He had played a part in winning the ICC World T20 and an Asia Cup for team india. . So what big occasion you're talking about ?
T20 Final and Asia cup final.. he did well in both.. any other occasion in T20, IPL?
India has 15 games before that. Team will take shape.
I don't see Babar and Rizwan both playing together in the T20 team for Pakistan but one of them should be the part of the team and after watching the recent struggle of Haris, Rizwan looks like the man who will be back in the Paksitan T20I team soon.
Mentality won't overcome the gulf in skill. The batting line-up collapsed because they did not have the ability to take on decent spinners on that pitch, nothing to do with mentality. They just don't have the skill that top players do.
Yup. They didn't want to get to a below par score by slowing down against spin like they did in the second game.
Losing 9-33 has very little to do with skill, but has everything to do with mentality. Any half decent side would have realized that 170 on that pitch in a final would have been a good total. But Pakistan's batsmen did not recognize that, or the fact that there was no point in trying to bash Kuldeep or Varun when they were in their final overs. Even by playing unskillful cricket and going at just about run a ball after the 10th over, Pakistan could have posted a good total
Yes Gill should go, he has immense talent but he should not be in the T20 team. Samson should open. Rinku/Shreyas can play in place of Gill. Surya will be back in form on flat decks of Australia & India. He has led this team very well, India needs Surya at the World Cup.
Babar-Rizwan are much better compared to Salman-Haris.
To be honest they don't have any proper T20 batsman. They just have to play this Farhan and Hasan. Fakhar looked way too unconvincing. Lot of edges, half connection. He made runs. But he looked laborious to make those runs. He should be released. So they just have to retain those two build the rest of the team. Even they are not that good in comparison. But i don't think they have anyone better than those two.
Yes and he was a goat in 2024 t20 WC as per some lol...that one Bumrah over saved his career and a flop tournament
Pakistan did dominate India for the majority of the game. There’s more than just the skill gap, the temperament to handle pressure, the courage to take responsibility and show up for key moments, that’s what really separates the two teams.
On the contrary he's done well on big occasions and goes missing during regular games. I personally want him to be replaced by a proper pace bowler.
I do not understand this. How ?
Bangladesh also dominated pakistan until they started dropping catches. In T20 any team control a specific passage of play against any team. That is nature of the beast.
Bangladesh never looked to win for more than half the game. It wasn't just a passage of game. Pakistan looked to win till the very last over.
Talking about first half. Pakistan was in danger of getting bowled out for less than 80 runs. Also towards the end Rishad was smacking.
I don't think so. Pakistan committed critical errors which have been highlighted on this thread. The "well set" Tilak got away with a run out opportunity. The alone made a huge difference in the outcome of the game. Indians here can all act like they are the superior team (which they are comparitively) but the outcome of the game wasn't decided until the last over.
Easier to defend than to chase. No doubt the score was below par but which the start Pakistan had and how well the spinners were bowling, it wasn't a straightforward chase for India. You can provide all kind of explanations in hindsight now since we all know the outcome of the game and we can all come up with if and but scenarios. It doesn't change how Pakistan always lose the psychological battle even when they have an upper hand.
You could say the same about Afghanistan choking against Australia when they were even far more convincing situation. India also dropped several catches against pakistan in the last match. They still waltzed through to victory. If you look at win probability percentage Bangladesh was controllig mostly then missed it. In India/Pakistan case Pakistan had a couple of moments where they had upper hands. Once when they started well with ball. After that one over from Rauf game completely changed.
Well I don't know what to say to your win probability graph. That's the dumbest argument one could come up with.You could say the same about Afghanistan choking against Australia when they were even far more convincing situation. India also dropped several catches against pakistan in the last match. They still waltzed through to victory. If you look at win probability percentage Bangladesh was controllig mostly then missed it. In India/Pakistan case Pakistan had a couple of moments where they had upper hands. Once when they started well with ball. After that one over from Rauf game completely changed.
So essentially you are basing your entire argument around 1 run out chance.
That's not a comparable equation whatsoever and my point still stands about Pakistan losing in key moments like the Varma run out. Go watch that replay again. You have no business playing international cricket if you can't do the basics right.Been there done that. You think that equation was harder than this?
If Bangladesh had held on to the catches Pakistan would not have been in the final
If Bangladesh had held on to the catches Pakistan would not have been in the final
That may be true in the past. But in the present India beats most teams even from losing situation. They find a way. Not sure how. They find it.
Yeah Indian team is on a roll. Can't argue with stats. Even when they look weak, they find a way to win. The only team that can challenge India at the moment is Australia
Agree with the bold. India may be probably having the best run among all teams in limited overs cricket history, but it does not excuse missing simple run out or losing 9 wickets in 30 odd runs when playing against India. That was not due to Indian brillance, it was was due to very poor cricket from Pakistan. Pakistan can't control how India plays, but surely control how they play. Before some one says that India bowled well to take 33/9, nah. Bowled well but not that well, it was mostly Pakistani batsmen losing their mind collectively. Harris had no business missing that run out.
Both Abhishek & Surya play high risk, high reward cricket so these kind of mini collapses are to be expected from time to time (though at this point Surya is just out of form). And that is why you have someone like Tilak who can anchor if needed. Even at 20/3, I was never in doubt that we will pull it off because our middle order knows perfectly well how to pace a chase.
