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He should had taken a single earlier, yet was more interested in his own scoring and Rizwan only got the last ball where he got 99.

Pathetic stuff
 
Interested in his own scoring :)))

You do know Imad’s runs get counted towards Pakistans’s runs, right?

Pathetic post
 
I must have been watching the wrong match.

Didn't Imad run himself out in trying to give Rizwan the strike?
 
Saj said:
I must have been watching the wrong match.

Didn't Imad run himself out in trying to give Rizwan the strike?
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No you were not watching it from Misbah’s toxic agenda perspective
 
Saj said:
I must have been watching the wrong match.

Didn't Imad run himself out in trying to give Rizwan the strike?
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didnt matter. Imad should had gone for the single off the second ball, played 3 balls, tahts when the crowd went crazy and Imad decided to go for the single only to get out.

He should had gone for the single earlier, and allowed Rizwan to do the rest of the batting.
 
I am not always the biggest Imad fan, but this is ridiculous. Imad was batting for the team and did his job. The hate he gets is unwarranted. Rizwan played a great knock but was a bit poor in those last 2 overs. Nevertheless, should be enough runs with our bowling and this NZ batting
 
Mohammad Rizwan:

81 off 49 balls
98 off 62 balls

He scored 17 off his last 13 balls
 
Major said:
didnt matter. Imad should had gone for the single off the second ball, played 3 balls, tahts when the crowd went crazy and Imad decided to go for the single only to get out.

He should had gone for the single earlier, and allowed Rizwan to do the rest of the batting.
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So you are saying that a player should not have hit a 4 and instead should have just scored a single !
 
Ahmed_99 said:
I am not always the biggest Imad fan, but this is ridiculous. Imad was batting for the team and did his job. The hate he gets is unwarranted. Rizwan played a great knock but was a bit poor in those last 2 overs. Nevertheless, should be enough runs with our bowling and this NZ batting
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Surely he could had taken a single next ball and allow the guy in the 90s to get his century. Even the crowd started shouting.
 
Saj said:
So you are saying that a player should not have hit a 4 and instead should have just scored a single !
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On the second ball of the over, yes.

Cause, Rizwan would had striked the the third ball eventually and was in form to be hitting the ball.

We have see many times, players rotating strike to a batter who is nearing his century. Its not like Rizwan wanted to take singles and doubles to get to his century, he would had gone for shots.

A t20 century is rare and surely, Rizwan deserved to get one.
 
What? this has to be a troll thread, Imad being selfish? where did you get this from, he was the one who was capable of putting the ball over the rope and help Pakistan cross 200 while Riz was adamant about getting his own century, disgraceful scenes, how can anyone defend this and I am balanced in my critiques of Riz
 
Rizwan was on 95 off 58. Next 3 or 4 balls he didn't hit a single boundary that too at the death. If anything he should be blaming himself. Imad plays for the team not for others centuries
 
Ahmed_99 said:
I am failing to understand what's more important Rizwans 100 or the teams total??
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Team total was already achieved, besides had it been Rizwan, he also would had striked the ball, its not like he wanted to tap the ball on purpose to get a single or double.

A t20 century is an achievement of its self.
 
Imad sacrificed his wicket for Rizwan's cause. Rizwan got a chance to score a century but couldn't capitalize
 
Mohammad Rizwan's last 13 balls faced today:

1 2 2 1 1 2 1 . 4 1 1 1 .
 
Major said:
Team total was already achieved, besides had it been Rizwan, he also would had striked the ball, its not like he wanted to tap the ball on purpose to get a single or double.

A t20 century is an achievement of its self.
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I don't hate Rizwan, I actually really enjoy his batting. However, surely it's obvious that every single run matters when it comes to white ball cricket? Who's to say that the current score is enough? The score is about 10/15 runs below par. Personal milestones are irrelevant. 99 of 60 is better than 100 of 62. Team comes first always
 
No need to be so overdramatic. Imad was playing for the team. Rizwan had plenty of chances to score his century
 
Imad was playing for the team.

His job is to get runs on the board for Pakistan, not to help Rizwan reach milestones.
 
In a game of T20, you can't worry about your partner's century. Imad batted brilliantly and scored valuable runs for his team.
 
Rizwan did get selfish. And that's not a good sign.

The 'theek hai' at the end was to get a single to put Rizwan back on strike. It looked poor whichever way you watched it.
 
Rana said:
Tell me, would Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Jos Butler be doing this at the back end?
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They certainly would not. Go hard or go home should me the motive at the latter stages of an innings; especially if the player has faced more than half the innings alone.
 
Rizwan is himself to blame, he had lots of opportunity in last 4 overs. But he wasted deliveries and costed maybe Pakistan a match.
 
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That’s just silly. Imad should’ve left full tosses alone in the last over and taken a single instead? We still didn’t manage to get to a par score despite his boundaries, lost the match and didn’t win the series. Would this have felt better with a Rizwan century?
 
Imad cost Pakistan 10-15 runs there at the end by thinking to give Rizwan the strike when he himself was striking at 300!!
 
Saj said:
Mohammad Rizwan:

81 off 49 balls
98 off 62 balls

He scored 17 off his last 13 balls
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I am of the view that Rizwan is the greatest t20 opener in the history of Pakistan.

However he let the nation down massively today. The team ended up 10-15 runs short because of his behaviour.

I am glad he missed out on his century given Pakistan ended up losing the game. Rizwan needs to learn this lesson that personal milestones are not as important as the betterment of the team.

He should feel rightly humiliated in that dressing room today.
 
Saj said:
Mohammad Rizwan:

81 off 49 balls
98 off 62 balls

He scored 17 off his last 13 balls
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Nothing new as far as Babar and Rizwan is concerned.

Mickey Arthur hates this type of cricket and selfish play. Let's see if he can give these players a real tongue lashing.
 
Rana said:
Imad cost Pakistan 10-15 runs there at the end by thinking to give Rizwan the strike when he himself was striking at 300!!
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This. But imad, given the current team scenario, can’t say much when he’s asked to do that Rizwan.

Take a look at Babar’s and Rizwan’s reaction to when imad got out. Both of them just had the century on their mind
 
I though Rizwan was very unselfish for taking a single of the first ball of the 19th over, for that act alone he dederved a century. 17 runs of last 13 balls in not bad either, oppositions were not bowling lolly pops every ball.
 
Imad was brilliant today with both bat and the ball. I was annoyed on him at the end of innings as because he wanted to give strike at the 3rd/4th ball of 20th over when he could have hit the ball for 4! Rizwan wasn't hitting boundaries at that time but Imad was. It was meaningless to look for personal milestones.
 
A player who played more than half of the innings himself shouldn't be counting on someone else to get his century. You already played 62/120 balls for christ sake.
 
Rizwan should have forgotten about his century. Ultimately he didn't get a century instead he cost 10 to 15 runs which could have make a difference. The par score in PSL at this ground was 207.
 
Major said:
Team total was already achieved, besides had it been Rizwan, he also would had striked the ball, its not like he wanted to tap the ball on purpose to get a single or double.

A t20 century is an achievement of its self.
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Exactly, also team total was achieved largely due to Rizwan despite the middle order collapse.
 
The mindset of this personal milestones will cost Pakistan many more matches. They should fix this ASAP. And Babar should lead from the front. I think Imad should be made the captain of the T20 side. Imad looks more matured and composed than Babar.
 
PakPremi said:
I though Rizwan was very unselfish for taking a single of the first ball of the 19th over, for that act alone he dederved a century. 17 runs of last 13 balls in not bad either, oppositions were not bowling lolly pops every ball.
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Of course you would think he wasn’t selfish :))
 
hitthestump said:
I am of the view that Rizwan is the greatest t20 opener in the history of Pakistan.

However he let the nation down massively today. The team ended up 10-15 runs short because of his behaviour.

I am glad he missed out on his century given Pakistan ended up losing the game. Rizwan needs to learn this lesson that personal milestones are not as important as the betterment of the team.

He should feel rightly humiliated in that dressing room today.
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If only... I can already see the video the PCB will release of the team eating cake celebrating his almost century
 
I think the hundred was at the front of Rizwan's mind, rather than taking his team to over 200.

That cost him and Pakistan some important runs.
 
Saj said:
I think the hundred was at the front of Rizwan's mind, rather than taking his team to over 200.

That cost him and Pakistan some important runs.
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Important runs?

It cost Pakistan the series
 
Rizwan on 97 got the last two balls of the Inning and he should have tried to get 12 runs on it to maximize the team's run and his own.109* run NO

if not 2 sixes then
1 six 1 four
or 2 fours
or 1 four and a double
or two doubles
or 1 single and 1 double.

In all the above scenarios he would have got his century and more runs in the team's totals.
 
Yeah.

Imad should have bowed down and waited for Rizwan to eke out a century against NZ C, so that then Rizwan could fall to the ground upon reaching the milestone, look at the heavens and see Babar clapping on.

And the fans could shine their teeth at the epic moment while scoreboard and match could go to hell.

Loyal Rizwan fan -
 
Nope. Imad didn't deny Rizwan any century. In fact Imad should be criticized for looking for a single on the 4th ball. He should've whacked it. If Rizwan didn't get to face a ball, then so be it. This isn't charity cricket.

Also Rizwan himself has to blame for not scoring a ton here. He was magnificent for 81 runs and then inexplicably could not hit out in his last 13 balls. He even had a chance on the last ball of the innings and he bottled it.
 
shariqnoor said:
Nope. Imad didn't deny Rizwan any century. In fact Imad should be criticized for looking for a single on the 4th ball. He should've whacked it. If Rizwan didn't get to face a ball, then so be it. This isn't charity cricket.

Also Rizwan himself has to blame for not scoring a ton here. He was magnificent for 81 runs and then inexplicably could not hit out in his last 13 balls. He even had a chance on the last ball of the innings and he bottled it.
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Faheem Ashraf should also have ran a second on the 5th ball of the over.

No chance fringe players like these two dare to deny Rizwan the chance of a century though. Everyone knows personal milestones are very important to those in the main Babar clique.

It's a shame because Rizwan has been a complete run machine for Pakistan and we'd be nowhere without him performing so consistently. But there is an obvious selfishness in their approach which limits what the team can benefit from.
 
OP is the reason why Pakistan cricket is in dire situation. It's all about personal milestones for key players in this team rather than winning the match.
 
Only in Pakistan can you have an opener who carries his bat, with wickets in hand, and fails to make a century.

And then his society of fans blame someone else for it!
 
His slowing down at the end is selfish.

There are rumours his sponsors pay him a Brucie bonus for centuries and other milestones.
 
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Saj said:
Mohammad Rizwan:

81 off 49 balls
98 off 62 balls

He scored 17 off his last 13 balls
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Which clearly indicates that this attention seeking dramay baaz was more interested in scoring a personal milestone of a century.
 
Rana said:
Of course you would think he wasn’t selfish :))
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And of course you would find any excuse to blame the only batsman to scoresugnificant amount of runs to post a very defendable target. It is a fact that Rizwan took a single on the first ball of the 20th over despite needing only 3 runs for his century, so no matter how much people try to twist it that was unselfish act. If he was so dedperatefor his century he could had easily forced Imad the fringe player in the team to rake a single next ball too. He did not deliberately slowed down at the end as he was trying to slog most balls but there were some good balls bowled at him. So quit blaming players who more often than not play a significant part in teams acheivements. Pakistan lost the match due to leaving out good last over bowler in Zaman,Shadab and Faheem poor bowling, and some nervous balls balled by Ihasnullah. Shaheen too was expensive despite taking wickets up front. Overall Chapman played like a Tiger and deserved to take his team to victory.
 
Highlights of Rizwan 98

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Colorblind Genius said:
Which clearly indicates that this attention seeking dramay baaz was more interested in scoring a personal milestone of a century.
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Well there is no doubt that he slowed down and took less risks as he approached the century.

When in fact he should have been taking more risks and scoring faster.
 
Rashid Latif on the Rizwan century issue:

"In the last two overs, a lot of singles were being taken. Imad should've tried for the bigger hit when he was in his comfort zone. There was no point in scoring a single only to get someone else's century done. This is not club cricket, and neither is this one dimensional, particularly happening for someone's personal benefit. This is the national team's match -essentially for Pakistan. You missed a ball to score a run, then were dismissed at the next ball. The following batsman [Faheem Ashraf] also scored a single to rotate the strike"

"Those who keep the team as their first priority and their own performance are secondary to them always succeed. Mistakes are bound to happen - maybe Imad genuinely wanted Rizwan to score his century - we all have committed mistakes at one point or another in our careers. But the attitude wasn't justified. The message that was delivered across was wrong. I thought intention was wrong"
 
These personal milestones thing especially from the openers is not allowing pakistan reach its full potential.

How many runs did rizwan score in last 4 overs , what was his strike rate? And those who know how can we go to defend that SR and that selfishness?
 
MenInG said:
Rashid Latif on the Rizwan century issue:

"In the last two overs, a lot of singles were being taken. Imad should've tried for the bigger hit when he was in his comfort zone. There was no point in scoring a single only to get someone else's century done. This is not club cricket, and neither is this one dimensional, particularly happening for someone's personal benefit. This is the national team's match -essentially for Pakistan. You missed a ball to score a run, then were dismissed at the next ball. The following batsman [Faheem Ashraf] also scored a single to rotate the strike"

"Those who keep the team as their first priority and their own performance are secondary to them always succeed. Mistakes are bound to happen - maybe Imad genuinely wanted Rizwan to score his century - we all have committed mistakes at one point or another in our careers. But the attitude wasn't justified. The message that was delivered across was wrong. I thought intention was wrong"
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The problem is if Imad had kept the strike and just gone for big hits instead of singles, some would have accused him of being selfish.
 
Rana said:
No you were not watching it from Misbah’s toxic agenda perspective
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Well said.

The OP knows exactly what he's doing here. Bringing his agenda rather than accepting Rizwan's failures. Imad's innings (albeit a cameo) was way better than Rizwan's. Without the cameo, New Zealand could've chased Pakistan's total within 15-16 overs.
 
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This is all quite ironic from the OP.

Imad should be criticised for attempting the single when he got out in order to allow Rizwan get back on strike. He should have been ignored Rizwan's milestone and played for the team. That's the difference between Pakistan and other teams.

Our players are more obsessed with milestones than team achievements.
 
I don't blame imad for trying to give rizwan the strike

Had he not given rizwan the strike, imad would have been sitting out next t20 game

This isn't the pakistan team this Is rizbar team
And you have to be a yes man and play according to rizbar instructions or your out of the team

Imad just saved him self from being sacked from the team
 
emranabbas said:
I don't blame imad for trying to give rizwan the strike

Had he not given rizwan the strike, imad would have been sitting out next t20 game

This isn't the pakistan team this Is rizbar team
And you have to be a yes man and play according to rizbar instructions or your out of the team

Imad just saved him self from being sacked from the team
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A burnt child would always dread fire

Imad has been screwed over by this clique in the recent past as well
 
Rana said:
Imad cost Pakistan 10-15 runs there at the end by thinking to give Rizwan the strike when he himself was striking at 300!!
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It was pretty evident. I was really angry with Imad for this. Instead of scoring and looking for more boundaries he was trying to help Rizwan score his 100.
 
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Watch from 19:30 minutes

KPK needed 6 to win the match and Rizwan needed 3 for hundred. He couldn’t hit the 6, KPK were gonna lose anyways but he’s running so hard to complete a hundred

The Guy really isn’t ever playing for the team
 
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topspin said:
This is all quite ironic from the OP.

Imad should be criticised for attempting the single when he got out in order to allow Rizwan get back on strike. He should have been ignored Rizwan's milestone and played for the team. That's the difference between Pakistan and other teams.

Our players are more obsessed with milestones than team achievements.
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Yes but then people would have launched into Imad saying he stopped Rizwan from getting a hundred and he did it deliberately.
 
Think they thought 190 or so would be more than enough against NZ’s B team. It should have been. I think what was going through Rizwan’s head is that it’s very rare to have a situation to score 100 in t20 again, and he was going to take his chance in a less meaningful bilateral.

It was wrong of him. I think it’s to do with the mentality of this squad. People say it’s chasing over personal milestones and that’s true. It is also underestimating sides by the selectors, management, such as the series against Afghanistan. We underestimated NZ last t20 even before a single ball was bowled. I sincerely doubt if it were a stronger team they would have brought in Inshanullah and Haris like that last match. Set the tone right at the start.

We should have the mentality to win at all costs. I don’t care what other teams do, we are not in that position. Thrash teams ideally. Don’t care what the opposition is.

When the series is won, then experiment all you want. But not before.
 
Saj said:
Yes but then people would have launched into Imad saying he stopped Rizwan from getting a hundred and he did it deliberately.
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Exactly that. Imad was in a no win situation. At the end of the day, he's had enough of being sidelined by Babar so the last thing he wanted to do is displease his clique.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Rizwan "if we had won, then nobody would be asking the question of me batting for a century" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvNZ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/JhKVdC0bZ2">pic.twitter.com/JhKVdC0bZ2</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1653024405721604096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Firebat said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Rizwan "if we had won, then nobody would be asking the question of me batting for a century" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvNZ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/JhKVdC0bZ2">pic.twitter.com/JhKVdC0bZ2</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1653024405721604096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Did we win?
NO!

So the questions are legit. Stick with the ground facts and answer the question instead of diverting it with what if scenarios.
 
Colorblind Genius said:
Did we win?
NO!

So the questions are legit. Stick with the ground facts and answer the question instead of diverting it with what if scenarios.
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Yup! Poor answer. It's not about winning or losing batting first in a decider you maximize your score. For all his team man talk, he was poor. Could never imagine Warner doing something like this, he is the real team man.
 
Firebat said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Rizwan "if we had won, then nobody would be asking the question of me batting for a century" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvNZ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/JhKVdC0bZ2">pic.twitter.com/JhKVdC0bZ2</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1653024405721604096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Very strange interview.

Almost like he's saying the management decided we needed a 190ish score and we had already got enough so didn't push. That makes no sense.

Plus he has a habit of saying his opinion / backing himself and then going ah but I'm not a bad guy whatever the right thing is I will do and I have no ego etc.
 
So, he just threw the management under the bus in order to protect himself?
 
Did he at any point say to Imad

“You are striking it at 300. You keep going brother, don’t worry about me!”

He didn’t did he? There was a single available on the last ball of the 19th over which he turned down too as it would put Imad on strike for the first ball of the 20th. Go and revisit the video if you like. I called it out in the match thread
 
Rana said:
Did he at any point say to Imad

“You are striking it at 300. You keep going brother, don’t worry about me!”

He didn’t did he? There was a single available on the last ball of the 19th over which he turned down too as it would put Imad on strike for the first ball of the 20th. Go and revisit the video if you like. I called it out in the match thread
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So bhai what am I saying. He bottled it. Was watching it too was a shambolic display.
 
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