Pakistan XI between 2008-2018

[proud_pakistani]

Sharjeel Khan
Salman Butt
Babar Azam
Mohd Yousuf
Shoaib Malik
Sarfraz Ahmed (wk)
Shahid Afridi
Saeed Ajmal
Umar Gul
Hasan Ali
Mohd Asif

Imagine this team if we had somehow kept our players

 

[DRsohail]

Sherjel has done nothing..add Hafiz there.junaid for Hassan Ali.

 

[hussain.r97]

Babar and Hasan are far too new to be on that list, and Sharjeel has done nothing to deserve being there.

Salman Butt
Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Yousuf
Shoaib Malik*
Sarfraz Ahmed+
Misbah ul Haq
Shahid Afridi/Abdul Razzaq
Saeed Ajmal
Umar Gul
Shoaib Akhtar
Mohammad Asif

 

[Ned Flanders]

1.Salman Butt
2.Mohammad Hafeez
3.Umar Akmal (wk)
4.Misbah Ul Haq
5.Mohammad Yousuf
6.Shoaib Malik
7.Shahid Afridi
8.Abdul Razzaq
9.Mohammad Amir
10.Shoaib Akhtar
11.Saeed Ajmal

No current player made it into my XI, says a lot.

 

[zain7077]

Salman Butt
Sarfraz Ahmed
Babar Azam
Mohammad Yousuf
Shoaib Malik
Umar Akmal
Mohammed Hafeez / Shahid Afridi
Abdul Razzaq
Mohammad Asif
Saeed Ajmal
Shoaib Akhtar

 

[barah_admi]

Sharjeel Khan
Salman Butt
Babar Azam
Mohd Yousuf
Shoaib Malik
Sarfraz Ahmed (wk)
Shahid Afridi
Saeed Ajmal
Umar Gul
Hasan Ali
Mohd Asif

Imagine this team if we had somehow kept our players

Is this the best possible XI selected from players in that time frame or a hypothetical scenario based on who could still have played some more years?

I'll do a test XI of the best players in that time.

1. Azhar Ali
2. Salman Butt
3. Younis Khan
4. Mohammad Yousuf
5. Misbah Ul Haq c
6. Kamran Akmal wk
7. Saeed Ajmal
8. Yasir Shah
9. Umar Gul
10. Muhammad Asif
11. Muhammad Amir

 

[Ned Flanders]

Test

UAE

1.Azhar Ali
2.Mohammad Hafeez
3.Younis Khan
4.Mohammad Yousuf
5.Misbah Ul Haq
6.Asad Shafiq
7.Sarfraz Ahmed (wk)
8.Saeed Ajmal
9.Yasir Shah
10.Mohammad Asif
11.Mohammad Amir

 

[SARJ_BD]

Test

1. Salman Butt
2. Azhar Ali
3. Hafeez (of 2011)
4. Younus Khan
5. Md Yousuf
6. Misbah ul Haq (c)
7. Sarfraz Ahmed
8. Saeed Ajmal
9. Yasir Shah
10. Umar Gul
11. Mohammad Asif

 

[SARJ_BD]

ODI

1. Salman Butt
2. Fakhar Zaman
3. Babar Azam
4. Shoaib Malik
5. Misbah ul Haq (c)
6. Sarfraz Ahmed
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Abdul Razzak
9. Saeed Ajmal
10. Umar Gul
11. Mohammad Asif

 

[alized]

1. Salman Butt (c)
2. Kamran Akmal (wk)
3. Babar Azam
4. Muhammad Yusuf
5. Younus Khan
6. Mohammed Hafeez
7. Abdul Razzak
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Mohammed Amir
10. Mohammed Asif
11. Saeed Ajmal

 

[BD-fan]

Why 2008? You wanted to leave Inzi out purposely?

 

[Rayyman]

Azhar Ali
Kamran Akmal+
Younis Khan*
Mohammad Yousuf
Shoaib Malik
Mohammad Hafeez
Shahid Afridi
Abdul Razzaq
Wahab Riaz
Saeed Ajmal
Mohammad Asif

 

[proud_pakistani]

Why 2008? You wanted to leave Inzi out purposely?

Yes I purposely left him out. For me he was the last match winning ODI batsman of Pakistan and since then it has been a struggle. So I am trying to understand what went wrong and had we kept some of our players who we lost due to spot-fixing issues and due to bowling actions.

 

[proud_pakistani]

Sherjel has done nothing..add Hafiz there.junaid for Hassan Ali.

I will stick with Sharjeel. Best opener Pakistan had for me since Saeed Anwar.

 

[proud_pakistani]

1.Salman Butt
2.Mohammad Hafeez
3.Umar Akmal (wk)
4.Misbah Ul Haq
5.Mohammad Yousuf
6.Shoaib Malik
7.Shahid Afridi
8.Abdul Razzaq
9.Mohammad Amir
10.Shoaib Akhtar
11.Saeed Ajmal

No current player made it into my XI, says a lot.

I wonder if you would have said that after the Champions Trophy win.

 

[proud_pakistani]

Is this the best possible XI selected from players in that time frame or a hypothetical scenario based on who could still have played some more years?

I'll do a test XI of the best players in that time.

1. Azhar Ali
2. Salman Butt
3. Younis Khan
4. Mohammad Yousuf
5. Misbah Ul Haq c
6. Kamran Akmal wk
7. Saeed Ajmal
8. Yasir Shah
9. Umar Gul
10. Muhammad Asif
11. Muhammad Amir

Its an opinion based on what I have seen from some players (Sharjeel and Babar) and some based upon cricketing stats as well.

 

[proud_pakistani]

But any how looking at the last 10 years in general. Some good players who have blown hot and cold. We could easily have been a better team in the last 10 years if it weren't for the controversies.

 

[Ned Flanders]

I wonder if you would have said that after the Champions Trophy win.

Let's not discuss that.