The lack of power hitters in Pakistan's T20I team

[Yanna_Rascala]

I am honestly baffled by the lack of power hitters in this team. Our top 4 and in today's case top with Hafeez Shehzad Rizwan Malik and Sarfraz cannot hit the big shots. If you are chasing 200, you need to send in hitters.

If Pakistan want to be serious contenders for the world t20, they need to drop Shehzad, Rizwan, Anwar Ali and even Sarfraz. Afridi is playing his ******* XI despite them being mediocre.

Also, don't the management do any planning? Why are they saving Afridi for when it's 15 RPO required. Why not send him at 3 and if he comes off, the chase becomes easier. If he fails, you still have others to chase. UGh I cannot deal with this. Discuss and suggest changes.

P.S. If anyone has contact with the management please do the thinking for those dunces and pass the message along to them. Thanks

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

We need a striker up top, since we don't have one we need a slogger, and in that regard Sharjeel is the best bet

 

[Mamoon]

We don't have batsmen, power-hitters are a luxury at this point.

 

[cricfan14]

I said about 8 times, we have no one who can do what Anderson did. No one with his strength. Anwar, Imad, Afridi can bash a few here and there at the end, but no pure power batsmen.

At this point, throw out half the team and just play hacks. Seriously, can someone convince me that Sharjeel could've done WORSE than Shehzad?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

But according to Ramiz Sarfraz is an excellent hitter who plays the pull shot so well

 

[Suleiman]

The power hitter is demoted to 6 after doing well at 5 and a phuss phuss is promoted instead above him.

Commentators were talking about it too. Look at how they made Colin Monroe go from #6 to one down. And we demoted Akmal.. usual suspects should come out right about now.

 

[ads101]

We don't have batsmen, power-hitters are a luxury at this point.

Exactly.

People are obssessed with lack of power hitters, finishers, batting order. But we have a more serious problem to address, our batsmen just aren't very good. I mean if we had decent middle order batsmen batting from 1-7 (i.e. middle order batsmen batting both as openers and lower order hitters), we would be a better batting team then what we are now. Obviously the best team will have players suited for opening, middle order and latter order of course.

 

[cricfan14]

NZ commentators all talking about how low the SRs on T20 squad are.

Seriously, just throw everything they're doing to the wind and play

Sharjeel
Mukhtar/Kamran
Akmal
Malik
Babar
Afridi
Imad
Wahab
Zafar
Amir
Gul/Tanvir/Irfan

 

[Yanna_Rascala]

Our new tailunt is a joke and I would rather play the likes of Kamran. At least he has won games for Pakistan and can come off every now and then. How many games have Maqsood, Shehzad or Anwar Ali won?

 

[#GreenRoars]

Sorry, but it's not selectors fault, It's we, the fans who don't have patience. Who quickly want to discard players by labelling them hack. We had a a player Mukhtar, had a good start then collapsed in one series and we all directed our knives towards the youngster.
And our problem isn't power hitters, we don't have players who can accumulate strike lol.

 

[cricfan14]

Sorry, but it's not selectors fault, It's we, the fans who don't have patience. Who quickly want to discard players by labelling them hack. We had a a player Mukhtar, had a good start then collapsed in one series and we all directed our knives towards the youngster.
And our problem isn't power hitters, we don't have players who can accumulate strike lol.

seriously, how could an opening pair of Sharjeel and Mukhtar do any WORSE? at least they could make a decent start.

 

[Yanna_Rascala]

Sorry, but it's not selectors fault, It's we, the fans who don't have patience. Who quickly want to discard players by labelling them hack. We had a a player Mukhtar, had a good start then collapsed in one series and we all directed our knives towards the youngster.
And our problem isn't power hitters, we don't have players who can accumulate strike lol.

He was a proper hack in the mold of Shahzaib Hassan, Awais Zia, Mohmand and Khalid Latif so there was no hope with him. You can usually tell when a player has potential or not. I will just have to accept that Pakistan is gonna be demolished in the world t20 2016 but on the bright side, no more Afridi and hopefully no more of his chamchas.

 

[aslaisnomasla]

We don't have batsmen, power-hitters are a luxury at this point.

Hahaha

 

[dhump]

seriously, how could an opening pair of Sharjeel and Mukhtar do any WORSE? at least they could make a decent start.

But then who can do worst than opening pair of Shahzad and Hafeez.


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[aslaisnomasla]

Sarfaraz obly knows one shot

 

[Madplayer]

But then who can do worst than opening pair of Shahzad and Hafeez.


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Nauman anwar is better than mukhtar and sharjeel isnt good enough, his reflexes are poor.

Pakistan loses all its t20s in first 6 overs.

 

[dhump]

Nauman anwar is better than mukhtar and sharjeel isnt good enough, his reflexes are poor.

Pakistan loses all its t20s in first 6 overs.

Jo nahi hay woh khobsoorat hay.


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[Pete Rose]

Successful power hitter have a sound technique and a strong temperament. Anyone can swing wildly for a few. It's like saying afridi is a power hitter, no he is not, he is a tailender who comes off once in a while. The problem for Pakistan is that they don't play too many international decent t20 leagues, so they just don't have the experience of battin well in t20's any more. They will lose more than the will win.

 

[Madplayer]

Jo nahi hay woh khobsoorat hay.


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Apply it to sharjeel

 

[Yanna_Rascala]

We always lose any run chase during the power play overs. It's either batting too slow or playing like idiots and wickets falling non-stop. I am preparing myself for a butt whupping in the world t20 2016.

 

[dhump]

Apply it to sharjeel

To each and everyone who is not playing at the moment.


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[jog_1]

Aside from Afridi and Umar, we have no power hitters.

Shehzad, Rizwan, Hafeez, Malik, Sarfraz, etc are all accumulators.

Can't have all these one dimensional players in the team. As mentioned, someone like Sharjeel/Nauman should open as they can't do any worse than the current combination.

Quite sad how the World T20 is approaching and the T20 squad is in shambles...

 

[Madplayer]

To each and everyone who is not playing at the moment.


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Right. But you tend to support those whose flaws you dont know about. Sharjeel's flaw i know. Nauman's i dont. So i support nauman.

 

[dhump]

Right. But you tend to support those whose flaws you dont know about. Sharjeel's flaw i know. Nauman's i dont. So i support nauman.

Isi liye to upar kaha tha jo nahi hay wo khoobsorat hay...same sharjeel and noman produce comparable results in domestic cricket so why to think one is better than the other.


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[Kroll]

I'm astounded to see all the weaklings we have in the team, it seems only Asif Ali can clear the ropes and boundary rider with ease. You look at other teams like Eng, Aus and they're getting rolled out like on a conveyor belt in a production factory.

What is the issue with Pak, not working/training hard enough? Not eating the right diet? Even the so called veggie munching Indians have more powerful six hitters than us.

Watching Pak players trying to hit sixes only to hole out is torture, no wonder most players in the team adopt the accumulation style of play. Is it time for Pak T20 players do more intense training with proper nutrition in order to clear the ropes?

 

[Pakrodens]

Best Hitters in Pakistan (no particular order)

1. Asif Ali
2. Sharjeel Khan
3. Umar Akmal
4. Khushdil Shah (believe in him)
5. Faheem Ashraf
6. Anwar Ali
7. Iftikhar Ahmed
8. Aamer Yamin
9. Haider Ali
10. Muhammad Harris
11. Fakhar Zaman
12. Wasim JR
13. Hassan Ali
14. Muhammad Akhlaq
15. Sohail Akhtar
16. Sahibzada Farhan
17. Hussain Talat
18. Muhammad Faizan

I may have missed some.

Some of them are accumulators and some are lower order hitters. However, all of them have good technique and the right base to launch big if given the full licence to go for 6s only

Agree with the list. But I dont understand the license theory to go for 6s only. These players play there them selves and sometimes you need sixes, its not that they need permission or something. Besides that, all of them except Fakhar, Sharjeel, Haider, Ifti and back Umar akmal, are Tullebaaz and nowhere near international level. The stats dont lie if you look them up

 

[Kroll]

Best Hitters in Pakistan (no particular order)

1. Asif Ali
2. Sharjeel Khan
3. Umar Akmal
4. Khushdil Shah (believe in him)
5. Faheem Ashraf
6. Anwar Ali
7. Iftikhar Ahmed
8. Aamer Yamin
9. Haider Ali
10. Muhammad Harris
11. Fakhar Zaman
12. Wasim JR
13. Hassan Ali
14. Muhammad Akhlaq
15. Sohail Akhtar
16. Sahibzada Farhan
17. Hussain Talat
18. Muhammad Faizan

I may have missed some.

Some of them are accumulators and some are lower order hitters. However, all of them have good technique and the right base to launch big if given the full licence to go for 6s only

Unfortunately out of those the ones that are in the team are mostly bits n pieces so are failing most of the time. Khushdil can't seem to clear the inner circle never mind the boundary. Iftikhar is pretty hit n miss also, the ball has to be in right spot for him to hit while the big hitters in other teams can manufacture the big hits.

 

[Duckworth Lewis]

Atleast now you have batsmen in Rizwan and Babar. And a bunch of fake power hitters.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Mods have a done a great job merging this thread

We have come a long way in T20 cricket atleast, just look at the ‘batsmen’ we had in 2016 going into the World Cup and compare that to the current team.

Rizwan and Babar have transformed this team, no question about it.

 

[Kroll]

Mods have a done a great job merging this thread

We have come a long way in T20 cricket atleast, just look at the ‘batsmen’ we had in 2016 going into the World Cup and compare that to the current team.

Rizwan and Babar have transformed this team, no question about it.

They are good, but we're greedy and want to win all the time. Who was the numpty that was saying you win or lose in games, was it Saqi?

However, even they don't have that 'explosiveness' that we want to be entertained with. But far bigger problem is the guys coming after them, they seem weak and only Asif is at ease with big hitting but his role only appears to be to play few balls at the end.

They need to practice more in their T20 batting, play more like a good ODI side with accumulating runs and trying to go big at the end which you can see his failing.

 

[sweep_shot]

Asif Ali, Shadab, and Nawaz can hit well.

But, Khushdil and Ifti are probably the weak links. They both need to be replaced.

 

[mazkhan]

Batsmen need to take up baseball and golf as practice you will definetly see an improvement in strike hitting ability

 

[Kroll]

Batsmen need to take up baseball and golf as practice you will definetly see an improvement in strike hitting ability

England batsmen got trained (and probably still do) in the art of big hitting and its paid of handsomely, I understand it was similar to baseball hitting. We're miles behind the eight ball.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

I'm astounded to see all the weaklings we have in the team, it seems only Asif Ali can clear the ropes and boundary rider with ease. You look at other teams like Eng, Aus and they're getting rolled out like on a conveyor belt in a production factory.

What is the issue with Pak, not working/training hard enough? Not eating the right diet? Even the so called veggie munching Indians have more powerful six hitters than us.

Watching Pak players trying to hit sixes only to hole out is torture, no wonder most players in the team adopt the accumulation style of play. Is it time for Pak T20 players do more intense training with proper nutrition in order to clear the ropes?

I don't think it's about brute power alone, it's also about using some ingenuity. Harry Wood and Ben Duckett were using a lot of ramp shots and sweeps to disturb the lengths of the Pakistan bowler, and get runs behind the wicket.

Look at Mohamed Nawaz for example, he can hit the ball a long way, but he usually only connects with one in five. He lacks batting technique and nous. Pakistan batsmen of the past like Miandad used to invent new strokes, these days most of the current generation seem really old fashioned.

 

[Kianig89]

Of the openers can give consistent solid starts and the fragile middle order hitting some random boundaries like the other day and all bowlers standing up to defend whatever is scored Pakistan can still win the Cup, don't forget teams have tourneys with their own identity and playing to their strength like Pakistan in T20 09 with gun bowlers WI with power batting in 2012

 

[Kroll]

I don't think it's about brute power alone, it's also about using some ingenuity. Harry Wood and Ben Duckett were using a lot of ramp shots and sweeps to disturb the lengths of the Pakistan bowler, and get runs behind the wicket.

Look at Mohamed Nawaz for example, he can hit the ball a long way, but he usually only connects with one in five. He lacks batting technique and nous. Pakistan batsmen of the past like Miandad used to invent new strokes, these days most of the current generation seem really old fashioned.

Yes good point, there is a lack of 360' players in the side or who can play all sorts of T20 style shots.

 

[shamaan]

Pakistani batters don't know how to sweep or reverse sweep so the fielding team can set the field accordingly.

Only Asif Ali can clear the boundary with ease.

 

[Rana]

Pakistani batters don't know how to sweep or reverse sweep so the fielding team can set the field accordingly.

Only Asif Ali can clear the boundary with ease.

Talat Hussain is a good innovator. He is very underrated

 

[Forum363]

Talat Hussain is a good innovator. He is very underrated

So you are constantly hating on Rizwan, Babar and Shan but support Hussain Talat being in the team?? Have you ever seen the guy bat? Despite his size he struggles to clear the infield. Imam ulhaq is a better t20 batter than him.

 

[Rana]

So you are constantly hating on Rizwan, Babar and Shan but support Hussain Talat being in the team?? Have you ever seen the guy bat? Despite his size he struggles to clear the infield. Imam ulhaq is a better t20 batter than him.

How is Imam a better T20 bat than Talat???

I’m responding to someone who mentioned reverse and conventional sweeps. Clearly you are not up to speed. You read my name and look for a chance to attack my post, not the line I am taking.