"There are some chinks in India's armour and we know how to exploit them" : Sarfaraz Ahmed

[Itachi]

India se pehle Australia ka socho ye na ho k Australia se hi moo ki khani pare :faceplam: Sarfraz needs to be focused on Australia game India is a long way God forbid if we lost to Australia then against India we will be under 10times more pressure

Logical post. The pressure will be huge if Pak loses against aus.

 

[KP From India]

By how much? 250 runs or 9 wickets?

 

[The_Odd_One]

Top order - India better
Wicket keeper batsman - India better
Power hitters - India better
Spinners - India better
Pacers - India better
Fielding - India better
Performance under pressure - India better

Pretty bold from someone who is captaining a much inferior team

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

India se pehle Australia ka socho ye na ho k Australia se hi moo ki khani pare :faceplam: Sarfraz needs to be focused on Australia game India is a long way God forbid if we lost to Australia then against India we will be under 10times more pressure

Australia ka sochne se pehle baarish ka toh socho.

 

[captain.hansolo]

and what about you so called captain, who is an all-time great but still relies on Dhoni to make all the decisions.

PS: Rohit should captain your side, once Dhoni retires.

You mean our ‘so called captain’ consults the most successful capital in the world who is still playing the game? Yeah sounds terrible to consult other experts...

 

[Kroll]

I see a few threads with Sarf mouthing off. Hope he backs up the talk with some winning performances.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Whats wrong in what he said?

Shambolic comments by few. Utter nonsense. Shame on you guys.

 

[Sean143]

You mean our ‘so called captain’ consults the most successful capital in the world who is still playing the game? Yeah sounds terrible to consult other experts...

Your "so called captain" has done wonders for RCB in IPL, he is a great player but Rohit deserves to be the captain in LOIs

 

[Junaid_ahmed]

Whats wrong in what he said?

Shambolic comments by few. Utter nonsense. Shame on you guys.

Indians are always & expected, but its sad that pakistanis have blind hate for him. I dont know what he should say if press ask him regarding India match.

I guess, I am not suppose to tell you sir.....shruppp shrupppp

 

[last_knight]

Don't know what's this phenomenon but Sarfaraz does know a thing or two about multi team tournaments. His captaincy escalates, his bowling changes work, his reading of game improves, he stops shouting at his players.

I didn't like it when he was first made ODI Captain for WI tour but Sarfaraz, the captain, in multi team tournaments is altogether a different phenomenon.

So listen carefully to whatever Sarfaraz has to say. I will hardly believe his words in a bilateral series but for a multi team tournament I will believe him word to word.

 

[Mkumar825]

first he think how to beat Australia then talk about India

 

[Titan24]

Top order - India better
Wicket keeper batsman - India better
Power hitters - India better
Spinners - India better
Pacers - India better
Fielding - India better
Performance under pressure - India better

Pretty bold from someone who is captaining a much inferior team

So what was he supposed to say when journalist asked him regarding that?

As a captain you should keep the morale of your team high and you cant give any demoralizing statements.

Every team has weak points, I don’t understand whats wrong in what he said.

 

[Mahee]

this pakistani team looks dangerous...i think india's streak will end this time

 

[Titan24]

this pakistani team looks dangerous...i think india's streak will end this time

Nothing can be said for sure as Pak team in too inconsistent.

 

[CricketIsAwesome]

What new with this assertion?

Isn't it how you are supposed to play to win !!!! Identify the chinks in your opponents game and play to your own strengths.

 

[jnaveen1980]

this pakistani team looks dangerous...i think india's streak will end this time

India has to include Shami as well. Both Shami and Bumrah have good short balls. Given how Pakistan struggled against Olivier in SA and West Indies bowling here India shouldn't miss the trick. England rolled out absolute pattas with no bounce each time they played Pakistan as it suited their powerful batting line up. Hopefully this is not a patta pitch. India has good players against short balls Rohit, Kohli, Rahul, Dhoni, Karthik all of them are comfortable against short balls.

 

[Hyperion66]

So what was he supposed to say when journalist asked him regarding that?

As a captain you should keep the morale of your team high and you cant give any demoralizing statements.

Every team has weak points, I don’t understand whats wrong in what he said.

"One match at a time", "we are focusing on Australia right now", "can we talk about our upcoming match please?"

Any normal captain would have said along these lines.

 

[MP2011]

"One match at a time", "we are focusing on Australia right now", "can we talk about our upcoming match please?"

Any normal captain would have said along these lines.

This!

Even the usually brash Kohli would've said something along those lines...

 

[NoBallZombie]

*Expectation from Sarfaraz haters*

Reporters: do you think you can beat India? How are you preparing for India match?
Sarfaraz: I don't think we can beat India, they are just too powerful. Just look at them, they are match-winners. We cannot beat them in our dreams. They have got IPL GPL LPL blah, the real bosses.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Sarfaraz! Concentrate on your match not on your talks.

We all now you are genius and we are undefeatable, but please for GOD sake don't talk rubbish
" India is scared of us" etc

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

*Expectation from Sarfaraz haters*

Reporters: do you think you can beat India? How are you preparing for India match?
Sarfaraz: I don't think we can beat India, they are just too powerful. Just look at them, they are match-winners. We cannot beat them in our dreams. They have got IPL GPL LPL blah, the real bosses.

Not a hater but he could have easily avoided the question by saying that they need to first play against Australia before thinking about India.

 

[CricketIsAwesome]

"One match at a time", "we are focusing on Australia right now", "can we talk about our upcoming match please?"

Any normal captain would have said along these lines.

Spot on, one game at a time

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

India's weakness is their batting is almost completely dependent on their top 3.

The issue is their top 3 is the best in the world.

Indian batsmen knees will be knocking watching Pakistan pace aces today.

#prayforKohli

 

[Markhor]

What do you expect from an uneducated captain with no control over his mouth ? Instead of talking a big game, why don't you focus on yourself, your shambolic captaincy and tactics ?

 

[aukhan]

Sarfraz and his motor mouth.

We won 1 game after 11 losses and this guy had the audacity to talk about India's weaknesses.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Everyone on PP better pray for rain so pakistan can avoid humiliation on sunday.

 

[The_Odd_One]

So what was he supposed to say when journalist asked him regarding that?

As a captain you should keep the morale of your team high and you cant give any demoralizing statements.

Every team has weak points, I don’t understand whats wrong in what he said.

Something like India is a very strong team so we have to play our best game to beat them? Did you see how Finch answered a similar question about Pakistan despite whitewashing them in the UAE?

 

[ManFan]

Horrendous captain; Shambolic cricketer.

 

[nads_rocks]

And this is exactly where half the battle against India is lost.
These comments, this talking to Media, this hyping yourself up against India.
This constant talk of we will do this we will do that, I will target him, I will hit him, I will bowl him out.

Now our captain is on it too.

Its a India Win and a Pakistan Loss, we aint beating them with this pathetic shambolic team either now or ever!

 

[PakLFC]

If India has some chinks then we have holes bigger then the Titanic. They are much better then us in every part of the game. At least Dhawan's absence gives us a slight chance here. Would be amazed if we defeated India.

 

[Virat_Kohli_fan]

So what was he supposed to say when journalist asked him regarding that?

As a captain you should keep the morale of your team high and you cant give any demoralizing statements.

Every team has weak points, I don’t understand whats wrong in what he said.

It's always better to talk about your own strengths rather than the opponent's weakness.

 

[CricketIsAwesome]

Sarfraz should worry about the chinks that other teams have discovered in his strategy. One off wins and relying on 1 or 2 players to carry the team will only go so far

 

[MP2011]

Something like India is a very strong team so we have to play our best game to beat them? Did you see how Finch answered a similar question about Pakistan despite whitewashing them in the UAE?

It was very classy of Finch to respond like that.

 

[jusarrived]

Lol what are you smoking? Lower order got the platform to go after the bowling because of the top 3. Can't believe an experienced poster like you is posting stuff like this.

I never said the top order played badly , just that Indian fans are hell bent on discrediting the middle order and over hype the top order . Top order has been regularly choking under pressure and they only score batting first on a flat pitch and even that at their own pace , especially sharma .

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

Top order has been regularly choking under pressure and they only score batting first on a flat pitch and even that at their own pace , especially sharma .

Since 2018, Rohit Sharma has scored at an average of 80.40 and a strike rate of 91.99 while chasing.

 

[MP2011]

Since 2018, Rohit Sharma has scored at an average of 80.40 and a strike rate of 91.99 while chasing.

Do not let facts get in the way of a rant!

 

[jusarrived]

Top order regularly chocking? Kaha se late ho itni garbage?

How about you go check the number of matches we have chased 280+ scores .

 

[jusarrived]

Since 2018, Rohit Sharma has scored at an average of 80.40 and a strike rate of 91.99 while chasing.

Most of these are totals of less than 280 . its the bowlers who won these matches for us .

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

Most of these are totals of less than 280 . its the bowlers who won these matches for us .

Two of his 5 hundreds while chasing since 2018 have come when the target was over 280. He's done well in 280+ chases.