Zindabad buddy
how? He isn’t even the best keeper Batsman in the world
The icc t20 rankings and his Average disagree with you tbf. He not as aggressive as buttler but he's defo more consistent in scoring runs and being a match winner.
What?
First of all, he is an opener. He doesn't "come in" like you said. You want to talk about high pressure moments and alleviating that pressure. It is his fault that we end up in such situations in the first place. Him and Babar play ridiculously slow for openers in T20 and that often shoots us in the foot. Eventually, one or two of them will get out and put immense pressure on our middle and lower order to bat well. And considering those areas are our specific weaknesses, the middle and lower order very rarely deliver.
Rizwan used to ‘come in’ on those situations in the past and would bottle them regularly. He was given a reprieve by Misbah ul Haq who was absolutely desperate to eliminate Sarfaraz
Pakistan have managed to chase down 200+ scores thanks to rizwan multiple times. Lol, and we got into t20 World Cup final thanks to him smacking New Zealand. Not everyone can go in guns Blazing each match and expect to perform consistently. Even Kholi has been unable to do that. Kholi cost India the game against England because his 50 of 42 balls ended up giving India a score of only 170, on a batting pitch against England. Kholi's slow nature also ended up giving pak the win and breaking the moca moca curse.
Rizwan is a natural t20 Opener. He use to open in t20 in domestic way before misbah promoted him. He wasn't use to playing in the lower order so misbah decided to play him in his natural position, and since his promotion he's become the 2nd best t20 player in the world.
Rizwan is arguably the best keeper in the world. The combination of his reliable consistent batting with his highly skilled keeping makes him highly desirable in the world. I have no doubt he is currently the best allrounder in T20s.
Arguably?
He hasn’t even surpassed Kamran Akmal
Kamran akmal, a guy who averages Below 30 vs Rizwan, a guy averaging close to 50? Lol
I’ve argued this to death and won.
Kamran literally performed in one match after flopping hard in every other match whereas rizwan gives consistent performances. Also rizwan will win Pakistan 2023 World Cup, Mark my words. Highlight this comment for when rizwan scores the 100 and plays the winning shot this coming world cup.
He wasn't picked in the hundred because all teams had local wicketkeepers. As I said Rizwan is a wicketkeeping allrounder.
How is klaasen a local wicket keeper?
Either pakistan will be out or Rizwan will be dropped before Pakistan reach a final
Rizwan will be a threat this world cup, and pakistan is gonna win this world cup, we literally have the strongest team. Our top order are all ranked in the top 5 of the world, we have rizwan the 2nd best t20 batsmen and we have saud shakeel, a dude with an average over 80 in test. And we have the worlds best bowling attack. We won't lose.
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Okay, Fair enough.
I have seen both, no need to assume what and what I haven't seen
Agha is way better than Rizwan at playing spin.
Rizwan on his best day won't be able to lace Moin's boots. Moin was a freak with bat specially during 99-00. What Moin did with bat at 99 wc is something even beyond the wildest dreams of Rizwan. Rashid was less consistent but he was a master behind the wickets. The biggest difference between those two & Riz is they were elite ball strikers who could win /finish games whereas Riz is a very good accumulator. It's not a coincidence that every ICC tournaments Moin took part Pak made to semifinals at least. He was a huge impact player. Rizwan has great stats but very little impact so far.
Moin's FC and List A stats aren't far apart from his international stats so i'm not sure you have an argument for bowling standards. He would have faced plenty of lallu bowling at home but only averaged 30 against them.
if kamran akmal was a better batsman than rizwan so his stats must have speaks for himself.
Kamran and Rizwan played in different era’s of white ball cricket. Still, Kamran has won a T20i World Cup and finished as a runner up of another.
That's not fair considering pakistan isn't allowed to play IPL anymore and given the current state of things, hell will freeze over before pakistan plays India in tests again.
InshaAllah Pakistan will play IPL and Rizwan’s reality will be exposed to you as well.
Rizwan is a great player but he suited to t20 batting because he's a striker. That's why I've been stressing that he should play at no 5 in odi, and allow saud to bat at no 4.
Kamran had a wider array of strokes but typically wasted the Akmal talent genes through being an utter moron. Too many promising innings would be cut short by skying one into the air or down the throat of a waiting outfielder. His ODI average of 26 encapsulates a disappointing career.
On the other hand Kamran Akmal had a wide array of shots and Riz really is heavily dependent on that leg side hack of his.
Kamran was a great strokeplayer like his brother but in both cases their lack of intelligence hamstrung them completely. Neither Akmal was able to use their talent to overcome their lack of brains. This showed through their periodical selection and mediocre career returns. In the end the Akmal's were seen more in the media than on the pitch - a sad waste of their ability.
Yet another slap delivered today by Rizwan.
WOW, he scores 1 fifty in 3 games vs Afghanistan and that is worth a slap, such high standards. His batting until he reached 50 was pathetic. Even dead batting deliveries. Such players wont win you trophies, prime example being his batting in crunch games in his so called strongest format T20 (WC). He had no business playing yesterday, Haris should have played. In games against minnows/dead rubbers you give youngsters a chance, not selfish players to boost their ego's.
Not sure what game you watched. His technique, temperament and partnership with Babar won us the game yesterday.
Babar and rizwan couldn't score well because the pitch was terrible and didn't loosen up until after over 30
I think literally most people will pick him in the xi but it's just about were he should bat that's the issue.
This isn't unlucky this is loss concentration and focus.
