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Saim and Fakhar both can open together. No need to drop Saim and he should not fear his place and should focus on his batting. Saim impressed many with his innings and he should be confident about it. Fakhar can move up and let these 2 lefties open for Pakistan with Rizwan either being rested of tried at number 4 if he has to play anyways.He should have opened with Rizwan.
Fakhar doesn’t have lots of years left. ATM he is superior to Saim in PSL. Off the back of a great PSL and World Cup it was the perfect chance to try him there again. If he failed, drop him from t20s and let Saim play as opener.
Saim is now playing as opener and we don’t know whether Fakhar will do better. And Fakhar is being carried in middle order. Saim also knows if he mucks up, Fakhar is there to take his position which is more pressure.
Fakhar has been kept around more or less as a passenger for too long in t20 cricket. Can’t keep doing this. Give him another shot at opening or/after drop him altogether.
You need one guy opening who you can trust getting a score. Rizwan has to open.Saim and Fakhar both can open together. No need to drop Saim and he should not fear his place and should focus on his batting. Saim impressed many with his innings and he should be confident about it. Fakhar can move up and let these 2 lefties open for Pakistan with Rizwan either being rested of tried at number 4 if he has to play anyways.
Fakhar flopped at opening now flopping in the middle. Get rid of him.Team management should send Fakhar and Sahibzada back home
What’s the point of trying to make them middle order players?
Did Fakhar flop as an opener in the last 4 years????Fakhar flopped at opening now flopping in the middle. Get rid of him.
Fakhar flopped at opening now flopping in the middle. Get rid of him.
For him to flop again at opening?Before this series we had 17 matches to fix ourselves
There is time to try out FZ as opener.
He flopped his 35 games or so as opener why doesn't he deserve a chance again. Try someone else.Did Fakhar flop as an opener in the last 4 years????
Vice captain will be angry and it will destroy the dressing room environment if he is being replaced as openerTeam management should send Fakhar and Sahibzada back home
What’s the point of trying to make them middle order players?
Fakhar's stats as openers are much worse than both Rizwan and Babar.Vice captain will be angry and it will destroy the dressing room environment if he is being replaced as opener
They are miles worse. If Babar or rizwan had the stats which fakhar has while opening these same posters would have wanted them out of the team. Let alone give him another opportunity as an opener.Fakhar's stats as openers are much worse than both Rizwan and Babar.
When was he tried? What year?he was tried as an opener and he sucked
Fakhar failing as opener and Sharjeel getting banned are the reason Babar and Rizwan are openers. And yet somehow people blame those two for Sharjeel and Fakhar not being our openers . The guys who hate on Rizwan and Babar I have never seen them blame those two players at all funnily enough.They are miles worse. If Babar or rizwan had the stats which fakhar has while opening these same posters would have wanted them out of the team. Let alone give him another opportunity as an opener.
Well, fakhar and Sharjeel are available to open together now…so why not do the right thing instead of continuing with rubbish?Fakhar failing as opener and Sharjeel getting banned are the reason Babar and Rizwan are openers. And yet somehow people blame those two for Sharjeel and Fakhar not being our openers . The guys who hate on Rizwan and Babar I have never seen them blame those two players at all funnily enough.
I am all for Fakhar getting another shot due to PSL. But don’t get how people pretend not to understand why they are not opening. Even Fakhar understands this, I don’t know how some fans don’t.
Fakhar by all means. He should have been first to try.Well, fakhar and Sharjeel are available to open together now…so why not do the right thing instead of continuing with rubbish?
Sharjeel even now is better than Saim. Saim needs time. Sharjeel is the reliable, experienced campaigner. He just needs confidence which he is lacking. He’s been very good in Pakistan domestics for the past couple of seasons so he hasn’t lost his touch.Fakhar by all means. He should have been first to try.
Sharjeel isn’t even in PSL now he was so bad. I think deep down you know he’s a former shadow of the player he was. Needs to focus on performing in domestic, getting his PSL spot back and then performing in PSL again before he gets back an international slot.
Fakhar Zaman smashed 33(16) with 4 sixes and a strike rate of 206.25 in 5th T20I again New Zealand. He is the only batter we have who plays modern-day cricket. Unfortunately, we are wasting him down in the order.
Yep, exactly my point as I said earlier. He struggles against new ball seaming and swinging. Number 4 will provide him with a chance to bat against spinners, which he is good at playing.Worth pointing out FZ SR as an opener is 136 in 37 innings and only 4 innings where he scored above 50. 3 of those came vs Zimbabwe.
Maybe its worth trying again but FZ seems to be doing quite amazing batting at 4 and not having to face the new ball which is where he struggled most. He is one of the few middle order option with power and sixes ability... so it may make more sense to preserve that.
It does make sense but then again there has to be an opener alongside Rizwan who's an aggressor.Worth pointing out FZ SR as an opener is 136 in 37 innings and only 4 innings where he scored above 50. 3 of those came vs Zimbabwe.
Maybe its worth trying again but FZ seems to be doing quite amazing batting at 4 and not having to face the new ball which is where he struggled most. He is one of the few middle order option with power and sixes ability... so it may make more sense to preserve that.
Yes. Haris should be there. Fakhar and babar are looking comfortable on their new positions. Lets just keep this combo more and see where it goes.It does make sense but then again there has to be an opener alongside Rizwan who's an aggressor.
I think Mohammad Harris has to be an opener alongside whomever.
I still believe he can do more as an opener but he does seem better at no. 4 than no. 3.Fakhar has been way better at #4 than he was as an opener in T20I. Should certainly get a longer run at #4.
To make Fakhar open, Rizwan needs to sacrifice his position which seems like an impossible task for the management.
Agree completely. He has been the best batsman in PSL in recent years too.Fakhar last opened in 2020. His last two psl seasons in PSL have yielded over 1000 runs with an average of 40 and SR of 150.
He also in that period has played some blinders for Pakistan as an opener in 50 overs .
Reality is , that he is your only genuine match winner with the bat and one of the most feared batsman in white ball cricket .
People point to his figures as opener , that was 4 years ago . He is much improved now.
Even the two most eye catching impactful innings were played by Fakhar in this series .
50 of 24
33 of 16.
In my opinion it’s simply a no brainer .
Really don’t see the logic of not giving him a run. Not sure who’s idea it is of doing this but something seems to be stopping them from playing him as an opener .Agree completely. He has been the best batsman in PSL in recent years too.
Don’t understand the order of trying openers. Fakhar should have been tried first, who also has the highest chance of succeeding.
I like Saim. But it was much easier to try Fakhar and if he fails move on to Saim. If Saim fails move on to Haseebullah or someone else. The order of trying people is wrong.
And after such a good World Cup, you strike when the iron is hot. It was perfect time to get him in.
Just the whole poorly planned youth project movement thats going on in recent years. We‘re desperate to try them out, move around positions, make them compete against each other etc. We don’t care if they’re ready or if they fail. It’s what a lot of fans wanted tbh. I don’t think you should pick guys just because they were young. When Babar and Umar akmal first came into the scene they were young. But they were better than the seniors at that age too. There weren’t better older options at the time. We weren’t weakening our team to try them out.Really don’t see the logic of not giving him a run. Not sure who’s idea it is of doing this but something seems to be stopping them from playing him as an opener .
Baffling really
That is the issue every senior player in the team wants to open and nobody wants to play in the middle order. Due to that we are losing our genuine openers like Sahibzada Farhan and Saim."I am prepared to bat at any position, but my preference is to open in the PSL."
He is flop as an opener better to bring him down at number 4 or give him a long rest untill he never get retires.
Babar is going to play at 3 for Pakistan so why isn’t he playing at that position? Or that doesn’t suit your agenda?Absolutely.
Fakhar is going to play at 4 for Pakistan so he should do the same for LQ as well.
He's a ttf in t20s. These are beyond awful stats for someone like him.Fakhar Zaman T20I Stats
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While Fakhar has been inconsistent in his T20I career - Hence the low average.
But interestingly his strike rate increases massively at no. 4 position, and it's a substantial increase.
How on earth can you possibly say that or even think that when he's the only player in the past 10 years toFakhar is just a slightly more refined version of Asif Ali, who only knows how to swing a bat wildly. It's better now to drop him and give a chance to a player who can perform more consistently unlike him who delivers a once in a year performance.
Who asked Babar to continue failing miserably as an international opener after proving he is a solid number 3?Who asked him to fail so miserably?
What is Babar’s record as T20I opener and how does it compare to Fakhar’s PSL 2024?Who asked Babar to continue failing miserably as an international opener after proving he is a solid number 3?
Why was Babar unsold in the hundred draft 3 seasons in a row? If he’s an international top quality opener??What is Babar’s record as T20I opener and how does it compare to Fakhar’s PSL 2024?
Babar did pretty well as a no 3 in the nz series against a much stronger attack.Who asked Babar to continue failing miserably as an international opener after proving he is a solid number 3?
Since when is a poorly run tournament that no one cares about a yardstick for who’s good and who’s not?Why was Babar unsold in the hundred draft 3 seasons in a row? If he’s an international top quality opener??