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Pakistan announces squads for Asia Cup 2025 and T20I Tri-series against UAE and Afghanistan

The only reason Head doesnt open in test is cause both Steve smith and Pat Cummins dont see it that way. And their is no need to fix what isnt broken when Head avg 40+ with a sr of 60+ in tests at no 5.

Head is Leagues > Babar and Rizwan in all formats. Their is no comparison between these 2, although granted Head's form has been poor for a while.
 
Ahmed216 said:
Our moronic fans truly deserve the humiliation that awaits them because they refuse to learn.
At this point they'll send their grandmothers to play for Pakistan if it helps to keep Babar and Rizwan out.
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We have been humiliated consistently with Babar and Rizwan, what's the harm in trying something different? They have been guilty of playing some questionable knocks to save their spots, so we need to remove that toxicity from the environment and hope for something good in the future. Unfortunately due to our lack of talent because of multiple reasons, we are not in a position to do much more.
 
mominsaigol said:
Head doesnt open not cause he doesnt wish to, but Australia dont want him to.

People have forgotten that head was a no 5 all format batsmen. His 2 centuries vs PK were at no 5.

However he was naturally aggressive and hence they tried him as an opener in whiteball and he kicked off.

They tried him as an opener in test cricket and he did score a 36 ball 50 vs Sri Lanka however opening is difficult and Head + Steve Smith has worked well together.

No 5 is the easiest position to bat in test cricket even easier then no 4. But Head and Brooks dont bat their cause they want it easy, they bat their to maul oppositions.

They want to give their most destructive player the easiest batting positions as a result.

This whole Head is afraid to open is nonsense, Travis Head has vocally claimed he doesn't mind opening in test cricket but Pat Cummins and the management just dont see it that way.

Even Ponting chipped in and argued that its better to have 2 test specialists open and protect your most destructive batter.
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This is the point

You can move these lower middle order Test batters who are naturally aggressive to open in T20s. You can’t move naturally useless approach players like Babar and Rizwan to waste the powerplay!
 
Steve Smith will have so much trauma when batting with Babar this coming BBL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Smith sucks in t20 but he has always been a god at the MCG and SCG. Irrespective of formats, he tends to reach Bradman status whenever he bats on these venues and its evident from him world cup wins, his 62 ball 100's in odi's and his 123 run monster tallies in BBL.

But how is he suppose to handle Bobby at the other end 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Oh god, Sydney is my 2nd home. Zarrori tha ki iss ko hi sign karna tha🙄
 
mominsaigol said:
Steve Smith will have so much trauma when batting with Babar this coming BBL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.
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I’m more than certain Babar will not open for them

There was an ILT20 franchise who wanted to hire both Babar and Root, but Root set out the condition that he will only sign up if they do not pick Babar…as he didn’t want to cop the criticism of picking up from the mess he makes. This was reported by a reputed journalist in Pakistan.

Smith will either retire from cricket all together or if he is serious about his T20 franchise career for the twilight will make sure that Babar doesn’t destroy his earning potential.
 
Let’s look at the strike rates of the “modern” “aggressive” and “full of intent” players in Bangladesh and West Indies who have “set a new template” and “turned a corner”.

Bangladesh:

Sahibzada - 154
M. Nawaz - 136
Fakhar - 123
Saim - 121
Agha - 58 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haris - 50 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

West Indies:

H. Nawaz - 164
Saim - 135
Haris - 123
Sahibzada - 126
Agha - 114 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fakhar - 111 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

So across two series, Pakistan has just one batsman in both series with a SR of 140+.

Is this the new era, new aggression, new intent, new template, new brand of cricket that some people won’t shut up about?

It’s hilarious how the delusional clowns are trying to spin the narrative to make these players look more aggressive than Babar and Rizwan when they clearly aren’t. Apart from 1-2, all of them are slower than Babar and Rizwan.

I know the excuse already so please don’t bother. But but but but give us flat pitches saar or we cry.
:dw
 
Rana said:
I’m more than certain Babar will not open for them

There was an ILT20 franchise who wanted to hire both Babar and Root, but Root set out the condition that he will only sign up if they do not pick Babar…as he didn’t want to cop the criticism of picking up from the mess he makes. This was reported by a reputed journalist in Pakistan.

Smith will either retire from cricket all together or if he is serious about his T20 franchise career for the twilight will make sure that Babar doesn’t destroy his earning potential.
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Steve Smith recently stated that he wishes to play test cricket until 2028 and participate in the Olympics for 2028.

He has stated 2028 is his retirement date in cricket.

He lost interest in odi cricket tbf. In terms of t20, Steve Smith is only interested in BBL or if a tournament is hosted in Australia. Otherwise he is useless in t20 if he doesnt get to play at mcg.

MCG Steve Smith is the greatest all format player of all time. He's godly on that specific pitch for some reason. Otherwise hes a test atg and a medicore odi and t20 batter.

Smith isn't going anywhere in BBL, he's too clutch in Sydney and Melbourne. No franchise team will ever miss the opportunity to exclude Steve smith from the MCG regardless of format.
 
Agha with SRs of 58 and 114, Haris with SRs of 123 and 50, Fakhar with SRs of 123 and 111 are modern players but Babar and Rizwan are not.

Jesus Christ on a motorbike 🤣🤣🤣🤣
 
Mamoon said:
Agha with SRs of 58 and 114, Haris with SRs of 123 and 50, Fakhar with SRs of 123 and 111 are modern players but Babar and Rizwan are not.

Jesus Christ on a motorbike 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Salman Agha without playing the powerplay in his career has a sr similar to Babar and Rizwan, who have played a good majority of their career in the powerplay.

This only further strengthens the argument that Babar and Rizwan are FAILED T20 players.

Forget ‘modern’, they are pure failures.
 
Mamoon said:
Agha with SRs of 58 and 114, Haris with SRs of 123 and 50, Fakhar with SRs of 123 and 111 are modern players but Babar and Rizwan are not.

Jesus Christ on a motorbike 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Fakhar is a legendary ODI opener for Pakistan but by God, he is incredibly awful as a T20 opener. All his stats point to the fact that he was a very good number 4 in T20s but the fans were hell-bent on having him as an opener. A middle order combination of Fakhar and Hasan Nawaz can work wonders for Pakistan but common sense is a rich commodity in this country that most people can't afford.
 
shariqnoor said:
Fakhar is a legendary ODI opener for Pakistan but by God, he is incredibly awful as a T20 opener. All his stats point to the fact that he was a very good number 4 in T20s but the fans were hell-bent on having him as an opener. A middle order combination of Fakhar and Hasan Nawaz can work wonders for Pakistan but common sense is a rich commodity in this country that most people can't afford.
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Coke Zero is a rich commodity in this country too.
 
Rana said:
Coke Zero is a rich commodity in this country too.
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Which is why all the sugar that you ingested messed your brain so much that you made Salman Butt your godfather of T20 cricket openers.

"Salman Butt was maturing into an ideal opener in T20 cricket". :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: 🤡🤡🤡🤡
 
Mamoon said:
Agha with SRs of 58 and 114, Haris with SRs of 123 and 50, Fakhar with SRs of 123 and 111 are modern players but Babar and Rizwan are not.

Jesus Christ on a motorbike 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Khushdil shah with a SR of 104 is supposed to be the death specialist 😂😂
 
Ahmed216 said:
Khushdil shah with a SR of 104 is supposed to be the death specialist 😂😂
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Only thing that charsi will specialize in is the death of Pakistan’s win percentage in the death overs. A pathetic player who is nowhere near international level.
 
shariqnoor said:
Fakhar is a legendary ODI opener for Pakistan but by God, he is incredibly awful as a T20 opener. All his stats point to the fact that he was a very good number 4 in T20s but the fans were hell-bent on having him as an opener. A middle order combination of Fakhar and Hasan Nawaz can work wonders for Pakistan but common sense is a rich commodity in this country that most people can't afford.
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You have hit the nail on the head as always.

Fakhar is a terrible T20 opener who can neither score enough runs nor does he score quickly.

He gets outperformed as a T20 opener by Babar and Rizwan in both internationals and PSL but the delusional clowns will continue to live in denial all because he played a great knock vs Australia C in 2018.
 
God I never knew a war would start today 🤣🤣🤣.

It seems pcb has hit a nerve by dropping ba/riz.

Everyone expected ba/riz to return for the asia cup but it didn't manifest.
 
Mamoon said:
Only thing that charsi will specialize in is the death of Pakistan’s win percentage in the death overs. A pathetic player who is nowhere near international level.
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Indeed. He's a waste of a spot.

They could easily have played Babar at 3 with some other player at 6 instead of Happyheart who makes us very sad.
 
mominsaigol said:
God I never knew a war would start today 🤣🤣🤣.

It seems pcb has hit a nerve by dropping ba/riz.

Everyone expected ba/riz to return for the asia cup but it didn't manifest.
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Yesterday the wastemans were digesting the initial shock

It’s like they actually believed Babar and Rizwan would make the T20 squad :ROFLMAO:
 
Ahmed216 said:
Indeed. He's a waste of a spot.

They could easily have played Babar at 3 with some other player at 6 instead of Happyheart who makes us very sad.
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Pakistan is two proper batsmen short, and this will come back to bite them hard.

Watch out for the excuses though.

But but but pitch was sluggish. But but but we wouldn’t have won with Babar and Rizwan either. But but but you have to give them time.

But but but they don’t act like superstars. But but but they have intent. These clowns think cricket is religion where your “niyat” matters not actions 🤣
 
RidiculousMan said:
Damn Salman Butt has great stats in that tournament considering it was 2010. Heck even today if someone scored near 250 runs at 62 average and 131 SR that would be considered great performance in a T20I WC for a Pakistani.
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That’s why I said “he was maturing” into a good T20 opener. For that era he was very good. He understood the assignment pretty well and was starting to score regularly.

It’s unfortunate Shree Coke Zero saab can’t understand anything
 
RidiculousMan said:
Damn Salman Butt has great stats in that tournament considering it was 2010. Heck even today if someone scored near 250 runs at 62 average and 131 SR that would be considered great performance in a T20I WC for a Pakistani.
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You really need to read stats properly. Butt sahab had an average off 44 at a SR of 131. In the same tournament, Jayawardene as an opener has a SR of 160, Gayle 157, Warner 149.

Butt sahab inflated his average and SR against Bangladeshis who in 2010 were complete minnows. Butt sahab's SR against Australia, NZ, Eng and SA in that tournament was 120.

That's why looking at stats on face value can be misleading.

Butt bhai has a career T20 SR of 107. Lol. "Ideal T20 opener". haha
 
shariqnoor said:
You really need to read stats properly. Butt sahab had an average off 44 at a SR of 131. In the same tournament, Jayawardene as an opener has a SR of 160, Gayle 157, Warner 149.

Butt sahab inflated his average and SR against Bangladeshis who in 2010 were complete minnows. Butt sahab's SR against Australia, NZ, Eng and SA in that tournament was 120.

That's why looking at stats on face value can be misleading.

Butt bhai has a career T20 SR of 107. Lol. "Ideal T20 opener". haha
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Just because you’ve been caught with your pants down doesn’t mean you start showing us your hypocritical tendencies. The reason why I go after you is because of your double standards in the first place. It’s you who used to do cheerleading for Babar and Rizwan here. I have targeted many of your type over the years. Quite a few of them have seen the light and moved over to the right side. You and others will continue to be made to suffer.

Salman Butt’s average and sr in 2010 here is better than or slightly better than what Babar and Rizwan have accumulated over 4 years from 2020-2025. If you have the gall to support Babar and Rizwan for their rubbish in this era, how the hell do you have the audacity to say Butt’s average and sr is poor for 2010???
 
Rana said:
Just because you’ve been caught with your pants down doesn’t mean you start showing us your hypocritical tendencies. The reason why I go after you is because of your double standards in the first place. It’s you who used to do cheerleading for Babar and Rizwan here. I have targeted many of your type over the years. Quite a few of them have seen the light and moved over to the right side. You and others will continue to be made to suffer.

Salman Butt’s average and sr in 2010 here is better than or slightly better than what Babar and Rizwan have accumulated over 4 years from 2020-2025. If you have the gall to support Babar and Rizwan for their rubbish in this era, how the hell do you have the audacity to say Butt’s average and sr is poor for 2010???
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"Caught with your pants down".

Dude is this what makes you sleep well at night. hahaahah.

Your low IQ cricket knowledge has been truly exposed and you are trying to double down to save face. Salman Butt has a freaking career SR of 107 in T20 and you are justifying him as an ideal T20 opener in the making. hahaha.
 
shariqnoor said:
"Caught with your pants down".

Dude is this what makes you sleep well at night. hahaahah.

Your low IQ cricket knowledge has been truly exposed and you are trying to double down to save face. Salman Butt has a freaking career SR of 107 in T20 and you are justifying him as an ideal T20 opener in the making. hahaha.
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Where did I ever say he’s an ideal opener? Am I the one who was bouncing up and down like Jennifer Lopez for Babar and Rizwan because it’s Misbah’s project or was that you?
 
DeadlyVenom said:
He is not a great player but can be a handy utility player in some positions. He's a good squad pick.
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Can be. But has he ever been handy? I have never seen him perform. There is no way he’s a good squad pick based on the numbers he’s posted.
 
Mamoon said:
Let’s look at the strike rates of the “modern” “aggressive” and “full of intent” players in Bangladesh and West Indies who have “set a new template” and “turned a corner”.

Bangladesh:

Sahibzada - 154
M. Nawaz - 136
Fakhar - 123
Saim - 121
Agha - 58 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haris - 50 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

West Indies:

H. Nawaz - 164
Saim - 135
Haris - 123
Sahibzada - 126
Agha - 114 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fakhar - 111 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

So across two series, Pakistan has just one batsman in both series with a SR of 140+.

Is this the new era, new aggression, new intent, new template, new brand of cricket that some people won’t shut up about?

It’s hilarious how the delusional clowns are trying to spin the narrative to make these players look more aggressive than Babar and Rizwan when they clearly aren’t. Apart from 1-2, all of them are slower than Babar and Rizwan.

I know the excuse already so please don’t bother. But but but but give us flat pitches saar or we cry.
:dw
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Both series were on the tough pitches, where not only Pakistani batsmen, but also Bengali and W. Indies batsmen were struggling and their strike rates are also not better.
Please be just when criticizing others.
 
Caved12 said:
Politics is killing this team. Aaqib is a corrupt individual, and Hesson is completely sold out, blindly listening to Aaqib and Naqvi just because they gave him this job. It makes no sense that we changed captains like Babar and Rizwan only to appoint another player as captain in this format who has achieved little in T20s and has a strike rate worse than both Rizwan and Babar.

I really like Salman and believe he can continue to improve as a T20 player, but at this point, he is just a yes-man and a puppet of Aaqib, Naqvi, and Hesson. Trust me, nothing would make me happier than to see this squad and our coach prove me wrong and do well in the upcoming tournament, because all I want is to see Pakistan win. But I highly doubt they will succeed, because all the management seems to be doing is punishing players and replacing them with others who are even worse than the ones they dropped.

You guys keep saying you support young players but where are they? Who are they? All I see are tried and tested failures, most of them 30 plus, being given more chances and brought back into this squad.
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Please don't compare Agha with Riz/Babar.
Why?
Because as compared to Agha, both Riz/Babar ALWAYS bat and occupy the crease for MANY overs in T20, giving little opportunity to the better strike players like Fakhar, Hasan Nawaz, Nawaz, Faheem.
While Agha makes sure, if Pakistan is in a good position, then he does not waste overs for Pakistan with lower strike rate, and better strike rate hitters can be promoted.
This promotion of hard hitters is not possible (or only limitedly possible) with Riz/Babar. That is why they don't belong to T20 team.
 
RidiculousMan said:
Why is he congratulating the squad? They haven't won the Asia Cup yey
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Drameybaazi

The best good luck wishes he can give is his official T20i retirement

No player who plays for the team should have to worry about being replaced by this selfish individual
 
Rana said:
Just because you’ve been caught with your pants down doesn’t mean you start showing us your hypocritical tendencies. The reason why I go after you is because of your double standards in the first place. It’s you who used to do cheerleading for Babar and Rizwan here. I have targeted many of your type over the years. Quite a few of them have seen the light and moved over to the right side. You and others will continue to be made to suffer.

Salman Butt’s average and sr in 2010 here is better than or slightly better than what Babar and Rizwan have accumulated over 4 years from 2020-2025. If you have the gall to support Babar and Rizwan for their rubbish in this era, how the hell do you have the audacity to say Butt’s average and sr is poor for 2010???
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2010 being compared with 2025 🤣🤣. Yar rana bro, these guys have lost it.

From punishment, to boycotting to comparing players from 2010 to justify placements to claiming 45 ball 100 players dont warrant a place in the squad.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
 
HaiderAmmar said:
Both series were on the tough pitches, where not only Pakistani batsmen, but also Bengali and W. Indies batsmen were struggling and their strike rates are also not better.
Please be just when criticizing others.
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Babar and Rizwan have chased down 200+ scores multiple times on flat pitches too.

There is no need of using the pitch excuse when you keep advertising the new era.

The new era is a damp squib and the delusional fans will end up with eggs on their face.
 
I just realized that Lord Talat, with a devastating strike rate of 117 in T20Is and 125 in T20s, is also part of the squad.

He clearly fits the bill of the modern and aggressive T20I cricket that PCB wants to play.

PCB’s genius idea to modernize Pakistan’s T20I cricket is to replace Babar and Rizwan with slower players.
 
Mamoon said:
I just realized that Lord Talat, with a devastating strike rate of 117 in T20Is and 125 in T20s, is also part of the squad.

He clearly fits the bill of the modern and aggressive T20I cricket that PCB wants to play.

PCB’s genius idea to modernize Pakistan’s T20I cricket is to replace Babar and Rizwan with slower players.
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I love how these selections brings the best 🤡 out of you.

Hussain Talat striking at 135 at an average of 41 batting at 5 for Zalmi in this year’s PSL

Whereas Zimbu averaged 36 at a sr of 128 as an opener who was forced to move down the order because it became evident that he is hindering his side.

If you want to make comparisons with players selected to those who were not….speak about their batting positions and the role they have in those positions. No one asked Babar to not show the world why he isn’t a proper T20 opener. Babar did that all by himself.
 
People talk about the “new template”.

New template my backside. The comical inconsistency and hypocrisy of the selection show that there is no new template apart from a clear objective to sideline Babar and Rizwan and pick whoever they can find whether they deserve to be in the squad or not.

You can’t take about new template and then pick batsmen with rubbish strike rates. It’s absolute comedy.
 
Rana said:
I love how these selections brings the best 🤡 out of you.

Hussain Talat striking at 135 at an average of 41 batting at 5 for Zalmi in this year’s PSL

Whereas Zimbu averaged 36 at a sr of 128 as an opener who was forced to move down the order because it became evident that he is hindering his side.

If you want to make comparisons with players selected to those who were not….speak about their batting positions and the role they have in those positions. No one asked Babar to not show the world why he isn’t a proper T20 opener. Babar did that all by himself.
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Yes the deeply mediocre Talat really uprooted trees for Zalmi with a groundbreaking SR of 135.

We are ready to rename the stadium in his honor and maybe erect a statue for him as well.

He is a poor batsman with a depressed face and he doesn’t deserve to play for Pakistan in T20Is. He is an OK option at best for ODIs.
 
HaiderAmmar said:
Please don't compare Agha with Riz/Babar.
Why?
Because as compared to Agha, both Riz/Babar ALWAYS bat and occupy the crease for MANY overs in T20, giving little opportunity to the better strike players like Fakhar, Hasan Nawaz, Nawaz, Faheem.
While Agha makes sure, if Pakistan is in a good position, then he does not waste overs for Pakistan with lower strike rate, and better strike rate hitters can be promoted.
This promotion of hard hitters is not possible (or only limitedly possible) with Riz/Babar. That is why they don't belong to T20 team.
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In fact Agha should be called out for hiding in the batting order. He needs to up his SR game rather than batting at number 7-8 ‘for the team’
 
Mamoon said:
Yes the deeply mediocre Talat really uprooted trees for Zalmi with a groundbreaking SR of 135.

We are ready to rename the stadium in his honor and maybe erect a statue for him as well.

He is a poor batsman with a depressed face and he doesn’t deserve to play for Pakistan in T20Is. He is an OK option at best for ODIs.
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Tell Babar and Rizwan do do it better than him in that position. The guys selected in the positions preferred by Babar and Rizwan have shown they are better than those two for those positions.

You have an issue with Agha? Tell those two to prove they are better for the position Agha plays in

If you have an issue with Khushdil and Faheem, tell those two to show they are better for those positions!

FYI, Lord Talat also captained his side to the national T20 cup championship with an almost perfect win streak. The one match he lost was the one in which Babar Azam and Naseem Shah featured for him.
 
Who is Adam Bell? Never heard of him before, but his poor analysis says everything that needs to be said about him.

The biggest delusion is the idea that Agha would have better numbers than Babar if they played in the same position 🤡🤣
 
Obaidd said:
In fact Agha should be called out for hiding in the batting order. He needs to up his SR game rather than batting at number 7-8 ‘for the team’
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What you are not understanding is a simple fact that it may be that Agha can be replaced if Pakistan finds a better batsman than him for this 5 or 6 down position, who is a reliable batter (i.e. can bat in a crisis situation without losing his wicket) and who is also a better hard hitter than no. 7-8. ...... but both Riz/Babar cannot be that 5 or 6 down position batters.
 
Mamoon said:
Babar and Rizwan have chased down 200+ scores multiple times on flat pitches too.
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False. Babar/Riz chased 200+ ONLY a few times, and that is why the final verdict after looking at their full batting history is clear that they cannot bat with suitable run rate as openers or as 1 down. At the moment, we have better options than them at these positions, even if their strike rates were lower in the last Benglai or W. Indies series due to dangerous pitches.

Mamoon said:
There is no need of using the pitch excuse when you keep advertising the new era.
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Do you know what your problem is? Instead of COMPARING things on the entire scale, you take only one party, and then find a FEW faults in that party, and on that basis you dismiss the entire case of that party.

You should realize that nothing is 100% perfect in this world. No one is 100% perfect. Thus, despite lower run rate in Bangle or W. Indies series, these new batsman bat at much higher strike rate than Bab/Riz.
 
Same wine, different bottle. That’s all I will say about this rubbish squad.

I openly challenge all PPers who are happy with this squad to prove me wrong. I am ready.
 
Mamoon said:
Same wine, different bottle. That’s all I will say about this rubbish squad.

I openly challenge all PPers who are happy with this squad to prove me wrong. I am ready.
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Lol at prove you wrong and waste time in the process. Why bother
 
Agha’s winning the tri-series. This should give him a lot of confidence.

Cmon M Haris show the world you can stay at crease for more than 2-3 overs. Make the intention count.
 
Aqib_mustafa said:
Does harris have in him to stay for longer time on the crease?
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I don’t think he can play a long innings which is why I never rate him as an ODI option.

In t20 too, he usually just comes and goes. Rarely plays a meaningful innings. But Riz is so not suited for t20s that this guy is what we got currently.

I’d even check out his performance as shaheen’s captain every now and then. Just collecting single digit scores all around this guy.
 
Savak said:
Lol at prove you wrong and waste time in the process. Why bother
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That’s your choice, but my invitation is on the table.

I’m happy to change my mind if anyone can come up with an intelligent argument in favor of this squad and prove to me that this isn’t a same wine in different bottle situation.

However, I understand that my condition (intelligent arguments only) rules out posters like you, so I will wait for some intelligent poster to take up this challenge and prove me wrong.
 
Obaidd said:
I don’t think he can play a long innings which is why I never rate him as an ODI option.

In t20 too, he usually just comes and goes. Rarely plays a meaningful innings. But Riz is so not suited for t20s that this guy is what we got currently.

I’d even check out his performance as shaheen’s captain every now and then. Just collecting single digit scores all around this guy.
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But he can play shots he can hit sixes but he needs to realise staying in crease is important even in t20 you can take bit of time look for gaps don't just go Ariel all the time.
 
Yes he has a century against BD. An innings I missed, so I think I am going to check out the highlights to see why this guy has so many fans. With total ODI career of 30 runs off 35 balls and 5 dismissals.

In t20s too apart from that century he has a solitary 41 to talk of.

Idc what he did in PSL cuz even Usman Khan and Azam Khan can do well in that league.
 
RidiculousMan said:
Pakistan announce squads for UAE T20I tri-series and Asia Cup

The Men’s National Selection Committee has announced Pakistan squads for the upcoming T20I tri-series and Asia Cup scheduled to take place in the UAE from 29 August to 28 September. The tri-series, featuring Afghanistan, Pakistan and UAE will be played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium from 29 August to 7 September.

The eight-team ACC Asia Cup T20I tournament will be staged in Abu Dhabi and Dubai from 9 to 28 September. Pakistan are placed in Group ‘A’ alongside India, Oman and UAE.

17-member squad:

Salman Ali Agha (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wicket-keeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Sufyan Moqim.

Tri-series schedule (all matches at Sharjah Cricket Stadium):

29 August – Afghanistan v Pakistan – 7pm local time

30 August – UAE v Pakistan – 7pm local time

1 September – UAE v Afghanistan – 7pm local time

2 September – Pakistan v Afghanistan – 7pm local time

4 September – Pakistan v UAE – 7pm local time

5 September – Afghanistan v UAE – 7pm local time

7 September – Final – 7pm local time

ACC Asia Cup T20 2025 (Pakistan fixtures, Super Fours and Final):

12 September – Oman v Pakistan, DICS, 6pm local time

14 September – India v Pakistan, DICS, 6pm local time

17 September – UAE v Pakistan, DICS, 6pm local time

20-26 September – Super Fours fixtures (Abu Dhabi and Dubai)

28 September – Final, DICS, 6pm local time



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