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The Sajid Khan question: What keeps him from becoming an all-format star for Pakistan?

Sajid and Abrar should both be in the ODI squad for CT & beyond

also Sajid/Nomi are must for tests at home and away, you have to have your best wicket takers playing at all times

at the moment for tests: Sajid, Noman, Abbas and Khurram are our 4 best bowlers (Abrar could be 5th) ... You got to have at least 3 of the 4 playing in SENA as well
 
He should be tested in upcoming Tri series

Who knows might do wonders in with white ball too
 
Sajid Khan despite being a key factor against England has been dropped from the test squad for the upcoming SA series.

But why? I understand that sa is a pace only pitch and that both nouman + Sajid cannot play together, but it makes no sense to discard him from the squad as a whole.

Imo he can easily replace Babar Azam in tests since Babar has been a deadweight for a while now.

Babar Azam should only play odi and t20. Let Kamran ghulam play at no 4 in tests and sajid Khan should be a regular regardless.
Sajid & Nauman should be there in the squad weather its at home or whichever part of the world, they can play one of them if its a pace only pitch. But replacing them with a specialist batsman makes no point.
 
I don’t mind seeing Sajid in the ODI format tbh.

However, he does tend to leak a few too many runs & boundaries.

Edit: as much as I like Sufyan Muqeem he could do with some Pakistan Shaheen tours. Could try him post CT’25.
 
and abrar takes 4, but the a certain poste is going to ignore that....
 
I dont understand how Sajid and Noman who are superior spin bowlers and batters than Abrar cannot even get picked by PSL teams. Is our cricketing setup that stuck up that they refuse to look past perceptions and narratives built up by PR mafia agencies?
 
I don’t mind seeing Sajid in the ODI format tbh.

However, he does tend to leak a few too many runs & boundaries.

Edit: as much as I like Sufyan Muqeem he could do with some Pakistan Shaheen tours. Could try him post CT’25.

Sajid is very likely to be in the ODI squad for the upcoming Tri-Nation series and he should be a part of the Pakistan squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy as well.
 
Mixing formats has been a long running disease in Pakistan cricket.

What has Sajid done in white ball to prove he deserves to play white ball? He averages 38 in list A. It's absurd to pick him for Odis.
 
That's the difference how a stat guru and a true followers of the game assess a particular players. Younis average is great and if you look how he achieved that average. Its similar to Imam's very impressive average in ODIs. Younis had one big quality for which I admire him. He was a very committed and physically fit cricketers. Had a poor technique and performance on against quality bowling on a supportive wickets but the moment he would find a flat wicket , he would make full use of it and would score big and would keep his average high .

For example, in 2016 4 test series in England , he failed in first 6 innings in a row but the moment he found the most batting friendly wicket in England , Oval, he scored a double century, a typical Younis and he kept his tour average at a very respectful 48. He scored 340 tests runs on the tour but out of that 218 in just one last inning and only 122 in previous 6 innings where wickets were not so flat .

That has been the story of our king of the roads through out his career.
How did you knew oval was flat wicket? Did you bat on it? Opposition team can't even scored 300 on same wicket but he scored double century and its flat wicket. Didnt he averages 50 plus in 4th innings? Didn't he one of best spin playing cricketer of all time? So I Don't think he sucks like you thinks. 50 plus average with 35 hundreds is no joke and playing for team like Pakistan.
 
Katapa must be given a chance to play white ball cricket for Pakistan i m sure he can be a very handy all rounder lower down the order.
 
Offcourse. My post will be a nonsense to a young fan.

You still have not provided any logic in your post just talking about a batsman doing this against him.

Let me educate you about spinners.

A spinner is judge on three things, his accuracy, his turn and his varieties.

Now look at your thread title, it states why Sajid cannot be an all format bowler. Than you have made a claim that Noman should had debutted for pakistan in 2010 and sajid in 2016.

Now in test cricket, there are three groups. The SENA group. The spin paradise and the flat tracks.

Any spinner that brings the ball in towards the batter and has good accuracy, will do well in a spin paradise. The only thing you need to have is accuracy. Your lack of varieties, lack of turn is not an issue as on a spin paradise the turn comes automatically due to pitch assistance. This is why, many fans are being fooled into believe that Sajid is some big spinner of the ball, when inreality its the spin track doing its tricks.


In SENA and on flat tracks, its very difficult for a spinner to take wickets. You can be accurate, but if you dont have proper turn than you will be a dud in SENA and Flat tracks. In SENA and Flat tracks you not only need to have skill to get turn on your bowling through your wrist or fingers but you need to have variety.

Guys like Zulfiqar Babar and Rehman failed. Even though they both were very accurate, but they couldnt turn the ball through their action and their varieties were limited.

Even Yasir Shah struggled because Yasir had a good turner but his varieties werent there. Still Yasir churned out wickets at Lords.

Than comes limited overs. In limited overs, you need varieties or turn. In limited overs you dont get spin paradises. It happens very rarely. Guys like Abrar not big turner but his varieties make him a threat in limited overs. In limited overs if you keep getting hit, you need to throw in something different. Alot of these guys dont have a googly or doosra so they rely on a carom ball

Sajid Khan doesnt have varieties nor is he big turner on a non spinning pitch. thus he would struggle, and which is why PSL teams wont pick him.

One of the reasons why Asghar fell out in psl and why Quetta lost alot of games is becaue when PSL moved away from UAE to Pakistan, Asghar was in effective and Quetta also had issues as Nawaz was someone that relied on the pitch..

Sajid is a great spinner on a pitch that assists him and so is Nauman, but thats about it. There are reasons for not playong them in all formats as mentioned above.

As for your claims that they should had played in 2010 and 2016, here is a list of spinners that were their in the pecking order, so if you seriously think that Sajid and Noamn should had debutted in 2010 and 2016, than i cant argue any further.


Spinners that we had available 2010 onwards

Danish Kaneria
Ajmal
Abdur rehman
Zulfiqar babar
Yasir shah
Raza Hassan
Adnan Rasool
Kamran Hussain
Imran Khalid
So sajid khan is not a big turner but he can destroy the opposition on a rank turner.
But Abrar who also not a big turner and completely outplayed by sajid/nauman on a turning track will be better than them in limited overs flat pitch. What sort of logic is that???
Abrar is alomst going wicketless in limited overs and was a third option on a turning track. Also haven't seen the variations from him yet as you are talking about. You need wicket taking spinners in limited overs as well instead of just being economical.
Is Sajid ever being tested on a flat pitch in limited overs? Or its just an assumption that he will not succeed there?
There is a term called defensive mindset in batting and here is a perfect example of defencive mindset in bowling which you gave.
 
So sajid khan is not a big turner but he can destroy the opposition on a rank turner.
But Abrar who also not a big turner and completely outplayed by sajid/nauman on a turning track will be better than them in limited overs flat pitch. What sort of logic is that???
Abrar is alomst going wicketless in limited overs and was a third option on a turning track. Also haven't seen the variations from him yet as you are talking about. You need wicket taking spinners in limited overs as well instead of just being economical.
Is Sajid ever being tested on a flat pitch in limited overs? Or its just an assumption that he will not succeed there?
There is a term called defensive mindset in batting and here is a perfect example of defencive mindset in bowling which you gave.
You need to go watch the match against india to see what abrar did.

Also check sajids list a recors
 
Yes, I watched he did nothing special.
If you think he did nothing special against the nation that plays spin the best or the fact that Kohli appreciated him, than you just dont understand spin bowling.
 
If you think he did nothing special against the nation that plays spin the best or the fact that Kohli appreciated him, than you just dont understand spin bowling.
Once upon a time they were best players of spin.
Now Indian batsmen are better againt pace.
Kohli's praise is just a normal positive gesture towards a young player. You need to find wicket takers who can win you the game.
 
PCB made a blunder in CT but not going with extra spinner on those pitches and Sajid could have been a good option for that because he gives you extra edge of batting and his fielding is also good.

But yeah, past is past... Gotta move on.
 
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