weak link

 

[mominsaigol]

I told everyone from the start that the middle order would be exposed badly.

But no, keep playing your so called winning 11.

If saud came in instead of Rizwan who seeks to take runs when the ball is literally right next to the fielder, this wouldn't have happened.

Similarly if tayyab was here in place of usama mir, this wouldn't have happened either.

 

[Fazzy321]

Middle order being useless again

 

[mominsaigol]

Imad selfish knock gone good didn't deserve 100.

It wasn't a selfish knock, he played that shot to accelerate the innings cause run rate was climbing and pressure was Building because he was losing partners.

Rizwan and agha are to blame.

 

[PakPremi]

Pakistan were going nicely when Babar was at crease with Imam, as soon as he is dismissed the calmness disappeared as usual from Pakistan batting. Silly experiments and suicidal runout and shot selections self inflicting damage.

 

[Devadwal]

Required Run rate is not too high

 

[boomboomcheema]

Need to consolidate till the 45th over and take it from there. Target 50 runs last 5 overs.

 

[pratiktc]

Where's Imad Wasim when you need him

 

[Ahmed216]

Imam's inability to accelerate after getting in is no secret. But he's a top player for this line up

 

[Heisenberg111]

Pakistan is reaching minnow level in ODI's too, they are minnow level in Tests already.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Imad selfish knock gone good didn't deserve 100.

Spot on, he only showed a bit of "fake aggression" when trying to get to selfish milestone

 

[mominsaigol]

Need to consolidate till the 45th over and take it from there. Target 50 runs last 5 overs.

If we target 50 last 5 overs, we are guaranteed to lose because shadab and chacha ain't making it my dude.

Only way to win to take singles and doubles and take it till the last over.

 

[Saj]

If Imam plays a long innings it almost always involves a run out

stop start. Sold Rizwan down the river it seemed.

 

[Justcrazy]

This is where Babar is behind , he gets runs , but lacks the instinct to take his team to win.

 

[mominsaigol]

stop start. Sold Rizwan down the river it seemed.

Rizwan made the call, not imam

 

[SamNJ]

Abdul Rahman will be targeted.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Run rate reached 9.5 in no time. It was hovering just a little over 6 when Babar and Imam were batting then reached 7 when both slowed in the middle overs and now almost 10.

 

[pratiktc]

Abdul Rahman is the new Gulbadan Naib...budget atleast 30 off his last 3 and the chase is banked

 

[Saj]

Pakistan looking to target the pacers it seems and get the main spinners overs out the way.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need 70 runs in 44 balls.

Disappointing batting here .

 

[MenInG]

Cmon Ifti!!!

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pakistan can win it. They just need a 15 run over here.

If Afg can get one more wicket, they are truely into the tail. Shaheen can bat a bit. Bit he is a hitter. Cannot fully trust him to get 40 runs.

 

[Firebat]

1 boundary in roughly the last 8 overs. Make that 2!

 

[pratiktc]

Bring it to no more than 36 off last 3.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Bowling short on this wicket gets punished yet again. Poor ball from Farooqui

 

[Cricket Warrior]

iftikhar running between the wicket is horrible.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Amir Sohail should not be in the commie box. Where is Bazid when you need him

 

[boomboomcheema]

Mujeeb has been bowled out, Rashid has one left. So rest of the bowlers have to bowl 4 overs.

 

[ZaidTR]

Shadab came after Chacha! How much time does Chacha needs to settle in

 

[Champ_Pal]

56 off 30 balls. This is going down the wire folks.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need 56 runs in 30 balls.

Pakistan need some big hits here ,

 

[Justcrazy]

Last over of Rashid Khan , Pakistan should look not to lose wicket here

 

[mominsaigol]

Winning 11 folks!!!!!!, No need to experiment with saud, tayyab or Abdullah. Play rizwan and Agha, I'm sure they'll get you the Win!!!!

 

[Saj]

Better start hitting out or this match is gone.

 

[pratiktc]

4 ovs 46
Easy peasy

 

[Cricket Warrior]

they must target rehman

 

[PakPremi]

Shadab with his running and energetic batting keeping Pakistan in the hunt.

 

[Justcrazy]

10 from Rashid over , Pakistan would be happy now.

 

[PakPremi]

Ifti should be replaced by Tayyab next match, he is always block or hit type player.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Wicket falls