Pakistan need to trust their trophy winning youngsters

[RyanRyan10]

Pakistan actually had a very good phase in the last couple of months of 2025, winning the Rising Stars Asia Cup, the Hong Kong Sixes and the Under 19 Asia Cup. That showed that there is talent coming through the system.

However, that momentum got derailed because some senior players did politicking to find their way back into the senior team and several deserving youngsters ended up being sidelined.

As a result, Pakistan could not fulfill the expectations of their fans in the T20 World Cup.

Now Pakistan need to learn from these mistakes and start backing their youngsters. Players like Shamul Hussain, Maaz Sadaqat and Saad Masood should be given proper opportunities.


In the near future, individuals like Abbas Afridi, Hassan Nawaz, Ali Raza and Sameer Minhar should also be drafted into the setup.

Pakistan actually have plenty of players who are fit enough and capable of playing modern day cricket. But they need proper backing.

 

[JaDed]

This is not captain Tsubasa buddy.. cricket is one sport which requires great domestic nurturing, the might Aus showed that and everyone is following through.

 

[khyberlion]

Unfortunately knowing Pakistan they will be a given a couple of games before being discarded for useless players.

 

[ravisurya]

Pakistan actually had a very good phase in the last couple of months of 2025, winning the Rising Stars Asia Cup, the Hong Kong Sixes and the Under 19 Asia Cup. That showed that there is talent coming through the system.

However, that momentum got derailed because some senior players did politicking to find their way back into the senior team and several deserving youngsters ended up being sidelined.

As a result, Pakistan could not fulfill the expectations of their fans in the T20 World Cup.

Now Pakistan need to learn from these mistakes and start backing their youngsters. Players like Shamul Hussain, Maaz Sadaqat and Saad Masood should be given proper opportunities.


In the near future, individuals like Asif Afridi, Hassan Nawaz, Ali Raza and Sameer Minhar should also be drafted into the setup.

Pakistan actually have plenty of players who are fit enough and capable of playing modern day cricket. But they need proper backing.

The fact that you needed to mention Hong Kong sixes shoes the level of Pakistan team right now.

 

[jnaveen1980]

The fact that you needed to mention Hong Kong sixes shoes the level of Pakistan team right now.

Junior level under-19 world cups, A tours give you the good idea of where you stand in terms of talent production. Asia cup junior level won't tell you much as you don't play all the kind of players froma ll around world. Indian bowling is a rubbish at U19 level. But gun batting unit. Asia cup u19 hardly tells you anything.

 

[Devadwal]

Just for information - Saim has played around 70 T20 international..... But tullebaaz hasn't done anything special

 

[jnaveen1980]

Just for information - Saim has played around 70 T20 international..... But tullebaaz hasn't done anything special

Disagree dude. Nobody has more "no look" dismissals than him.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Just for information - Saim has played around 70 T20 international..... But tullebaaz hasn't done anything special

He has done well in the ODIs.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

The Sarfaraz generation delivered at U19, delivered at seniors level. Same way, the juniors who does deliver at U19 level must be pampered for the betterment of PCT.

 

[Devadwal]

He has done well in the ODIs.

Only against second string team's , this myth Will also busted when he play in ICC World Cup 2027.

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

Just for information - Saim has played around 70 T20 international..... But tullebaaz hasn't done anything special

Bro can we plz get on i mean how long are we gonna hate each other and put indian pakistan players down after all we all speak the same look same i think there is no point in hate i just want how we get along so well in foreign countries hopefully pakistan can produce the talent again and compete with india so we can get those great thrillers again.

 

[kingusama92]

What they need to do is respect the game and develop players properly.

There should be a set rule that all prospects have to play at least 2-3 seasons of domestic cricket before even getting a sniff of a chance with the international team. Not only should they be playing 2-3 seasons, they should be performing and near the top of the charts before getting a chance to play.

It doesn't matter if they're a generational talent or not.

 

[Shaka81]

Pakistan actually had a very good phase in the last couple of months of 2025, winning the Rising Stars Asia Cup, the Hong Kong Sixes and the Under 19 Asia Cup. That showed that there is talent coming through the system.

However, that momentum got derailed because some senior players did politicking to find their way back into the senior team and several deserving youngsters ended up being sidelined.

As a result, Pakistan could not fulfill the expectations of their fans in the T20 World Cup.

Now Pakistan need to learn from these mistakes and start backing their youngsters. Players like Shamul Hussain, Maaz Sadaqat and Saad Masood should be given proper opportunities.


In the near future, individuals like Asif Afridi, Hassan Nawaz, Ali Raza and Sameer Minhar should also be drafted into the setup.

Pakistan actually have plenty of players who are fit enough and capable of playing modern day cricket. But they need proper backing.

Did I just read that right.... in a list of youngsters to back for the future you mentioned Asif Afridi?!
In the near future he's not getting drafted into anything other than retirement! The dude's already in his 40s!

 

[jnaveen1980]

What they need to do is respect the game and develop players properly.

There should be a set rule that all prospects have to play at least 2-3 seasons of domestic cricket before even getting a sniff of a chance with the international team. Not only should they be playing 2-3 seasons, they should be performing and near the top of the charts before getting a chance to play.

It doesn't matter if they're a generational talent or not.

Pakistan needs variety of pitches.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Did I just read that right.... in a list of youngsters to back for the future you mentioned Asif Afridi?!
In the near future he's not getting drafted into anything other than retirement! The dude's already in his 40s!

I meant Abbas Afridi

@The Bald Eagle @BouncerGuy please edit the thread

 

[RyanRyan10]

Only against second string team's , this myth Will also busted when he play in ICC World Cup 2027.

SA team wasn't second string. And the thread isn't about him. Stop derailing it.

 

[giri26]

You can blame the management, selection etc all you want but the player attitude has to change for Pakistan to rise from this mess. It seems like Pakistan players stop working on themselves after a point and this shows in their performance. You don't see any Pakistan batter go to the next level. They start brilliantly but they remain at the same level even after they are figured out by the Opposition and in fact regress. Unless there is work on Player attitude and their hunger to improve and succeed nothing is going to change. I can't remember the last Pakistan player who actually improved and became a better version of themselves after few years of cricket. Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, all either remain the same or have regressed. Shahibzada Farhan looks good but only time will tell if he improves or becomes one of the above by either stagnating or regressing.

 

[Katwalindian]

Only against second string team's , this myth Will also busted when he play in ICC World Cup 2027.

He literally smashed Hazelwood, cummins, rabada, jansen and you are calling second string....credit where its due........

 

[Katwalindian]

 

[Katwalindian]

Only against second string team's , this myth Will also busted when he play in ICC World Cup 2027.

2027 wc is not in dubai graveyards or Mumbai highways soo India tullas will also be exposed......don't worry...........

 

[BreadPakoda]

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How will he ensure India reaches the finals? Lol

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Farhan is the perfect case study.

Every consistent high performer in domestic cricket should get a debut as long as he is not an age fudging 35 year old.

 

[Katwalindian]

How will he ensure India reaches the finals? Lol

His wish

 

[jnaveen1980]

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Imagine the things that have to happen for this to even happen. It is one thing you want your team to win the world cup. Why does he want India in the final? lol

 

[Katwalindian]

Imagine the things that have to happen for this to even happen. It is one thing you want your team to win the world cup. Why does he want India in the final? lol

He said during press conference

 

[jnaveen1980]

2027 wc is not in dubai graveyards or Mumbai highways soo India tullas will also be exposed......don't worry...........

India's second highest T20 sccore happened to be at Wanderers where ball travels even faster and further lol Suryavanshi will be hitting like 110 m eter sixes haha

 

[Katwalindian]

India's second highest T20 sccore happened to be at Wanderers where ball travels even faster and further lol Suryavanshi will be hitting like 110 m eter sixes haha

SA conditions also suit babar, fakhar and saim in odis........

 

[Katwalindian]

Imagine the things that have to happen for this to even happen. It is one thing you want your team to win the world cup. Why does he want India in the final? lol

Is it rocket science? India literally playing every semifinal and final soo he maybe talking hypothetically......its not like he said we will beat Bangladesh in final

 

[jnaveen1980]

SA conditions also suit babar, fakhar and saim in odis........

You are not playing SA b team in SA. You will be playing A teams of England, India, NZ, SA, Australia. All of them will be far more potent

 

[Katwalindian]

Imagine the things that have to happen for this to even happen. It is one thing you want your team to win the world cup. Why does he want India in the final? lol

In past Pakistan vs India knockout game was missed by whisker...... in 2019 Pak vs ind semifinal would have happened if Pakistan vs srilanka match didn't gets washout
In 2022 Pak vs ind final would have happened If indua beat england

 

[Katwalindian]

You are not playing SA b team in SA. You will be playing A teams of England, India, NZ, SA, Australia. All of them will be far more potent

Fakhar scored 200 against their main team....Saim scored hundreds against their main teams......

 

[Devadwal]

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2027 wc is not in dubai graveyards or Mumbai highways soo India tullas will also be exposed......don't worry...........

Don't worry india is going to lift the World Cup 2027. Pakistan Tulla team won't even qualify for semi forget about winning it

 

[Katwalindian]

You are not playing SA b team in SA. You will be playing A teams of England, India, NZ, SA, Australia. All of them will be far more potent

Traditionaly only SENA conditions suits pakistan in tournaments because only then bowlers perform little better......

 

[jnaveen1980]

Traditionaly only SENA conditions suits pakistan in tournaments because only then bowlers perform little better......

In 2019 they got bounced out by West Indies. weren't they? It depends on the surface you play on. If it is a flattie which is what most likely every powerful team will be on a roll.

 

[Katwalindian]

In 2019 they got bounced out by West Indies. weren't they? It depends on the surface you play on. If it is a flattie which is what most likely every powerful team will be on a roll.

But they goes on too defeat SA, NZ and ENG in same tournament...only to miss semifinal due to rain..... 2019 was best Pakistan team of 2000s....... proper openers, proper middle orders and fast bowlers........ NZ also gets lucky in that tournament from what I remember.....

 

[Katwalindian]

Don't worry india is going to lift the World Cup 2027. Pakistan Tulla team won't even qualify for semi forget about winning it

Future is uncertain......

 

[Mockingbird]

Future is uncertain......

Don’t you worry, our biggest star (the ultimate Pak basher) is in London preparing for SA wickets. He will be ready for you!

 

[Cric1234]

I am predicting a Bangladesh vs Pakistan final India group stage exit. :shastri

 

[prash88]

Unfortunately knowing Pakistan they will be a given a couple of games before being discarded for useless players.

No game with India for another 1.5 years, so the opportunity is there to give a long rope. A coaching friend told me Khawaja Nafay is the best batter coming out of Pakistan in the last decade.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Trophy-winning youngsters???? Hain

Who???

 

[sweep_shot]

Trophy-winning youngsters???? Hain

Who???

I think he was referring to the side that won Hong Kong Sixes, Emerging Asia Cup, and U-19 Asia Cup. 3 trophies.

Players like Maaz, Daniyal, Sufiyan, Sameer Minhas, Abbas Afridi etc.

 

[BouncerGuy]

I think he was referring to the side that won Hong Kong Sixes, Emerging Asia Cup, and U-19 Asia Cup. 3 trophies.

Players like Maaz, Daniyal, Sufiyan, Sameer Minhas, Abbas Afridi etc.

We will see how these perform at international level... hong kong and emerging means nothing if they fail at the international level... Maaz and Shamyl have a chance to rise now.. They are in ODI side... First Test for them starts tomorrow.

ATM, they can win b-tournaments but that does not mean they will win everything...

 

[RyanRyan10]

Trophy-winning youngsters???? Hain

Who???

i have mentioned their names in the thread

 

[Energy]

Youngsters under the guidance of Shaheen Afridi. End of an era.

 

[shah9425]

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Nice comedian he is
This trundler needs to bowl at least properly

 

[jnaveen1980]

We will see how these perform at international level... hong kong and emerging means nothing if they fail at the international level... Maaz and Shamyl have a chance to rise now.. They are in ODI side... First Test for them starts tomorrow.

ATM, they can win b-tournaments but that does not mean they will win everything...

Honkong sixes are worse than under-12 cricket. Look at the players that play, format ground. This is 2 levels below celebrity cricket

 

[Katwalindian]

We will see how these perform at international level... hong kong and emerging means nothing if they fail at the international level... Maaz and Shamyl have a chance to rise now.. They are in ODI side... First Test for them starts tomorrow.

ATM, they can win b-tournaments but that does not mean they will win everything...

Shamyl is good odi player

 

[Bhaijaan]

I know today's performance was underwhelming.

But you must realzie many of these guys are actually and infact, youngsters and their best is yet to come. They will start firing soon after they have gained some experience.

Until then we must be brave to let them express themslves freely without constraints.

100 all out is ok for now while playing an aggressive brand of cricket rather than making scores like 240/8

 

[Kianig89]

How is that aggressive , 114 in 30 overs

 

[BouncerGuy]

I know today's performance was underwhelming.

But you must realzie many of these guys are actually and infact, youngsters and their best is yet to come. They will start firing soon after they have gained some experience.

Until then we must be brave to let them express themslves freely without constraints.

100 all out is ok for now while playing an aggressive brand of cricket rather than making scores like 240/8

Are you talking about these trophy winning youngsters?

 

[Bhaijaan]

Are you talking about these trophy winning youngsters?

Its part of the process bro.

Bangladesh was hungry for some action since ages. They were always goign to come hard at us with all their heart break. We probably chose a wrong opponent to start this journey. Nevertheless we must keep our faith with the boys.

 

[Abid Z]

Its part of the process bro.

Bangladesh was hungry for some action since ages. They were always goign to come hard at us with all their heart break. We probably chose a wrong opponent to start this journey. Nevertheless we must keep our faith with the boys.

I think you are fundamentally wrong. These youngsters with limited fc experience won’t learn anything by being thrown in at the deep end in international cricket. There is a generation of players who are toiling away in domestic cricket between ages of 25-30 who have a flirt with international and go back to domestic (kg for instance) it’s those kinds of players who have good experience in fc that should be rotated more. Throwing in 21 yo with no experience just does nothing for player development it cheapens the national cap.

Many English , Indian and Australian players toil in domestics before promotion. Of course there’s everything to be said for a 19 year old prodigy to leap frog others but Pak really need to get a core of 20 players that are rotated around formats because we don’t play that much international cricket. If you have an established 9. Then one or two debutants doesn’t matter. First Pak need an established core.

 

[shah9425]

Its part of the process bro.

Bangladesh was hungry for some action since ages. They were always goign to come hard at us with all their heart break. We probably chose a wrong opponent to start this journey. Nevertheless we must keep our faith with the boys.

This is our youngsters who couldn't even batted for 50 overs

Dark days ahead

 

[kingusama92]

I think you are fundamentally wrong. These youngsters with limited fc experience won’t learn anything by being thrown in at the deep end in international cricket. There is a generation of players who are toiling away in domestic cricket between ages of 25-30 who have a flirt with international and go back to domestic (kg for instance) it’s those kinds of players who have good experience in fc that should be rotated more. Throwing in 21 yo with no experience just does nothing for player development it cheapens the national cap.

Many English , Indian and Australian players toil in domestics before promotion. Of course there’s everything to be said for a 19 year old prodigy to leap frog others but Pak really need to get a core of 20 players that are rotated around formats because we don’t play that much international cricket. If you have an established 9. Then one or two debutants doesn’t matter. First Pak need an established core.

Exactly.

This is where the issue lies.

They are introducing young players who are still working on their craft and don't have appropriate experience. Even if they're talented, they will struggle. These players should be spending 2-3 seasons in domestic cricket and time with high-performance coaches to develop their skills. Once they start performing consistently and topping the charts, you can begin introducing them into the Pakistan A or Shaheens squad.

The current setup is allowing these players to skip everything based on 1-2 good performances at lower levels of cricket. It's bizarre and will never work. And if it somehow does, it will not last and the player will get disheartened with nothing to fall back on in terms of real-life experience.

 

[shamaan786]

I know today's performance was underwhelming.

But you must realzie many of these guys are actually and infact, youngsters and their best is yet to come. They will start firing soon after they have gained some experience.

Until then we must be brave to let them express themslves freely without constraints.

100 all out is ok for now while playing an aggressive brand of cricket rather than making scores like 240/8

Thiers aggressive but then thiers reckless.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Most of the young players can't even do the basics right and rotate the strike etc..

You may get away with it at youth level but you ain't at full international level. Domestic cricket in Pakistan is so poor that these flaws won't get improved or worked on. People need to start looking at what the coaches are actually working on with these players.