mominsaigol
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Now that the world cup is over, and CT 2025 is a while away, just wanted to make a fun thread about pakistani players both past and current who should have gotten more chances.
1) Fawad Alam
I'm honestly suprised he never got more games in his golden age 20-30 years. 38 odi's and 19 tests seems very low for a player with great stats.
While I personally don't prefer Fawad Alam, I'm suprised he wasn't a feature during the Misbah Odi era. That era had a frequent problem of openers and the top order (no 3 and no 4) being Walking wickets.
Fawad alam was the 2nd highest run scorer in 2014 for pakistan and he was the main reason pakistan managed to chase down the massive 300+ target set by Bangladesh and keep in mind this was an era where pakistan would mostly score 200-220.
Shocking that he was excluded for wc 2015 since pakistan didn't have many options.
2) Azhar Ali
While Azhar was the captain of the Pakistan cricket team, and he played a pivotal role in the CT final, im suprised he wasnt a feature dueing the misbah era as an opener.
Why was shehzad preferred over him? Azhar during this era could have atleast added some stability to the top order especially during ct 2013. 53 odi's is pretty low for someone who's had a stunning test career and a memorable Ct final knock.
3) Usman Khan Shinwari
While Usman was extremely poor in t20 ans test, his odi record is stunning, avg 18 with an eco of 4 ans picking 34 wickets in 17 games that he played.
its shocking that he only played 17 odi's during his short stint.
4) Sami Aslam
Ik he ran off to the US and had a medicore outing in test but this man barely played any games for pakistan? When he made his debut, he scored 49 of 49 i believe only to get sidelined for shehzad.
When he made his comeback, he failed in the SA series. Still an impressive list A record, he should have been given more games, especially when people like shan masood, Or shadab get free rides 24/7.
5) Rumman Raees
Kinda suprised he didnt play more. He wasnt anything special but he wasnt a bad bowler either, he bowled pretty well during the CT 2017 semi final.
He's 32 now so unlikely he'll come back and even if he does, he's probably a has been by now, but less then 10 odi and t20 games is shockingly low when he didn't really play much.
6) Tayyab Tahir
How do people like Azam Khan keep getting selected over proper MO batters like Tayyab ? Despite impressive psl stats, An amazing acc emerging cup final performance he was discarded from the odi squad without getting a single game.
His only opportunity in international so far was playing against the world's best spin attack with a 2nd rate pakistani team?
7) Abrar Ahmed
Ik he's still playing, but he didn't even get any games during the wc? Seriously what did abrar even do? He hasn't done anything wrong, Anytime he's bowled he's looked to be miles superior to any other spinner we've had since 2020?
8) Zafar Gohar
This man has one of the most impressive stats in domestic cricket and yet hes played a total of 1 game for pakistan in odi? In which he picked up 2 wickets and was then never seen again?
What happened? He's only 29? Why can't he get selected?
9) Haris Sohail
He has knee issues so I understand why he can't play, but it doesn't change the fact that this man was Pakistan’s best no 4/5 since the 2015.
10) Shazaib Hasan
In List A he had an avg of 36 and a sr of 106. He only played 3 odi games for pakistan and 10 t20, While a failure at t20, he had 1 50 in odi and his st finishes strong at 88.
During the misbah era, he could have been a good candidate to take at the top, mainly because while he is a hack, he'd be a valid option for shehzad at the time.
Their many more players like raza hasan, Shabzada farhan, Umar amin etc etc, but I think I'll stop here otherwise list will be too long.
1) Fawad Alam
I'm honestly suprised he never got more games in his golden age 20-30 years. 38 odi's and 19 tests seems very low for a player with great stats.
While I personally don't prefer Fawad Alam, I'm suprised he wasn't a feature during the Misbah Odi era. That era had a frequent problem of openers and the top order (no 3 and no 4) being Walking wickets.
Fawad alam was the 2nd highest run scorer in 2014 for pakistan and he was the main reason pakistan managed to chase down the massive 300+ target set by Bangladesh and keep in mind this was an era where pakistan would mostly score 200-220.
Shocking that he was excluded for wc 2015 since pakistan didn't have many options.
2) Azhar Ali
While Azhar was the captain of the Pakistan cricket team, and he played a pivotal role in the CT final, im suprised he wasnt a feature dueing the misbah era as an opener.
Why was shehzad preferred over him? Azhar during this era could have atleast added some stability to the top order especially during ct 2013. 53 odi's is pretty low for someone who's had a stunning test career and a memorable Ct final knock.
3) Usman Khan Shinwari
While Usman was extremely poor in t20 ans test, his odi record is stunning, avg 18 with an eco of 4 ans picking 34 wickets in 17 games that he played.
its shocking that he only played 17 odi's during his short stint.
4) Sami Aslam
Ik he ran off to the US and had a medicore outing in test but this man barely played any games for pakistan? When he made his debut, he scored 49 of 49 i believe only to get sidelined for shehzad.
When he made his comeback, he failed in the SA series. Still an impressive list A record, he should have been given more games, especially when people like shan masood, Or shadab get free rides 24/7.
5) Rumman Raees
Kinda suprised he didnt play more. He wasnt anything special but he wasnt a bad bowler either, he bowled pretty well during the CT 2017 semi final.
He's 32 now so unlikely he'll come back and even if he does, he's probably a has been by now, but less then 10 odi and t20 games is shockingly low when he didn't really play much.
6) Tayyab Tahir
How do people like Azam Khan keep getting selected over proper MO batters like Tayyab ? Despite impressive psl stats, An amazing acc emerging cup final performance he was discarded from the odi squad without getting a single game.
His only opportunity in international so far was playing against the world's best spin attack with a 2nd rate pakistani team?
7) Abrar Ahmed
Ik he's still playing, but he didn't even get any games during the wc? Seriously what did abrar even do? He hasn't done anything wrong, Anytime he's bowled he's looked to be miles superior to any other spinner we've had since 2020?
8) Zafar Gohar
This man has one of the most impressive stats in domestic cricket and yet hes played a total of 1 game for pakistan in odi? In which he picked up 2 wickets and was then never seen again?
What happened? He's only 29? Why can't he get selected?
9) Haris Sohail
He has knee issues so I understand why he can't play, but it doesn't change the fact that this man was Pakistan’s best no 4/5 since the 2015.
10) Shazaib Hasan
In List A he had an avg of 36 and a sr of 106. He only played 3 odi games for pakistan and 10 t20, While a failure at t20, he had 1 50 in odi and his st finishes strong at 88.
During the misbah era, he could have been a good candidate to take at the top, mainly because while he is a hack, he'd be a valid option for shehzad at the time.
Their many more players like raza hasan, Shabzada farhan, Umar amin etc etc, but I think I'll stop here otherwise list will be too long.
