Thank you! Fakhar was prolific performer in domestic before his debut
so what is wrong? He can post whatever he wants, no nneed to get offended
I disagree. Have you seen in bowl in Asian conditions? He has pace, can reverse the the ball, a good yorker, can field and can hit a cricket ball. People are on his back for the Asia Cup perfomace agaisnt Sri Lanka. But that was on Babar not using him properly.
Agreed with everything here.
Every match? Yes you can play full strength sometimes, but every damn match? Even Nepal? Even 2 dead rubbers against NZ?
That's the point I'm making: Pakistan full-strength ODI team don't play often and when they do, it's against weaker teams/weakened teams. Regardless of opposition, the Pakistan's main team still needs ODI match practice in general. If we take dead-rubbers into account, how many games would that be realistically to test out the bench? From what I've come across, that'd be at most 7 dead-rubber games. Remember, we are taking into account the time between post-2019 WC and pre-2023 WC in which Pakistan rarely played ODIs. I agree Pakistan could still have played their bench more but at the same time that's not a lot of games to fully gauge whether or not they are good enough. Again, this points to PCB not organizing more, and better, ODI series' for Pakistan to play.
South Africa are dented with the loss of Nortje but they still have a better side than Pakistan
We will soon find out who was on the same page and who wasn’t
Some so called fans of pak team want Pak to fail so bad. Their grudge, we want Amir, Imad and Sarfraz.
Reaching semi finals is not a huge feat.
Rana bro you can’t be advocating for Imad.
I’m not necessarily advocating for him
Inzy actually has form for this. On the 2018 England tour he didn't name a backup wicketkeeper for Sarfraz, prompting this amusing exchange:
Now you’ll make fun of us?
Yes
I agree with the view that the 'mercurial' tag is not something to be proud of. In simple English it just means inconsistent. And I also agree that it's hard to get behind a such a team. But still you cannot write Pakistan off. It's that kind of team. And luck is a very important factor in cricket.
Pakistan had plenty of time to build a team capable of winning world cup, but having a clueless captain and selectors has meant the last few years have been a waste. Reaching a semi final is worthless. Unless you win the trophy, anything else is failure
I would have liked to see Imad in this team as well. I have no faith in Nawaz or Imad with the ball, but at least the latter can bat well.
yeah it seems very much true, but babar also need to realise that he is selecting a team to represent Pakistan not for Galli Mohalla Leagues.
Chief selector picking up paycheques, free samosa and tea in PCB canteen.
Me too.
just a 1 solid win against India and the whole nation would be on his feet.
Let’s not forget the former PCB chairman said “Babar is a brand” and wanted to marry him. These are the type of fools sitting in PCB executive positions.
Another embarrassment for hosts
Wahab was genuinely a 90+ bowler and was emerging at the time. Not done and dusted like Hassan
Might be another lifeline for Hassan. You never know when a player can bounce back with a bang.
Exactly. All weak teams will target Hasan, Shadab... Expecting us to finish off around 8-10.
Exactly!!! If a student never put efforts for his study and praying to be the top will never happen. You have to put your effort first then pray.
Yeah and selectors and captain need to realise those efforts to find form should be done in domestic cricket because international cricket is too pressurised to rediscover form, especially a world cup.
