Pakistan need Sharjeel Khan back as soon as possible

[Rellu_Katta]

Fakhar
Sharjeel
Babar
Sarfraz
Umar Akmal
Asif Ali
Imad
Shadab
Amir
Hassan
Hasnain

A modern ODI suite. Only need one accumulator in babar. This is a modern side.

i actually laughed at this team lol .... only 1 sane and sensible batsmen in Babar Azam lol .... this team wont cross 200 99 times out a 100 .... hahahahaah Umar Akmal and Asif Ali in same team with Fakhar and Sharjeel ... hahhahahahah

Asif Ali and Umar Akmal should not be near any team ...not in a million miles radius lol

 

[Rellu_Katta]

I can’t answer that but I can say is even if he’s 10% of the player he was he’d still be better than half our batting lineup.

I’m sure he would have scored more than a total of 8 in 3 innings.

If he takes the swing wildly at every ball approach he will connect more than Asif Ali.

He will have more of an impact on a game than Imam at his best can.


I’m in favour of lifetime bans from the national team for those caught match/spot fixing but if you’re going to let Amir and Malik back then you can’t be selective. One rule for all.

lol ... how many matches did Sharjeel actually win for us ... cant remember even 1 ..... .... and he is better than half our batting line up .. so he is a better player than Babar , Harris , Imam??

 

[AAli98]

Fakhar & sharjeels 65/0 of 10 overs will be better than 160/3 of 30 overs with imam at the crease.

 

[Hasan123]

One thing I will say is bringing him back doesn't look good. It shows the next generation of Pakistan cricketers that you can fix and still play for Pakistan. We should have a 0 tolerance towards fixers. If you fix , that should be your international career over.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Fakhar & sharjeels 65/0 of 10 overs will be better than 160/3 of 30 overs with imam at the crease.

i would take 160/3 after 30 any day of the week... bcz 65/0 in 10 is going to happen once in a blue moon and the other one will happen atleast 5/6 time in 10 ... so u do the maths lol

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

This is how things happening in pakistan since 47. Giving chances to courrpt people and sincere people wont get a chance. Sharjeel was good batsman but its all over for him.

 

[AAli98]

i would take 160/3 after 30 any day of the week... bcz 65/0 in 10 is going to happen once in a blue moon and the other one will happen atleast 5/6 time in 10 ... so u do the maths lol

Fakhar & sharjeels 65/0 IMPACT runs will lead to 320/340 where as Imams 160/3 will lead to 240/260

#if u know u know what I mean

 

[Titan24]

Fakhar & sharjeels 65/0 IMPACT runs will lead to 320/340 where as Imams 160/3 will lead to 240/260

#if u know u know what I mean

Last 3 times Imam scored a century Pak went on to score more than 300.

 

[Mueez]

We should stick with Fakhar, or try out Sahibzada Farhan.

Sahibzada Farhan isn’t that good.

I saw him play recently and he is really a leg-side hack.

Anything on the off-stump and he is a goner.

 

[topspin]

Take out Fakhar and Imam, bring back Sharjeel and open him with Babar with the following top 4:

Sharjeel
Babar
Haris
Rizwan (wk)

 

[moghul]

Be realistic, forget about Sharjeel, move on.

Even the fitter and bigger players don;t remain the same after a long ban. Sharjeel was overweight with a faulty technique even before the ban. Now he will be older , even more over weight and with no cricket for years, he had to fight out way back to national side, which will not be easy.

 

[Mercurial]

Sahibzada Farhan isn’t that good.

I saw him play recently and he is really a leg-side hack.

Anything on the off-stump and he is a goner.

I don't care about technique. Check his List A stats.

 

[Titan24]

I don't care about technique. Check his List A stats.

In last 2 decades we have tried countless number of openers based upon their list A stats. Nobody was able to avg 40 with SR of 80+. Sahibzada Farhan cant achieve such things with a technique he has, there is a difference between facing Starc, Archer, Rabada etc and domestic bowlers.

He got oppurtunities in T20s and PSL couldnt play even a single long or meaningful inning. Hopefully he can improve.

Fact is we dont have a lot of options at opening slot. Zeeshan Malik and Haider Ali are the only two to look out for the future but at the moment they are far from finished products.

Sami Aslam, Sahibzada Farhan lack temperament along with pressure handling, you can overcome some technical deficiencies in LOIs but if you dont have temperament and pressure handling ability then it’s difficult to survive in international cricket. Sure they can improve but unless they do they shouldn’t be considered atleast for ODIs, in T20s you can try out few players.

 

[Mercurial]

In last 2 decades we have tried countless number of openers based upon their list A stats. Nobody was able to avg 40 with SR of 80+. Sahibzada Farhan cant achieve such things with a technique he has, there is a difference between facing Starc, Archer, Rabada etc and domestic bowlers.

He got oppurtunities in T20s and PSL couldnt play even a single long or meaningful inning. Hopefully he can improve.

Fact is we dont have a lot of options at opening slot. Zeeshan Malik and Haider Ali are the only two to look out for the future but at the moment they are far from finished products.

Sami Aslam, Sahibzada Farhan lack temperament along with pressure handling, you can overcome some technical deficiencies in LOIs but if you dont have temperament and pressure handling ability then it’s difficult to survive in international cricket. Sure they can improve but unless they do they shouldn’t be considered atleast for ODIs, in T20s you can try out few players.

Farhan's strongest format is List A cricket, not T20 cricket. Without trying him in his strongest format at International level, you just can't conclude anything. Look at Fakhar, despite his poor technique, won us CT 2017. Even after that he has a good record against top international teams. Yes, there may be some who won't replicate it at international level, but you have to try the deserving batsmen. Adil Amin, Shan Masood, Saud Shakeel, Saad Ali and Iftikhar Ahmed are also strong contenders to be tried at international level in the ODI format.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Fakhar & sharjeels 65/0 IMPACT runs will lead to 320/340 where as Imams 160/3 will lead to 240/260

#if u know u know what I mean

even with a collapse and some brainless batting by Haffez and Fakhar, we still managed to score 315 only yesterday .. so plz dont tell me how 160/3 will lead to 240/260 lol ...

a little unbised maybe ?

 

[AdamM97]

Now is the right time to experiment, not 3 months before a WC. Try out all three combinations: Fakhar-Imam, Fakhar-Sharjeel and Imam-Sharjeel.

 

[naseem]

But what are the series Pakistan gonaa play now....i don't think Pak is playing any series for 3 months and that's poor

 

[Chokli]

Take out Fakhar and Imam, bring back Sharjeel and open him with Babar with the following top 4:

Sharjeel
Babar
Haris
Rizwan (wk)

1.Imam Ul Haq
2.Sharjeel Khan
3.Babar Azam
4.Haris Sohail
5.Mohammad Rizwan
6.Fakhar Zaman
7.Imad Wasim

 

[Logic]

One thing I liked about Sharjeel was that he is the only Pakistani batsman that seems to be improving after joining the national team. Since his debut (when he was a leg side hack) to his last innings in Ireland and Australia(where he was playing shots on both sides of pitch) he came across as someone who was working on his game and improving.
That is a very rare trait for a Pakistani batsman because the common trend I have seen is that a very talented youngster is included in team who will start good but would be making the same mistakes regardless of 1 st matc or 50th match.

 

[saeed5646]

"Pakistan cricket New saviour".Pre ban i was big fan of sharjeel but no now .we need to move on there are alot better players out there

 

[saeed5646]

One thing I liked about Sharjeel was that he is the only Pakistani batsman that seems to be improving after joining the national team. Since his debut (when he was a leg side hack) to his last innings in Ireland and Australia(where he was playing shots on both sides of pitch) he came across as someone who was working on his game and improving.
That is a very rare trait for a Pakistani batsman because the common trend I have seen is that a very talented youngster is included in team who will start good but would be making the same mistakes regardless of 1 st matc or 50th match.

another prime example babar azam who got bowled while sweeping nabi in afghanistan match .in the next match bd with mehdi hasan set a similar trap for babar to repeat that mistake but he outsmarted them and did not bother to play that shot .The point was babar is very quick learner and don,t repeat same mistake again and again

on the other hand we have hafeez who is playing international from 18 years still he could not recitfy his mistake and keep repeating that offensive shot which cost him 4 dismissal

 

[chacha kashmiri]

"Pakistan cricket New saviour".Pre ban i was big fan of sharjeel but no now .we need to move on there are alot better players out there

He would have done better than Fakhar zaman this World Cup

 

[Pakhs]

Pakistan dont need him back regardless to how good he cold have been etc. Pakistan need to build a team for the next WC which is in 4 years time and Sharjeel is too old for that. Other than that its time to concentrate on test cricket once again.

 

[Captain caveman]

Pakistan dont need him back regardless to how good he cold have been etc. Pakistan need to build a team for the next WC which is in 4 years time and Sharjeel is too old for that. Other than that its time to concentrate on test cricket once again.

Two world t20s in the next 2 years!
We need shajeel back!

 

[AdamM97]

Stats wise, Fakhar is a better player. The only thing Sharjeel does better is that his SR is 110+ in ODIs, but his average is 32 which really isn’t that good.

I’d still want Pakistan to try him out and see how well he performs with Imam or Fakhar.

 

[coy0607]

Stats wise, Fakhar is a better player. The only thing Sharjeel does better is that his SR is 110+ in ODIs, but his average is 32 which really isn’t that good.

I’d still want Pakistan to try him out and see how well he performs with Imam or Fakhar.

stats are deceiving

take away the 5 games against Zimbabwe and Fakhar averages 34 at a strike rate of 91

As for Sharjeel, since his comeback in 2016, he averages 45 at a strike rate of 130. That includes 3 half centuries in 5 matches in Australia

 

[AdamM97]

stats are deceiving

take away the 5 games against Zimbabwe and Fakhar averages 34 at a strike rate of 91

As for Sharjeel, since his comeback in 2016, he averages 45 at a strike rate of 130. That includes 3 half centuries in 5 matches in Australia

Even Sharjeel played against Ireland and scored 150. It goes both ways. Compare Fakhar and Sharjeels domestic stats and Fakhar is doing much better compared to Sharjeel there as well.

But yes, i really want to see him play for Pak again.

 

[Titan24]

Farhan's strongest format is List A cricket, not T20 cricket. Without trying him in his strongest format at International level, you just can't conclude anything. Look at Fakhar, despite his poor technique, won us CT 2017. Even after that he has a good record against top international teams. Yes, there may be some who won't replicate it at international level, but you have to try the deserving batsmen. Adil Amin, Shan Masood, Saud Shakeel, Saad Ali and Iftikhar Ahmed are also strong contenders to be tried at international level in the ODI format.

Surely there is no harm in trying him and I agree that he was selected for the wrong format but we can only afford one opener with some technical deficiencies. Babar and Imam are crucial for players around them to play their natural aggressive game (If we are looking for some aggressive white ball players). Adil, Amin, Iftikhar Ahmed and Khushdil Shah are definitely the middle order batsmen we need to try out as they all have the ability to up the anti when required which is what we have been lacking in the last 15 overs.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

We should keep Sharjeel and Fakhar in Loop. They should be part of every 15 squad. Since we can't drop Imam as he manages to sneak a 50 or 100 after every couple of games.

 

[Karachi]

We are missing him but he had to be greedy and put money over representing his country.

He was trapped (not the honey trapped) by few individuals and PCB is big time biased. Indians are able to handle things differently. PCB has to run to ICC anytime a leaf falls on the wrong place.

 

[sweep_shot]

I feel that Sharjeel is much more talented and capable than Fakhar. Fakhar has a really weird technique and opponents would've eventually figured him out.

 

[BakuGM]

There is no question Sharjeel is much better player than both Fakhr and Imam but how do you replace either with a convicted fixer? A player is expected to stay clean in order to be eligible for being selected and a tainted player being picked gives the wrong signal to up and coming players.

 

[King-Misbah]

There is no question Sharjeel is much better player than both Fakhr and Imam but how do you replace either with a convicted fixer? A player is expected to stay clean in order to be eligible for being selected and a tainted player being picked gives the wrong signal to up and coming players.

Fixing is not all black and white. I think some individuals get into the wrong crowd early in their careers. They then get blackmailed by these corrupt ppl.

 

[soulhunter]

Havent seen a better aggressive player on short balls than this guy for as long as I can remember that has played for Pakistan. We will need his pickup and cut shots in australia next year's T20 World cup.

 

[Pakhs]

Two world t20s in the next 2 years!
We need shajeel back!

T20s are good fun but not important who wins tbh

 

[saeed5646]

He would have done better than Fakhar zaman this World Cup

Well fakhar have won you crucial matches against top side in champions trophy.there was no guarantee sharjeel would played like that .

 

[miandadrules]

lol ... how many matches did Sharjeel actually win for us ... cant remember even 1 ..... .... and he is better than half our batting line up .. so he is a better player than Babar , Harris , Imam??

Yes, in the ODI format without a doubt IMO.

Bump this after he’s been given a year run and we can compare to the others.

How you bunched Imam with the other two is beyond me.

 

[miandadrules]

lol ... how many matches did Sharjeel actually win for us ... cant remember even 1 ..... .... and he is better than half our batting line up .. so he is a better player than Babar , Harris , Imam??

Oh and before you LoL some simple maths.

batting line up = 6

Half of batting line-up = 3

You suggest: 1. Harris 2. Barbar 3. Imam = 3


Ergo better than half.

Let me know if you need further clarification.

 

[Ucdkee]

Top 5:
Fakhar
Imam
Babar
Sharjeel
Haris

 

[chacha kashmiri]

Well fakhar have won you crucial matches against top side in champions trophy.there was no guarantee sharjeel would played like that .

Same with David W when he came back from injury for Australia after his year out
Islamabad united should recruit him again too for the ipl

 

[shariqnoor]

People still haven't learned from the Amir saga. Still dreaming how Sharjeel will come back and clean up the mess.

When you're out of the game for so long like Sharjeel has been, you can't get back to your pre ban level straight away. And knowing Pakistani culture, Sharjeel would've hardly taken care of his fitness. It'll probably take another 1 year to get him back to some semblance of a fit enough person.

People are just holding on to a fantasy. And I sincerely hope we life ban match/spot fixers. Every time somebody commits fixing, we all rise up and condemn it and say that he needs to get life ban. But after seeing his replacements falter time and again, people develop sympathies and a movement is gathered to get bans reduced and bring him in the team.

 

[Seamer]

He should be in the team for the T20 world cup next year. This should be the team :

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Sharjeel Khan
3. Babar Azam
4. Asif Ali
5. Imad Wasim
6. Sarfaraz
7. Hussain Talat
8. Shadab Khan
9. Wahab Riaz
10. Amir
11. Shaheen Afridi

12. Haris Sohail
13. Haris Rauf
14. Umar Khan
15. Khushdil Shah

 

[salman24]

He should be in the team for the T20 world cup next year. This should be the team :

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Sharjeel Khan
3. Babar Azam
4. Asif Ali
5. Imad Wasim
6. Sarfaraz
7. Hussain Talat
8. Shadab Khan
9. Wahab Riaz
10. Amir
11. Shaheen Afridi

12. Haris Sohail
13. Haris Rauf
14. Umar Khan
15. Khushdil Shah

Umar Akmal has to be in the playing XI maybe for Talat.

 

[Captain caveman]

T20s are good fun but not important who wins tbh

World t20 are very important!
In 20 years time, no ones going to be bothered about how many odi world cups you have won, its all going to be how many world t20 you have won!

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

He should be in the team for the T20 world cup next year. This should be the team :

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Sharjeel Khan
3. Babar Azam
4. Asif Ali
5. Imad Wasim
6. Sarfaraz
7. Hussain Talat
8. Shadab Khan
9. Wahab Riaz
10. Amir
11. Shaheen Afridi

12. Haris Sohail
13. Haris Rauf
14. Umar Khan
15. Khushdil Shah

This team looks lethal, wahab will be 37, hasan will be back.

 

[Seamer]

I think Wahab should play next T20 world cup then retire

 

[srh]

Umar Akmal has to be in the playing XI maybe for Talat.

+1. Umar Akmal IN, Hussain Talat OUT. Also would like Sarfraz to be dropped or bat him at #11.

 

[Pakhs]

World t20 are very important!
In 20 years time, no ones going to be bothered about how many odi world cups you have won, its all going to be how many world t20 you have won!

Well in 20 years time I will be old and out dated for most things in this world.

 

[Pakpak]

People still going on about Akmal.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

He should be in the team for the T20 world cup next year. This should be the team :

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Sharjeel Khan
3. Babar Azam
4. Asif Ali
5. Imad Wasim
6. Sarfaraz
7. Hussain Talat
8. Shadab Khan
9. Wahab Riaz
10. Amir
11. Shaheen Afridi

12. Haris Sohail
13. Haris Rauf
14. Umar Khan
15. Khushdil Shah

I honestly cannot believe some people ... Harris out for a heck like Asif Ali ...Babar has been brutal as an opener with high strike rate but want to move him away from that position..hussain talat cannot hit a big shot even if his life was on the line and he is at no7 .... sharjeel been out for half a decade and he comes back straight into the WC ... no genunine off spinner who can turn the ball... Harris Rauf is going to be the best deapth bowler , close to bummrah but not picking him in XI .... Shaheen Afridi should be banned from T20.. only play PSL and focus his cricket to ODI (only meaningful ones) and Tests..

Keep Umar Akmal and Asif Ali way way way out of the team shadows....
Khushdil shah to play 4
Aamir Yamin can be a much better AR than Talat , he is much much better batsmen and more sharp of a bowler.

 

[barah_admi]

If Sharjeel ever returns, it must be under very strict conditions regrading who and how he contacts people during a game AND it must only be after a successful domestic season.

If all those criteria are met and there are no other options then sure, he could return to the squad (not sure where he bats in a side with Imam, Fakhar, Babar and Haris/Asif).

 

[ethan hunt]

How's his rehabilitation coming along?

 

[Saj]

How's his rehabilitation coming along?

He's in Dubai doing some fitness work etc.