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Pakistan need Sharjeel Khan back as soon as possible. That will right the ship.
 
Not even Sharjeel.

We just need an explosive opener like Sahibzada Farhan. He’s batted well with Fakhar in domestics preciously.
 
No he’s a fixer and he probably would’ve been part of the collapse.
 
I recommend copy-pasting all posts calling for the return of Amir between 2010 and 2015 but just changing 'Amir' to 'Sharjeel'.
 
We are missing him but he had to be greedy and put money over representing his country.
 
No use of crying over history. He'll come back after 2019 wc and by that time he'll be over weight (more than now), and over aged.

You already have players who can do the job.

1.Sahibzada
2.Fakhar
3.Babar
4.Haris
5.Sarfraz + *
6.Tallat (6th bowler)
7.Shadab
8.Fahim
9.Hassan
10.Amir(has to get his act right)
11.Junaid

12.Imam
13.Umar (back up keeper)
14.Agha (off spinner)/ Imad
15.Shinwari
 
People are forgetting that most of the times Sharjeel was only good for a quick 20 or 30.
 
Don't want a fixer to represent us again. But I must admit that him and Fakhar would have been a really good opening partnership.
 
Him and Fahkar as openers will be very exciting with Azhar coming at #3 to bring back sanity
 
srh said:
Him and Fahkar as openers will be very exciting with Azhar coming at #3 to bring back sanity
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Azhar at #3 is in no way sanity...

The only place for him is opener and that too if he has dynamic batsmen after him.
 
srh said:
Him and Fahkar as openers will be very exciting with Azhar coming at #3 to bring back sanity
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For stablising role, we have Babar. No place for Azhar in ODIs. After Baber, i would like to see Haris, Shoaib Maqsood, Umar A etc.
 
Ideal Pakistani batting line-up:

Sharjeel
Fakhar
Babar
Haris/Amin
Sarfaraz (only because he is captain.... hasn't performed in a while)
Maqsood/Talat
Shadab
Fahim
 
Syed1 said:
Ideal Pakistani batting line-up:

Sharjeel
Fakhar
Babar
Haris/Amin
Sarfaraz (only because he is captain.... hasn't performed in a while)
Maqsood/Talat
Shadab
Fahim
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Because there’s no Sharjeel:

Fakhar
Amin
Babar
Haris
Sarfraz
Talat
Shadab
Faheem
 
babajee said:
Because there’s no Sharjeel:

Fakhar
Amin
Babar
Haris
Sarfraz
Talat
Shadab
Faheem
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Three lefties in the top four... the opposition will open the bowling with offies from both ends :ashwin

(even my "ideal team" had three lefties in top four.... this won't work)
 
Syed1 said:
Three lefties in the top four... the opposition will open the bowling with offies from both ends :ashwin

(even my "ideal team" had three lefties in top four.... this won't work)
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Fakhar will put these “offies” in their place :)
 
Kohli said:
No use of crying over history. He'll come back after 2019 wc and by that time he'll be over weight (more than now), and over aged.

You already have players who can do the job.

1.Sahibzada
2.Fakhar
3.Babar
4.Haris
5.Sarfraz + *
6.Tallat (6th bowler)
7.Shadab
8.Fahim
9.Hassan
10.Amir(has to get his act right)
11.Junaid

12.Imam
13.Umar (back up keeper)
14.Agha (off spinner)/ Imad
15.Shinwari
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Take out Umar and put in Rohail Nazir.
 
Even though I am a die hard Sharjeel fan I think we should get over him and look opon other batting talents like Sahibzada Farhan.
 
I agree with most people that we don't need sharjeel. There are alternatives like sahibzada farhan. I believe he deserves a go ahead of azhar and imam.
 
It's not gonna happen so let's stop crying about it.

Yes his loss in ODIs is as great if not greater than Asif's in tests, but it's done. Having one less opener is only part of the problem. Having proper #4-6 batsmen who are not duds vs pace is a greater concern.
 
We definitely need an explosive opener with Fakhar. I know quite a few people would have expected to see Mukhtar, Sharjeel or even Nauman as potential openers. But right now we have Azhar and Imam who aren't likely to score and a rate like Fakhar. Mukhtar has been doing well in domestic, so maybe he should make a comeback or maybe even give it to Umar Amin who's also done well in the domestic. A good amount of options unfortunately none anywhere near the level of love and appriecation that PCB has for Azhar in ODI
 
srh said:
Pakistan need Sharjeel Khan back as soon as possible. That will right the ship.
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It would be great to have Sharjeel back, he showed real utility in Australia, heads and shoulders above the others, but the problem is not that we didn't score briskly enough; it's that we don't have batsmen with staying power. 300 runs is just 6 runs an over. You can take that in singles and doubles.
 
New Yorker said:
It would be great to have Sharjeel back, he showed real utility in Australia, heads and shoulders above the others, but the problem is not that we didn't score briskly enough; it's that we don't have batsmen with staying power. 300 runs is just 6 runs an over. You can take that in singles and doubles.
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as long as he was playing in each of those games, pakistan had a chance, as soon as he was dismissed, any pretense to chasing was lost.

I would trade every current odi batsman in the Pak team for Sharjeel if he wasnt a tainted fixer.
 
Pete Rose said:
as long as he was playing in each of those games, pakistan had a chance, as soon as he was dismissed, any pretense to chasing was lost.

I would trade every current odi batsman in the Pak team for Sharjeel if he wasnt a tainted fixer.
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so would i, and i shared that feeling during the aus series, but feeling is one thing, and performance record another. as we saw in the ct it is clearly not the case that we can't win without him.
 
Sharjeel and Fakhar together would have been good , no doubt . One less problem to worry about.
 
Justcrazy said:
Sharjeel and Fakhar together would have been good , no doubt . One less problem to worry about.
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You would still have issues as the next four batsmen would be timid accumulators: babar, hafeez, Malik, sarfaraz.
 
Dejavu; Pakistan need Mohammed Amir back as soon as possible
 
Sharjeel Khan!

When is Sharjeel Khan meant to be back? Is there any chance he could play in World Cup 2019?

Sharjeel
Fakhar
Babar
Sarfraz
Talat
Malik
Shadab
Imad
Faheem
Hasan
Amir

3 seamers + Talat
2 Spinners + Malik

What a team!
 
Fixer or not, he was my fav PAK batsman. One who could turn games. Fakhar is poor man's Sharjeel
 
I would much rather employ Umar Akmal as an opener even if he is an idiot, loser, embarresment, selfish and egotistical joke than bring back someone that has been banned for selling himself out.

You want an aggressive opener/batsman to throw against the wolves first up? Believe me there is no loss in sacrificing UA or gambling that he may just come off and score a lovely 40 off 25
 
Had the potential to be a good player but whilst he is guilty of fixing ,I don't want him anywhere near the team.
 
Another tullaybaaz being hyped as saviour
Had he played till now would have been found out
 
Rohit_Beardman said:
I thought Sharjeel Khan was a fixer? why you need a fixer back?
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If he was indeed a fixer we'd have seen proof, any proof/evidence to show his guilt. To this day we haven't seen anything, even the judge looking at his case said as much.
 
I think people forgot about him very quickly after a couple of decent innings from Fakhar, but the reality is that he and Fakhar would be a superb opening partnership.
 
Saj said:
I think people forgot about him very quickly after a couple of decent innings from Fakhar, but the reality is that he and Fakhar would be a superb opening partnership.
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Him and Fakhar would be consider Bash Brothers of Cricket like long time ago Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire of Oakland Athletics (team of MLB) were considered Bash Brothers of Baseball. God have mercy on the opposition.
 
It's too late even of he came back he would be rubbish. He was about to hit his peak but sethi had other ideas. Another example of a world class potential cricketer wasted.
 
he is better than fakhar and can destroy any bowling line up in any conditions fakhar though doesnt have the technicque to deal with the ball which is coming into his body

i still miss sharjeels short arm jab sixers over deep square leg or deep mid wicket
 
Why fakhar is there but imam should be removed? what is the score of fakhar in series and imams score? i assume imam did better than Fakhar
 
This thread will end up like Amir if Sharjeel ever comes back.

Before his ban, Mohammad Amir was the best thing to have happened to Pakistan cricket and his return was hailed as reincarnation of Wasim. Now everyday the raucous calls for him to get dropped are getting louder and louder.

Now the banned player is being reincarnated as the next Vivian Richards for Pakistan. If he ever comes back, we will find he is not the same hot stuff we thought he was.

It is always a habit to consider players out of the team as much better than the players in the team when you consistently lose to better teams.
 
Would Sharjeel Khan have been the best opener for pakistan for the CWC19?

Sharjeel khan was a pretty good player. I still remember his 74 off 47 balls against a very good australian bowling attack in 2016.
He could have been a machine on the dead pitches in england.

Imo he's a lot better than fakhar zaman.
Do u think he should be selected for the CWC? Will he be eligible?
 
It's true that for PP'ers those not in the squad/team are Bradman-esque. You lot are forgetting how inconsistent Sharjeel was and most times he would race to 20-30 odd and then needlessly sky one instead of building on his start. That is why he has only 1 ton in 25 ODIs and that too against Ireland, and his average is only 32. Fakhar Zaman already has contributed more towards our team than Sharjeel ever would.
 
Sharjeel Khan is probably the best Pakistani player to have ever opened the innings in the limited overs format.

Wasn’t a hack like Fakhar.

And unlike Fakhar, didn’t need luck to score runs, wasn’t dropped every innings, played the Brian Lara pull better than Brian Lara.
 
he along with Shahid Afridi would be my pick for Worldcup 2019 as a opener also won.t mind Razzaq at 3.Asif will be my new ball bowler with Irfan lambo and saeed ajmal as a spinner
 
Facts speak for themselves.

v2 Sharjeel:

2016 - Average: 40.89 @ SR 149.59
2017 - Average 50.00 @ SR 115.21

Yet according to some experts he's just a "hack".
 
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topspin said:
Facts speak for themselves.

v2 Sharjeel:

2016 - Average: 40.89 @ SR 149.59
2017 - Average 50.00 @ SR 115.21

Yet according to some experts he was a "hack".
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It’s not good enough, he needs to be averaging 61 with a SR of 81
 
YousafTheBeast said:
It’s not good enough, he needs to be averaging 61 with a SR of 81
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Speaking of Imam, I was told by some newbie on here from India, he's a better batsman than Sharjeel and when I laid down these facts his response was:

"he was a hack and has already done more than Sharjeel. You know I've owned you here".

Funny thing was, by his own admission he hasn't watched much Pakistan cricket in recent years, which says it all really.
 
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topspin said:
Speaking of Imam, I was told by some newbie on here from India, he's a better batsman than Sharjeel and when I laid down these facts his response was:

"he was a hack and has already done more than Sharjeel. You know I've owned you here".

Funny thing was, by his own admission he hasn't watched much Pakistan cricket in recent years, which says it all really.
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Lol, imam isn’t even the top domestic peformer.

No hack can average 50 @ 113 after 5 games, that too in Australia where most of our batsman struggle.
 
Syed1 said:
It's true that for PP'ers those not in the squad/team are Bradman-esque. You lot are forgetting how inconsistent Sharjeel was and most times he would race to 20-30 odd and then needlessly sky one instead of building on his start. That is why he has only 1 ton in 25 ODIs and that too against Ireland, and his average is only 32. Fakhar Zaman already has contributed more towards our team than Sharjeel ever would.
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How consistent is fakhar anyways?😂
A person that scores in Aus against the bowling lineup that won aus the world cup at an average of 50 with a strike rate of 110+ should automatically be considered the best opener pakistan has ever had.

Fakhar is nothing compared to Sharjeel.
What innings has fakhar played that shows he's better?
Except that flukey 100 against india.
 
a_tahir said:
How consistent is fakhar anyways?😂
A person that scores in Aus against the bowling lineup that won aus the world cup at an average of 50 with a strike rate of 110+ should automatically be considered the best opener pakistan has ever had.

Fakhar is nothing compared to Sharjeel.
What innings has fakhar played that shows he's better?
Except that flukey 100 against india.
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The double hundred against the mighty Zimbabwe? In which he was dropped after skying the ball.
 
Fakhar and Sharjeel are very different players, and we need both in the line-up. In an ideal world, both would be opening for Pakistan.

In-terms of comparisons, Fakhar has achieved more than Sharjeel, though Sharjeel was a better player.
 
I heard that he is having a Deal with PCB for early return in return of Accepting all Charges.
 
The glaring difference between FZ & SK is that, Fakhar always gives an impression that he is not in command - can get out any, and most cases his dismissals are ugly. Sharjeel looked to be a batsman in command and played proper cricket shots for his boundaries. He had issues with his defense, hence averages relatively poor, but he could play every shot on book with proper technique. After return, SK played most of his games against better teams (only 1 against IRL and 10 against Poms/AUS I can recall, probably few against WIN as well) - only innings he played against IRL, it was a carnage.

I always feel a batsman should be judged on his progress, because it's a tactical battle between mind and skills (of respective bowlers & batsmen) over time - the better batsman improves with time, inferior ones fade away being exposed on technical limitations. Fakhar started brilliantly and gradually faded away - that ZIM series has erased lots of bad memories, but probably last I can recall him playing a commanding innings was in NZ. Sharjeel was opposite - started poor, got dropped, came back as a better player and he was going from strength to strength, just before getting banned. IICRC, AUS played their best 4 bowlers throughout (or Stanlake might have played 1-2 games, but Josh, Strac & Cummins did play almost every game) - against that attack 250+ runs at 100+ SR was commanding. He had massive fitness issues, for which he lost power and stamina after couple of hours, but by now under National physio he should have got much better in fitness and stamina. Also, AUS grounds are by far larger in cricket world and he was clearing those effortlessly - guy could have finished some career in these SAF grounds.

Also, Sharjeel was an instant starter - I can't recall him since Lord's (got a duck, I can recall), getting out for single digit; he would get something and obviously at brisk rate. His another strength was that, he wasn't spoiled yet by UAE tracks - could play squire of the wicket and could hit short balls. Fakhar has different utility and he is extremely fit, good fielder, decent back-up bowler; and instead of this SAF :) guy, an Indian coach would have batted him at 3, because he is easily the best spin basher in this team, but SK was real loss. At their full potential, a line-up of SK, Babar, FZ, Haris, Umar+, Maqsood in top 6 would have definitely made PAK an instant favorite for WC - instead we are stuck with MoHa, Mian, Sarfu at 4-5-6, while Imam is opening :(.
 
Bring him back man.

It’s already written in the scorecard that Fakhar will be caught by Dhoni bowled by Bumrah, in the WC.
 
What a loss he has been.

Could take apart every bowling unit when he was set.


:((
 
Greenstorm said:
Bring him back before WC, we need him :babar
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He will be a great addition to our team, considering the English flat-pitches.

Fakhar
Sharjeel
Babar
Haris
Hafeez/Malik
Sarfraz
Imad
Shadab
Hasan
Amir
Shaheen

This should be our final XI for the WC.
 
Mueez said:
He will be a great addition to our team, considering the English flat-pitches.

Fakhar
Sharjeel
Babar
Haris
Hafeez/Malik
Sarfraz
Imad
Shadab
Hasan
Amir
Shaheen

This should be our final XI for the WC.
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You can remove Malik and Hafeez from there.
 
So much are wanting Sharjeel to return but what are the chances he finds his form back when he returns?
 
Inzamam has made a mess of the batting of Pakistan team. They have'nt found a single opener apart from his nephew Imam and other well-connected Ahmed Shehzad.

PCB needs to fast-track his issue and get him back in the middle. Sharjeel is needed in 2 formats, odi and T20.
 
The Viper said:
So much are wanting Sharjeel to return but what are the chances he finds his form back when he returns?
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Usually batsmen find their form back as they continuously practice. Bowlers are the ones that are truly affected
 
He was blooming under Mickey. But my guess is he got involved with the wrong people way too early. Anyone remember the fake video episode? He’d only played >20 games then and was out of the team.
 
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