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[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Is Usman Khan the worst player ever to play for Pakistan?

Is Usman Khan the worst player ever to play for Pakistan?

  • Yes

    Votes: 21 46.7%

  • No

    Votes: 24 53.3%
  • Total voters
    45
Not sure if he is gonna do any good on this bouncy track but he deserved a shot no matter what.. Cannot be warming bench for every game and then get dropped for no reason.
 
I dont know whether I should defend his place in t20s or not but he has been a passenger so far in his career.... Not a single good knock.. 7 off 7 today
 
Another failure for poor Chap, though PCB is not benefiting him by playing musical chair with him
 
Kianig89 said:
Another failure for poor Chap, though PCB is not benefiting him by playing musical chair with him
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We need to drop this belief that any cricket board is to blame by not helping the player in the middle. No, he got a chance, more than a few in fact to make his mark. Players ought to be good enough and mentally strong enough these days to walk into the middle after a long gap and still score significantly. Nobody owes a player easy games to settle in. It results in a weak lineup. Pakistan’s lineup is brittle because although the board is awful, when players get to the pitch they fail to perform because they simply haven’t done what’s requires off the field.
 
RyanRyan10 said:
Playing out of position
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I think the guy should be opening honestly.

But I’ve kind of lost hope I think he will be disregarded entirely soon from the squads. I badly wanted him to succeed. Never got a settled fair run but still should have done better.

It’s disappointing that someone can truly dominate our toughest domestic limited tournaments and overall fail. Usually we overrate performances in PSL etc to justify selection. Usman one of the few who absolutely smashed it out of the park to get selected.
 
Of all the people Pakistan could poach they have poached this guy. Certified hack. There was one shot he tried to play through on side with horizontal bat. He was late by a day. There was no real coordination. Hasan Ali can be considered a specialist batsman if this guy is a top order batsman.
 
i dont remember his numbers but azam khan is the worst cricketer to play for pakistan ..he is fat unfit and has no place in modern t20 team..pure parchii player
 
He’s getting games on sympathy since he quit his UAE team, got banned there, and then came to play for Pakistan. You can have a longer rope for someone who once performed but lost his way but for new players performance needs to come much faster. Did he strike a deal with PCB to play for, say 25 matches, and then they can make a decision?
 
RyanRyan10 said:
Playing out of position
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Pak have tried all sorts of opening combinations with Rizwan, Babar, Saim, M. Haris, Omair Yusuf, Hasan Nawaz etc but yet this guy has been smashing hundreds in the PSL and the recent BPL (Khusdil was selected based on BPL) - has never been given a chance as opener?

Every combo has been failing, but this guy has been performing consistently as an opener

Absolutely mind-boggling!!
 
how can you pick somebody off BPL.. this guy is so low quality..
 
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From an Indian perspective, the worst player for Pakistan would always be Shahid Afridi. His batting style and his stardom, for the wrong reasons I might add, is still hindering the development of players in Pakistani cricket.

While all the sub-continental teams have had long patches of mediocrity, he made people accept it with occasional explosive innings. He took the worst things about Pakistan's cricket team to the next level - inconsistency, unreliability and suicidal risk tolerance. As the other nations became more professional about measuring the opponents ability and adjusting the game to minimize risk and maximize winning, he stuck to his animal instincts. Sadly, PCT's approach is still not strategic and the nation as a whole seems to praise and want "talent" than results.
 
RidiculousMan said:
A UAE player brought in by Pakistan management to play in WT20. Absolutely clueless. All the games he has played so far he has looked far from international material and looks an absolute, (yes you guess it), A Deer in front of Headlights. Specially against fast bowling. Not to mention he is the ugliest batter I have ever seen play.

He has mostly bashed minnow bowlers in domestic and in PSL. Which tells you a story of PSL standard and those road like low bounced pitches.

18 matches now. 16 Average. 124 Strike Rate.

Is there a worst batter that played for Pakistan after that many games? Does anyone even have a worse record than him after playing close to 20 games?
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Usman Khan is not the only one. We have many unexplainable selections of late. Like the 32 yr old youngster medium pacer who keeps failing but PCB keeps trying him in different format, Mohammad Ali ? Sadly, PCB has lost all direction and seems to be going in circles like a Headless chicken
 
gazza619 said:
You also said many great things about Azam Khan, Sharjeel Khan, Usman Khan, Asif Ali, Samad & others.

So whats so special in getting it right about Saim

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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If I recall correctly the poster also wanted sharjeel over saim. Let that sink in.
 
khyberlion said:
If I recall correctly the poster also wanted sharjeel over saim. Let that sink
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He was screaming with laughter left right and centre after the 3rd T20 fluke win, tagging us all in his Anti RizBar rant.

I mean dude we were all happy. After all we all support Pakistan. But he cant slow down on his taunts. Allah has rightfully put him in his place.
 
gazza619 said:
He was screaming with laughter left right and centre after the 3rd T20 fluke win, tagging us all in his Anti RizBar rant.

I mean dude we were all happy. After all we all support Pakistan. But he cant slow down on his taunts. Allah has rightfully put him in his place.
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Exactly. We are Pakistan fans I don't care who plays as long as they produce results.
 
Mamoon said:
According to @Rana, he is the best white ball batsman in Pakistan. 0 cricket knowledge exposed again.

This guy is a complete hack. No wonder he ran away to the UAE. That is his level.
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This basically.
 
I don't get it. This guy dominates black and blue in every league he's been in?

And these leagues include the likes of fakhar, Saim, Babar, Rizwan, and even other international players granted B string ones?

Yet he sucks in international cricket? Why?

Ik people will say technique this and footwork that, but why does it work so well in PSL? This particular NZ attack isn't any different then the standards of psl? Will o rouke and Bracewell excluded ofcourse.

He got dismissed by Ish Sodhi of all people recently even though he butchered such bowlers for fun in PSL.

This is what I don't understand.
 
mominsaigol said:
I don't get it. This guy dominates black and blue in every league he's been in?

And these leagues include the likes of fakhar, Saim, Babar, Rizwan, and even other international players granted B string ones?

Yet he sucks in international cricket? Why?

Ik people will say technique this and footwork that, but why does it work so well in PSL? This particular NZ attack isn't any different then the standards of psl? Will o rouke and Bracewell excluded ofcourse.

He got dismissed by Ish Sodhi of all people recently even though he butchered such bowlers for fun in PSL.

This is what I don't understand.
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The pressure of international cricket is different to any league , also players from top international team even though if they are not 1st choice but their astute and pin point precision coaching staff gives a clear and precise plan to counter the batsmen henceforth the failures.

The role of data analyst & performance manager in teams other than Pakistan is completely different, our focus mostly is on Tea with Samosas and Sauces
 
Boy has been retained for the ODI series against New Zealand. Not sure why he was dropped the first time without playing a single game.

I think he should be given a run ahead of Imam or Abdullah..
 
Usman khan is ruled out of the 2nd ODI due to injury..

These guys and their fitness standard
 
BouncerGuy said:
Usman khan is ruled out of the 2nd ODI due to injury..

These guys and their fitness standard
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Is he actually injured or "injured" to allow someone else into the team?
TBF, he's not a top class player but he shows good intent, which is as good a reason as any for him to be dropped for someone who doesn't show these traits by Pakistan's terrible coaches and selectors.
 
Usman needs to play. We don’t have a lot of attacking options. His intent is good and he can actually play some shots.

KEEP IMAM AWAYYYY!!!!

How does this useless piece of batter get into the team again and again??
 
It was really a shame watching him bat for Pakistan in the first ODI.
If you just look at the scorecard then it looks fine but it was really a bad innings. He surely can't play at the international level in any format.
 
Good riddance. Hopefully i never see him in national colors again.

He should take imam parchi faheem sifarshi and zimbo with him.
He is the most ugliest batsman i have ever seen. He is an embarrassment to batsmanship. Even tailenders have better technique than this loser.
 
I want to remind you that in the past we've had some really bad players represent the team.

There was the 3rd Akmal brother, forgot his name - that's how bad he was.

We had that Sohaib for a period in the middle order. We had Mansoor Amjad. We had Shazaib Hasan. These are just some of the ones who were dreadful.

Usman Khan is terrible, but believe it or not - we've had worse - much much worse.
 
bones said:
I want to remind you that in the past we've had some really bad players represent the team.

There was the 3rd Akmal brother, forgot his name - that's how bad he was.

We had that Sohaib for a period in the middle order. We had Mansoor Amjad. We had Shazaib Hasan. These are just some of the ones who were dreadful.

Usman Khan is terrible, but believe it or not - we've had worse - much much worse.
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Yeah agree Shahzaib hassan,adnan akmal,Sohaib Maqsood,imam ul haq are much worse than Usman khan.
 
bones said:
I want to remind you that in the past we've had some really bad players represent the team.

There was the 3rd Akmal brother, forgot his name - that's how bad he was.

We had that Sohaib for a period in the middle order. We had Mansoor Amjad. We had Shazaib Hasan. These are just some of the ones who were dreadful.

Usman Khan is terrible, but believe it or not - we've had worse - much much worse.
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Shakeel Ansar, Riffatullah Mohmand?
 
jamie smith fan said:
Yeah agree Shahzaib hassan,adnan akmal,Sohaib Maqsood,imam ul haq are much worse than Usman khan.
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You can't really claim that at this stage.

Usman Khan has only played one odi game. He's an infant, we don't know where he'll end up. At the moment all of the guys you mentioned are > him.

However if you're referring to talent then I agree. Usman khan is defo more talented then these chaps
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Adnan wasn't a bad keeper.

Sohaib Maqsood was awesome at the start of his career.
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Maqsood is just sad. He had the backings to be a fantastic international player.

Good physique, insanely powerful of the backfoot, terrific player of pace at the start of his career, modeled himself after Inzi and developed his stroke play.

No idea how he faltered so badly.
 
mominsaigol said:
Maqsood is just sad. He had the backings to be a fantastic international player.

Good physique, insanely powerful of the backfoot, terrific player of pace at the start of his career, modeled himself after Inzi and developed his stroke play.

No idea how he faltered so badly.
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Maqsood was a cheap copy of Inzi. Apart from a couple of tulla flukes he was useless.
 
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Maqsood was a cheap copy of Inzi. Apart from a couple of tulla flukes he was useless.
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Maqsood was a domestic bully type player.
He had his purple patch in psl but wasn't international material.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Some are batting like tailenders. Giving so much room almost at 7th stump outside leg and hacking it. Ball can literally go in any direction. Sohail Tanvir looks like a proper batsman compared to some.
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Yeah. I mean in my club cricket there are more guys with much much better techniques than some of these guys.
 
Worst player to play for Pakistan , that title goes to Jahandad Khan , Usman is also one of them.
 
Abdullah shafique looks the most organized. But he has some technical holes he has to fix. If he puts his mind to it he can definitely improve and serve as better ODI opener.
 
If Usman bhai wins this match for Pakistan, Brother @Mobashir would you give your consent to delete this thread?
 
Am surprised at how he ends up being psls best batter and our odi competition top batsman. This is proof how low our domestic standards are
 
Tough luck for Usman today. To ne honest that catch was unreal.
 
His intent might be great, but he doesn't have the technique to survive in international cricket.
 
Devadwal said:
He is Pakistan best white ball player. Ask more details about him from your friend @Rana and his fanboy :kp
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Why not confront me directly rather then hiding from me?

Quote me where I said usman khan is the best whiteball player in the country?
 
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Sachin fan said:
His intent might be great, but he doesn't have the technique to survive in international cricket.
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Nah, he can succeed in intl. cricket especially in T20's

If you look at his game and how scores runs in the PSL, BPL etc he opens the innings and takes massive advantage of the popwerplay against the pacers

Once settled, he is excellent against spin and hammers them after PP

He has not been given a chance as opener whilst Pak have tried Babar, Rizwan, Saim, Omair, M. Haris, Farhan etc as openers but none have succeeded

Just watch, he'll score again in the PSL as opener
 
Kianig89 said:
What's going on, PSL in action flat wickets mostly popgun attacks do what is Usman doing any update @Rana
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You do realise you seem to be getting humbled very soon after a slight display of arrogance for some reason?

Something to ponder over.
 
Rana said:
You do realise you seem to be getting humbled very soon after a slight display of arrogance for some reason?

Something to ponder over.
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Bring it on and do remember PsL , Pakistan Soopa League and International cricket are two different things
 
Kianig89 said:
Bring it on and do remember PsL , Pakistan Soopa League and International cricket are two different things
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Bring what on? I don’t contest with those who I have buried a long time ago.

It’s not me who you have to battle, you must battle with yourself and work out why you are being humbled so quickly after your brief displays of arrogance. Something isn’t right for you. Contemplate.
 
Rana said:
Bring what on? I don’t contest with those who I have buried a long time ago.

It’s not me who you have to battle, you must battle with yourself and work out why you are being humbled so quickly after your brief displays of arrogance. Something isn’t right for you. Contemplate.
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Who has been humbled , Usman Khan Azam Khan Asif Ali Sharjeel Khan are no where near national team , point to ponder for you
 
Kianig89 said:
Who has been humbled , Usman Khan Azam Khan Asif Ali Sharjeel Khan are no where near national team , point to ponder for you
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Usman Khan is in the national team.

So what do I do now? Give up on hoping better players than Sharjeel and Asif Ali don’t make the team?
 
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