Pakistan v South Africa | 1st T20I | Lahore | February 11, 2021 | Pakistan innings

[DeadBall]

Its just the 2nd over, relax..

 

[Gullycricket]

Dont think this is a pitch where you just smash. Its looks sticky.150-160 may be good here

 

[Rana]

Nice 6

 

[silentkiller187]

Haider needs to get going

 

[UzmanBeast]

Not a good shot, lucky.

 

[Titan24]

He was petrified against left arm spin, Rizwan had to face the first ball

Definitely seems to be in that mental zone against left arm spin.

 

[Mueez]

Haider, class.

 

[Sir-fraz]

Maharaj has got into Babar’s head. He was too keen to get off strike against the SLA.

Embarrassing stuff.

His spin play has been pretty appalling. To think he played with younis and learned nothing.

And to your point all SLAs are living in babars head rent free.

 

[Rana]

Its just the 2nd over, relax..

Its T20 cricket btw and these are power play overs

 

[Gullycricket]

From the outset i will say the SA test team seemed so disinterested. These lads want to prove something

 

[castortroy]

What has happened to Fakhar?

 

[Rana]

Lol Rizwan doesnt like to take quick singles if its not his own batting

 

[Titan24]

Not sure what is the reason that whenever Pak is batting in any format there is a lot of nervousness around. Our batsmen need to relax a bit overall.

 

[silentkiller187]

What has happened to Fakhar?

Dropped

 

[UzmanBeast]

Haider needs to calm down, he isn't hitting the ball well.

It's hanging in the air too much.

 

[Rana]

Clean hitter in the house

 

[Mueez]

Haider, relax bro.

 

[silentkiller187]

Haider needs to calm down, he isn't hitting the ball well.

It's hanging in the air too much.

Just about clearing the boundary at the moment, not in control

 

[Darkrai]

Babar looked all over the place during practice for this t20 series. He couldn't play spin or space, was struggling against both. He was under pressure and so makes a bad judgment.

 

[castortroy]

Currently in the pak domestic set up, who are the real power hitters of note?

 

[UzmanBeast]

SAF played a good move banking on Fortuin.

Babar needs to overcome this weakness soon.

Either take a break, otherwise prepare for a disastrous PSL season, where every team is gonna keep a SLA spinner.

 

[shah_1]

Haider is a monster against spin

I would like him to be tested against short ball

 

[Sir-fraz]

.

 

[Titan24]

For Haider its all about his nerves and mental game. He has all the skills but, just needs to relax and be calm at the crease which he isn’t currently

 

[Mamoon]

Haider needs to go really big here. Flat pitch, average bowling attack and he has the talent.

These are the type of knocks that build confidence. Should aim for a 70+ score here.

 

[Rana]

That looked out

 

[UzmanBeast]

Haider again playing across the line, made the same mistake against Zimbabwe.

 

[castortroy]

Why is Rizwan opening

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Still not seen what Haider can do against genuine pace, so he should continue to make hay against the slower bowlers.

 

[Titan24]

Rizwan needs to play some shots

 

[UzmanBeast]

Haider needs to go really big here. Flat pitch, average bowling attack and he has the talent.

These are the type of knocks that build confidence. Should aim for a 70+ score here.

Rizwan needs to rotate strike and realize that Haider is the horse to bank the cash on.

 

[guldozer]

Does anybody know the pitch dimension s

 

[Gullycricket]

Why is Rizwan opening

Terrific knock against Nz as opener

 

[Rana]

Simon Doull talking sense, maybe we take note now that it isnt Rana

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Rizwan LOL

 

[Sir-fraz]

Rizwan needs to stop running like a headless chicken...

 

[Mean&Green]

Rizwan the fidget spinner takes off when he’s batting but when there is actually a run there he doesn’t wanna run pathetic t20 player to say the least

 

[Omer2002]

rizwan is a rabbit....and a disaster for runners...

i think azam khan shud be tried

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

And straight away a big top edge to the fast bowler backing up my suspicions about Haider against pace. Lucky.

 

[Mamoon]

Why is Rizwan opening

Because it is the only way you can fit him in the T20 team.

 

[Gullycricket]

Khushdil is good idea for opener

 

[Rana]

Why is Rizwan opening

Because he is the people's champ

 

[m.shah]

Rizwan should not open

 

[BigShak]

Haider again playing across the line, made the same mistake against Zimbabwe.

You want him to play a ball sliding down leg stump through the covers now? People love to overanalyse

 

[guldozer]

I like seeing the distance meadured on sixes, it doesn't look like this is being used by production team.

 

[Sir-fraz]

Because it is the only way you can fit him in the T20 team.

They gotta play rohail nazir

 

[UzmanBeast]

Still not seen what Haider can do against genuine pace, so he should continue to make hay against the slower bowlers.

Ijaz Ahmed in an interview a while back said that Haider didn't really do well against spinners.

He plays across the line against pace, if you bowl a leg-stump line, you can get his wicket pretty frequently.

 

[Gullycricket]

Lol Rizzu is joker

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Pakistan is No. 1 in at least something even if it is being the worst in PP in T20's with a RR of 6.9

 

[Mean&Green]

These are 35 metre boundaries ridiculous

 

[Sir-fraz]

Rizwans tough to watch in t20s

 

[UzmanBeast]

You want him to play a ball sliding down leg stump through the covers now? People love to overanalyse

No, I want him to play it where it should go, not try to create a on-side flick out of it.

Not overanalyzing anything here, just stating a mistake he's making which could cost his wicket.

 

[Gullycricket]

Bring on junior DALA

 

[Rana]

Smash this Sipamla the way Butler and Maland did!!!

 

[silentkiller187]

If we have proper batsmen around him we can fit rizwan is as an accumulator, the problem is the batsmen around him all fail and makes him look even worse. But agreed we need to find a couple of big power hitters and stick them at the top so we can get away early, that stat about lowest run rate in power play says it all

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Haider

 

[Abdullah Rabbani]

Rizwan ki wicket ky k zindage asan kri

 

[silentkiller187]

That’s more like it

 

[Mean&Green]

All the black South African bowlers have the exact same action height and physique lol

 

[Gullycricket]

Wow this guy is good

 

[UzmanBeast]

First good shot of the match.

 

[Rana]

Keep pumping them Haider!!!

 

[Mamoon]

They gotta play rohail nazir

Rohail is not a Limited Overs batsman either, and Azam Khan should focus on becoming a specialist batsman and give up keeping hopes.

 

[Energy]

The stubborn nature of team selection is going to haunt us. Don't be surprised if last minute changes before the world cup will happen. New openers, New bowlers, new spinners.

 

[Mueez]

Haider

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Now that was a good shot.

 

[Rana]

Trademark Haider Smash

He did this to Southee too

 

[Gullycricket]

All the black South African bowlers have the exact same action height and physique lol

Even WI bowlers

 

[Sir-fraz]

Kid seems to be trying to smash everything. Needs to be more calculated lol

 

[fasihulhaq94]

that is a forlorn looking babar in the dugout

 

[Mueez]

Chasing on this pitch won’t be easy.

It has some stickiness.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Haider is going all out here.

Either a quickfire decent knock or he is going bust.

Come on Haider!!

 

[Mean&Green]

Well Haider Ali is Sehwag six or nothing else

 

[Gullycricket]

Rotate the strike yaar

 

[UzmanBeast]

Interesting to see what spin Shamsi can pick from this wicket.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I am sure OYE!!! Groove mera groove mera

 

[Rana]

The PSL track sounds better in the stadiums loudspeaker

 

[Omer2002]

South African batting is very decent with good hitters...i think they have this game in the bag we dont have a clue how to set a target

 

[silentkiller187]

Out

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Rotate the strike yaar

Why when you can stand and hit and get OUT