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Talent Spotter : Shadab Khan

Shadab definitely looks 18 and there is no reason to doubt that. I guess some people can't stand the fact that they have nothing to criticize so they are making stuff up now. Kind of sad actually.
 
Superstar written all over him.

My friends who didnt watch cricket for time are getting glued to the tv because of him.
 
Hawkeye said:
What kind of a poor statement is that?

At 18, most healthy adults in Pakistan look like that. Their looks are different from an average 18 yr old BD or Indian guy. [MENTION=132715]Varun[/MENTION]

In Pak they are well built usually and healthy like him, so please don't compare with an 18 yr old BD kid. He's also from North/Islamabad, so that also explains his good development.

If you look go to EU/US, they look even older at 18 than Shadab.
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How I missed this gem from you!!!! Apart from his look (which obviously is a high quality north Pakistan gin), look at his facial hairs - not now, from one year back in U19 WC & then come to tell us he is 17 then. Afridi definitely looked 16 in his first innings, for a north Pakistani kid.

I don't understand, what you tried to achieve with this gem. I have passed that age between 13 to 23 in 4 continents, not countries, continents - from Sydney to Lndon to New York to LA to Singapore - show me one Nordic or Aussie, Canadian or even African kid with that facial hairline at 17.
 
[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION]
Facial hair does not signify age. I had full beard when I was 14 have been shaving since 15.

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Couch Cricketer said:
[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION]
Facial hair does not signify age. I had full beard when I was 14 have been shaving since 15.

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That's true, genes is a big factor in it. My son is Turning 14 next month and he has full beard and also crossed my hieght, he is 6'1" now, I am 6. Everybody not know him looks at him and says he is more like 17/18... I had same issue, I had full beard at 14, I started shaving at 15...

Where as many kids here is US, beard is not fully developed till 18/20... Western don't have hairs like us, they don't get them in early age.

We cannot judge Asian just by amount of hairs they have on body, it's not indicative of age.
 
MMHS said:
How I missed this gem from you!!!! Apart from his look (which obviously is a high quality north Pakistan gin), look at his facial hairs - not now, from one year back in U19 WC & then come to tell us he is 17 then. Afridi definitely looked 16 in his first innings, for a north Pakistani kid.

I don't understand, what you tried to achieve with this gem. I have passed that age between 13 to 23 in 4 continents, not countries, continents - from Sydney to Lndon to New York to LA to Singapore - show me one Nordic or Aussie, Canadian or even African kid with that facial hairline at 17.
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Afridi had different genetic make over, he does not have much body hairs anyway. BTW he was 20, when he played his first innings, that was shown on TV as he came in to bad, they video still exists on YouTube. Later they changed his age to 16.

As I said in another post, facial or even body hairs are not sole indicator of age, I know from my personal examples.
 
[MENTION=7729]Couch Cricketer[/MENTION]; [MENTION=5869]yasir[/MENTION]

I don't disagree with that - someone Md. Irfan must have been around 6'10" at genuine 18. There are few other factors, from which my hunch is Shadab is between 19 to 21 - I feel, most probably there is 1-2 years in his official age. That's probably true for most Asian cricketers (or African footballers) - like our Miraj is around 21 now; which is acceptable as long as that's factored in selection process. For a leggi, a year or 2 doesn't matter much at this age.
 
What disappoint me about both Babar and Shadab that when they speak in post match interviews, forget about English, there Urdu is like somebody who has not gone to school. Urdu Accent and pronounciation got to be the level of 11/12 grade kid, not like buss driver. Maybe I am out of Pakistan for 20 years, but I still cannot believe 18/20 old kids talk in such an uncultured Urdu...How can you talk like that? - And these two guys are best talented players I have seen in many years.

This is dangerous sign, lack of education limits there growth potential a whole lot. This also make these kids vulnerable to exploits.
 
yasir said:
What disappoint me about both Babar and Shadab that when they speak in post match interviews, forget about English, there Urdu is like somebody who has not gone to school. Urdu Accent and pronounciation got to be the level of 11/12 grade kid, not like buss driver. Maybe I am out of Pakistan for 20 years, but I still cannot believe 18/20 old kids talk in such an uncultured Urdu...How can you talk like that? - And these two guys are best talented players I have seen in many years.

This is dangerous sign, lack of education limits there growth potential a whole lot. This also make these kids vulnerable to exploits.
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About this I agree. It's better here. Hardik Pandya has the same background, but he taught himself English and even last year's IPL it was amazing how good his English was. You would think he's an upper class dude from Delhi or Mumbai listening to him.
 
yasir said:
What disappoint me about both Babar and Shadab that when they speak in post match interviews, forget about English, there Urdu is like somebody who has not gone to school. Urdu Accent and pronounciation got to be the level of 11/12 grade kid, not like buss driver. Maybe I am out of Pakistan for 20 years, but I still cannot believe 18/20 old kids talk in such an uncultured Urdu...How can you talk like that? - And these two guys are best talented players I have seen in many years.

This is dangerous sign, lack of education limits there growth potential a whole lot. This also make these kids vulnerable to exploits.
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They speak punjabi at home and outside not urdu. Even in the team now they might not need to talk in Urdu with many of the players so their pronunciations are going take time to improve.
 
CricketAnalyst said:
About this I agree. It's better here. Hardik Pandya has the same background, but he taught himself English and even last year's IPL it was amazing how good his English was. You would think he's an upper class dude from Delhi or Mumbai listening to him.
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Lol, exaggeration much? Even Kohli and Pujara speak like FOBs and have a very thick accent. Nothing wrong it though. They are professional cricketers, not professors at an American university. Look at Messi, Neymar, Ozil, etc who barely speak any English. People from the subcontinent need to get over their inferiority complex.

yasir said:
What disappoint me about both Babar and Shadab that when they speak in post match interviews, forget about English, there Urdu is like somebody who has not gone to school. Urdu Accent and pronounciation got to be the level of 11/12 grade kid, not like buss driver. Maybe I am out of Pakistan for 20 years, but I still cannot believe 18/20 old kids talk in such an uncultured Urdu...How can you talk like that? - And these two guys are best talented players I have seen in many years.

This is dangerous sign, lack of education limits there growth potential a whole lot. This also make these kids vulnerable to exploits.
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I'm sure they'll take classes that will improve their communication skills now that they are in the national team. Difficult for FC players to afford these classes or even find the time to attend them.

MMHS said:
How I missed this gem from you!!!! Apart from his look (which obviously is a high quality north Pakistan gin), look at his facial hairs - not now, from one year back in U19 WC & then come to tell us he is 17 then. Afridi definitely looked 16 in his first innings, for a north Pakistani kid.

I don't understand, what you tried to achieve with this gem. I have passed that age between 13 to 23 in 4 continents, not countries, continents - from Sydney to Lndon to New York to LA to Singapore - show me one Nordic or Aussie, Canadian or even African kid with that facial hairline at 17.
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My beard started sprouting when I was 16-17 and I had a full one by 18-19. I know a guy who had a full beard when he was 16. This argument has no legs. Pakistanis are different to Indians and Bangladeshis and look different.
 
According to [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] everyone in Pakistan has faked their age. Hell, Pakistan itself may have lied about its age, it was actually born in 1944 and is 73 now.

Some people truly have a chip on their shoulder.
 
MMHS said:
How I missed this gem from you!!!! Apart from his look (which obviously is a high quality north Pakistan gin), look at his facial hairs - not now, from one year back in U19 WC & then come to tell us he is 17 then. Afridi definitely looked 16 in his first innings, for a north Pakistani kid.

I don't understand, what you tried to achieve with this gem. I have passed that age between 13 to 23 in 4 continents, not countries, continents - from Sydney to Lndon to New York to LA to Singapore - show me one Nordic or Aussie, Canadian or even African kid with that facial hairline at 17.
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I had a full beard at 13.

Facial hair isn't a judge of much at all.
 
moghul said:
Strange , he was selected for A team without playing a single FC match. That works for Pakistan cricket and many great starts of the past, Wasim Akram, Waqar, Aaqib Javed did not have impressive FC record before making international debut.
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The concept somehow seems to work for Pakistan.Lets see how he develops though.
 
Like some Pak ppers says always about other country's new talent,should we say ," HE WILL BE FIND OUT SOON "???? :D:D:D:D
 
looks a great talent but yeah the younger players need to get English lessons this will help them in their career too

Whether you like it or not English is the lingua franca of the Cricketing world so to have some.understanding of English is imperative at Intl level.

This whole.comparing em to Messi and Neymar not being able to speak English is rubbish. Football is firstly a truly global game unlike Cricket and the structure of Football is a lot different.

If you play all your club football in Spain and internationally for a Latin American team you dont need to learn English but if you come to PL u have to learn the basics.
 
He's changed his batting stance a bit. He was standing more upright in the last game with high back-lift than in the PSL.
 
JoniInsafian said:
According to [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] everyone in Pakistan has faked their age. Hell, Pakistan itself may have lied about its age, it was actually born in 1944 and is 73 now.

Some people truly have a chip on their shoulder.
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Pakistan can't change its age because it's date of birth is not based on certificate - that date is registered at many other records😩. Otherwise ....
 
MMHS said:
[MENTION=7729]Couch Cricketer[/MENTION]; [MENTION=5869]yasir[/MENTION]

I don't disagree with that - someone Md. Irfan must have been around 6'10" at genuine 18. There are few other factors, from which my hunch is Shadab is between 19 to 21 - I feel, most probably there is 1-2 years in his official age. That's probably true for most Asian cricketers (or African footballers) - like our Miraj is around 21 now; which is acceptable as long as that's factored in selection process. For a leggi, a year or 2 doesn't matter much at this age.
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I myself saw people from northern part of pakistan having facial hair. Their ages were between 13 to 16.

I do not think there is anyway to prove his age unless you go to the hospital where he was born. I wonder whether that hospital would have record of his birth or not. One has to determine legitness of his birth documentation records too. So lets call him an eighteen year old. Just like some ppers call shoaib malik legit 17 yr old ie Mamoon

Bone xrays are not conclusive. So lets go with his official age ie 18

Regards
 
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To all the posters here who thinks I judge age by only facial hair needs to chill down. For a reason most of Imran's youngsters debuted between 16 to 19 & lost their appetite by 30, even from FC. Now, that scouting filter isn't used, so youngsters are picked in their official mid 20s, and in 5/6 years of debut, they look like Sohail Khan & Imran Khan (the recent one - original one debuted at 18 & grew 2 inches in next 3 years). Besides, it doesn't matter when one starts to shave - Shikhs don't even shave throughout their life & they are originated from same area.

In past, it was almost day robbery - like Razzak was 17, Afridi 16, Sami 20, Nazir 17, Aaquib 16, Mushi 17.... at debut. Now it has come to acceptable level - that's 1/2 max 3 years. The more educated boys come to cricket, it'll improve farther.
 
MMHS said:
To all the posters here who thinks I judge age by only facial hair needs to chill down. For a reason most of Imran's youngsters debuted between 16 to 19 & lost their appetite by 30, even from FC. Now, that scouting filter isn't used, so youngsters are picked in their official mid 20s, and in 5/6 years of debut, they look like Sohail Khan & Imran Khan (the recent one - original one debuted at 18 & grew 2 inches in next 3 years). Besides, it doesn't matter when one starts to shave - Shikhs don't even shave throughout their life & they are originated from same area.

In past, it was almost day robbery - like Razzak was 17, Afridi 16, Sami 20, Nazir 17, Aaquib 16, Mushi 17.... at debut. Now it has come to acceptable level - that's 1/2 max 3 years. The more educated boys come to cricket, it'll improve farther.
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No one denied that, and you missed mentioning shoaib malik along Afridi and Abdul Razzaq etc and you are still implying that shadab khan is not 18. Thats the argument that people are having here
 
Good to know we have amateur keyboard Doctors and CSI specialists here...

Next we'll be talking about how when the Sun hits his skin, and reflects shine, how much iron he needs in his blood stream.

:facepalm:
 
pacesensation said:
I myself saw people from northern part of pakistan having facial hair. Their ages were between 13 to 16.

I do not think there is anyway to prove his age unless you go to the hospital where he was born. I wonder whether that hospital would have record of his birth or not. One has to determine legitness of his birth documentation records too. So lets call him an eighteen year old. Just like some ppers call shoaib malik legit 17 yr old ie Mamoon

Bone xrays are not conclusive. So lets go with his official age ie 18

Regards
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I myself think Malik was almost genuine 17 at debut - that's why at 36, he is still the fittest & fastest player in the team - business usual he almost would have broken Hasan Raja's record. Same goes for Imran, who was genuine 18 years at debut; probably Mazid Khan as well - looked younger than Azhar Ali in the latest archive that I saw - 1983, when he was 36+

genuine age is exception in Pakistan, in fact South Asia - don't understand why it's so bitter to swallow for individuals. Can't prove anything, even hospital certificates are fake - for that we'll have to wait 15 years. But, the pervious great leggi also started at 18, and his name is Mushtaq Ahmed; till 1999/2000, everyone argued that he was genuine 29/30......
 
Nil Dhumrojal said:
Like some Pak ppers says always about other country's new talent,should we say ," HE WILL BE FIND OUT SOON "???? :D:D:D:D
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If you can bowl that quicker and spin it both ways than there is no way on earth that you can get find out , at most some greater batsmen (which are few) will decode his googly even then he will be effective because he bowls quicker which means less reaction time for batsmen to adjust to the turn. Unless hes got some serious injury hes going to be worldclass in just 2 years time
MARK MY WORDS.
 
MMHS said:
I myself think Malik was almost genuine 17 at debut - that's why at 36, he is still the fittest & fastest player in the team - business usual he almost would have broken Hasan Raja's record. Same goes for Imran, who was genuine 18 years at debut; probably Mazid Khan as well - looked younger than Azhar Ali in the latest archive that I saw - 1983, when he was 36+

genuine age is exception in Pakistan, in fact South Asia - don't understand why it's so bitter to swallow for individuals. Can't prove anything, even hospital certificates are fake - for that we'll have to wait 15 years. But, the pervious great leggi also started at 18, and his name is Mushtaq Ahmed; till 1999/2000, everyone argued that he was genuine 29/30......
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I never said anything about Azhar Ali or Mushtaq Ahmed or anyone else. The argument is only about Shadab Khan's age.
Do you have conclusive proof to back your claim ie Shoaib Malik was geniune 17?

Which you do not have. Then it is a useless argument. I wont go any further with it.


Regards
 
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pacesensation said:
No one denied that, and you missed mentioning shoaib malik along Afridi and Abdul Razzaq etc and you are still implying that shadab khan is not 18. Thats the argument that people are having here
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You have to go to initial post - I thought & still think that he is between 19-20-21; that's my personal opinion. Anyone can ignore that - problem starts when intellectuals start to give lectures on gin & race. Then the arguments comes with historical facts & figures. You think he is 18, fine - Indians also think Tendulkar was 16 & most Bangladeshies think Ashraful scored 1st hundred at 16 - I am different.
 
Arsalan Pro said:
Champions Trophy would be the real test for him,hope he succeed.
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Yeap lets see. I think he should be given chance in odis as well till since we lack a good attacking-yet-wicketing taking spinner. Not to mention he is a pretty accomplished batsman, based on his performances at u19 and Pakistan A

Regards
 
MMHS said:
You have to go to initial post - I thought & still think that he is between 19-20-21; that's my personal opinion. Anyone can ignore that - problem starts when intellectuals start to give lectures on gin & race. Then the arguments comes with historical facts & figures. You think he is 18, fine - Indians also think Tendulkar was 16 & most Bangladeshies think Ashraful scored 1st hundred at 16 - I am different.
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I was about to edit some points in my posts(even last one) which looked useless and kinda rude but pp's 2 minute edit policy. I apologize for that.
 
pacesensation said:
I was about to edit some points in my posts(even last one) which looked useless and kinda rude but pp's 2 minute edit policy. I apologize for that.
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Relax👍

Nothing rude, as long as you put arguments with logic.
 
CricketAnalyst said:
About this I agree. It's better here. Hardik Pandya has the same background, but he taught himself English and even last year's IPL it was amazing how good his English was. You would think he's an upper class dude from Delhi or Mumbai listening to him.
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Motivation bro. Even I was watching an interview or him and he said he'd left studies around the 7th or 8th grade and I couldn't believe it. Not only did he sound like an educated individual but was also groomed. But the answer is in your post. He TAUGHT himself. He had the motivation to do that. Our players simply don't. At least these ones.

Such things make you marketable and help you make great big money. Ever wonder why Afridi was so famous? Because he groomed himself so well. Wears good clothes, speaks Englishes and even learned to walk the talk. These things make you marketable and help you make big money. Same goes for Akhtar. I remember him sporting a bloody Aussie accent and honestly, there weren't a lot of mistakes either. Helped him make big money and was even famous in Bollywood because of it.

Now Shehzad is doing the same. Despite not being too educated, he's learned to talk with style, walk with style and dress with style too. He speaks good English and such things give you confidence in the field too, especially because of the inferiority complex that we have.

100% agree with [MENTION=5869]yasir[/MENTION] post. These players cannot speak Urdu properly, let alone English. Akmals and Azam sound like theyre from some pind.
 
MMHS said:
How I missed this gem from you!!!! Apart from his look (which obviously is a high quality north Pakistan gin), look at his facial hairs - not now, from one year back in U19 WC & then come to tell us he is 17 then. Afridi definitely looked 16 in his first innings, for a north Pakistani kid.

I don't understand, what you tried to achieve with this gem. I have passed that age between 13 to 23 in 4 continents, not countries, continents - from Sydney to Lndon to New York to LA to Singapore - show me one Nordic or Aussie, Canadian or even African kid with that facial hairline at 17.
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LOL mate. I first shaved when I was 13. Had a proper stache and all. Beard by the time I was 15. We're different here in Pakistan compared to BD and India.
 
Couch Cricketer said:
They speak punjabi at home and outside not urdu. Even in the team now they might not need to talk in Urdu with many of the players so their pronunciations are going take time to improve.
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Now Sarfraz is Captain, I can imagine everybody's Urdu will get better, even the cursing part ;-)

Sarfraz only speaks Urdu and in a pretty fast accent. I remember when I first went to Karachi, bus conductor asked me "Karayia Diya jee ah ghaa", I was impressed with the "Iadb Oh Adab" of a bus conductor, I replied, "Liyajee aha ghaa Hazoor"... Never heard that level of Urdu in Punjab and KPK...That was back in 1993/94...

What hits me was the not going to school part, specially for Babar, who is from a rich family(comparatively speaking) and living in Lahore, Akmals have been in national stage in Cricket for last 15 years, 3 test cricketers have came from their home only, how can these guys be so uncultured?? - Its clear their family does not value education a whole lot, which is disappointing...
 
MMHS said:
[MENTION=7729]Couch Cricketer[/MENTION]; [MENTION=5869]yasir[/MENTION]

I don't disagree with that - someone Md. Irfan must have been around 6'10" at genuine 18. There are few other factors, from which my hunch is Shadab is between 19 to 21 - I feel, most probably there is 1-2 years in his official age. That's probably true for most Asian cricketers (or African footballers) - like our Miraj is around 21 now; which is acceptable as long as that's factored in selection process. For a leggi, a year or 2 doesn't matter much at this age.
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1 year is always on the cards, which I don't contest...2/4 years can be really misleading and indicator of corruption in the system, he does not look like to fall in that category, Although Afridi did. Hiding true age did not effect Afridi(himself) in any serious way...He was fit and powerful enough to play Cricket for 20 years, which is hard to do for athletes from much more developed sports culture.
 
As I said in another thread, we're seeing the PSL effect with guys like Shadab Khan and Hasan Ali. Exposing youngsters to pressure situations against international players in these competitions is an invaluable experience for when they step up to the national team.

Shadab has been sensational so far but hopefully he keeps his feet on the ground and doesn't fizzle out like so many Pak youngsters who showed promise at the start of their careers.

I would like to see more of his batting, we saw he's a clean hitter during the PSL. I don't know why Pakistan have a fixed batting order in T20s - we must be flexible according to the situation.

Given how slowly we're starting in the Powerplay in this series - why not promote Shadab or Imad to 3 or 4, and give them license to hit ? Get a quick 20 or 25 and give our innings momentum, with the others working around them.
 
Markhor said:
As I said in another thread, we're seeing the PSL effect with guys like Shadab Khan and Hasan Ali. Exposing youngsters to pressure situations against international players in these competitions is an invaluable experience for when they step up to the national team.

Shadab has been sensational so far but hopefully he keeps his feet on the ground and doesn't fizzle out like so many Pak youngsters who showed promise at the start of their careers.

I would like to see more of his batting, we saw he's a clean hitter during the PSL. I don't know why Pakistan have a fixed batting order in T20s - we must be flexible according to the situation.

Given how slowly we're starting in the Powerplay in this series - why not promote Shadab or Imad to 3 or 4, and give them license to hit ? Get a quick 20 or 25 and give our innings momentum, with the others working around them.
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This is rather better approach, I still believe the reason Razaq and Afridi developed as world class power hitter, because they were brought on at 2/3 all the time early on...At that position, intend is clear, no pressure, less fielders on boundaries, ball is hard and license to kill...At 6/7 there is more pressure to hit, ball is softer, plus 5 fielders on boundaries...Pakistan has not tried pinch hitters(on more consistent basis) since early 2000s, no wonder we have not gotten power hitters since that time, we did not see pinch hitting in PSL at all, which is a shame :facepalm:
 
yasir said:
This is rather better approach, I still believe the reason Razaq and Afridi developed as world class power hitter, because they were brought on at 2/3 all the time early on...At that position, intend is clear, no pressure, less fielders on boundaries, ball is hard and license to kill...At 6/7 there is more pressure to hit, ball is softer, plus 5 fielders on boundaries...Pakistan has not tried pinch hitters(on more consistent basis) since early 2000s, no wonder we have not gotten power hitters since that time, we did not see pinch hitting in PSL at all, which is a shame :facepalm:
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Another aspect of sending in pinch hitters which gets ignored is that if say someone like Imad or Shadab start smacking them around the opposition will not keep bowling their second string bowlers and instead bring on their main wicket takers to stem the flow of runs (this btw was a completely foreign concept for Azhar Ali).

Even if the pinch hitters are able to waste a couple of overs of the main strike bowlers, this means the batsmen following them will have an easier time in the middle and the opposition captain may have trouble near the end of the innings with regards to the available options to bowl the last couple of overs.
 
syed abbas said:
Then you must not like Imad also who considers himself as an all-rounder but bats like a tail-ender.
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Not sure why you're bringing Imad into this.
The thread is about Shadab.

As far as I am concerned, you have already lost the argument before starting it.
 
About his age: It doesnt matter much that he is 18 on paper but in actual 19.

Quite of a few of my friends have 1 year younger age on their papers. It was not their fault either. While submitting the papers for the matric/10th grade exams their parents wrote the age 1 year younger. (these things happen when parents have more than 1/2 kid(s) and is unintentional) And then that age continued on when they applied for National Identity Card after turning 18. It can cause difficulty when you have diffrent age in matric mark sheet and nic (and the procedure for changing it is hectic too) and most kids opt for the same.

Kids have no fault in it as they mostly do what their parents do when they are in matric. It is 'not faking your age' as some people say. Atleast not the fault of kids.
 
Professor said:
Shadab definitely looks 18 and there is no reason to doubt that. I guess some people can't stand the fact that they have nothing to criticize so they are making stuff up now. Kind of sad actually.
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Chief Destroyer said:
Looks 18 to me.
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He is genuine 18.


Players who have been coming through National under 16,17 & 19 ranks in last 5 years have genuine age because they are tested at SKH and if they are are over age they are dropped from camp or squad. This was done due to an embarrassment at ICC events and complaints of fellow members of ICC.
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
He is genuine 18.


Players who have been coming through National under 16,17 & 19 ranks in last 5 years have genuine age because they are tested at SKH and if they are are over age they are dropped from camp or squad. This was done due to an embarrassment at ICC events and complaints of fellow members of ICC.
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How do you rate his batting?
 
Rayyman said:
Khan is too exuberant in his celebrations for my liking.
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We're coming to the point where we are slamming one's euphoria?

He's taken a wicket and he's allowed to celebrate any way he wants.

I don't see anyone slamming Tahir's celebrations.
 
Ellipsism said:
We're coming to the point where we are slamming one's euphoria?

He's taken a wicket and he's allowed to celebrate any way he wants.

I don't see anyone slamming Tahir's celebrations.
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I just don't see the point of the OTT celebrations. There is no logic behind them.
 
SarfiBabarHaris said:
About his age: It doesnt matter much that he is 18 on paper but in actual 19.

Quite of a few of my friends have 1 year younger age on their papers. It was not their fault either. While submitting the papers for the matric/10th grade exams their parents wrote the age 1 year younger. (these things happen when parents have more than 1/2 kid(s) and is unintentional) And then that age continued on when they applied for National Identity Card after turning 18. It can cause difficulty when you have diffrent age in matric mark sheet and nic (and the procedure for changing it is hectic too) and most kids opt for the same.

Kids have no fault in it as they mostly do what their parents do when they are in matric. It is 'not faking your age' as some people say. Atleast not the fault of kids.
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Why can't DOB just be recorded the day you are born...?
 
Shadab Khan : The reason why my father has started watching cricket again.
 
Syed1 said:
Na kar yaar seriously?

That's awesome. He definitely is hella exciting to watch.
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Na. Seriously. This is first time in years I have seen him so excited.
Started with PSL and now Shadab is getting better day after day, match after match.
 
ali2220 said:
That is just too much, atleast give him to play 20 matches before we start praising him so highly.
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He is exciting talent. Nothing wrong in praising him to levels that are acceptable.
 
Syed1 said:
Na kar yaar seriously?

That's awesome. He definitely is hella exciting to watch.
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My dad had a similar 'awakening' :)) during the Debut season of Amir. He stopped watching cricket once Wasim and Waqar retired and then restarted only because he caught a glimpse of Amir bowling in one of the T20 games in the 2009 WT20 edition.

From then on wards he used to follow games almost religiously so much so that he would end up updating me on what was happening in a particular game if I was missing it due to some chores :D - It didn't end well though unfortunately.

The 2010 fixing scandal came into light and it broke has heart massively. I still remember he smashed the TV remote on the wall when the news of the tribunal and all that stuff was coming out and I remember him saying something to the effect of '...Ajeeb Ahmak hain Yeah Sab......$#%^#$#'

He hasn't watched a single Pakistani game ever since :( and if he wants to know about the updates he just texts or asks me for the scores.
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
Have you recently bumped into Misbah or what? Where's the Youngsta Beauty bro :afridi
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Tbh, I haven't seen the match. So I don't really know about Shadab's on-field demeanor.

Aaj kal sab Shadab ke hype ke uppar koodrahe hain. Tho ek cheez negative uske baare me bolo, aur sab chaaro taraf se bhaag kar aajainge.
 
Rayyman said:
Khan is too exuberant in his celebrations for my liking.
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:danish

Bro, this is literally the guy in your avatar:

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Khan12 said:
How do you rate his batting?
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Good. It needs 3-4 years to develop and mature but he has got the ingredients. Thank fully he can time the ball and play conventional cricketing shots through the off side against fast medium bowling.

Having said that if he bats below number 7 than his batting will be destroyed and he will become a leg side hoicker.


This is exactly what we are doing. If we don’t bat him at proper number his batting will be destroyed and than we will say He was never a batsman, never an allrounder and it was all PP BRIGADE hype.
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
Good. It needs 3-4 years to develop and mature but he has got the ingredients. Thank fully he can time the ball and play conventional cricketing shots through the off side against fast medium bowling.

Having said that if he bats below number 7 than his batting will be destroyed and he will become a leg side hoicker.


This is exactly what we are doing. If we don’t bat him at proper number his batting will be destroyed and than we will say He was never a batsman, never an allrounder and it was all PP BRIGADE hype.
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true thats what i fear now. really hope they dont destory his batting.
 
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