Pakistan v West Indies | 3rd T20I | NSK | 16th December, 2021 | Pre-Match Discussion

[MenInG]

Series now secure.

Babar Azam mentioned that combination will be changed to allow chances for other players.

So what XI should Pakistan play for the final T20I?

 

[krazystrong]

Babar
Rizwan
Fakhar/Khushdil
Haider
Iftikhar
Asif
Nawaz
Waseem
Qadir
Hasnain
Dahani

Test the bench. or don't play Khushdil, he's kinda crap and has no potential. Don't know why he's in the squad.

 

[nextover666666]

Ideally all 4 who have not been given a game should be given a chance meaning Dahani, Hasnain, Khushdil, and Usman Qadir

I doubt it will happen, we might even get 2 changes if we are lucky. Because this a dead rubber their is no harm in resting some players.

I would do the following

Dahani to replace Shaheen so he can get some rest.

Hasnain to replace Haris Rauf again so he can get some rest as well

Qadir for Shadab only because Shadab is vice captain, so if he gets some rest it wont be an issue, need to give more game time to Nawaz as well, however it does seem like he will replace Imad wasim moving forward.

Khushdil Shah to replace Asif Ali, has not done anything of note this serious, might as well give Khushdil Shah a go.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Muhammad Rizwan (wk & c)
3. Haider Ali
4. Iftikhar Ahmed
5. Muhammad Nawaz
6. Asif Ali
7. Khushdil Shah
8. Usman Qadir
9. Muhammad Wasim jr
10. Shanawaz Dahani
11. Muhammad Hassnain

 

[Markhor]

Dhani should be given his debut.

 

[nextover666666]

Dhani should be given his debut.

Dahani did make his t20 debut last series vs Bangladesh, but in terms of this series he has not gotten a game yet

 

[Artaxerxes]

I don’t know on what basis Khushdil was selected.He has not done anything so far.Misbah regards him highly so it could be his influence.

 

[Rana]

Would love Babar and Rizwan to be replaced by Fakhar and Haider

But it’s not going to happen because if it clicks, Babar and Rizwan have no clue how to be useful to the team

 

[Rana]

Shaheen should be replaced by Dahani too

Not Rauf or Wasim jr

 

[Ami]

Riz
Babar
Haider
Ifti
Khushdil
Asif
Nawaz
Wasim
Hasnain
Qadir
Dahani

 

[Omer2002]

Guaranteed both dhani and hasnain will play also i reckon khushdil will replace asif

 

[Nasty Naz]

I can't believe they had to had Shaheen play in both T20's on back to back nights in the first place. Give this man a rest already.

Rest of the bench needs to play. Win or loss doesn't matter here. It's time to give players a different look and a bigger opportunity to see what they can do.

Babar, Shadab, Shaheen & Rauf should all sit for Qadir/Khushdil/Hasnain/Dhani. Rizwan captains.

Fakhar
Rizwan
Haider
Iftikhar
Khushdil
Asif
Nawaz
Wasim Jr.
Qadir
Hasnain
Dhani

Too often Babar & Rizwan end up playing most of the balls in theses matches and other players are not coming towards the end to slog. This gives others more responsibility to play a longer innings and try to carry it.

 

[PakPremi]

There is no way Babar will miss the game, especially when he has not scored runs this series, and also he is fairly new captain and will like to continue developing. 4 changes I would make is Shadab,Haris, Shaheen, and Asif Ali. Later may be given another chance though

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan looking to finish with a flourish, West Indies needing to avoid an embarrassing 3-0 loss (Pictures courtesy of the PCB)

 

[Kianig89]

Wholesale changes should be made to young guys a chance

 

[cricketAXEpert]

Series now secure.

Babar Azam mentioned that combination will be changed to allow chances for other players.

So what XI should Pakistan play for the final T20I?

Shahnawaz should get a chance.

Shahnawaz vs Mohd Wasim.
can't understand why Mohd Wasim is getting all the oppurtunities. Shahnawaz has the X factor, the height, the bounce, great action, even the international players are excited about him.

 

[Maher96]

I do go for resting Babar.

Rizwan
Fakhar
Haider
Ifti
Asif Ali
Kushdil
Nawaz
Waseem
Qadir
Dahani
Hasnain


Should still beat West Indies.

 

[transparent opacity]

One of Rizwan and Babar should rest, and maybe play Haider as an opener or Fakhar to open and Haider to come at no. 3.

 

[MenInG]

Reports are that more players and support staff of the West Indies’ touring party have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the final Twenty20 International against Pakistan tomorrow at the National Stadium in Karachi.

According to sources, these members are expected to be unavailable for the match after reportedly returning positive tests.

The names of the players and officials will be withheld until Cricket West Indies makes an official announcement.

Last Saturday, CWI announced that left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell, all-rounders Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers, along with a non-coaching member of the team management unit returned positive tests in Karachi.

https://www.nationnews.com/2021/12/...yers-support-staff-testing-positive-covid-19/

 

[Markhor]

Dahani did make his t20 debut last series vs Bangladesh, but in terms of this series he has not gotten a game yet

My bad, he and all the other subs should definitely play especially with WI looking like they'll be weakened further with more positive tests.

 

[nextover666666]

My bad, he and all the other subs should definitely play especially with WI looking like they'll be weakened further with more positive tests.

They should have be playing for sure, and imo before the series started, it really should have a been a series used to see how guys like dahani, khushdil, usman qadir and hasnain perform. The result should have not been the most important thing, but that is PCB they take everything seriously. You play to win the game and i respect that, but again for a bilateral series this is the platform were you test players, and try not to worry too much about results.

 

[shamaan]

Babar
Rizwan
Fakhar
Haider
Iftikhar
Khushdil
Nawaz
Qadir
Wasim Jnr
Dahani
Husnain

 

[TeymurBlake]

For me, all the four players warming the bench, should get a fair crack against Windies.

1. Mohammad Rizwan (WK)
2. Fakhar Zaman
3. Haider Ali
4. Babar Azam (C)
5. Iftikhar Ahmed
6. Khushdil Shah
7. Mohammad Nawaz
8. Mohammad Wasim Jr.
9. Usman Qadir
10. Mohammad Hasnain
11. Shahnawaz Dhani

Pakistan need to understand Babar-Rizwan opening combo won't work in Australia, so they need to move one down and potentially as a floater. Rizwan can't bat anywhere other than opening. Moving Fakhar Zaman an aggressive opener would do a lot of good.

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan should win 3-0 regardless of the XI.

 

[Devadwal]

West indies players Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Justin Greave Tested positive for COVID-19, earlier Cottrell, Kyle Mayers and Chase was positive as well

 

[volcyz]

Doubt series will continue

 

[ChTab]

This is so pathetic from PCB. The 2nd time this sort of thing happened. Whole world is perfecting the bio secure bubble & then PCB messes it ip always ***.

Australia would have canceled even if the series went well but now they will have another excuse.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Hope we can atleast finish the T20s, the players have to isolate anyway might aswell finish the remaining games

 

[ChTab]

Hope we can atleast finish the T20s, the players have to isolate anyway might aswell finish the remaining games

T20's are useless if they stay here they should play all remaining 4 matches else they can go back to their home.

 

[angrypathan]

This is so pathetic from PCB. The 2nd time this sort of thing happened. Whole world is perfecting the bio secure bubble & then PCB messes it ip always ***.

Australia would have canceled even if the series went well but now they will have another excuse.

Games are no longer played in bio-secure bubbles. Australia’s own captain is out of a test match after going out to a restaurant with a friend who later tested positive for Covid.

 

[Rajdeep]

Sad to see likes of Andre Russell playing BBL and not bothered about national team

 

[ElRaja]

Sad to see likes of Andre Russell playing BBL and not bothered about national team

for all the hype, russells t20i numbers, especially against pakistan are pretty crap. too many good spinners at international level.

 

[silentkiller187]

Sad to see likes of Andre Russell playing BBL and not bothered about national team

when was the last time andre russell done anything of note in internationals, plus he only has half a knee left dont think he has it in him to play internationals anymore, good opportunity for the next generation.

 

[Rana]

This is just so frustrating and depressing for the fans

You get these B/C teams of countries touring Pakistan and not a single day goes past where the tour is threatened to be cancelled or called off.

 

[silentkiller187]

This is so pathetic from PCB. The 2nd time this sort of thing happened. Whole world is perfecting the bio secure bubble & then PCB messes it ip always ��*��*��*.

Australia would have canceled even if the series went well but now they will have another excuse.

whole world, in the English premier league matches are being postponed left right and centre due to covid, australia captain ruled out of the test because of covid, yet you want t bash pakistan, just out of intrest do you know how many WI staff and players had covid before they landed in pak, dont see any mention of WI cricket board in your criticisms.

 

[mazkhan]

I very much doubt Australia will be touring pakistan.

With omicron spreading allover and ttp on a war march they have the perfect excuse to bail out at the last minute

 

[boomboomcheema]

Match on Hai.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Do Windies have 11 players to put on the field ?
How large is their playing contingent.

 

[MenInG]

PCB have confirmed that the 3rd and final T20I will go ahead as planned.

There is no news on the fate of the 3-match ODI series.