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If Sharjeel gets cleared, this has the potential to be one of the most destructive opening partnerships in modern day cricket. Just saw a short clip with Fakhar in which he explicitly mentions Sharjeel as his favourite Pakistani player. This dynamic duo can even have the neutrals tuning in to watch Pakistan matches.

Anyone else waiting for these two to partner up and wreck absolute havoc? Just the thought gives me goosebumps.
 
Even if Sharjeel is banned, Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar will be worth watching.
 
Best thing is that Fakhar is weak against the the shorter balk but sharjeel is awesome at picking length
 
Thing is Sharjeel will take a lot of pressure off Fakhar. I know Fakhar has played as a bit of a dasher in the PSL and this Champions Trophy, but he is a proper batsman who thrives on rotating the strike. Someone like Sharjeel at the other end will give him the space to construct a big knock at a good strike-rate.

And if both have their day, Pakistan is looking for some really big scores.
 
In the video you referenced in the OP, Fakhar mentions that he has opened with Sharjeel several times in domestics and he has always been in awe of Sharjeel's hitting ability and tried to model his batting like Sharjeel.
 
Hamza_ said:
Even if Sharjeel is banned, Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar will be worth watching.
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Sahibzada Farhan has played a grand total of 9 List A matches where he averages 42 and all of PP is raving about him as if he is the second coming of Tendulkar, Pointing and Lara all rolled into one. For all we know Farhan is sent on the next A tour and flops like no tomorrow. Let the kid perform first and then ask for his selection.
 
Just a year ago, we were told Pakistan has no openers other than Shehzad and Azhar. 90% of the people who said this don't know 10% of the players in domestic.
 
Ideally Babaar and Sharjeel should open , with fakhar at 3 down . It will be solid top three for Pakistan. You will see more of 150 / 2 after 25 overs from Pakistan.
 
Justcrazy said:
Ideally Babaar and Sharjeel should open , with fakhar at 3 down . It will be solid top three for Pakistan. You will see more of 150 / 2 after 25 overs from Pakistan.
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I'll rather let Malik come at 3. Babar takes too many balls to get going.
 
Even if Sharjeel is cleared, I feel Azhar will be kabob main haddi for a while
 
Syed1 said:
Sahibzada Farhan has played a grand total of 9 List A matches where he averages 42 and all of PP is raving about him as if he is the second coming of Tendulkar, Pointing and Lara all rolled into one. For all we know Farhan is sent on the next A tour and flops like no tomorrow. Let the kid perform first and then ask for his selection.
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Sahibzada Farhan looks promising and his talent needs nurturing; the NCA camp should help in this regard. However, I do agree many on PP are over-hyping/expecting too much from him. The risk this carries is that if he has a couple of failures, these same posters will be calling for his removal.

He needs to be supported and given every chance to perform.
 
Usman Chadda said:
If Sharjeel gets cleared, this has the potential to be one of the most destructive opening partnerships in modern day cricket. Just saw a short clip with Fakhar in which he explicitly mentions Sharjeel as his favourite Pakistani player. This dynamic duo can even have the neutrals tuning in to watch Pakistan matches.

Anyone else waiting for these two to partner up and wreck absolute havoc? Just the thought gives me goosebumps.
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If we add the strong points of Sharjeel (fast bowling + leg side) and Fakhar (spin bowling + off side) then that would be a master batsman
 
sharjeel is a hack and not fit at all.. i would rather have the hard working azhar ali
 
Would be a very deadly combo and fireworks will start right from ball one, we can then expect a score of 70-80 after the first power play if both stay on the crease till then. Also we will not have break of runs if one of them gets out as the other one would still be there and you can only think of the day when they both get big, maybe England's highest total in ODI cricket can be breached.
 
zeikz123 said:
sharjeel is a hack and not fit at all.. i would rather have the hard working azhar ali
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Watch the 5 match ODI series in Australia we just played. Azhar looked like a night watchman struggling to get bat on ball whilst the Sharjeel was dominating the bowling.
 
zeikz123 said:
sharjeel is a hack and not fit at all.. i would rather have the hard working azhar ali
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A hack who averaged 50 at 115 SR in a series against Australia against Australia, that too with 3 fifties at improving strike rates. Could you remind of how many Pakistani batsman have done that in Australia against Australia in 5 match ODI series?

I would much rather take a "hack" who can average 50+ at a 100+ SR, than some technically sound :shafiq2 players who can't even dream of that.

If "Hacks" like Fakhar and Sharjeel are what we need to play modern day ODI cricket I have no problems with selecting "Hacks".
 
zeikz123 said:
sharjeel is a hack and not fit at all.. i would rather have the hard working azhar ali
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Sharjeel is not a hack,He is a legend of a batsman

The way he played Starc,Stanlake,Hazlewood,Zampa,Cummins was worth watching 3 50s a 30 and 18

Wht a batsmen he would have become,I believe we should go with Azhar still
 
Sharjeel can solve our power hitting problem at the end ot innings.. Our new number 6.

Azhar
Fakhar
Babar
Sarfraz
Haris/hafeez
Sharjeel
Imad/fahim
Shadab
Amir
Hasan
Junaid
 
Chief Destroyer said:
Just a year ago, we were told Pakistan has no openers other than Shehzad and Azhar. 90% of the people who said this don't know 10% of the players in domestic.
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Vah ji Wah ! Subhanallah, you have blessed the masses with intricate insight and evaluation :akhtar go on Chief !
 
It really does on paper look very promising, especially as Fahkar has shown he has a great head and is brutal against spin. If Sharjeel goes off from the start Fahkar will be smart enough to rotate strike and wait for the spinners
 
This can get very brutal. The best thing with this partnership is that the opponents will be scared to bowl to this pair. Both have shown how destructive they can be so extra plans will be laid out just for them. This means the incoming batsmen will have it easy
 
Syed1 said:
Sahibzada Farhan has played a grand total of 9 List A matches where he averages 42 and all of PP is raving about him as if he is the second coming of Tendulkar, Pointing and Lara all rolled into one. For all we know Farhan is sent on the next A tour and flops like no tomorrow. Let the kid perform first and then ask for his selection.
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Truer words have never been said. While I'm all for injecting fresh and young talent in the team, Sahibzada Farhan is as raw as they come and scored all these runs in the flattest pitches you could find in Pakistan, and I can attest that. Even Khurram Manzoors and Sami Aslam looked like the second coming of Viv here. But that's not the point, I'm not taking anything away from the lad, the problem is, he will be brought in too soon and most likely fail because of inexperience and all of PP (and the rest of Pakistan) will crucify him and he will fall into Oblivion.
 
Sharjeel is even more devastating than fakhar. this is my personal opinion i used to like him from his debut but the guy did what was not expected from such a gem to do. Inshallah he will be back with bang and make a world class pair with fakhar one day
 
What could have been. Not just Pakistan, world cricket missed out on this devastating opening combo. Neutrals would have tuned in to watch Pakistan play thanks to these two
 
*sighs*

What a combo they could have been......

Hopefully next year Sharjeel gets cleared to play again!
 
I dont think team management would want a spot fixer in the line up. By the time Sharjeel’s ban ends, we may have found the ideal combo. Plenty of young talent in Pakistan, and now that we are winning trophies it will only increase the pool IA. Who knows what the next PSL unearths.
 
Maybe farhan can match what sharjeel had but i dont think so. Never knows maybe he can do better than sharjeel , but still my doubts are there on farhans technique :)
 
Sharjeel was the most destructive batsmen in the world when he got into trouble. He was not the best but destruction wise he was at the very top.
 
Would have been a brilliant pair. Inshallah we find another aggressive player like Sharjeel.
 
Would have been a great opening opportunity to see them perform. Sharjeel and Fakhar would have been destructive together. Maybe Sahibzada Farhan can hopefully adapt into that role.
 
Sharjeel was by far the best player of pace bowling by a Pakistani cricketer in a long long time.
 
Don't think Sharjeel would make it back to the team, considering how harsh Mickey is regarding discipline. He was evolving into a brilliant batter, and was terrific against the short ball and leg side, but was a walking wicket against spin. Probably why he had such a good series in Australia was for the reason, that there isn't any support for spin there. When Sharjeel first came to team, he was very weak on the offside as well with many of his dismissals being caught behind or caught in the slips.

Ironically, Sharjeel's weaknesses have been Fakhar's strengths, strong on the offside and brutal against spinners, he was pretty weak against short ball and leg side and looked particularly agitated when he was cramped up for room. Fakhar has been evolving into a much more versatile opener and his leg side batting has improved immensely. There are still some faults in his technique, but he is extremely tough mentally and is always looking to weather the storm. Don't care about Sharjeel anymore because of what he did. Hopefully Fakhar will stay away from such stuff and will become one of our best openers.
 
Ideally, this could be a great team:

Sharjeel
Fakhar
Babar
Sarfaraz
Malik
Haris
Shadab
Faheem
Hassan
Junaid
Amir
 
Make Sharjeel Khan and Fakhar Zaman openers in ODIs and T20Is

Make Sharjeel Khan and Fakhar Zaman openers in ODIs and T20Is.
 
And do what with Rizwan?

He is pointless if he isnt opening the batting
 
Rana said:
And do what with Rizwan?

He is pointless if he isnt opening the batting
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Use him as a stabilizer in middle order in case things go wrong. If things go right then he probably would not even need to bat.
 
Sharjeel khan based on what? His garbage attitude and work ethic? Or his shameful dot ball percentage and strike rotation? Or his abysmal fielding?
 
marlonbrowndo said:
Sharjeel khan based on what? His garbage attitude and work ethic? Or his shameful dot ball percentage and strike rotation? Or his abysmal fielding?
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Oh yeah I forgot we have Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan opening for us.
 
srh said:
Use him as a stabilizer in middle order in case things go wrong. If things go right then he probably would not even need to bat.
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When was the last time he stabalized anything? He cant bat if its not as an opener.
 
Some Pakistan fans: Drop Imam, he is too slow.

Solution: Bring back an overweight, fixer, who cannot even bat for long periods in T20 Cricket, never mind ODI Cricket. Lets not forget his atrocious batting in the Powerplay.

At least offer rational solutions when suggesting replacements.
 
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I agree 100%.

I think replacing our top run scorer and best fielder with an overweight match fixing hack is the most fitting representation of the state of Pakistan cricket in 2021. And when Sharjeel unsurprisingly fails, his same backers will not blame him but the devil himself Misbah Ul Haq
 
Fakhar Zaman and Sharjeel Khan should be the openers in T20

Imam ul Haq and Fakhar Zaman should be the openers in ODI
 
I mean I don’t get it guys what exactly has Sharjeel done to prove his selection in the team. Hasn’t given any notable performances in the PSL (100 was filled with drops), hasn’t improved his fitness one bit and doesn’t really even care about representing his country as seen with his little match fixing debacle.

Rizwan on the other hand has done everything right - scored runs in every series, his keeping skills are best in the world and actually is proud to represent his country.

But hey I guess Sharjeel’s the better option just because he will singlehandedly transform Pakistan into a modern day test team
 
Apparently Rizwan fans think Pakistan are doing everything right with their batting approach that centres around Rizwan and Babar

We have regressed within a space of a year since Mickey was sacked and Misbah was brought to the helm, and they started to depend a lot more on Rizwan
 
Anyone who thinks Sharjeel and Fakhar aren’t our BEST openers in LOI then they deserve every bit of this loss today. Fakhar was our best batsman, he looked to score runs, and he showed INTENT even when the team was down by 3 wickets in the PP.

IMAM IS A STAT PADDING MINNOW BASHING PARCHI, THATS A FACT. SHARJEEL HAS AT LEAST PERFORMED AGAINST THE TOP SIDES IN THEIR OWN BACK GARDEN.

Misbah and Wasim should be shipped off to an island, their hypocrisy is mind blowing. They won’t pick Sharjeel Khan for ODI’s because of fitness issues yet they’re ok with picking Haris Sohail who seems to only be fit during WC’s.
 
YousafTheBeast said:
Anyone who thinks Sharjeel and Fakhar aren’t our BEST openers in LOI then they deserve every bit of this loss today. Fakhar was our best batsman, he looked to score runs, and he showed INTENT even when the team was down by 3 wickets in the PP.

IMAM IS A STAT PADDING MINNOW BASHING PARCHI, THATS A FACT. SHARJEEL HAS AT LEAST PERFORMED AGAINST THE TOP SIDES IN THEIR OWN BACK GARDEN.

Misbah and Wasim should be shipped off to an island, their hypocrisy is mind blowing. They won’t pick Sharjeel Khan for ODI’s because of fitness issues yet they’re ok with picking Haris Sohail who seems to only be fit during WC’s.
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Imam has centuries against both South Africa and England (150), he was our second top run scorer in the world cup and his partnership with Fakhar has been one of the best we have had. Their is no justification for dropping him, especially when his replacement has absolutely zero performances to back up his selection. And if your going to use performances from 4-5 years ago than we should also bring back Younis and Misbah back considering 5 years ago they were outperforming most our current test batsmen.
 
Abdurmirr said:
Imam has centuries against both South Africa and England (150), he was our second top run scorer in the world cup and his partnership with Fakhar has been one of the best we have had. Their is no justification for dropping him, especially when his replacement has absolutely zero performances to back up his selection. And if your going to use performances from 4-5 years ago than we should also bring back Younis and Misbah back considering 5 years ago they were outperforming most our current test batsmen.
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Imam ul Haq averages 40 vs Top 5 teams

Sharjeel Khan averages 34 vs Top 3 (hasn’t played the other 2)

Both similar averages.

Imam ul Haq strike rate vs Top 5 teams - 76

Sharjeel Khan strike rate vs Top 3 teams - 116

See the difference?

England’s Alex Hales averages 37, but has a strike rate of 95.

Sharjeel Khan and Alex Hales have similar stats but YOU are telling me that IMAM is the best we’ve got, really? Numbers don’t lie my guy.
 
YousafTheBeast said:
Imam ul Haq averages 40 vs Top 5 teams

Sharjeel Khan averages 34 vs Top 3 (hasn’t played the other 2)

Both similar averages.

Imam ul Haq strike rate vs Top 5 teams - 76

Sharjeel Khan strike rate vs Top 3 teams - 116

See the difference?

England’s Alex Hales averages 37, but has a strike rate of 95.

Sharjeel Khan and Alex Hales have similar stats but YOU are telling me that IMAM is the best we’ve got, really? Numbers don’t lie my guy.
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Bruh Sharjeel's stats are coming from games played 4-5 years ago. If these were stats from 2019 or even 2018 I'd say you have a point but this is way back when we had Azhar Ali opening the batting and most people didn't even know the name Babar Azam.

If we look at this years performances than it's obvious that Sharjeel isn't half the player he used to be. In the UAE leg of the PSL, the leg which all power hitters (Asif, Maqsood, Iftikhar, Danish) dominated, Sharjeel failed to play any sort of destructive innings and would either hit one or two boundaries and get out or bat 30 balls and score 40 odd with around 20-25 of those balls being dot balls.

Also comparing Sharjeel to Hales makes no sense considering the difference in games played between the two.

Imam may not be great but he the days Fakhar fails he does stand up and on a good day him and Fakhar can keep us without losing a wicket for a good 10-15 overs so yeh i reckon these two are our best ODI options
 
Abdurmirr said:
Bruh Sharjeel's stats are coming from games played 4-5 years ago. If these were stats from 2019 or even 2018 I'd say you have a point but this is way back when we had Azhar Ali opening the batting and most people didn't even know the name Babar Azam.

If we look at this years performances than it's obvious that Sharjeel isn't half the player he used to be. In the UAE leg of the PSL, the leg which all power hitters (Asif, Maqsood, Iftikhar, Danish) dominated, Sharjeel failed to play any sort of destructive innings and would either hit one or two boundaries and get out or bat 30 balls and score 40 odd with around 20-25 of those balls being dot balls.

Also comparing Sharjeel to Hales makes no sense considering the difference in games played between the two.

Imam may not be great but he the days Fakhar fails he does stand up and on a good day him and Fakhar can keep us without losing a wicket for a good 10-15 overs so yeh i reckon these two are our best ODI options
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Sharjeel Khan in December 2020 (FC)

74 off 74
133 off 164
57 off 78
51 off 61
89 off 138

This is only 1 year ago, he’s performed in domestic cricket, so there’s no reason why he shouldn’t be picked for all 3 formats.

What was Imam ul Haq’s List A average before his international debut? What did Imam do to get picked for Pakistan?
 
It's a 10/2 from 2 overs or a 100/0 from 10 overs partnership.

Reminds me of the Imran Nazir and Shahid Afridi opening partnership - when they were good they were unstoppable, but that didn't happen often enough.
 
Abdurmirr said:
Bruh Sharjeel's stats are coming from games played 4-5 years ago. If these were stats from 2019 or even 2018 I'd say you have a point but this is way back when we had Azhar Ali opening the batting and most people didn't even know the name Babar Azam.

If we look at this years performances than it's obvious that Sharjeel isn't half the player he used to be. In the UAE leg of the PSL, the leg which all power hitters (Asif, Maqsood, Iftikhar, Danish) dominated, Sharjeel failed to play any sort of destructive innings and would either hit one or two boundaries and get out or bat 30 balls and score 40 odd with around 20-25 of those balls being dot balls.

Also comparing Sharjeel to Hales makes no sense considering the difference in games played between the two.

Imam may not be great but he the days Fakhar fails he does stand up and on a good day him and Fakhar can keep us without losing a wicket for a good 10-15 overs so yeh i reckon these two are our best ODI options
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The issue is that Imam and Fakhar are alternates.

One performs the day the other fails.

It's quite weird but I've never seen both perform in tandem.
 
Saj said:
It's a 10/2 from 2 overs or a 100/0 from 10 overs partnership.

Reminds me of the Imran Nazir and Shahid Afridi opening partnership - when they were good they were unstoppable, but that didn't happen often enough.
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I think we’re always going to be 10-2 regardless of our batting combo, but we’ll never be 100-0 in 10 overs with any other combo.
 
Sharjeel is embarrassing. Awful batsman with embarrassing fitness levels. He won’t even get into the Afghanistan team.

Fakhar can be a big player when things go his way, but you should not expect consistency from him.

It usually takes one half-decent delivery to get him out and he always needs some luck to get going.

Nevertheless, to his credit, he has the capacity to make it count when things go his away.

Every now and then, amidst all the failures, he can produce a 140+ score at a high SR, which is more than good enough for an embarrassing, talentless cricket nation like Pakistan.
 
Mamoon said:
Sharjeel is embarrassing. Awful batsman with embarrassing fitness levels. He won’t even get into the Afghanistan team.

Fakhar can be a big player when things go his way, but you should not expect consistency from him.

It usually takes one half-decent delivery to get him out and he always needs some luck to get going.

Nevertheless, to his credit, he has the capacity to make it count when things go his away.

Every now and then, amidst all the failures, he can produce a 140+ score at a high SR, which is more than good enough for an embarrassing, talentless cricket nation like Pakistan.
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It was an unfortunate day for Pakistan. ODI class players like Imam, Babar & Rizwan dont often fail in the same innings.

What concerns me more is that our bowling looked rather toothless defending 140 odd. We should consider playing Imad and/or Nawaz.
 
gazza619 said:
It was an unfortunate day for Pakistan. ODI class players like Imam, Babar & Rizwan dont often fail in the same innings.

What concerns me more is that our bowling looked rather toothless defending 140 odd. We should consider playing Imad and/or Nawaz.
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99% of the days are unfortunate for Pakistan. We are simply trash and there is no sugarcoating it.

Babar is not an impact player, and while I like Imam, the reality is that he is not better than anyone of the top 4 that England fielded today and these are the reserve English players.

If Stokes fires, he will alone ensure that England win. He is more talented and skilled than all our players combined.

The only way back for Pakistan in this series is if Fakhar and Rizwan go big in the next 2 games. They are the only two batsmen who runs carry any weight.
 
Dream pair for Pakistan in ODIs after Shahid Afridi/Imran Nazir & Saeed Anwar/Amir Sohail...
 
gazza619 said:
It was an unfortunate day for Pakistan. ODI class players like Imam, Babar & Rizwan dont often fail in the same innings.

What concerns me more is that our bowling looked rather toothless defending 140 odd. We should consider playing Imad and/or Nawaz.
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Rizwan averages 28 as an ODI bat

Shadab averages 25. I don’t know how you can class Rizwan as an ‘ODI class player’ alongside Babar and Imam who nearly average double him
 
Mamoon said:
99% of the days are unfortunate for Pakistan. We are simply trash and there is no sugarcoating it.

Babar is not an impact player, and while I like Imam, the reality is that he is not better than anyone of the top 4 that England fielded today and these are the reserve English players.

If Stokes fires, he will alone ensure that England win. He is more talented and skilled than all our players combined.

The only way back for Pakistan in this series is if Fakhar and Rizwan go big in the next 2 games. They are the only two batsmen who runs carry any weight.
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Not sure what an “impact” player is. If Imam and Babar score big - we should get 300+

Have plenty of firepower in Maqsood, Shadab and Hassan..
 
Rana said:
Rizwan averages 28 as an ODI bat

Shadab averages 25. I don’t know how you can class Rizwan as an ‘ODI class player’ alongside Babar and Imam who nearly average double him
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Well if average if your metric on how deserving a player is to be in a team then Rizwan should be the second name on our list for T20s considering he averages above 40 which for the format is outstanding.

Or does that not count because any logic is thrown out the window when talking about Rizwan
 
YousafTheBeast said:
Sharjeel Khan in December 2020 (FC)

74 off 74
133 off 164
57 off 78
51 off 61
89 off 138

This is only 1 year ago, he’s performed in domestic cricket, so there’s no reason why he shouldn’t be picked for all 3 formats.

What was Imam ul Haq’s List A average before his international debut? What did Imam do to get picked for Pakistan?
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You do realise that in that FC season all our international class bowlers were away in NZ and the batting pitches played on were absolute roads. Again Sharjeel got a chance to prove himself in the PSL and failed so he has no justification for why he should be in our team.

And if first class stats determine if a batsmen good enough for limited overs than let’s get Kamran Ghulam, Agha Salman and Mohammed Nawaz into our middle order considering they had a brilliant first class season
 
Abdurmirr said:
Well if average if your metric on how deserving a player is to be in a team then Rizwan should be the second name on our list for T20s considering he averages above 40 which for the format is outstanding.

Or does that not count because any logic is thrown out the window when talking about Rizwan
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Why are Rizwan fans always shifting goalposts in order to justify him? The argument was in relation to ODIs. How is Rizwan the second name on the sheet in any ODI team picked by Pakistan? What has he done in this format to be ranked as one of our mainstays?
 
Abdurmirr said:
You do realise that in that FC season all our international class bowlers were away in NZ and the batting pitches played on were absolute roads. Again Sharjeel got a chance to prove himself in the PSL and failed so he has no justification for why he should be in our team.

And if first class stats determine if a batsmen good enough for limited overs than let’s get Kamran Ghulam, Agha Salman and Mohammed Nawaz into our middle order considering they had a brilliant first class season
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That’s not Sharjeel’s problem, he scored the runs and if he didn’t you would’ve used that against him too.

Can you list all the FC stats of the bowlers that had gone to NZ and why you think it would’ve made a difference? Last I recall, Haris Rauf ain’t played a FC game, Hasnain and Musa are T20 merchants, Tabish Khan is an oldie etc.

Agha Salman and Mohammad Nawaz are on the tour of England, you do realise that Agha has been picked for ODI’s based on domestic performances and not because of PSL performances?

You said that performances from 4-5 years ago don’t matter and that only those stats from 2019-2020 matter, so instead I show his performances in domestic cricket for December 2020 only, and now you’re just coming up with excuses. Can you please share imam ul haq’s domestic stats for last season and also this years psl, thanks.
 
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Sharjeel as an international cricketer is a joke. He has no business playing any format and the fact that he is in the T20 squad is a travesty as it is.
 
Even peak form Shoaib Malik couldn’t increase his batting average over 33 in ODIs

Hafeez 2.0 in ODIs ended with an average of 32.9

How do fans expect Rizwan to miraculously match Babar, Imam and Fakhar who have all been consistent enough to maintain averages around the 47+ mark?
 
Rana said:
Why are Rizwan fans always shifting goalposts in order to justify him? The argument was in relation to ODIs. How is Rizwan the second name on the sheet in any ODI team picked by Pakistan? What has he done in this format to be ranked as one of our mainstays?
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Fair enough in terms of stats I honestly do agree your correct in saying he hasn’t done anything to solidify his place in the team. So what do you suggest we do? Replace him with Sarfraz how has been an absolute flop in ODIs over the last 3 years (averaging less than Rizwan btw) and is a far less superior keeper. Or should we rush in Rohail Nazir and destroy his career the same way we have destroyed Nadeem, Haider and Hasnain.

Also I pointed your logic of saying averages determine ones selection in the team as if your going to use that standard in ODIs than why not in T20s were Rizwan is averaging above 40
 
YousafTheBeast said:
That’s not Sharjeel’s problem, he scored the runs and if he didn’t you would’ve used that against him too.

Can you list all the FC stats of the bowlers that had gone to NZ and why you think it would’ve made a difference? Last I recall, Haris Rauf ain’t played a FC game, Hasnain and Musa are T20 merchants, Tabish Khan is an oldie etc.

Agha Salman and Mohammad Nawaz are on the tour of England, you do realise that Agha has been picked for ODI’s based on domestic performances and not because of PSL performances?

You said that performances from 4-5 years ago don’t matter and that only those stats from 2019-2020 matter, so instead I show his performances in domestic cricket for December 2020 only, and now you’re just coming up with excuses. Can you please share imam ul haq’s domestic stats for last season and also this years psl, thanks.
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Imam hasn’t played in domestic cricket since 2018 so theirs nothing really to compare him to Sharjeel with. Again using PSL stats doesn’t also make any sense as we are looking at odis and Imam wouldn’t even be my 10th name in T20s

In our last series Imam scored 2 50s an even before that he has played multiple decent knocks against quality opposition. Until imam fails for a prolong period (5-6 games) their is no justifiable reason to drop him for an unproven unfit fixer
 
Fakhar and Imam are still the best we have. Babar had an off day. Imam going missing against decent pacers is nothing new though yet he is still the best we have.
Our ODI team is quite imbalanced tbh.
 
Sharjeel the hack is not any better than imam the mediocre hack.Both of them fail against top teams.That imam has scored most of his runs against Zimbabwe he has 3 centuries against Zimbabwe out of 7 centuries.
Rizwan should open with fakhar he will be useful at that position.
 
Sharjeel when hw first came onto the scene was great but declined very badly, i do think fakhar zaman should be persisted with , however imam ul haq isnt a bad option but would like to see maybe a youngster like muhammad huraira pair up with zaman
 
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