I really like how posters describes the 1992 world cup winners as some macho man that were soo good.
Truth is, they lost 4 games on the trott and were about to be thrown out of the world cup. Yeh they won the world cup, but that does not mean the current team also cant win one.
Here's the difference between 1992, 2017 and 2023.
1992 amd 2017 we did not have the best team in the tournament, but we had a good team.
In 2017 we had azhar and an inform fakhar. Azhar is far far superior to imam regardless of any hokus stats nonsense that people pull, In test azhar has played knocks like scoring a triple century something imam won't ever do.
Azhar kept pace with fakhar, he never let fakhar take pressure, he made sure that he atleast strikes at 90+ or gave strike back to fakhar, he sismt slow down for milestones or go on his merry way.
Hafeez, Malik, Haris sohail, sarfi, Imad waseem
^^ These lads weren't the best middle order but their a good middle order. Bowling wise our pace was being complimented by spin. Hasan was prime, Amir was prime and hafeez, haris sohail, Imad waseem and malik gave us plenty spin options, sheddy in 2017 was also better, he regressed now due to his allrounder drama nonsense.
Wasim akram, Muhstaq Ahmed, Aaqib javed, imran Khan, they were good bowlers. Our opening was doodoo in 1992 but inzi, Javed minadad, imran Khan, the middle order was covered.
As I said 2017 and 1992 we relied on mentality to win but the team itself may not be the best team of the tournament but it wasn't doodoo either. Looking at the teams and you wouldn't rule them out from winning.
2023 pakistan has a non existent bowling line up, completly dependant on shaheen miracles and Rauf middle overs magic. Spin is non existent with usama being an unknown factor atm.
Batting wise, opening is non existent, middle order with sheddy, agha, Nawaz is nill.
Our only hope is babar, Rizzu, Chacha, Saud, haris and shaheen and maybe imam somehow come good. Cause fakhar and Abdullah ain't doing jack.
Problem is these lads could come good if support was given. Sheddy, Nawaz, Waseem Jr etc, these players as seen against India in the first game where they scored 260, they don't compliment our best players, they undo their hard work
. Imran khan's bowling line up or sarfi's 2017 bowling line up would never let that happen.
Captaincy is also a big thing, Sarfi isn't a fluke player, he also won us psl + he won us the 2006 Under 19 world cup, he isn't exactly a one and done captain, he knows how to captain in tournaments same with imran.
Babar can't develop that winning mentality, ever irrespective of whether he's playing psl, Asia cup, champions trophy, world cup, t20 world cup, or simulation world cup on the ps5.
Our best players are being handicapped by our worst players, that wasn't the case in 2017 where our medicore players atleast compliment our best players and make sure to keep pace the best they can. On shezad was handicapping and they booted him out for fakhar so moot point.
