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[PICTURES] The enigma called Ahmed Shehzad - Why did his career not take off?

Mediocre talent + Mediocre intellect is a very unfortunate combination.

He should be grateful to have played a good amount of time for Pakistan because frankly speaking a few of the associate nations have had better batsmen.

Its not fair when people hype certain individuals beyond their level. It's like those funny YouTubers like the Iranian Hulk or the Pakistani Khan Baba who had lame friends making them believe they were actual strong men only for a pro to make them look stupid and small.
 
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Some people forget that ahmed shahzad has a strike rate of 72 and aversge of 32 in odis and even in t20s sr of just 112 which team would bring back an opener with such strike rate?
 
BreadPakoda said:
Shahid Afridi said that he’s Ahmed Shehzad is in the consideration set for limited overs

Not surprised
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Might as well bring back the 2015 & 2016 WC squad.

Would be absolutely hilarious if this clown is brought back to the squad.
 
pakistani pride said:
Hope you are joking. Based in what is he a good batsman?
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What his videos batting! Serious player!! Everyone goes through bad form, look at Kholi and Warner, they went through a long bad patch but eventually came good!

As Shezad said, he can’t score runs sitting at home!
 
If anything he should be focusing on being in contention as a test opener. He’s a trash limited overs player.
 
Ahmad-GERMANFC said:
His T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy medals say hi
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Bro please, you’re embarrassing yourself. Please share the stats which have led you to believe he is Pakistan’s best opener since Saeed Anwar. I almost feel like your post should be reported as it must be in violation of some rule [emoji28]

As for his T20 World Cup and champions trophy medals; Ahmed Shehzad played 1 match in the 2009 T20 World Cup and made 4 runs off 7 balls. In the 2017 Champions trophy Ahmed Shehzad played 1 match and made 12 runs off 22 balls.
 
offstump said:
Bro please, you’re embarrassing yourself. Please share the stats which have led you to believe he is Pakistan’s best opener since Saeed Anwar. I almost feel like your post should be reported as it must be in violation of some rule [emoji28]

As for his T20 World Cup and champions trophy medals; Ahmed Shehzad played 1 match in the 2009 T20 World Cup and made 4 runs off 7 balls. In the 2017 Champions trophy Ahmed Shehzad played 1 match and made 12 runs off 22 balls.
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To be fair, he did hold the trophy on both occasions. That takes a lot of grit and relentlessness amongst 14-17 others. :shezzy

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Shehzad returns to the Dhaka side for today's BPL game
 
Captain_00 said:
What his videos batting! Serious player!! Everyone goes through bad form, look at Kholi and Warner, they went through a long bad patch but eventually came good!

As Shezad said, he can’t score runs sitting at home!
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Comparing him to greats like Kohli and Warner, ouch!

Check his mighty SR in LOIs. Thats not a bad patch but just a poor player with 0 talent.
 
Strange one.

Started his career as a naturally attacking batsman. Proceeded to then start playing tuk tuk and eating up dot ball after dot ball. Think he just wasn't that good and got found out by international level bowlers fairly quickly.
 
As per reports, Ahmad Shehzad has been advised rest by the medical panel to recover from elbow injury he sustained during ongoing Bangladesh Premier League. The injury is not serious and expected to be recovered within a week.
 
Rana said:
Yes.,

If Babar and Rizwan can play/open,,,why not Shahzad for Quetta?
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I feel that Quetta owners must really dislike him given the way they run the team.
 
Captain_00 said:
How do you expect him to improve those numbers if he’s not in the side! I’m sure given more chances he will increase his strike rates and averages!

Should be bought back immediately!
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Silly post. How did he get those numbers in the first place. Why should he be brought back when he has mediocre numbers.
 
Ahmed Shehzad speaking in an interview:

"Virat Kohli and I share a mutual respect for each other. Whenever I need any advice regarding cricket, he [Kohli] has been kind (to help me out)"


“I really respect him as a player. He has changed himself dramatically. When he burst onto the scene during the U-19 World Cup, he was a bit chubby. But the way he has transformed himself, not just from the cricketing aspect, it is commendable. He took India to new heights in Test cricket. I haven't seen someone who has adapted so quickly. I feel, his best is yet to come,"
 
Ahmed Shehzad in an interview:

"No disrespect to them. But there hasn't been any threatening bowler from India that the opposition batter is scared to play him. They have good bowlers like Bumrah, Jadeja and Ashwin, but there has not been a dangerous bowler as such. Their batters are dangerous"

"I can't recollect any other bowler apart from Shoaib Akhtar. When I was new to the team, he was already the Shoaib Akhtar. So I faced six-eight balls from a reverse-swinging old ball against Akhtar."

"He had 2 great qualities. First, he never bowled no-balls in the nets. Second, he never bowled unnecessary bouncers to the batters in the nets. He knew the batter would get hurt,"
 
This wasn't an enigma, he got lucky to play because pakistan felt that him looking like kholi meant that he'd one day become the next kholi for pakistan.

In reality he was a limited player to begin with and at best would only function as a test Opener.

To be fair to shehzad, he wasn't that bad, he had good timing and had a good cover drive, he also was decent against spin, problem was that he had genuine technical problems that he never worked on.

His stance made him extremely vulnerable to inswing or anything that angles into him which is why he would often score a slow century and get dismissed for 0 or get lbw or bowled plump out on the next day. He also pre meditated his cover drive, which is why it kept going straight to the fielder.

If he didn't bother complaining about management, failing dope tests and care more about being an Instagram model he could have improved his technique.

Literally believe it or not, Babar azam was just like Ahmed shezad on his debut, watch babar's first innings, Babar was lucky to he facing Zimbabwe Level bowlers. Babar just like shezad was unsteady at the crease, had zero single taking ability or lofted strokes. Babar just had a strong cover drive and an average defence.

Now however Babar is a natural single taker, got an amazing defence and is probably the best back foot player of fast I have seen in the last 10 years, strong front foot as well.

It's all about mentality, look at Sachin, kholi, Babar, pointing when they first appeared and how they progressed, and look at shezad from how he first appeared and left? Shezad had zero improvement.

It's not difficult to practise and improve your skills, but shehzad never did, same old same old, just Block and keep playing the same cover drives against fast and cut shots against spin and what not. No difference from how he first burst onto the scene and how he left.

As soon as imam made that century on debut, it was clear that was the last of Ahmed shezad opening
 
His own actions derailed his career potential. He had the opportunity to become a top player from Pakistan, but his immature behavior prevented him from reaching that level.
 
Shehzad seemed to have an attitude problem; serious entitlement issue. Never seemed like a hardworking guy like Babar or Imam were.

That was the reason why his career didn't take off (same with Umar Akmal).
 
Ahmad Shahzad (102 Retired Hurt) hit his 15th first-class century, batting for Lahore Whites against Rawalpindi in Round 2 of QeA

 
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He played well today. But How about last season scandal with his Coach Abdul Razzaq?
We appreciate him but he needs to work on his discipline as well. Best wishes for him. He should justice his talent.
 
Never learnt the art of strike rotation. Had some decent looking shots and I remember him best for his drives and pull shots but always failed more than he succeeded and always played a selfish looking innings
 
Shehzad focused on looking like kholi rather then playing like kholi
 
Ahmad-GERMANFC said:
He could’ve been better than Kohli but PCB had different plans
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How so? He got an opening position in every format and played every format like he wanted? He played for years and years without any fear of being discarded, management backed him to.come good despite his string of failures.

Reality is he was more interested in taking selfies. He should have worked on his struggles against spin and the fact that he can't take singles. Against spin he was good on the backfoot but anything straight he'd dead bat it, because he lacks any front foot movement and couldn't sweep or do anything really.
 
Don't want to be mean but the reality is he was a mediocre talent mediocre application mediocre thought process. Very comparable to Vinod kambli. None of these are anywhere close to being an enigma. Sorry just my honest opinion.
 
Ahmed Shahzad scored an epic 253 against Peshawar region before he was dismissed by sajid khan. What an absolute class innings from him in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match.
 
He made a mistake of trying to model himself as a T20 player. My memory is a bit fuzzy but I think he was dropped for a bit then Afridi selected him in T20 again where he failed and then was discarded from everything.

He was excellent at playing stylish shots straight to the boundary but was a limited player overall. I think he could have averaged 40+ in tests, especially in the UAE era.

I respect him for still grinding away in domestic and not whining as much as other discarded players.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
He made a mistake of trying to model himself as a T20 player. My memory is a bit fuzzy but I think he was dropped for a bit then Afridi selected him in T20 again where he failed and then was discarded from everything.

He was excellent at playing stylish shots straight to the boundary but was a limited player overall. I think he could have averaged 40+ in tests, especially in the UAE era.

I respect him for still grinding away in domestic and not whining as much as other discarded players.
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Looked good but was actually a very limited player. Terrible in shorter formats. Decent in tests. Terrible attitude on and off the field. Meet him once. That was enough. Akmal and him suffer from the same mentality
 
it's too late for him now because he has undermined his own career with his awful attitude.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Ahmed Shahzad scored an epic 253 against Peshawar region before he was dismissed by sajid khan. What an absolute class innings from him in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match.
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What happened to Sajid Khan by the way? How's he doing? Any chances of making a comeback?
 
Shehzad was once overhyped by razzak who claimed that he was more talented than Sachin. 🙄
Though He still can be decent batsman in test cricket.
 
mominsaigol said:
How so? He got an opening position in every format and played every format like he wanted? He played for years and years without any fear of being discarded, management backed him to.come good despite his string of failures.

Reality is he was more interested in taking selfies. He should have worked on his struggles against spin and the fact that he can't take singles. Against spin he was good on the backfoot but anything straight he'd dead bat it, because he lacks any front foot movement and couldn't sweep or do anything really.
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He was world class against spin. His only weakness was he took a bit to get started in shorter formats but apparently that was explicit team instructions to take shine off ball to make it easier for the batsmen coming below. Team man if anything.

He had 8-9 international centuries at tender age of 23, first to score century in all formats and is still top 5 openers in Pakistan history.

Also after Shoaib Malik, he is arguably the best fielder Pakistan has had in 20 years
 
Ahmad-GERMANFC said:
He was world class against spin. His only weakness was he took a bit to get started in shorter formats but apparently that was explicit team instructions to take shine off ball to make it easier for the batsmen coming below. Team man if anything.

He had 8-9 international centuries at tender age of 23, first to score century in all formats and is still top 5 openers in Pakistan history.

Also after Shoaib Malik, he is arguably the best fielder Pakistan has had in 20 years
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Come on, just check his white ball stats (SR is so poor).
 
'Few players are not welcome in that side': Pakistan star namedrops Usama Mir in explosive rant at Babar Azam's team

Pakistan faced a shock defeat at the hands of Afghanistan in the 2023 World Cup group stage earlier this week, leading them to the brink of elimination in the tournament. With two wins in five matches and a negative Net Run Rate (NRR), Babar Azam's men now face a herculean task of making a comeback – more importantly, two of their next oppositions, South Africa and New Zealand, are sitting comfortably in top-4 and have been performing strongly so far.

Following three successive losses in the tournament, Pakistan players are facing severe criticism and Babar Azam, the side's captain, is drawing flak from a host of senior cricketers back home. Some of Babar's captaincy decisions drew certain attention, and his defensive tactics against Afghanistan during the latter's 283-run chase baffled many. But now, Pakistan's star batter Ahmed Shehzad has made a rather explosive claim on the dressing room bonding in Pakistan team.

Shehzad has claimed that select Pakistan stars receive preferential treatment, while the others are exposed in difficult situations on the field with an aim to later drop them from the XI.

“I've talked to some players. Few players are not welcome in the dressing room. They aren't given the same level of treatment and confidence as some others. They try to keep certain players in the team and drop the others. Tayyab Tahir was brought in, he wasn't welcome, and was excluded. Saud Shakeel was brought in based on his Test performances. Usama Mir, we had been saying that give him chances before the World Cup to give him confidence... see, Usama is a wrist-spinner. He's more effective when the ball is old. And he is brought in the 11th over. They're trying to save certain players and expose these players instead,” Shehzad revealed.

“We had been saying from quite some time that bring in Abrar Ahmad, mystery spinner is needed. These are our colleagues, these are our friends, and these are not welcome,” said the batter further.

Many former players tore into captain Babar Azam and other players for their poor performance in the tournament. Be it Wasim Akram, Misbah ul Haq, Ramiz Raja, Rashid Latif, Muhammad Hafeez, Aaqib Javed, Shoaib Malik, Moin Khan or Shoaib Akhtar, Babar was blamed for the run of Pakistan’s defeats against India, Australia and Afghanistan.

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I remember watching shehzad even though he's doing well in domestic but he struggled big time vs genuine swing he would normally edge and out within 5 overs
 
JibranAnsari said:
Some people forget that ahmed shahzad has a strike rate of 72 and aversge of 32 in odis and even in t20s sr of just 112 which team would bring back an opener with such strike rate?
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I am no fan of his but he deserved longer rope in test cricket. He was doing decent and his replacements didn't really impressed me either.
 
Ahmad-GERMANFC said:
Check his strike rate after he passes 30
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Only if the ICC allowed Shehzad to start every innings at 30 instead of zero. Against quality pace Shehzad always struggled to rotate strike or penetrate the infield. What little success he did achieve got to his head as well. Then there was all the antics with Lala. To his credit he was always fit and a good fielder. But was found wanting as an international batsman/opener and simply delusional as a cricketer.
 
shortbread said:
Only if the ICC allowed Shehzad to start every innings at 30 instead of zero. Against quality pace Shehzad always struggled to rotate strike or penetrate the infield. What little success he did achieve got to his head as well. Then there was all the antics with Lala. To his credit he was always fit and a good fielder. But was found wanting as an international batsman/opener and simply delusional as a cricketer.
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He would have been great in this World Cup.

Would have been 10 times better than Imam and considering babar form best batsman for us
 
Major said:
Never seen one captain have every ex cricketer against him. Damn..
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When the failures of cricket like shehzad are taking as much sense as proper analysts like misbah, sohaib and wasim akram you know how deep under the water babar is 😂😂
 
Born: November 23, 1991 (age 32 years)

Happy Birthday Ahmed Shehzad. He is one of the only three Pakistan batters to score an international century in all formats.
 
Ahmad-GERMANFC said:
He would have been great in this World Cup.

Would have been 10 times better than Imam and considering babar form best batsman for us
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Imam is modern day Shehzad, the likes of whom are unsuitable for modern day limited overs cricket where openers need to score at 7-8+ an over.
 
He may be out of the national team for a long time but he is still scoring decent runs in the domestic circuit. Today, he played a useful innings of 60 runs off 52 balls while playing for Lahore Whites against Larkana in the National T20 Cup 2023-24. These are the highlights of his innings.

 
I may sound bit rude but Ahmed Sehzad (who is more talented than Tendulkar as per Razzaq) has to be the worst batsman I have seen in international cricket. When he first got into the scene, fans started comparing him with Kohli. He himself started emulating Kohli by spotting same beard, that twingling of the bat etc. However he was very slow as a batsman and failed to rotate strike as opener. He was Imam Ul Haq amplified 10 times in that regard. There was an ODI between Pak and WI where Sehzad was batting so slowly that Pollard took a micky by sledging him saying "I never played a test match in life but feels like I am seeing a test innings now" 😂
 
Ahmed Shehzad is making a strong case for a comeback in international cricket.

I think he must get a chance to prove his worth one more time!
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Ahmed Shehzad is making a strong case for a comeback in international cricket.

I think he must get a chance to prove his worth one more time!
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I really hope not..

Think we have more deserving players at the moment and I'd go as far to say that I'd rather have Imam Ul Haq or Shaan Masood play T20's than Ahmed Shezad.

He is a great timer of the ball when in full flow but always had a problem with strike rotation.

Might be completly wrong but he seems to have a huge ego which can quite easily negatively influence the dressing room.

Big no for me.
 
An Amazing innings by Ahmed Shehzad today. Lahore needed to chase 133 in quick time to improve NRR. He smashed 81 off 44 balls and helped them chase the total in only 12 overs.

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If only he had shown this attitude and commitment to his game from 2014 to 2017 when he had a permanent position in the team.
 
GreenKhan said:
Him being replaced by Fakhar zaman after the India game in CT 17 was one of the best decisions we have made from a selection point of view in a long time .
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Indeed, it was the ct 2017 event that shut the doors of cricket for shehzad although he was not that bad a cricketer. Should have get another chance
 
I think he deserves a last chance. Still the best we got in the country will take him any day over the nurdler imam even though Ahmed bhai isn’t the best in strike rotation. Needs to go all out attack
 
Fantastic innings from him. Need to keep his head down and keep performing. I still believe he makes the test team over the likes of Imam. He also happens to have more gears than some so called worldclass in our team.
 
- Pakistan Cup 2021 – 11 inns, 456 runs, 41.45 ave, 92.87 SR, 158 HS, 2 50s, 1 100, 56 4s, 10 6s, BASRA 134.32

- Pakistan Cup 2022 – 11 inns, 422 runs, 42.20 ave, 81.62 SR, 71 HS, 6 50s, 45 4s, 5 6s, BASRA 123.82

- QeA Trophy 2021-22 – 8 inns, 410 runs, 51.25 ave, 68.33 SR, 91 HS, 50s 5, 57 4s, 3 6s

- QeA Trophy 2023-24 – 6 inns, 482 runs, 96.40 ave, 62.35 SR, 253 HS, 2 100s, 1 50, 56 4s, 3 6s

- National T20 Cup 2023 so far – 2 inns, 141 runs, 70.50 ave, 146.87 SR, 81 HS, 2 50s, 13 4s, 8 6s

Deserves selection.
 
Ahmed Shahzad played yet another crucial inning in which he scored 72 off 52 deliveries which includes 4 massive sixes, marking his third consecutive fifty in the Pakistan National T20 Cup 2023.
 
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