[PICTURE] Pakistan squads for Australia and Zimbabwe tours named

[RedwoodOriginal]

- I am glad that they are not sending full-strength squads to Zimbabwe for once. The front-line fast bowlers in particular do not need to be playing in Zimbabwe.

- Of the players selected, I am interested to see how Arafat Minhas does. He is very young but seems like a proper all-rounder. Shadab needed a reality check based on his horrible form. Also interested to see Irfan Khan. He was one of the finds of the PSL and has done well for Pakistan at junior team levels.

- Not a fan of Tayyab Tahir. I think he has an atrocious technique. But happy to be proven wrong on him. Also think that Sufiyan Muqeem should have been picked over Faisal Akram in ODI.

- Good to see Haseebullah being selected as the back-up wicketkeeper. Hopefully he gets some good game time.

- Hopefully Agha gets a chance to establish himself in limited overs formats.

- Rizwan is most likely going to be Pakistan's next limited-overs captain with Agha likely leading the side in Zimbabwe T20s.

 

[Slim]

I think the squads are okay for the Australia series and im happy to see someone finally having the cojones to rest the “seniors” in the zimbabwe series to not let them stat pad.


For Saya boys aka Babar, Shaheen this series could be detrimental to their future chances as if they fail against Australia it would be difficult to hide and get selected again.


If they were not selected and Pakistan would have lost to Australia, it would have been difficult to fight against the propoganda powerhouse. So either now they perform or get totally exposed. I am totally fine with it.

 

[shaaik]

Where’s Mohammad Haris??

 

[shariqnoor]

Aqibball in effect. Dropping your best ODI player in Fakhar Zaman because you developed a tiff with him. Great.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

You realise this is Media Propaganda right? It's the sane as when they faked an injury for imam just to play Shan in one odi last year

Both things can be true.

 

[Slim]

Aqibball in effect. Dropping your best ODI player in Fakhar Zaman because you developed a tiff with him. Great.

Zaman has been constantly failing fitness tests and has been running his mouth off late. Accountability needs to happen. Good stuff. I dont think any player is and should be above the game.

 

[mominsaigol]

Both things can be true.

This I agree with.

 

[Slim]

Farhan should have been selected in ODIs instead of Abdullah.

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

Best 11 for T20i series vs Australia:

1. Sahibzada Farhan
2. Usman Khan
3. Babar Azam
4. Muhammad Rizwan (c) (wk) - I read that he is T20i captain
5. Agha Salman Ali
6. Muhammad Irfan Khan
7. Arafat Minhas
8. Shaheen Shah Afridi
9. Abbas Afridi
10. Naseem Shah
11. Sufyan Muqeem

 

[RidiculousMan]

Bro this squad is crap.

Ik people have issues with fakhar especially pcb for that tweet, But you need an X factor to combat Australia.

None of these guys besides Irfan Khan niazi and fakhar showed that they can play tye aussie brand of cricket.

KG, Babar, Agha, rizwan all can't fit in one 11 for very obvious reasons, you can only opt for maximum of 2, like Australia does qith smith and Labu

Lets see what happens but I expect a long tour. Will be hard work of the boys

 

[shariqnoor]

Zaman has been constantly failing fitness tests and has been running his mouth off late. Accountability needs to happen. Good stuff. I dont think any player is and should be above the game.

Running his mouth has different punishments. You fine the player.

He's your best bat in ODI's at the moment. You are going to anyways bring him in for the Champions Trophy but you are not going to let him get some match practice before it because you are personally annoyed by him.

 

[mominsaigol]

Best 11 for T20i series vs Australia:

1. Sahibzada Farhan - Im assuming he is an opener
2. Usman Khan
3. Babar Azam
4. Muhammad Rizwan (c) (wk) - I read that he is T20i captain
5. Agha Salman Ali
6. Muhammad Irfan Khan
7. Arafat Minhas
8. Shaheen Shah Afridi
9. Abbas Afridi
10. Naseem Shah
11. Sufyan Muqeem - Need another spinner

Shabzada farhan being selected for t20 is such a brain dead moment from PCB. He's no different from Babar and rizwan at opening.

He's a terrific Red ball player and should only.play tests ahead of Abdullah shafiq.

Omair bin Yousaf should be drafted in all formats. He's a gun prospect and is a good all format player. Could be a solid addition in t20

 

[RidiculousMan]

Bro can you plz tell me who are the spinners for australia odis any spinner to watch out plz mention.

Zampa

 

[Slim]

I would have also preffered one of Sajid or Noman being selected as well.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

The funny thing is @Nikhil_cric was talking about aussie team looking a bit weak without Travis head and I actually agreed with him and was a bit worried for this series as I don't want Australia to lose.

But after seeing this squad . Nothing to worry about lol. Only regret is no chacha and shadab, wish they were here for extra bullying.

Lots of good in this squad but Haseebullah and Faisal Akram are trash picks.

Why hold an elite List A tournament like Champions Cup(with centrally contracted players) and then not give your top performers a chance?

But on the other hand, Arafat Minhas is a very good pick. And no Shadab and Chacha is also good going forward

 

[RidiculousMan]

I would have also preffered one of Sajid or Noman being selected as well.

Sajid would've been a very useful experience spinner. Has white ball form as well. Right now only Faisal Akram is there as a spinner. He's also very young. Hope he can withhold the aussie pressure

 

[mominsaigol]

Lets see what happens but I expect a long tour. Will be hard work of the boys

Let's be fair to the boys, They ain't winning In Australia under any circumstances. I'm am not gonna bash them for losing to aus in their own den.

I am gonna bash them for not selecting the best possible playing 11 and lack of intent.

If you lose, Atleast lose with honor.

That's why I love Australia. Even when they get bashed and beaten they go out fighting. The Afghanistan game was lost in wc 2024 yet despite losing they still went out to attack.

Aussie cricket is it's own brand and that's the fighting spirit I want for pakistan.

Pakistan took a million years to figure out how to curate a pitch and how to go spin galore for test. And even then it was by total accident by playing on the same pitch and essentially making it a 10 day pitch lol.

They'll take another million years to get their squad combination right.

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

Sajid would've been a very useful experience spinner. Has white ball form as well. Right now only Faisal Akram is there as a spinner. He's also very young. Hope he can withhold the aussie pressure

I understand that some want to pick him based on great test performances

But where is his white ball form?

in List A he doesn't have a single 5-fer, and an average of around 37.

He also only bowled in one match in that recent ODI domestic cup.

 

[Snowflake]

Pretty sure Fakhar Zaman is not fully fit. Otherwise he would have been in the squad.

If fitness was the reason, he wouldn’t have been dropped from the central contract too.

He’s definitely being punished for the tweet he made.

 

[Haider18]

Abbas Afridi getting picked after being the worst bowler in the Shaheen's Team. Great.

 

[Barragan]

Pretty terrible especially the T20 squads.

 

[Shoaib Akhtar 100 MPH]

No Fakhar is a travesty likely due to his outspoken support of Babar being rested during the Test series.

Saud deserved an opportunity in the ODI squad especially with the home CT coming up shortly.

Saim should be in both formats as well as Jahandad.

We need our core line up sorted ASAP rather than scrambling last minute.

Good to see Hasnain and Dahani return and Aamir jamal, Arafat minhas, Salman Ali, Omair bin yousuf, Muhammad Irfan khan, Kami G, Ahmad Daniyal, Sufyaan muqeem and Faisal akram given an opportunity.

Haris Rauf should of been rested for the Zimbabwe ODI leg and Jahandad given a shot.

Akif Javed should of been given a shot.

 

[khyberlion]

Becu

Whats so funny about the 11 I suggested?

Because if we picked one of their favorites we would have scored 400 runs. Other than fakhar and Usman Khan this is the best that could have been selected. Fakhar has been in poor form of late but, if you are going to pick Abdullah without any runs then no reason why fakhar can't be either.

Both of these guys don't support Pakistan which they themselves have confirmed.

 

[Markhor]

Well there's the clearout people demanded...

Need time to unpack all this.

 

[Rana]

Well there's the clearout people demanded...

Need time to unpack all this.

What clearout?

Babar and Rizwan are your core issue in T20 batting

Where have they been cleared out?

 

[mominsaigol]

My top 4 if I was the selector to combat Aus

1) Sharjeel Khan
2) Fakhar Zaman
3) Omair Bin Yousaf (Go bang bang like he did in this years acc and last years acc)
4) Usman Khan(wk)

^^ Realistically this is your best top 4.

Each of these players can go at it hard and attack Australia.

KG and Agha aren't bad due to their SR's but their more so consistent 90 to 100 sr batters, they won't up the ante to 140SR when needed.

You gotta beat aus at their own game.

But ik that whatever squad we shall take aus will win.

But come on, Take a bang bang squad? What are you gonna do when Jake Fraser faces off against Shaheen? Allah khair Karei

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Why is Arafat Minhas in the squad for Australia ODIs but not in the squad for Zimbabwe ODIs? That makes zero sense. He is not a senior player.

 

[Rana]

Did Australia announce their T20i squad for Pakistan?

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Lots of good in this squad but Haseebullah and Faisal Akram are trash picks.

Why hold an elite List A tournament like Champions Cup(with centrally contracted players) and then not give your top performers a chance?

But on the other hand, Arafat Minhas is a very good pick. And no Shadab and Chacha is also good going forward

Haseebullah is a good player. He has been doing well since the U-19 level. IF given the opportunity I am sure he will show what he is capable of.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

To be quite honest I don't think the results of any of these series matter. They are meaningless bilateral ODIs. But if we are able to find some good new players, it will be worth it.

 

[Shoaib Akhtar 100 MPH]

Why is Arafat Minhas in the squad for Australia ODIs but not in the squad for Zimbabwe ODIs? That makes zero sense. He is not a senior player.

 

[Rana]

To be quite honest I don't think the results of any of these series matter. They are meaningless bilateral ODIs. But if we are able to find some good new players, it will be worth it.

No they are not meaningless now. This is what you all wanted. Your going to get it. Stop chickening out now.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

No they are not meaningless now. This is what you all wanted. Your going to get it. Stop chickening out now.

Bilateral ODIs and T20s are completely meaningless in this day and age. And have been for quite some time. Everybody except the most deluded already know this.

 

[Aviator]

Abdullah shafique will fail in Australia... A guy who is walking wicket on flattest of flat track, how is he going to survive on fastest wicket with some of the fastest bowlers?

 

[RidiculousMan]

Why is Arafat Minhas in the squad for Australia ODIs but not in the squad for Zimbabwe ODIs? That makes zero sense. He is not a senior player.

That's weird. 4 squads have been announced together. People have been slowly finding discrepancies in it. But yea it makes no sense to debut Arafat against Australia and not to play him or debut him in Zimbabwe

 

[Rana]

Bilateral ODIs and T20s are completely meaningless in this day and age. And have been for quite some time. Everybody except the most deluded already know this.

Yeah I like how you are setting this up now,

If Pakistan wins 1-2 matches: “Rizwan GOAT captain”

If Pakistan lose all matches: “these are meaningless bilaterals, Rizwan will get his act together when it matters”

It’s the deluded people who said the same thing when @mominsaigol pointed out Rizwan’s poor performance as a captain/Player in the champion’s cup…that he will turn up in a Pakistan shirt.

 

[RidiculousMan]

To be quite honest I don't think the results of any of these series matter. They are meaningless bilateral ODIs. But if we are able to find some good new players, it will be worth it.

I'm looking forward to the likes of Hasnain, Jahandad and Jamal in ODIs

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Yeah I like how you are setting this up now,

If Pakistan wins 1-2 matches: “Rizwan GOAT captain”

If Pakistan lose all matches: “these are meaningless bilaterals, Rizwan will get his act together when it matters”

It’s the deluded people who said the same thing when @mominsaigol pointed out Rizwan’s poor performance as a captain/Player in the champion’s cup…that he will turn up in a Pakistan shirt.

Nope even if PAK win 3-0 in means nothing. Just like Pakistan's Number 1 ODI ranking meant nothing. Only thing that matters in ODI is World Cup and Champions Trophy. The rest is just there to tryout/find new players and give people like you something to blabber about.

 

[Rana]

Nope even if PAK win 3-0 in means nothing. Just like Pakistan's Number 1 ODI ranking meant nothing. Only thing that matters in ODI is World Cup and Champions Trophy. The rest is just there to tryout/find new players and give people like you something to blabber about.

If they don’t mean Jack all, then why have Australia picked 90% of their full side? So has Pakistan???

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I'm looking forward to the likes of Hasnain, Jahandad and Jamal in ODIs

I am looking forward to it from that point-of-view too. I'm just saying that the results of this series don't mean anything. Ultimately the focus should be on finding a playing eleven that is capable of defending the CT.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Haseebullah is a good player. He has been doing well since the U-19 level. IF given the opportunity I am sure he will show what he is capable of.

He maybe a good player but when you have held a tournament like Champions Cup to look for good white ball players , you have to give significant weightage to the performers there especially if they haven't proven themselves in ODI cricket previously.

I think at least 5 members of the ODI squad to Australia are questionable

Abdullah
Haseebullah
Faisal
Jamal
Rauf

Faisal as a left arm wristpinner and Jamal as seam allrounder may not have alternatives. So that's understandable.

But Fakhar, Usman Khan and Akif/Jahandad can easily replace the other 3 .

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

If they don’t mean Jack all, then why have Australia picked 90% of their full side? So has Pakistan???

Because no one is stupid enough to drop all their main players even for a meaningless ODI series.

 

[RidiculousMan]

I am looking forward to it from that point-of-view too. I'm just saying that the results of this series don't mean anything. Ultimately the focus should be on finding a playing eleven that is capable of defending the CT.

I also don't mind results. As long as they are building towards a CT squad and are looking to actually defend the title. But dropping guys like Fakhar from Central contract doesn't give a good sign.

Or maybe there's some other story that we don't know yet.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

To be quite honest I don't think the results of any of these series matter. They are meaningless bilateral ODIs. But if we are able to find some good new players, it will be worth it.

They matter quite a bit. World Cup winning sides always have batting lineups that have performed exceptionally well in bilateral series in a World Cup cycle.

If you don't respect that you will get reality checks like England did in 2023.

 

[Aviator]

It boils my blood seeing a nothing player like shafique selected over someone like fakhar zaman... No matter how many selectors and captains are changed... I guess it's tough to find an honest person in PCB setup. I guess there is a permanent 4-5 parchi quota system in Pakistan team...
One can argue about babar having a lean patch... But seriously how can someone defend shafique's selection?

 

[batandballbattle]

It is regrettable that our biggest match winner Fakhar has been dropped but I guess he shot himself in the foot for that one.

Babar is not a T20 player and should not have been included in those sides. I wouldn't put him in any side until he performs in domestic and I won't put him in the below teams but realistically he's going to be back. For Shaheen and Naseem Australia should be their last chance, if they can't even perform on bouncy green tracks they should go back to domestics and not be in the CT squads.

Glad we are past the full toss and long hop king Shadab.

I thought Sajid could have been included in at least one of the squads. Ok so the pitches might not be turners but form still counts for a lot.

Teppiya Rauf only serves as a run leaking machine and should have been kept far away from these teams. I don't care if he bowls 90mph+, it's useless without accuracy.

Sahibzada is more than just a T20 player, he should be in the ODI teams as well.

They are on the right track with packing the Zim teams full of newbies, they should try them out to see who looks good and who doesn't. I don't even care if they lose those games since it's a learning experience. Overall I have mixed feelings towards the picks in general.

ZIM T20s

OBY
Haseebullah (wk)
Sahibzada
Usman
Tayyab
Agha
Minhas
Jahandad
Hasnain
Abbas Afridi
Moqim

ZIM ODI

Ayub
Haseebullah
Ghulam
Rizwan (wk)
Tayyab
Agha
Jamal
Irfan Khan
Hasnain
Dahani
Akram

AUS T20s

OBY
Haseebullah
Sahibzada
Usman Khan
Rizwan (wk)
Agha
Irfan Khan
Jahandad
Minhas
Shaheen
Naseem

AUS ODIs

Saim
Haseebullah
Ghulam
Rizwan (wk)
Agha
Irfan Khan
Jamal
Minhas
Shaheen
Naseem
Akram

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

He maybe a good player but when you have held a tournament like Champions Cup to look for good white ball players , you have to give significant weightage to the performers there especially if they haven't proven themselves in ODI cricket previously.

I think at least 5 members of the ODI squad to Australia are questionable

Abdullah
Haseebullah
Faisal
Jamal
Rauf

Faisal as a left arm wristpinner and Jamal as seam allrounder may not have alternatives. So that's understandable.

But Fakhar, Usman Khan and Akif/Jahandad can easily replace the other 3 .

Aamir Jamal is Pakistan's best hope of a Ben Stokes/Hardik Pandya type of cricketer. Therefore he should be given the necessary opportunities to establish himself as that type of a player for Pakistan.

Abdullah Shafique had a decent ODI World Cup and for that reason alone he deserves to be retained in the ODI squad. I understand that his struggles with pace are well-documented and his test form has been poor. But you can't let a player's performances in one format, influence his selection in another format.

Rauf gets alot of hate but at the end of the day he is the only truly express bowler Pakistan has that is also a wicket taker. He lacks brains sometimes but he is a front-line bowler limited-overs pacer for us who deserves to be backed. He has also done very well in Australia in T20s.

Fasial Akram is very untested and raw. I would have preferred Sufiyan Muqeem over him. Haseebullah may have had a bad tournament but I think he has shown enough in the past to warrant an opportunity.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

They matter quite a bit. World Cup winning sides always have batting lineups that have performed exceptionally well in bilateral series in a World Cup cycle.

If you don't respect that you will get reality checks like England did in 2023.

Australia played their B and C teams in ODIs all year long and still won the World Cup.

The only purpose bilateral series hold is finding new players. Results are meaningless.

England's performance had more to do with their team not being good enough than their performances in bilateral ODIs. Pakistan came into the same World Cup as the number one team and had been consistently winning bilateral ODI series.

 

[Mohraheem]

I just realised Saud Shakeel isn't in the ODI squad - seriously?

He is one of the better batsman Pakistan has in test and ODI also. I understand SENA will be a massive challenge but in last years world cup he did play some decent innings (Netherlands, South Africa, and perhaps vs Australia) and showed a good range of shots

See anything weird Blame Misbah! This happened so his son can slowly come into the team

 

[Mohraheem]

Can't recall a single notable T20 performance by Agha at any level ever.

And he'll most likely be announced as national team captain today

When was the last time Ifthikhar performed and his name was kept being announced .. where was this statement against him. We shouldn’t complain

 

[mominsaigol]

Yeah I like how you are setting this up now,

If Pakistan wins 1-2 matches: “Rizwan GOAT captain”

If Pakistan lose all matches: “these are meaningless bilaterals, Rizwan will get his act together when it matters”

It’s the deluded people who said the same thing when @mominsaigol pointed out Rizwan’s poor performance as a captain/Player in the champion’s cup…that he will turn up in a Pakistan shirt.

I'll keep bumping the Rizzu thread that I made.

That's one thread that I won't let up. It'll keep getting updated series by series.

My aim for that thread is that by the time Muhammad Rizwan retires which will be God knows how long from now,

We will have proper data on every single series he played. And true reflections of his statistics.

This is to prevent @Major or anyone else to overglorify rizwan like he did with Misbah highlighting Misbah's 45 avg and putting him > Inzi.

Sane thread will be used to debunk any nonsense 86 avg spin bradman arguments.

It is my duty to ensure it happens. Not gonna let that 19 avg against England or 29 avg in champions one day cup go.

 

[mominsaigol]

Australia played their B and C teams in ODIs all year long and still won the World Cup.

The only purpose bilateral series hold is finding new players. Results are meaningless.

England's performance had more to do with their team not being good enough than their performances in bilateral ODIs. Pakistan came into the same World Cup as the number one team and had been consistently winning bilateral ODI series.

If bi laterals were meaningless, ICC would have axed them a long time ago.

 

[Barragan]

Where is the firepower?

Babar, Rizwan, Agha, KG, Abdullah Shafique, Irfan Khan etc all the same type of accumulators in ODI

In T20's except Usman Khan who is aggressive by nature - once again all accumulators

Where are the six hitters especially in T20's?

Omar bin Yusuf, Sufiyan and Arfat Minhas selected based on a kiddies competition in the Asia cup and clearly they are way undercooked and not ready.

 

[Rana]

Will be richly deserved as well

Pakistan cricket just doesn’t want to learn from their mistakes.

 

[Bewal Express]

Lots of players but the middle order looks weak and unstructured. Let's hope on the ground it performs.

 

[PakFan2010]

Why is Usman Khan not in the ODI squad?

 

[ahmed16]

Good to see Babar and Shaheen being overlooked for Zimbabwe tour.

Zimbabwe tours should be the opportunity for fringe players to put in a half decent performance and remain in contention for selection on more challenging tours. No need for established players to tour minnow cricketing nations. No other nation sends a full team to Zimbabwe, Pakistan does though to give their A team an opportunity to stat pad.

 

[hur rizvi]

Aus ODI Playing XI:
Abdullah
Saim
Babar
Riz
KG
Salman
Irfan K/ Arafat Minhas
Jamal
Naseem
Shaheen/Hasnain
Faisal Akram/ Rauf

If we play Minhas, we can play an extra seamer, otherwise Irfan K and Faisal akram can play

 

[BouncerGuy]

Stay on topic and no personal remarks please

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Aus ODI Playing XI:
Abdullah
Saim
Babar
Riz
KG
Salman
Irfan K/ Arafat Minhas
Jamal
Naseem
Shaheen/Hasnain
Faisal Akram/ Rauf

If we play Minhas, we can play an extra seamer, otherwise Irfan K and Faisal akram can play

The spinners are going to get killed in Australia. Unless Abrar is still struggling with dengue, he should have been in the squad.

KG is playing too much of a similar role to Babar and Rizwan. I would have Irfan Khan in-place of him.

 

[hur rizvi]

The spinners are going to get killed in Australia. Unless Abrar is still struggling with dengue, he should have been in the squad.

KG is playing too much of a similar role to Babar and Rizwan. I would have Irfan Khan in-place of him.

Abrar is rubbish as well

 

[Bewal Express]

Aus ODI Playing XI:
Abdullah
Saim
Babar
Riz
KG
Salman
Irfan K/ Arafat Minhas
Jamal
Naseem
Shaheen/Hasnain
Faisal Akram/ Rauf

If we play Minhas, we can play an extra seamer, otherwise Irfan K and Faisal akram can play

Jamal showed a lot in Australia but unless he improves very quickly, his bowling is too inconsistent and will get smashed by the Aussies in the short formats and he is someone we need to develop. His batting is a real asset at 8, but can he do it as bowler

 

[emranabbas]

Happy with squad for Australia, we were going to lose anyways its better losing with new the boys atleast they will gain some expirence in Australian conditions

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Australia played their B and C teams in ODIs all year long and still won the World Cup.

The only purpose bilateral series hold is finding new players. Results are meaningless.

England's performance had more to do with their team not being good enough than their performances in bilateral ODIs. Pakistan came into the same World Cup as the number one team and had been consistently winning bilateral ODI series.

This is not true.

Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

stats.espncricinfo.com

Look at those whose performed in that World Cup.

They all had runs to back them up for the previous 2 years

If you have read "Hitting Against the Spin" by Ben Jones , you will realise that all World Cup winning sides had guys who were performing well in bilaterals for at least 2 years before the World Cup.

 

[shamaan]

Injustice with Usman Khan even though I don't rate him. He deserves a place in odi squad. There is no need for haseebullah.

I agree Usman Khan should have been in the squad.

 

[Snowflake]

Wasn’t Fakhar our best batsman in the ODI WC in India?

What’s the justification for dropping him?

 

[shamaan]

Where is Fakhar Zaman? He was the only genuine match winner in the top order.

He spoke up against the PCB that's why he got dropped theirs no other reason to drop him.

 

[Snowflake]

Can't recall a single notable T20 performance by Agha at any level ever.

And he'll most likely be announced as national team captain today

Agha’s got something about him. I’m a fan.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Aamir Jamal is Pakistan's best hope of a Ben Stokes/Hardik Pandya type of cricketer. Therefore he should be given the necessary opportunities to establish himself as that type of a player for Pakistan.

Abdullah Shafique had a decent ODI World Cup and for that reason alone he deserves to be retained in the ODI squad. I understand that his struggles with pace are well-documented and his test form has been poor. But you can't let a player's performances in one format, influence his selection in another format.

Rauf gets alot of hate but at the end of the day he is the only truly express bowler Pakistan has that is also a wicket taker. He lacks brains sometimes but he is a front-line bowler limited-overs pacer for us who deserves to be backed. He has also done very well in Australia in T20s.

Fasial Akram is very untested and raw. I would have preferred Sufiyan Muqeem over him. Haseebullah may have had a bad tournament but I think he has shown enough in the past to warrant an opportunity.

Yes I understand which is why I think Aamer Jamal selection is OK regardless of his numbers in Champions Cup.

Abdullah Shafique is not a better player than Fakhar Zaman even in this format.

His strike rotation against pace is very poor and his record in ODIs is not very inspiring. Neither did he have a decent Champions Cup.

Hos only knock of significance was against a very weak SL bowling attack on a flat bed

Rauf is not an ODI bowler. He does not have the accuracy for the format as he showed in the World Cup where he gave up a record number of runs and only took cheaper wickets in the back end.

Rauf releases the ball from well behind the crease so his pace is perceived by the batters to be even less because there is more reaction time.

A 140 kph ball by Rauf would feel around 133 kph to the batter because of that.

It's the opposite of Bumrah whose 140 kph feels like 146 kph because he releases a near half metre ahead of the crease at times.

Also Rauf doesn't get much bounce because his wrist snap is not as strong and doesn't have the release height either. Not much movement to trouble top batters .

I'm not convinced that Rauf has much to offer by 2027.

 

[G0rmintAunty]

He spoke up against the PCB that's why he got dropped theirs no other reason to drop him.

Just saw the press conference and Naqvi said that any players who speak against the PCB will be disciplined. So he has definitely been punished for speaking out. I don't mind it tbh, need to get some discipline and structure going in this organization. All active players should stay away from politics and giving opinion on PCB matters and decisions.

 

[Snowflake]

This board operates very much like those who rule over Pak.

Any sort of criticism and you are on the chopping block.

 

[Vikram1989]

I am shelling a lot to watch the t20 at scg.hope babar will score the fastest century

 

[Snowflake]

Just saw the press conference and Naqvi said that any players who speak against the PCB will be disciplined. So he has definitely been punished for speaking out. I don't mind it tbh, need to get some discipline and structure going in this organization. All active players should stay away from politics and giving opinion on PCB matters and decisions.

After the mess Naqvi has created in the board and team, he should be the last person to talk about discipline.

The guy has been a failure on all levels. A political appointee who has zero understanding of how things should be run.

 

[gazza619]

If I was the think tank I would have sent a completely different squad for Zim tour, made up of mostly debutants.

 

[shamaan]

Am

My top 4 if I was the selector to combat Aus

1) Sharjeel Khan
2) Fakhar Zaman
3) Omair Bin Yousaf (Go bang bang like he did in this years acc and last years acc)
4) Usman Khan(wk)

^^ Realistically this is your best top 4.

Each of these players can go at it hard and attack Australia.

KG and Agha aren't bad due to their SR's but their more so consistent 90 to 100 sr batters, they won't up the ante to 140SR when needed.

You gotta beat aus at their own game.

But ik that whatever squad we shall take aus will win.

But come on, Take a bang bang squad? What are you gonna do when Jake Fraser faces off against Shaheen? Allah khair Karei

Am sure Omair opened in the Asia cup in the last 2 games.

 

[G0rmintAunty]

This board operates very much like those who rule over Pak.

Any sort of criticism and you are on the chopping block.

Both are egotistical little bi*ches

As much as I hate all these political appointees. All boards of the world follow the same rules when it comes to active players speaking against their respective administration. Once you are not an active player any more you can speak and criticise as much as you want which most of our ex players more than passionately do. Need to start bringing in a sense of structure and discipline in the organisation.

 

[shamaan]

Just saw the press conference and Naqvi said that any players who speak against the PCB will be disciplined. So he has definitely been punished for speaking out. I don't mind it tbh, need to get some discipline and structure going in this organization. All active players should stay away from politics and giving opinion on PCB matters and decisions.

I think he should be allowed to have a opinion but it should not be done over social media .

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Yes I understand which is why I think Aamer Jamal selection is OK regardless of his numbers in Champions Cup.

Abdullah Shafique is not a better player than Fakhar Zaman even in this format.

His strike rotation against pace is very poor and his record in ODIs is not very inspiring. Neither did he have a decent Champions Cup.

Hos only knock of significance was against a very weak SL bowling attack on a flat bed

Rauf is not an ODI bowler. He does not have the accuracy for the format as he showed in the World Cup where he gave up a record number of runs and only took cheaper wickets in the back end.

Rauf releases the ball from well behind the crease so his pace is perceived by the batters to be even less because there is more reaction time.

A 140 kph ball by Rauf would feel around 133 kph to the batter because of that.

It's the opposite of Bumrah whose 140 kph feels like 146 kph because he releases a near half metre ahead of the crease at times.

Also Rauf doesn't get much bounce because his wrist snap is not as strong and doesn't have the release height either. Not much movement to trouble top batters .

I'm not convinced that Rauf has much to offer by 2027.

Pakistan don't have anyone better in that role than Rauf. Despite his patchy form he has delivered some big performances for Pakistan in big matches. Even in the World Cup,which was a bad tournament for him, he bowled his heart out against South Africa.

Yes but that century came in a high-pressure run chase in the World Cup. He also batted well in a couple of other games. I am not sold on Abdullah either but he has atleast earned some chances to prove himself for Pakistan before he is discarded.

Fakhar Zaman obviously should have been there and his loss will hurt Pakistan. I just hope Aqib Javed isn't mentally immature enough to continue dropping him in the future too. Pakistan have zero chance of defending the CT without him.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

I don't see the need for separate ODI and T20 squad for Zimbabwe.

Just pick the same players for both.

 

[G0rmintAunty]

I think he should be allowed to have a opinion but it should not be done over social media .

Yes, that was my point also. Every player has an opinion and the opinion and advice of active players, especially those who have been in the set up should be listened to, but they should discuss and resolve this internally and not air their dirty laundry in public.