South Africa v Pakistan | 2nd T20I | Johannesburg | 12 April 2021 | Pakistan innings

[Sir-fraz]

Yeah I jinxed it. My bad bro.

Lol nah bro he jinxed himself

 

[imshally81]

Haider gone

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Unbelievable Haider.....

 

[UzmanBeast]

Babar needs to play his own shots. He is trying too hard.

The problem is that South Africa planned this perfectly.

Blocked all his scoring areas, rendered him useless.

 

[castortroy]

This Haider is truely awful.

Zero game awareness

Don't see the hype

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

No Babar shouting at Haider “Yar nikal na yaar”

Ah ok. Thanks

 

[Gullycricket]

Ok i dont get Haider. I am not convinced. Brainless player like Asif

 

[NeVerMind]

Haider been so disappointing...

 

[Titan24]

Haider struggles to read Shamsi again. Need to show better execution and game awareness

 

[UzmanBeast]

Well this is just an example of how bad our cricket is.

 

[Local.Dada]

Ok i dont get Haider. I am not convinced. Brainless player like Asif

C’mon are you blaming a 20 year old in an unenviable situation of coming in the death overs of T20?

You can’t judge someone on these T20’s

 

[Gullycricket]

This is why Riz, Imam type players work for us. Atleast we give our bowlers something to bowl.

 

[PakPremi]

You can't hit a hundred and then stop performing.

He hasn't been doing well in T20Is recently, and we can't make excuses for him because he has had ample time to adjust to the pitch.

Really he is highest scorer atm in the match.

 

[Gullycricket]

C’mon are you blaming a 20 year old in an unenviable situation of coming in the death overs of T20?

You can’t judge someone on these T20’s

He has now played lotof T20's. Same mistakes. Poor awareness. And he still had 8 overs to play What death overs?

 

[Sunzi]

Haider hype is just that. Hype.

Did exactly what he said he shouldn't be doing 2 days ago 'getting out after a couple boundaries'.

Meh.

 

[Ahmed216]

Haider Ali is the brightest young talent in country

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Really he is highest scorer atm in the match.

So? Look at his strike rate and the amount of bad balls he’s missed out on

 

[Nado_]

The talent is there in Haider we can all see some of the shots he can play. The problem is the guy is just stupid with his shot selection and game awareness

 

[mrtaim3]

What kind of trash player haider is? All this hype for nothing

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Babar needs to step up a few gears now.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Garbage t20 batting from Babar. Struggling to put away pies when he’s 35+ balls in

 

[Local.Dada]

Magala isn’t fat, he is built like a truck. I don’t think any of us mocking him would have the guts to call him fat to his face

 

[Attiq_Lone]

So? Look at his strike rate and the amount of bad balls he’s missed out on

Maybe also have a look at the wickets that have fallen? and the next players to come?

 

[UzmanBeast]

We're a few batsmen short in this XI.

At best we'll be an average team because of the lack of quality all-rounders who can contribute with both ball and bat.

Perhaps people will now understand why Malik should be included in our plans. Haider is far, far too inexperienced.

 

[castortroy]

Babar timing has been dreadful

 

[Indiafan]

What a trash bowler. Abd then some have issues when we say that SA cricket is in decline.

Dude at least 4, 5 of their regular bowlers are missing

 

[Sunzi]

140 on the cards unless some one fancies it today.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Maybe also have a look at the wickets that have fallen? and the next players to come?

I wish Pakistanis would stop making excuses for Babar. There’s no excuse for missing some of these garbage deliveries when you’re set. I’m not asking him to slog

 

[Indiafan]

Maybe also have a look at the wickets that have fallen? and the next players to come?

After scoring 20 runs and being in, a good batsman can score boundaries WITHOUT taking risks

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Babar needs to step up a few gears now.

You need to have gears at first place.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Responsibility is on Babar.

He needs to start increasing the tempo.

If you can't hit, at least take singles. Stop getting stuck on the crease.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Atrocious stuff

 

[Third Man]

Babars needs to be criticized more than Haider. Someone's gotta go for it if Babar isn't. Also as a captain he needed to tell the young buffoon that he needs to just see Shamsi off.

 

[Sunzi]

Come on Babar - do it for all the Babar comparison threads on PP! Today's the day yaar.

 

[Ahmed216]

Faheem's footwork has improved

 

[Fazzy321]

Except few overs this is some good bowling from SA

 

[imshally81]

Need Hasan here

 

[Local.Dada]

Babar will have stellar stats in LOI’s but not sure of his impact. Can anyone name 5 must watch Babar impact innings against top 3 sides?

 

[Attiq_Lone]

I wish Pakistanis would stop making excuses for Babar. There’s no excuse for missing some of these garbage deliveries when you’re set. I’m not asking him to slog

I am not defending his innings, I am saying we are dependant on a single batsman only, His timing has been awful, however, 4 wickets have fallen and we don't have other proper batsmen to come

 

[Titan24]

Yes Haider is under the pump here but, atleast he has some potential with a much higher ceiling at this young age to develop into something if he gets more mature with time unlike some mid/late 20s and early 30 so called stroke makers we have tried.

So we cant really judge a 20 year old guy with even limited domestic experience with the same magnifying glass as some other ones who have showed neither much talent or maturity at international level. We like it or not he is one of the best young batsmen we have and can only hope he develops.

 

[ChTab]

TBH Babr has played more match losing knocks for Pakistan as compared to the match winning knocks.

 

[Markhor]

This same strip was used for the last match so it will be harder to score. 150-160 might be enough here.

Thank god for that, so par score is lower than normal then.

Okay maybe 160 will be sufficient today.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

I still don't get why we batted first while teams chasing here usually win.

 

[imshally81]

444

 

[Ahmed216]

Yes Haider is under the pump here but, atleast he has some potential with a much higher ceiling at this young age to develop into something if he gets more mature with time unlike some mid/late 20s and early 30 so called stroke makers we have tried.

So we cant really judge a 20 year old guy with even limited domestic experience with the same magnifying glass as some other ones who have showed neither much talent or maturity at international level. We like it or not he is one of the best young batsmen we have and can only hope he develops.

He should play more FC cricket.Its gonna improve his concentration and also his game against spin

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Gill . already thread here between them

I rate Haider extremely highly but Gill is a potential ATG in my eyes. There is no comparison. Haider can become a Pakistan great

 

[ex-q-zit]

Babar has played around 35% of the 120 balls already and scored less than run a ball. Not sure what kind of fearless cricket he wanted his team to play.

 

[UzmanBeast]

If Pakistan make 150, we'll need Shaheen on his best bowling standard.

 

[Sir-fraz]

Yes Haider is under the pump here but, atleast he has some potential with a much higher ceiling at this young age to develop into something if he gets more mature with time unlike some mid/late 20s and early 30 so called stroke makers we have tried.

So we cant really judge a 20 year old guy with even limited domestic experience with the same magnifying glass as some other ones who have showed neither much talent or maturity at international level. We like it or not he is one of the best young batsmen we have and can only hope he develops.

Babar has played a below avg innings here..

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

If Pakistan make 150, we'll need Shaheen on his best bowling standard.

Defending 150 @ Johannesburg is near impossible.

 

[Local.Dada]

Eng and Ind batting would have mauled this SA bowling attack to a point of no return . If Pak wants to be in the upper league which it does have potential to be, they have to show more ruthlessness.

 

[imshally81]

Out

 

[PakistanMeriJaan]

Can’t see faheem sitting around for long. Boom or a bust coming up.

 

[UzmanBeast]

I hope this batting display shows a few people how poor our batting resources actually are.

 

[Muddaser]

Typical Pakistani responses on here.

The rest of the batting falling like a pack of cards but lets blame Babar for going a run a ball and still being there.

 

[PakPremi]

He should stop playing on this tour then, this is beyond pathetic from a player who most Pakistani fans claim is better than Kohli.

No real cricket expert posters claim he is better than Kohli, it's just few fans btw. He is performing in almost all matches not sure what series you been watching. He could have given up in this match like others and go for glory shot but he is too good a batsman to do that and too responsible. Appreciate world class batsmen instead of moani g each day, or be blessed with likes of Sharjeel, Haider, Asif Alis.

 

[Titan24]

He should play more FC cricket.Its gonna improve his concentration and also his game against spin

Definitely. We bring in young players after handful of domestic matches and than keep travelling with them around and expect them to start playing gems straight away. When you select someone with much domestic experience than fans and management need to be patient with them.

 

[RajBan]

140 is good enough against this SA. They will choke

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Kohli can learn how to play T20s from Babar

 

[Usman Chadda]

Lol they are not able to hit anything today. This innings has been hilarious to say the least. Seems like they are batting with bats made of cotton candy.

 

[PakistanMeriJaan]

As I said. Faheem gone.

 

[imshally81]

Haider Ali in his last 9 T20I innings is only averaging 13.44.

27
3
8
11
21
10
15
14
12

 

[Indiafan]

Just shows the value of Fakhar and Rizwan in this T20 line up

 

[ex-q-zit]

Babar has played a below avg innings here..

Atleast the innings is good enough to pad his avg though not sure if its good anough to win his team the match.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

How long before Mamoon strikes

Probably faster than it’ll take for Babar to get his 50 from here

 

[imshally81]

666

 

[UzmanBeast]

Eng and Ind batting would have mauled this SA bowling attack to a point of no return . If Pak wants to be in the upper league which it does have potential to be, they have to show more ruthlessness.

I think this batting display shows us why we aren't close to that league.

 

[silentkiller187]

Hassan Ali is better of batting in the top 4

 

[imshally81]

Back to back 6666

 

[imshally81]

And gone...

 

[PakistanMeriJaan]

Need a razzaq like innings from Hassan Ali.

 

[Local.Dada]

Terrific striking by Hassan Ali

 

[Fazzy321]

Everyone can learn from Hasan in this lineup

 

[silentkiller187]

bowler getting told off by his captain for waving hassan ali off

 

[Fazzy321]

Out

 

[Local.Dada]

That ended quickly

 

[Sunzi]

Hasan doing what Hasan does!

If he hangs around we have a chance to mount something we can at least try and bowl at.

 

[dildilpak]

Hopefully its 180 from this point.

Edit - Spoke too soon

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Why does it take Hasan Ali to hit boundaries? Where the hell are the other batsman??

 

[Sir-fraz]

Atleast the innings is good enough to pad his avg though not sure if its good anough to win his team the match.

Wins should matter more