[VIDEO] Danish Aziz hits 72* off 47 including last-ball 6 (after being 34/7) to win match for Sindh

[MenInG]

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[Titan24]

Impressive knock again. Always wondered why he didnt get more opportunities in PSL as he is one of the better young lower middle order hitters we have.

 

[Titan24]

Extraordinary stuff from Danish Aziz 72* of 47. Sindh was 34 odd for 7 chasing 139. Required on the final ball and he hit it for 6.

I think he deserves a go against Zim atleast in one of the formats.

 

[Markhor]

What an innings !

 

[naseem]

Bande main dum hai.......can handle pressure can strike it clean.....can play strokes all around the ground and in every corner.....

 

[Caved12]

You need guts to win a game like that and Danish looked extremely solid today!

 

[Titan24]

can handle pressure can strike it clean.....can play strokes all around the ground and in every corner.....

Both are keys to be a good finisher. He also has a pretty solid defense against good balls and can play both spin and pace equally well.

 

[Ertugrul_Bey]

Another match winning inning. I hope sleepy Misbah is watching him!

 

[trickyone]

I hope PSL team selectors are watching him...

 

[Titan24]

12*(4), 6*, 59*(32), 13 and 72*(47) in his 5 innings in national T20 till now. Won 2 matches for his team from really difficult situations (Even that would be understatement for the last one)

 

[Muddaser]

Looks very good. Need a Leftie in our middle order. Can give Haris competition.

Lets just hope Saud Shakeel gets a chance now too.

 

[shah_1]

100 times better than tullaybaaz Asif Butler

 

[Titan24]

Looks very good. Need a Leftie in our middle order. Can give Haris competition.

Lets just hope Saud Shakeel gets a chance now too.

For ODIs, I think Haris and Saud are much more accomplished for top 4 or even 5 positions and their domestic stats show that. Danish is competing with the likes of Iftikhar, Khushdil in my opinion for that no 5-6 position. Rizwan who is a good middle order player also plays at no 4-5 position so that only leaves position of no 6.

In T20s though he will have atleast two positions he can target.

 

[shah_1]

Was not given a central contract by PCB

Give him a contract.

 

[shamaan]

Extraordinary stuff from Danish Aziz 72* of 47. Sindh was 34 odd for 7 chasing 139. Required on the final ball and he hit it for 6.

I think he deserves a go against Zim atleast in one of the formats.

If only he played from game 1 he would have defo gone to zimbabwe I hope misbah is watching I dont think he will go played all around the wicket under pressure

 

[shamaan]

What an innings !

What a sublime innings better than khushdil played all over the wicket under pressure both spin and pace

 

[Muddaser]

For ODIs, I think Haris and Saud are much more accomplished for top 4 or even 5 positions and their domestic stats show that. Danish is competing with the likes of Iftikhar, Khushdil in my opinion for that no 5-6 position. Rizwan who is a good middle order player also plays at no 4-5 position so that only leaves position of no 6.

In T20s though he will have atleast two positions he can target.

Haris fitness is still a worry for me. Fully fit and in form he is our second best batsmen.

Lets just hope someone knocks some sense into the Sindh management and give Saud a chance.

Really happy to see proper batsmen come through.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Haris fitness is still a worry for me. Fully fit and in form he is our second best batsmen.

Lets just hope someone knocks some sense into the Sindh management and give Saud a chance.

Really happy to see proper batsmen come through.

most def .. Harris is easily our 2nd best ... really missed him in England tour...

need him fit and back...

Haider Ali
Zeeshan Malik
Abdullah Shafiq
Danish Aziz

if we can polish them we shld do well.... but can we ?

 

[Muddaser]

most def .. Harris is easily our 2nd best ... really missed him in England tour...

need him fit and back...

Haider Ali
Zeeshan Malik
Abdullah Shafiq
Danish Aziz

if we can polish them we shld do well.... but can we ?

I have hope now because Babar Azam is our captain and the benchmark for Pakistani batsmen to emulate.

There was a time when all we got were wannabe Afridis.

Things are changing for the good.

Lets not forget Saud and Imam.

 

[shah_1]

We can't make the same mistake as we did with Asif Ali. Let him perform a lot more

 

[MMHS]

Very good innings today under pressure & in difficult conditions..... but FC average of 19, List A 29 & T20 36 ...... rings an alarm bell inside me.

 

[Muddaser]

We can't make the same mistake as we did with Asif Ali. Let him perform a lot more

Danish Aziz is NOT Asif Ali.

One is clearly a proper batsmen who can pace an innings and hit big when needed. The other is a tullaybaaz who shouldn't be anywhere near the Pakistani team in any format.

 

[coy0607]

Very good innings today under pressure & in difficult conditions..... but FC average of 19, List A 29 & T20 36 ...... rings an alarm bell inside me.

wonder how much those averages have to do with him batting at lower order position at #6. Previously in the tournament he's batted at #7 as well

 

[Titan24]

Danish's domestic sample size is pretty small so cant look too much into it.

Hopefully he will get more oppurtunites in other formats to further polish his game. However, in terms of T20 cricket and potential for other formats in future there are obviously some positive signs.

 

[Syed1]

Just saw highlights of last over.... his facial expressions and calmness makes it look like he was batting in the nets. Nerves of steel.


And big LOL at chacha ifti sledging him with his dibbly dobbly medium pacers and after bowling a dot ball. Got smashed for 6, 4 and 6 in the next three balls

 

[MenInG]

A star today!

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[Titan24]

Averages 30 in List A, 20 in first class and is 24 already. Why are you guys creaming your pants already?

Thats why this domestic structure is potentially better than before. He didnt play as much matches previously as he should have for one reason or another.

This thread was created in 2016 almost 4 years ago and even then the guy must have showed anything however, the departments in politics and overall played a role.

He needs to play more List A games definitely however, the role he is targeting for doesnt require a big number as FC average. Even for Khsudil despite his tremendous average in List A, he averages 25 in FC cricket and that shoudnt make a difference for around no 6 batting position in ODI or T20s as you needs someone who can hit the long ball and is decent white ball player. Having Saud Shakeel or Saad Ali, players with high FC average on those positions would be useless for the teams.

 

[MMHS]

wonder how much those averages have to do with him batting at lower order position at #6. Previously in the tournament he's batted at #7 as well

It’s average, not volume - at one point Mike Hussey had a Test average of 70+ .... and Bevan had an ODI average of 65+ because both batted at 7 and remained not out many times. Average of 19 after 12 dismissed innings with one Not Out in FC & 29 in List A after 16 dismissed innings with four Not Outs doesn’t give much confidence for a PAK cricketer officially almost 25 now. Around three years back, I wrote exactly same for another guy name Asif Ali - Ittefaq se, he was also in his official mid 20s then and had similar uniqueness in his stats - highest average in T20, lowest in FC .... that time also I got enough bashing from people about batting position, sample size, genuine age ..... it indeed aged well.

Anyway, nothing taken away from the guy, but T20 is not the place to judge batsman and any success in T20 should be taken as one off - on his day a player can have a blast in T20 & I have given him his due accolades for the day. In the long run, if he can prove that his 19 & 29 averaged in other two longer formats were misleading - good wishes for him, I won’t mind for sure.

 

[anonymous_guy]

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Can a 24 years old be drafted as an emerging pick in a PSL franchise, is it possible ?

 

[Titan24]

Can a 24 years old be drafted as an emerging pick in a PSL franchise, is it possible ?

No. However, I think he should be able to make it to some teams as a lower order batsman and a supporting bowling option on his own considering lack of lower middle order local options.

 

[anonymous_guy]

No. However, I think he should be able to make it to some teams as a lower order batsman and a supporting bowling option on his own considering lack of lower middle order local options.

Didn't Adnan Rasool play as emerging pick for Lahore in PSL-I?

 

[asadee]

His name is Danish Aziz! Danish Ali is a comedian Youtuber

 

[El Generico]

Clearly the most impressive young batsman in this tournament. He can bowl a bit too.

btw his name Is Danish Aziz isn't it?

 

[Titan24]

Didn't Adnan Rasool play as emerging pick for Lahore in PSL-I?

Rules changed after first season. So now you have to be either U-23 or without any previous domestic experience which LQ did with Haris Rauf and Dilbar Hussain for one season each.

 

[TrentDevil]

His shots on square of off side are next level, anything slightly shorter and it goes to the boundary, pierces the fielders with pin point perfection. Brilliant stuff

 

[Saj]

Was this a charity match wherein Ifthi was given the last overband bowling medium pace.

Ridiculous decision making.

 

[asadee]

Was this a charity match wherein Ifthi was given the last overband bowling medium pace.

Ridiculous decision making.

Thats a tad unfair you should give Danish some credit here

 

[naseem]

His fight is with Ifti Asif Shadab Imad Khushdil all can bowl a bit....with Shadab Imad clearly better bowlers but Khushdil
And Danish are better hitter

 

[Saj]

Thats a tad unfair you should give Danish some credit here

Of course it was excellent batting but it makes no sense a guy who is a spinner, bowling medium pace in the last over of a match.

 

[LordJames]

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Danish was superb and take nothing away but why was Iftikhar bowling medium pace???

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Karachi has produced some wonderful batsmen over the years. Another from the City of Lights who has impressed in the National T20 Cup is 24 year old Danish Aziz:<br><br>72* off 47 balls - today<br>59* off 32 balls - 3 days ago<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NationalT20Cup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NationalT20Cup</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1316075869748834305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[badsha001]

potential candidate for pak team!

 

[Titan24]

His fight is with Ifti Asif Shadab Imad Khushdil all can bowl a bit....with Shadab Imad clearly better bowlers but Khushdil
And Danish are better hitter

Shadab is the frontline spinner of Pakistan in LOIs so I dont think there is a comparison and Imad as you said is a far superior bowler too. His competition is mainly Iftikhar and Khushdil currently, hard hitting batsmen who can ball a bit.

 

[Rana]

Stylish. Younger version of Harris Sohail

Some very impressive batsmen have emerged in this tournament

 

[SensiblePakFan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">34/7 140/8<br><br>Danish Aziz scored 72* from 47 balls, including 20 from the final over, as Sindh mounted an incredible comeback in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NationalT20Cup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NationalT20Cup</a> to beat Khyber Paktunkhwa by two wickets &#55358;&#56623; <br><br>&#55357;&#56568; <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealPCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheRealPCB</a> <a href="https://t.co/MUISB92S5R">pic.twitter.com/MUISB92S5R</a></p>— ICC (@ICC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1316014615508119559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Savak]

Of course it was excellent batting but it makes no sense a guy who is a spinner, bowling medium pace in the last over of a match.

They probably didn't have any other options

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Was this a charity match wherein Ifthi was given the last overband bowling medium pace.

Ridiculous decision making.

I was rooting for Sindh, but it was surprising that Shoaib Malik did not bowl a single over in the middle there, thats common knowledge in t20s to get some cheap overs in the middle if especially if youve taken wickets in the beginning of the innings.

 

[FreePalestine]

Some excellent strokeplay in that highlights reel. But PP’ers should not get over excited and see him as the next messiah of power hitting because he hit Ifti (bowling medium-pace low full tosses!) out of the park. Yes a good innings, and one to watch out for maybe, but a long way to go still.

 

[shamaan]

I was rooting for Sindh, but it was surprising that Shoaib Malik did not bowl a single over in the middle there, thats common knowledge in t20s to get some cheap overs in the middle if especially if youve taken wickets in the beginning of the innings.

They had the momentum he proberly wanted to take keep the lid on things if he did bowl malik and went for runs straight away the game would have gone by the 19s over it was attacking captaincy rather than defensive captaincy

 

[shamaan]

Of course it was excellent batting but it makes no sense a guy who is a spinner, bowling medium pace in the last over of a match.

They didnt have much options pluss they had the momentum in the middle overs that's why they wanted to keep things tight if they did bowl Malik and he got hit the game would have gone by then 18th or 19th over

 

[shamaan]

His fight is with Ifti Asif Shadab Imad Khushdil all can bowl a bit....with Shadab Imad clearly better bowlers but Khushdil
And Danish are better hitter

Personally I'd go with this kid as I think he can play both sides of the wicket weres khushdil is more leg side player asif no comment

 

[shamaan]

Very impressive innings by the danish first of all he looked like he has played for years the way he handled the pressure also he can play both sides of the wicket unlike khushdil both are clean hitters thou

 

[Ertugrul_Bey]

Some excellent strokeplay in that highlights reel. But PP’ers should not get over excited and see him as the next messiah of power hitting because he hit Ifti (bowling medium-pace low full tosses!) out of the park. Yes a good innings, and one to watch out for maybe, but a long way to go still.

Maybe you should watch the full game next time first then care to comment. He didn’t score 70+ runs just against Iftikhar. He batted against the best bowling unit of the tournament.

 

[naseem]

Personally I'd go with this kid as I think he can play both sides of the wicket weres khushdil is more leg side player asif no comment

True.....that but Khushdil has list ave of 46...to his 29....at similar or even better SR

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Maybe you should watch the full game next time first then care to comment. He didn’t score 70+ runs just against Iftikhar. He batted against the best bowling unit of the tournament.

Best bowling unit is Northern, statistically speaking. But yes great knock.

 

[Ellipsism]

A bit of Haris Sohail in his stroke play.

 

[FreePalestine]

Maybe you should watch the full game next time first then care to comment. He didn’t score 70+ runs just against Iftikhar. He batted against the best bowling unit of the tournament.

If that is the rule, I hope you never comment on a game after watching the highlights. I stand by my comment - don’t pick players for the national side based on one innings..

 

[shariqnoor]

One or two good performances and suddenly everyone starts saying that he should get a chance in the national team?

Why?

Has he performed consistently like this over the course of 3 seasons? If not, then one or two performances should be taken as fluke and nothing else.

Faheem Ashraf plays a couple of innings at 200 SR and again people start thinking of having him again in the team. We have seen Faheem in international cricket where he would be a bonafide number 10 batsman in major teams.

We are very quick to elevate someone or pull him down. Consistency needs to be rewarded, not one off performances.

If any of our players played like how Sanju Samson did in his first two innings at Sharjah, he would be in the Pakistan team for sure. But Samson never gets a run in the Indian team because he's diabolical in consistency for Indian standards.

We need to control our emotions and ignore such one off performances. Let Danish Aziz continue to score like this for a good 3 years before even considering him.

 

[naseem]

One or two good performances and suddenly everyone starts saying that he should get a chance in the national team?

Why?

Has he performed consistently like this over the course of 3 seasons? If not, then one or two performances should be taken as fluke and nothing else.

Faheem Ashraf plays a couple of innings at 200 SR and again people start thinking of having him again in the team. We have seen Faheem in international cricket where he would be a bonafide number 10 batsman in major teams.

We are very quick to elevate someone or pull him down. Consistency needs to be rewarded, not one off performances.

If any of our players played like how Sanju Samson did in his first two innings at Sharjah, he would be in the Pakistan team for sure. But Samson never gets a run in the Indian team because he's diabolical in consistency for Indian standards.

We need to control our emotions and ignore such one off performances. Let Danish Aziz continue to score like this for a good 3 years before even considering him.

He is already 25.....plus 3 28...years.....then he will be in the MISBAH territory..
Let see what he does in remaining matches.... And hope he gets a chance in PSL......and there r plenty of t20s coming up and this is the perfect time to try out players....before the 2 T20 world cups

 

[Rellu_Katta]

I have hope now because Babar Azam is our captain and the benchmark for Pakistani batsmen to emulate.

There was a time when all we got were wannabe Afridis.

Things are changing for the good.

Lets not forget Saud and Imam.

I hope Babar takes Haider Ali and Danish and Abdullah Shafiq under his wings as Imran did with Wasim Waqar Qadir and Mushi... really need the seniors to play thier part in developing the juniors .. something that has been seriously missing

 

[Sher Khan]

Breath taking shot to Amir on his first ball.

 

[shamaan]

True.....that but Khushdil has list ave of 46...to his 29....at similar or even better SR

Personally I'd go with this kid but tbh khushdil deserves the chance first as he has been around the team for a while now so it's only fair he is given a proper chance.thatd quite impressive 46 average

 

[shamaan]

One or two good performances and suddenly everyone starts saying that he should get a chance in the national team?

Why?

Has he performed consistently like this over the course of 3 seasons? If not, then one or two performances should be taken as fluke and nothing else.

Faheem Ashraf plays a couple of innings at 200 SR and again people start thinking of having him again in the team. We have seen Faheem in international cricket where he would be a bonafide number 10 batsman in major teams.

We are very quick to elevate someone or pull him down. Consistency needs to be rewarded, not one off performances.

If any of our players played like how Sanju Samson did in his first two innings at Sharjah, he would be in the Pakistan team for sure. But Samson never gets a run in the Indian team because he's diabolical in consistency for Indian standards.

We need to control our emotions and ignore such one off performances. Let Danish Aziz continue to score like this for a good 3 years before even considering him.

The tour against Zimbabwe and Ireland should be their to try out players what are the experienced players going to learn from these smaller nations

 

[Titan24]

One or two good performances and suddenly everyone starts saying that he should get a chance in the national team?

Why?

Has he performed consistently like this over the course of 3 seasons? If not, then one or two performances should be taken as fluke and nothing else. .

I agree with regards to longer formats but in the shorter formats especially T20s there are quite a few examples from other countries as well. Banton got selected for Eng after just one decent season in 2019 and despite England having a lot more options. Banton has played 9 T20 internationals and even 6 ODIs till now.

 

[Ertugrul_Bey]

If that is the rule, I hope you never comment on a game after watching the highlights. I stand by my comment - don’t pick players for the national side based on one innings..

I watched it live, change your name to Judge Judy *

 

[FreePalestine]

I watched it live, change your name to Judge Judy &#55357;&#56425;*

I know you watched it live... have you never commented on a match after watching highlights?

Anyway, I wasn’t judging him: I was saying that you shouldn’t put him in the national team after one innings, which I have now said for the third time.

 

[MenInG]

And takes 2 wickets (albeit a little expensive) in 3 overs for 30 runs

 

[MenInG]

And takes 2 wickets (albeit a little expensive) in 3 overs for 30 runs

Danish finishes on 3/32 in 4 overs!