[VIDEO] Imam-ul-Haq - selfish or acceptable?

[Amjid Javed]

Get the cake and camera ready for imam

 

[Sunny_majoka]

I reckon he batted well today

 

[Birdman]

What are other batsmen doing? Someone need to take on that role.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Right up there with sunil gavaskars inns vs England in 1st ever world cup.

 

[Concerned]

Imam celebrated his 100 like he won Pakistan the match. Makes you wonder why people call him selfish?

 

[msb314]

Right up there with sunil gavaskars inns vs England in 1st ever world cup.

Sorry buddy but not even close - he batted at a SR of over 100

 

[MenInG]

Could have gone on ...

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[Amjid Javed]

Sorry buddy but not even close - he batted at a SR of over 100

Batted like a snail for 90% of his inns. let the req run rate grt to 10 an over then plays a few shots and gets out.

Great inns

 

[Villager6964]

Imam : Modern day Minnow Basher
Now since we are on verge of loss; he will make sure he completes his 100

Still remember his exploits against Zimbabwe and his meek surrender against India in WC 2019
There used to be a time when poor performers against India were used to shown door for ever, but looks like Imam and Misbah are exception

That's what he does. Misbah used to do the same thing and now he is doing it.
He is making misbah the goat proud.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Why? he selfishly played for his 100. Who cares about the req run rate going above 10.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Imam-ul-Haq's ODI performances continue to divide fans:<br><br>Excellent average of 50.61<br>Strike-rate of 81.30<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvAUS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvAUS</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1508853626038587393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[Villager6964]

Sorry this late flurry of boundaries is not good enough. He always plays to save his spot and when match is well and truly lost smashes a few boundaries at the end just like misbah did in his selfish career.. just ugly to watch and worst opener will lose you a lot of games is my verdict

He will keep doing.he is not good enough he will never be good enough.
Misbah has really destroyed Pakistan cricket

 

[Villager6964]

Batted like a snail for 90% of his inns. let the req run rate grt to 10 an over then plays a few shots and gets out.

Great inns

He is 2nd misbah. Very very poor innings.

 

[msb314]

Batted like a snail for 90% of his inns. let the req run rate grt to 10 an over then plays a few shots and gets out.

Great inns

Despite that his SR was over a 100. I think Babar, Saud and Rizwan need to have a hard look at them selves as to why the RRR ballooned to over 10

 

[Amjid Javed]

Despite that his SR was over a 100. I think Babar, Saud and Rizwan need to have a hard look at them selves as to why the RRR ballooned to over 10

His strike rate wasnt over 100 until he reached 80 runs.

All he did was suck the life out of the inns and force batsmen at other end to take all the risks.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Imam is just a modern day Rameez Raja.

 

[The_KING]

His innings wasn’t even bad. People just have an agenda against him. He was batting at a strike rate of over 85/90 for most of his innings. It’s Babar who cost Pakistan the match with his innings.

 

[Amjid Javed]

His innings wasn’t even bad. People just have an agenda against him. He was batting at a strike rate of over 85/90 for most of his innings. It’s Babar who cost Pakistan the match with his innings.

A strike rate of 85 when req run rate is 8 to 10 and over. Thats really going to win you a match aint it? )

 

[Sycamore]

Imam and Babar played more than 50 dot balls in a partnership of 20 overs. Chasing 300+ they wanted lower order to go at 10 rpo. Selfish really.

 

[Zaz]

Him and babar need to reevaluate how they pace an odi innings Its unaccceptable to start like they do

You cannot bat at 80 strike rate for 20 overs when teams requirment is over a 100 strike rate from the start

 

[PakEngFan]

People just hate him for no reason. I am not a fan of imam but the hate he gets is pathetic. He’s miles better then the rubbish we have.

 

[Wahid1234]

I maintain he’s the worst opener to play for Paksitan ever.. just a nothing player that will lose your team the game when chasing anything close to 300 simple

 

[hitthestump]

Imam celebrated his 100 like he won Pakistan the match. Makes you wonder why people call him selfish?

Is it easy to score an ODI hundred? I'm guessing you've never played cricket at a competitive level before or you'd understand the mental fortitude it takes to get there.

 

[Concerned]

Is it easy to score an ODI hundred? I'm guessing you've never played cricket at a competitive level before or you'd understand the mental fortitude it takes to get there.

Think the team success counts more than any individual achievement .

Suppose the PCB should start holding mental fortitude awards to reward mediocrity.

 

[Ahmed216]

Also his fielding nothing to write home about - catch went to him today and went through him

By Imams standards that cannot be called a catch

 

[Amjid Javed]

Is it easy to score an ODI hundred? I'm guessing you've never played cricket at a competitive level before or you'd understand the mental fortitude it takes to get there.

You start the inns needing 6 an over and you bat at strike rate of 80 for 1st 30 overs till point rate is almost 9. What was game plan to bat 50 overs risk free for a nice unbeaten 100.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Utterly selfish!! Imam was killing the match to do Sajda

 

[Shaka81]

Let's blame the guy who scored runs and chase him from the team so we can more "performers" like Saud and Ifti who deserve none of the blame only support for facing "tough" conditions and challenging bowling which magically became minnow bowling on a road when Imam failed to score a century at a strike-rate over 200?!!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Let's blame the guy who scored runs and chase him from the team so we can more "performers" like Saud and Ifti who deserve none of the blame only support for facing "tough" conditions and challenging bowling which magically became minnow bowling on a road when Imam failed to score a century at a strike-rate over 200?!!

After 30 overs your scoring at a strike rate just above 80 and asking rate is nearly 9 an over. He was the set batsmen, yet new batsmen coming in are suppose to score at rate of 9 an over from ball one, when coward at other end is taking no risks.

 

[sad eyes]

I watched the match Imam started the innings with a strike rate of 90s, he was at 40 off 46 balls, which wasn't a bad strike rate, yes he slowed down when wickets on the other end were falling as he is no virat kohli or Rohit sharma, this was a very good innings none the less, people here just don't like him and will criticize anything he does, what did your favorite rizwan, khushdil and saud do in this match?

 

[Saj]

Looking at today's innings - he could have kicked on earlier than he did. He was settled at the crease and had been batting for a while.

It seems he had one eye on a century.

 

[daytrader]

All these Misbah haters now bashing on Imam. Pakistan has always been prone to collapses. We NEED such players who can hold an end. We don't have the luxury of Roys and Buttlers that we can go hard throughout the innings, it's just not our cricketing culture. We should be criticizing that our team failed to bat 50 overs on a flat home ground against a 3rd string attack rather than criticizing strike rates. If he had hit 2 extra 6s and got out, we would've still lost. Let's fix our problems rather than trying to mimic other teams. And our problem for the past 2 decades has been to bat out 50 overs.

 

[Zaz]

I watched the match Imam started the innings with a strike rate of 90s, he was at 40 off 46 balls, which wasn't a bad strike rate, yes he slowed down when wickets on the other end were falling as he is no virat kohli or Rohit sharma, this was a very good innings none the less, people here just don't like him and will criticize anything he does, what did your favorite rizwan, khushdil and saud do in this match?

Noones giiving them a pass They shouldve done better But the set batsmen need to take control of the game n get ontop of the run rate Not cruise along at 5 an over

He and babar shouldve kicked on earlier and rather than being 120 off 24 overs they shouldve been 150 off 24 overs

Theres no point playing for 50s and 100s when the rrq is balloning every over to 7s-8s-9s

 

[Amjid Javed]

Looking at today's innings - he could have kicked on earlier than he did. He was settled at the crease and had been batting for a while.

It seems he had one eye on a century.

He had both eyes on a century and then to go cut a cake in the dressing room and take selfies.

How many risks did he take in 1st 30 overs? zero

Even look at how he got to a hundred played a few big shots to get to 90 then slowed down so he got to 100. There was no interest in winning game here.

 

[TheSultan]

He had both eyes on a century and then to go cut a cake in the dressing room and take selfies.

How many risks did he take in 1st 30 overs? zero

Even look at how he got to a hundred played a few big shots to get to 90 then slowed down so he got to 100. There was no interest in winning game here.

On top of that, even if we want to give him a pass about taking his time to accelerate, they never see it through. That’s what separates great innings from useless ones.

If you’re going to take your time making a ton, make it a big 100

 

[TheSultan]

It’s always down to #dontblameme

 

[Amjid Javed]

in the 35th over of a 314 run chase. Your opener who has batted entire inns so far had 77 off 79 balls.

Scoring at less then a sr of 100 when your req rate is 9.53

Then you decide to play a few big shots. Plenty imam lovers getting carried away here like hes played some sort of world class knock when asking rate is almost double the rate hes scoring at.

 

[Wahid1234]

in the 35th over of a 314 run chase. Your opener who has batted entire inns so far had 77 off 79 balls.

Scoring at less then a sr of 100 when your req rate is 9.53

Then you decide to play a few big shots. Plenty imam lovers getting carried away here like hes played some sort of world class knock when asking rate is almost double the rate hes scoring at.

Exactly he’s just an atrocious player to watch who’s a nurdler at most. This was a second string Australian attack playing in home conditions we struggled against imagine if it was starc and Cummins and the boys..

Our batsmen are struggling in home conditions against a second string Australian attack and team. Say no more…. And the less said about imam the better

 

[ChTab]

Babar is the sole reason we lost this game. He came when RRR was around 6 & when he went back to the pavilion RRR was around 7.5
But yeah most fans will think that Imam is the culprit for this loss.

 

[ChTab]

Every one knows that Imam is weak & can't play vs good teams but what did our so called King or Lumber 1 player did. Babar innings was so bad that it put Misbah's semi final knock vs Ind to shame.

 

[shamaan]

He’s just lost pakistan another game this selfish shambles of a player with his snail paced innings. He will lose many more. Pathetic player

He was scored at run a ball + it's unfair to put the blame on him.

 

[shamaan]

With your mentality we will be stuck playing the 80 brand of cricket Forever. I don’t care if he bats at 140 strike rate now the match is well and truly over and decides to hit a few boundaries to save his grace the epitome of mediocrity

Tel me which players can score at run a ball from the beginning baring fakhar ?

 

[shamaan]

Why? he selfishly played for his 100. Who cares about the req run rate going above 10.

So no comments on Babar Innings who went at less than 80 strike rate?

 

[Wahid1234]

Tel me which players can score at run a ball from the beginning baring fakhar ?

Exactly my point hardly anyone can barring shadab khan who’s injured and sharjeel, Umar akmal and Haider Ali who can also play at a good strike rate.

I rather have players who will play according to the situation and only one of these players come off more often than not we will win the game.

 

[Amjid Javed]

So no comments on Babar Innings who went at less than 80 strike rate?

Babar was just as useless, also his pathetic captaincy needs to come to an end.

Pakistan cant afford to snails like imam and babar in the top 3 in ODIs. Seems lessons havent been learnt since last world cup.

 

[shamaan]

Exactly my point hardly anyone can barring shadab khan who’s injured and sharjeel, Umar akmal and Haider Ali who can also play at a good strike rate.

I rather have players who will play according to the situation and only one of these players come off more often than not we will win the game.

Definitely Pakistan have always been a team we're they set the total and then the bowlers defend it Imam Innings was fine.

 

[shamaan]

Babar was just as useless, also his pathetic captaincy needs to come to an end.

Pakistan cant afford to snails like imam and babar in the top 3 in ODIs. Seems lessons havent been learnt since last world cup.

Babar played a pathetic Innings it was alot worse than Imaam.I think its fine having Imaam and Babar at 3 but then you can't play Saud and Rizwan in the same side.

 

[Amjid Javed]

He was scored at run a ball + it's unfair to put the blame on him.

He didnt score at a run a ball until after the 35th over when the asking rate was double what they were scoring at.

How is scoring at sr 80 going to win you a game when you need 8 or 9 runs an over?

explain that please?

 

[Amjid Javed]

Babar played a pathetic Innings it was alot worse than Imaam.I think its fine having Imaam and Babar at 3 but then you can't play Saud and Rizwan in the same side.

Saud is a 4/5 day player and should not be playing odis or T20s and should be in test side.

Rizwans batting in ODIs is hot and cold.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I knew the blame will go to someone who hits a century at more than 100 SR.

It was Imam today.

Tomorrow it will be Babars Fault for scoring the same century.

The rest of the herd who barely could manage 50 runs betwen them will get a free pass because hey?

At least they intended to win the game on paper.

While the actual guy scoring runs shouldnt have bothered.

Or worse, have become like BC Lara and win the game with a stunning double hundred.

And then become Imam again after batting like Lara.

Unreal expecatations.

 

[Saj]

He had both eyes on a century and then to go cut a cake in the dressing room and take selfies.

How many risks did he take in 1st 30 overs? zero

Even look at how he got to a hundred played a few big shots to get to 90 then slowed down so he got to 100. There was no interest in winning game here.

This mentality is all too common these days.

Milestone first, team second.

 

[shamaan]

He didnt score at a run a ball until after the 35th over when the asking rate was double what they were scoring at.

How is scoring at sr 80 going to win you a game when you need 8 or 9 runs an over?

explain that please?

He got out then the run rate went up at 10 runs per over
10 runs an over in the last 12 overs is achievable.

 

[Maher96]

Although it seems he was Stat padding in honesty 10 other batsmen around him failed to deliver anything.

Saud
Ifti
Rizwan
Kushdil

Is a very poor middle order that I have seen in a long time.

Need to look at Hussain Talat and Shan to be inducted. Fakhar should stick at T20.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I knew the blame will go to someone who hits a century at more than 100 SR.

It was Imam today.

Tomorrow it will be Babars Fault for scoring the same century.

The rest of the herd who barely could manage 50 runs betwen them will get a free pass because hey?

At least they intended to win the game on paper.

While the actual guy scoring runs shouldnt have bothered.

Or worse, have become like BC Lara and win the game with a stunning double hundred.

And then become Imam again after batting like Lara.

Unreal expecatations.

Imams 100 was about as useful As Abid Ali 100 vs Aussies back in 2018 vs Aus.

Similar game chasing a big total. Abid scored a 100 at Sr of 90 but in context of the game batsmen let req run rate get out of hand.

Also imam did go over the 100Sr mark until the 35th over.

Since win is 77 off 79 after 35 overs as an opener acceptable when chasing 314 and req rate is 9.5?

 

[Dr_Bassim]

He got out then the run rate went up at 10 runs per over
10 runs an over in the last 12 overs is achievable.

Its not even that.

Lets assume he played at a poor SR of 80 to 100 all innings and scored a 100 runs and played till the 35th over.

The others played at a SR WORSE than him, made LESS RUNS than him, lasted LESS OVERS than him and spent nearly 3/4ths of the batting innings SIPPING TEA in the pavilion and the guy who HITS 100 off 100 odd balls should be shown the door because HE IS AWFUL.

Encore perhaps ?

 

[Amjid Javed]

He got out then the run rate went up at 10 runs per over
10 runs an over in the last 12 overs is achievable.

Achievable? half the team was out already because of climmbing run rate. pakistan were never going to get 120 off 12 overs vs Aus. Stop being so deluded.

 

[Shaka81]

After 30 overs your scoring at a strike rate just above 80 and asking rate is nearly 9 an over. He was the set batsmen, yet new batsmen coming in are suppose to score at rate of 9 an over from ball one, when coward at other end is taking no risks.

So I'm guessing all those other batsmen were scoring well over 80 strike rates..... wait look at Saud, Ifti and Rizwan's strike rates..... yet we lost because Imam wasn't winning the game on his own by scoring at over 9 runs an over because we can't expect other players to support in any way at all!
I'm not a fan of Imam in any way but he's not to blame today. He should've got some support and not expected to carry the whole team.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Its not even that.

Lets assume he played at a poor SR of 80 to 100 all innings and scored a 100 runs and played till the 35th over.

The others played at a SR WORSE than him, made LESS RUNS than him, lasted LESS OVERS than him and spent nearly 3/4ths of the batting innings SIPPING TEA in the pavilion and the guy who HITS 100 off 100 odd balls should be shown the door because HE IS AWFUL.

Encore perhaps ?

if you bothered to watch the game every batsmen from saud onwards came in with a climbing run rate. it is then down to the set batsmen to set the tone and increase the scoring. yet your hero and idol imam carried on batting at a strike rate of about 80 until the game was done and then decides to play a few big shots.

Most 300+ run chases teams usually get up ahead of the req rate early or keep it from climbing to high. Go watch how england or india play fearlessly at top of the inns.

 

[Amjid Javed]

So I'm guessing all those other batsmen were scoring well over 80 strike rates..... wait look at Saud, Ifti and Rizwan's strike rates..... yet we lost because Imam wasn't winning the game on his own by scoring at over 9 runs an over because we can't expect other players to support in any way at all!
I'm not a fan of Imam in any way but he's not to blame today. He should've got some support and not expected to carry the whole team.

So you expect a fresh batsmen to come in and start scoring at a sr of 140 (req rate) straight away do you when a so called well set batsmen is playing out dot balls and playing at a strike rate of 80?

 

[Kroll]

He got out then the run rate went up at 10 runs per over
10 runs an over in the last 12 overs is achievable.

It's doable but not realistic especially with a mediocre team like Pakistan.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

So you expect a fresh batsmen to come in and start scoring at a sr of 140 (req rate) straight away do you when a so called well set batsmen is playing out dot balls and playing at a strike rate of 80?

Well not really.

But you do expect them to be held to the same principle standard that your century maker is subjected to.

They should play at least at run a ball or higher and strike 30 to 40 odd runs off 30 to 40 odd balls with an odd boundary or two so the guy scoring at 85 SR can be accused of simply not trying.

You cant have batter after batter playing at 60 and 70 SR and wondering why the person batting at 80 to 85 is not batting at 140 to keep Pakistan in the match.

Replace this batsmen (by any other favorite cricketer lets say Rizwan) and everyone would have been having eruptions of delight and arguing that as WK batsmen, you cant do more than score a century.

However, same interest standards go out the window when Imam is playing simply because people think he is a "PARCHEE".

He has to play like Lara and win matches on his own and even then he will have to prove his detractors it was NOT A FLUKE.

I dont care much for Imam. I find him too mollycoddlish type in my opinion.

But I cant fault him for scoring a century today when 10 other players of the team could barely either hold a bat or playing at a SR of above 70.

Bring a more logical argument and I am willing to listen.

 

[gazza619]

Strike rate of 80 is ok during some parts of the innings if you are only chasing 300 odd.

Imam or Babar didnt fail us.

Fakhar, Saud, Iftikhar, Rizwan and fake allrounders (M Wasim & Hassan Ali) failed us.

 

[Local.Dada]

I don’t get why he gets so much hate. I didn’t see the match ball to ball but from what little I saw, he was playing really well. Even in the past whenever I saw him he played well and scored runs.

Now one thing I will admit, he is very boring to watch, there is no elegance to his batting. Babar even when he scores at a similar rate he is a lot more pleasing to watch.

Probably one of the most inelegant left handed batsmen but who cares as long as he is scoring runs? I don’t get this term selfish batting. Just by becoming selfish if it is so easy to pile runs than I wonder why not everyone is doing that? Are we saying cricketers are the most righteous unselfish people in the world?

 

[PakEngFan]

All these Misbah haters now bashing on Imam. Pakistan has always been prone to collapses. We NEED such players who can hold an end. We don't have the luxury of Roys and Buttlers that we can go hard throughout the innings, it's just not our cricketing culture. We should be criticizing that our team failed to bat 50 overs on a flat home ground against a 3rd string attack rather than criticizing strike rates. If he had hit 2 extra 6s and got out, we would've still lost. Let's fix our problems rather than trying to mimic other teams. And our problem for the past 2 decades has been to bat out 50 overs.

Imam is a country mile better batsmen then misbah in odis. Don’t compare misbah to him please.

 

[Shaka81]

So you expect a fresh batsmen to come in and start scoring at a sr of 140 (req rate) straight away do you when a so called well set batsmen is playing out dot balls and playing at a strike rate of 80?

No but how about rotating and not striking in the 20s and 30s like Saud and Ifti before throwing their wicket away or in the 50s like Rizwan. You can't expect Imam to try and make up for his teammates inability to score.

 

[daytrader]

Imam is a country mile better batsmen then misbah in odis. Don’t compare misbah to him please.

It's not my comparison, please read the posts above. Most Misbah haters are comparing their style of batting and unnecessarily bashing both because they fail to see the real problems in the team.

 

[daytrader]

So you expect a fresh batsmen to come in and start scoring at a sr of 140 (req rate) straight away do you when a so called well set batsmen is playing out dot balls and playing at a strike rate of 80?

That's the aggressive approach though isn't it. Australia and England both do it - whether wickets fall or not. The only difference between them and us, are collapses

 

[Muhammad Saad]

It's just the negative mentality which is causing our downfall , our team is not that bad talent wise , definitely 5th in ODi but they are playing with a negative mindset and it's causing more harm then good.

 

[Smbhayi]

He didnt score at a run a ball until after the 35th over when the asking rate was double what they were scoring at.

How is scoring at sr 80 going to win you a game when you need 8 or 9 runs an over?

explain that please?

Lol if what you saying is true then Imam played well actually.. These days team expect to double the score in last 20 overs.. and scoring 10 runs/over last 15 overs pretty much doable..

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Iman ul Haq averages 50, take away the minnow bashing his average drops down to 40 !!! Nothing wrong with that but it’s coming at a strike rate of 78

Also note that, Imam has played Australia 5 times in ODI’s, only once has he actually played against their best xi. So, we could also add Australia C to the list of minnows Imam has played against.

 

[Mamoon]

Imam played a perfectly fine innings - Pakistan lost the match because of what happened on the other end.

As I have said from day one, he is a very good batsman for our pathetic standards. He is composed, can keep a cool head and has appetite for scoring big runs.

He struggles with stroke rotation and consumes dot balls but his alternatives are worse than him. He certainly deserves to be in the team.

He gets undue hate and criticism because he got fast-tracked thanks to Inzamam, but he has more than proved himself.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lol if what you saying is true then Imam played well actually.. These days team expect to double the score in last 20 overs.. and scoring 10 runs/over last 15 overs pretty much doable..

The team was 5 wickets down. big difference, plus pakistan have never recent chased down totals in such scenarios.

 

[Smbhayi]

The team was 5 wickets down. big difference, plus pakistan have never recent chased down totals in such scenarios.

So that means others failed, how he's responsible for their failure..?

 

[Zaz]

So that means others failed, how he's responsible for their failure..?

Hes not responsible for their failure Hes responsible for his own

Rob Key said it live on air They Babar and Imam played too slowly at top They need to go harder and have more urgency when set and get ontop of the rate Stop stat padding and play for the team

Dont ask new batsmen to come in and score at 8-9-10 an over Yes likes of rizwan and ifti etc shouldve done better but you need to give them a chance Not throw them into the deepend where invariably they will sink

 

[jeetu]

PCB needs to play around Imam's limitations. Players with less than 80 SR is acceptable to the team provided other players can play quick cameo. Rahul Dravid played 344 ODI at SR of 71 with average of little less than 40. Still he was vital part of the team and bailed out India in quiet a few tricky situation. India did have Tendulkar , Yuvraj etc to compensate slow momentum generated by Dravid in big chases.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

PCB needs to play around Imam's limitations. Players with less than 80 SR is acceptable to the team provided other players can play quick cameo. Rahul Dravid played 344 ODI at SR of 71 with average of little less than 40. Still he was vital part of the team and bailed out India in quiet a few tricky situation. India did have Tendulkar , Yuvraj etc to compensate slow momentum generated by Dravid in big chases.

I too hope that BCCI pick Pujara for ODI’s and play around his limitations.

 

[Zaz]

PCB needs to play around Imam's limitations. Players with less than 80 SR is acceptable to the team provided other players can play quick cameo. Rahul Dravid played 344 ODI at SR of 71 with average of little less than 40. Still he was vital part of the team and bailed out India in quiet a few tricky situation. India did have Tendulkar , Yuvraj etc to compensate slow momentum generated by Dravid in big chases.

Well pakistan has too many accumulators at the moment

Babar Rizwan Imam

We cant have them all playing the same way Not in this day and age

 

[Amjid Javed]

Hes not responsible for their failure Hes responsible for his own

Rob Key said it live on air They Babar and Imam played too slowly at top They need to go harder and have more urgency when set and get ontop of the rate Stop stat padding and play for the team

Dont ask new batsmen to come in and score at 8-9-10 an over Yes likes of rizwan and ifti etc shouldve done better but you need to give them a chance Not throw them into the deepend where invariably they will sink

Rob key was spot on as usual, lambasting the safety 1st, stats padding inns from imam and babar.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I too hope that BCCI pick Pujara for ODI’s and play around his limitations.

pakistan should recall Azhar Ali and Ahmed shehzad

 

[Amjid Javed]

No but how about rotating and not striking in the 20s and 30s like Saud and Ifti before throwing their wicket away or in the 50s like Rizwan. You can't expect Imam to try and make up for his teammates inability to score.

so imam and babar playing 50 dots balls out off 118 balls faced in their partnership was good batting was it?