Pakistan v Sri Lanka | 1st T20I | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | 5th October | Pre-Match Discussion

[MenInG]

Looks like an easy task for Pakistan against a depleted Sri Lanka side but in the shorter format - just takes one guy to play a crazy innings or one bowler to take a handful of wickets and the game changes!

What team should Pakistan play? tactics?

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T20I Squad (in alphabetical order, domestic teams in brackets):

1. Sarfaraz Ahmed (captain) (Sindh)
2. Babar Azam (vice-captain) (Central Punjab)
3. Ahmed Shehzad (Central Punjab)
4. Asif Ali (Northern)
5. Faheem Ashraf (Central Punjab)
6. Fakhar Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
7. Haris Sohail (Balochistan)
8. Iftikhar Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
9. Imad Wasim (Northern)
10. Mohammad Amir (Northern)
11. Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh)
12. Mohammad Nawaz (Northern)
13. Shadab Khan (Northern)
14. Umar Akmal (Central Punjab)
15. Usman Shinwari (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
16. Wahab Riaz (Southern Punjab)

T20I Series schedule:

5 Oct – 1st T20I, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
7 Oct – 2nd T20I, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
9 Oct – 3rd T20I, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

 

[Barragan]

1. Azam
2. Shehzad
3. Zaman
4. Akmal
5. Sarfraz
6. Asif
7. Imad
8. Shadab
9. Faheem
10. Amir
11. Hasnain

Ideally, Shehzad would have been out and Malik in at 4 - but no Malik, so Zaman plays at 3.

 

[PAF]

Ahmed Shahzad will definitely open. Umar Akmal should play at no.5

Ahmed Shehzad
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam
Haris Sohail
Umar Akmal
Sarfraz Ahmed
Iftikhar Ahmed
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Aamir
Mohammad Hasnain
Usman Khan Shinwari

 

[m.awais]

Fakhar
Babar
Sohail
Sarfraz
Akmal
Iftikhar
Shadab
Imad
Wahab
Amir
Shinwari

I am pretty sure that Pakistan would play this team.

 

[Abdullah719]

Babar Azam
Fakhar Zaman
Haris Sohail
Umar Akmal
Iftikhar Ahmed
Asif Ali
Imad Wasim
Shadab Khan
Faheem Ashraf
Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Hasnain

12th man:

 

[Titan24]

Fakhar/ Shehzad
Babar
Umar/ Haris
Sarfaraz
Iftikhar
Asif Ali/ Umar
Imad
Shadab
Amir
Hasnain
Shinwari

 

[Titan24]

Babar Azam
Fakhar Zaman
Haris Sohail
Umar Akmal
Iftikhar Ahmed
Asif Ali
Imad Wasim
Shadab Khan
Faheem Ashraf
Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Hasnain

12th man:

Where is the the captain?

 

[Abdullah719]

Where is the the captain?

Oops

The team looks better without him I guess he can replace Asif or Iftikhar, though I'd rather play both.

 

[Titan24]

Oops

The team looks better without him I guess he can replace Asif or Iftikhar, though I'd rather play both.

True team def looks better, I was inclined to give WK to Umar Akmal but then realized its not gonna happen so Sarfaraz at no 4 is the only good looking possibility.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I am not so sure about Haris in the T20 side as he usually takes time to get in and then to get going, where as in T20 you need to be either going run a ball from the start or have the big shots in your armory to play as you want.

The same can be said so about Sarfraz as well that he struggles to hit the big shots which is why he usually slots himself way down the order at most times as it has also been seen doing so in ODI's too.

 

[Danyaalr01]

Babar
Fakhar
Haris
Iftikhar
Asif
Imad
Sarfaraz (C)(WK)
Shadab
Faheem
Amir
Hasnain

I have kept Shinwari out as he is not a t20 bowler and should be only in the ODI team. When Shaheen is back then he replaces Faheem as the batting is already deep enough and Faheem doesn't add much depth anyways.

 

[Maher96]

T20 team was always settled due our bowling line up. We have solid 20 overs where max a bowler will leak 28-32 runs if that.

My team from xi would be

Fakhar
Ahmed
Umar Akmal
Babar
Haris
Sarfraz
Imad
Shadab
Faheem
Wahab
Amir

 

[SensiblePakFan]

As long as shehzad is not in the team its fine.

 

[Rayyman]

Rest Haris and Wahab. Drop Shadab.

Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam
Umar Akmal
Sarfraz Ahmed*+
Iftikhar Ahmed
Asif Ali
Imad Wasim
Mohammad Nawaz
Faheem Ashraf
Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Hasnain

So much better without Hafeez

 

[sweep_shot]

I expect SL to be slightly more competitive in T20. Still, Pakistan should win this comfortably.

This is my XI:

Fakhar
Babar
Haris
Ifthikar
Sarfraz
Asif Ali
Faheem
Imad/Shadab
Amir
Shinwari
Hasnain.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dasun Shanaka and Sarfaraz Ahmed pictured with the trophy for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvSL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvSL</a> T20I series (picture courtesy PCB) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/Mr9impITvD">pic.twitter.com/Mr9impITvD</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1180144504629800960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[SARJ_BD]

My ideal team would be:

1. Fakhar
2. Kamran Akmal
3. Babar
4. Sarfraz
5. M Hafeez
6. Asif Ali / Malik
7. Imad / Umer Khan / Zafar Gohar
8. Shadab
9. Haris Rauf
10. M Amir / Shinwari
11. Shaheen Afridi

 

[Kroll]

1. Babar Azam
2. Fakhar Zaman
3. Umar Akmal
4. Asif Ali
5. Sarfraz Ahmed
6. Iftikhar Ahmed
7. Imad Wasim
8. Shadab Khan
9. Faheem Ashraf
10. Wahab Riaz
11. Usman Shinwari

Resting out Sohail and Amir. Going with a top heavy attack. Iftikhar lower down than Asif as he's meant to be the defacto "finisher".

 

[msb314]

My ideal team would be:

1. Fakhar
2. Kamran Akmal
3. Babar
4. Sarfraz
5. M Hafeez
6. Asif Ali / Malik
7. Imad / Umer Khan / Zafar Gohar
8. Shadab
9. Haris Rauf
10. M Amir / Shinwari
11. Shaheen Afridi

Hafeez, Malik, Umer Khan, Zafar Gohar and Haris Raif are not in the squad

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Have a bad feeling that Shehzad will play at 3.

 

[Abdullah]

Have a bad feeling that Shehzad will play at 3.

That's pointless.
I will be more ****** if they move Babar to 3.

 

[CricketDon]

Babar azam
Fakhar zaman
Haris
Umar Akmal
Sarfraz
Iffi
Imad
Shadab
Amir
Afridi
Riaz

 

[The Viper]

Babar azam
Fakhar zaman
Haris
Umar Akmal
Sarfraz
Iffi
Imad
Shadab
Amir
Afridi
Riaz

Shaheen still recovering from dengue so not in squad

 

[Danyaalr01]

I hope Akmal and Shehzad don't make it and if they do then they don't play in the position of a settled batsman e.g. Shehzad opnes with Babar at 3, that would be a disaster and the end of Pakistan's supremecy in t20i cricket.

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Ahmed Shahzad will definitely open. Umar Akmal should play at no.5

Ahmed Shehzad
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam
Haris Sohail
Umar Akmal
Sarfraz Ahmed
Iftikhar Ahmed
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Aamir
Mohammad Hasnain
Usman Khan Shinwari

Definitely best playing xi out of the squad.

 

[alishahid]

Confirmed line up for tomo

Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam
Haris Sohail
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Umer Akmal
Iftikar Ahmed
Imad Wasim
Shadab Khan
Mohammed Aamir
Usman Shinwari
Mohammed Hasnain/Wahab Riaz

 

[MenInG]

Big day for Lahore based fans! return of international cricket.

 

[Mobashir]

It will be interesting to see how they adjust Ahmed Shehzad in the top order with babar being so good opening the innings.
I will go with :
Ahmed Shehzad
Babar Azam
Fakhar Zaman
Umar Akmal

If shakeel comeback to his best I will replace him with Shehzad.

 

[Omer2002]

asif ali and umar akmal have to play i dnt see a place for shezad..hasnain should be in for wahab..with faheem in for amir or shenwari

 

[Afhan Ali]

If Babar plays at no 3 in t20s, Misbah should be sacked with immediate effect