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[VIDEOS] Azam Khan - international performance watch

You can not spot reduce body fat or decide where your body stores fat. The simple fact of the matter is that Azam Khan is at such a high body fat percentage, that his body has a high amount of fat all over it.

I was comparing him with Shahzad who was another fat cricketer. However Shahzad was talented and did pretty well for Afghanistan. It was mainly his tummy that was big. Azam is big all over his body.
 
The fact that some fan supporting him tells you that cricket and selection standard is not the only things gone down, its the standard of cricketing knowledge of the fans also has touched rock bottom in Pakistan. Some 20 years or so ago, no fan would support such a ridiculous selection.

Compared to yesterday's cricketers current Pakistani cricketers are uneducated, same goes to the fans and their cricketing knowledge.
 
People don’t seem to understand, the PLAYERS DONT SELECT THEMSELVES !!

Don’t blame the players if they ain’t performing, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE THE DOMESTIC PERFORMANCES TO BACK THEIR SELECTION INTO THE NATIONAL TEAM !!

BLAME MOHAMMAD WASIM FOR SELECTING HIM.

BLAME MISBAH UL HAQ FOR PICKING HIM IN THE XI.

BLAME BABAR FOR BEING A DUMMY CAPTAIN.

DO NOT BLAME AZAM KHAN, THEY’VE THROWN HIM INTO THE DEEP END OF THE WATER FAR TOO EARLY.

Azam Khan will be back, I’m a fan of him and maybe in 5-6 years he’ll be ready for the national team
 
Something that's quite interesting is how the commentators keep on saying he's been picked after a great PSL.

He scored 174 runs in 10 innings. That's hardly amazing stats.

Why don’t you post his career stats against spin bowing as well then?

Azam is a necessity for us. Not sure what he can do when he comes in with 100 needed of 40.
 
Azam Khan's psl stats are

20 matches, 17.68 avg and SR of 129.2
 
Why play him chasing, his main thing is hitting the ball, if they knew whatever happened they were bowling why not have an alternative team for the situation?
 
The game was live on British free to air domestic TV. What an embarrassment to put this guy out in front of the cameras.
 
People don’t seem to understand, the PLAYERS DONT SELECT THEMSELVES !!

Don’t blame the players if they ain’t performing, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE THE DOMESTIC PERFORMANCES TO BACK THEIR SELECTION INTO THE NATIONAL TEAM !!

BLAME MOHAMMAD WASIM FOR SELECTING HIM.

BLAME MISBAH UL HAQ FOR PICKING HIM IN THE XI.

BLAME BABAR FOR BEING A DUMMY CAPTAIN.

DO NOT BLAME AZAM KHAN, THEY’VE THROWN HIM INTO THE DEEP END OF THE WATER FAR TOO EARLY.

Azam Khan will be back, I’m a fan of him and maybe in 5-6 years he’ll be ready for the national team

Has he done everything to give himself the best chance to succeed? No.
He's been playing PSL for 3 years now. Has he really lost 35kgs? I don't think so.

Mohammad Wasim is a clueless guy that should never have been made the CS in the first place.
 
Why don’t you post his career stats against spin bowing as well then?

Azam is a necessity for us. Not sure what he can do when he comes in with 100 needed of 40.
Exactly I am surprised he was even considered for selection. What was criteria fitness, fielding, experience, or his consistent run scoring.
 
The fact that some fan supporting him tells you that cricket and selection standard is not the only things gone down, its the standard of cricketing knowledge of the fans also has touched rock bottom in Pakistan. Some 20 years or so ago, no fan would support such a ridiculous selection.

Compared to yesterday's cricketers current Pakistani cricketers are uneducated, same goes to the fans and their cricketing knowledge.

You had some people begging Malik to come back too in the match thread. As if giving a change again to a known 40 year old who barely averages 10 in England is going to work.

You're absolutely spot on about the level of knowledge. It's unbelievably bad.
 
Why don’t you post his career stats against spin bowing as well then?

Azam is a necessity for us. Not sure what he can do when he comes in with 100 needed of 40.

I agree, laws of cricket should be changed for Azam to let him come at the position and situation of his liking. And, there should be some research conducted to find out the situation where he feels most comfortable to bat.
 
Has he done everything to give himself the best chance to succeed? No.
He's been playing PSL for 3 years now. Has he really lost 35kgs? I don't think so.

Mohammad Wasim is a clueless guy that should never have been made the CS in the first place.

Mohammad Wasim is a Parchi Selector
much worse than Haroon bhai
 
Azam and Maqsood are sloggers. No way on earth they are succeeding against quality bowlers.

Shows the level of bowling in the PSL.
 
Has he done everything to give himself the best chance to succeed? No.
He's been playing PSL for 3 years now. Has he really lost 35kgs? I don't think so.

Mohammad Wasim is a clueless guy that should never have been made the CS in the first place.

Of course he hasn’t but it’s not like he held a gun to the CS head, also, he’s too inexperienced, people can’t expect him to go and chase 200 against a top opposition.

It’s just amazing how when it came to Sharjeel’s exclusion from the team they said that he needs to lose weight, but the same guys have gone on to choose a fatter guy.
 
I agree, laws of cricket should be changed for Azam to let him come at the position and situation of his liking. And, there should be some research conducted to find out the situation where he feels most comfortable to bat.

Are you implying that no other team in the world tries to send in youngsters in a situation where they would be more comfortable?

Don't have to look far for a good example. The commentators mentioned last game how Eng avoided opening with Parkinson against Babar/Rizwan last game despite the fact that they both have shown frailties to the leggies at the start of their innings, just because there's an off chance he could go for a few without the cushion of an extra fielder and that would meddle with his confidence. But since Rashid is more experienced, they had no qualms opening with him today.
 
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Of course he hasn’t but it’s not like he held a gun to the CS head, also, he’s too inexperienced, people can’t expect him to go and chase 200 against a top opposition.

It’s just amazing how when it came to Sharjeel’s exclusion from the team they said that he needs to lose weight, but the same guys have gone on to choose a fatter guy.

Unless Sharjeel can play in the middle order, his selection makes no sense.

Fakhar doesn't make the team in my opinion, Malik is a far better option who could excel at that position.
 
Play a 6th bowler, play a bloody damn 6th bowler in place of Azam Khan.

I have been shouting this before the 1st T20.
 
Unless Sharjeel can play in the middle order, his selection makes no sense.

Fakhar doesn't make the team in my opinion, Malik is a far better option who could excel at that position.

Imo, Rizwan and Babar can’t bat together in spin friendly conditions. If we’re playing in NZ then Babar and Rizwan opening would be perfect, but playing in the UAE I’d rather have Sharjeel opening.

We can be flexible with Rizwan, he can come in at any position from 3-7 depending on the match situation, but I’d play him as a specialist keeper.

Malik should come in at 5 after Hafeez, both can bowl 2 overs each if needed.

For the number 3 spot it would be between Maqsood and Fakhar.
 
Needs to be given a consistent chance!

Dropping him after a few failures will only shatter the confidence of the young man.


jk
 
Of course he hasn’t but it’s not like he held a gun to the CS head, also, he’s too inexperienced, people can’t expect him to go and chase 200 against a top opposition.

It’s just amazing how when it came to Sharjeel’s exclusion from the team they said that he needs to lose weight, but the same guys have gone on to choose a fatter guy.

The first line of your reply is actually another answer to the selection. Moin Khan is an influential guy with a lot of connections. His brother heads the NHPC program. It's like joining the dots if they asked Wasim for a favor.
Blame lies on the management as well. Misbah and Waqar should have resisted. Haider Ali with his vain form is still a better player to have in the team than Azam only because of being a better fielder.
 
Just as I expected. Might hit 2 boundaries in next match and people will go ga ga over him again saying he is the next superstar. The only batter to have come into the t20 side without playing a single LA or FC game and succeeded has been David Warner. And when he did start playing FC and LA, his performance is for all to see as he definitely was one of a generational talent.
 
Yes his awfully unfit and it’s too soon for him maybe. Give him the the third t20 and the three in the West Indies. Who else we gonna replace him with at this stage? selectors are not going back to Khushdil, Talat, Asif Ali, Malik and Ifti. Let him have the next 4 games if he don’t perform then my guess is they will go back to Ifti for the World Cup.
 
Just saw him for the first time today - how is such an unfit guy playing international sports? Is it because of Covid etc.? Don’t see him running 2’s and 3’s in a hypothetical scenario where Pak needs 13-15 runs of the last over to win this 2-1
 
I agree, laws of cricket should be changed for Azam to let him come at the position and situation of his liking. And, there should be some research conducted to find out the situation where he feels most comfortable to bat.

You clearly dont understand the importance of match ups and designated roles in a lineup.

Azam is a spin hitter and should be used as such. We sent him in with 100 to score off 40 balls and hafeez of all people ahead of him. He should have come in at 3 today to take Rashid on.

The guy is class and deserves a run-or would you prefer Asif Ali because he is in better shape
 
The first line of your reply is actually another answer to the selection. Moin Khan is an influential guy with a lot of connections. His brother heads the NHPC program. It's like joining the dots if they asked Wasim for a favor.
Blame lies on the management as well. Misbah and Waqar should have resisted. Haider Ali with his vain form is still a better player to have in the team than Azam only because of being a better fielder.

I agree with you but Haider Ali ain’t a good fielder, he’s known to have butter fingers.
 
Give him 50 matches before deciding if he is good or not. He surely deserves a chance to show what he has after being selected. Wish the lad all the best.
 
Azam might be good against spin, but he’s a liability in all other facets of the game. If he has a medical condition he needs professional help from a team of private medical professionals. If he’s just fat cause he likes to eat zingers and pizzas at all hours of the day then he needs to go to fitness boot camp and be put on a strict diet. If he lacks the discipline to undertake either option then he shouldn’t be selected. This is one of the most blatant parchi selections in pcb history… in fact it’s probably the worst when I go through the list. The only other name that comes to mind is Junaid Zia as he had no skill whatsoever but was at least fit.
 
You clearly dont understand the importance of match ups and designated roles in a lineup.

Azam is a spin hitter and should be used as such. We sent him in with 100 to score off 40 balls and hafeez of all people ahead of him. He should have come in at 3 today to take Rashid on.

The guy is class and deserves a run-or would you prefer Asif Ali because he is in better shape

Even today , he tried to hit the spinner very hard but did not hit the ball and was stumped by miles. Joke of a player , even at club level.
 
Just seeing highlights, how is this guy match fit? Are there no tests conducted before selection! Unless he is supremely talented I see no point in selecting this player :facepalm:
 
Have not seen anything Chris Gayle like in his batting in any level of Cricket so far. I remember a khi sports reporter showing clips of his batting in some low level Ramzan tournament where this guy was whacking low level till bowlers for six and calling him the future Chris Gayle of Pakistani batting. Chris Gayle should have sued for insult
 
It's almost surreal that this kid is playing for Pakistan. Just goes to show how far you can go in Pakistan if you are related to the right people, and how little your career can progress if you are not.
 
Dare i say azam khan is least of your problems. I think there should be a separate T20 squad. Your best batsman is scoring soft runs, your only genuine spinner in the team is bowling short bowls. Your fast bowlers have very little experience of IST class games. And everyone acts as judiciary for a kid who has barely played 2 matches. It’s not that there were too many to chose from. Does asif, iffi, talat, khushdil or danish ring a bell. At least this guy has some shots he can play.
 
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Just seeing highlights, how is this guy match fit? Are there no tests conducted before selection! Unless he is supremely talented I see no point in selecting this player :facepalm:

Bro he's quite far off from being match fit. I am more match fit than him and I haven't exercised in 2 months. He's not supremely talented either. He's a hack of a player who did quite poorly in the recently completed PSL. And has done practically nothing in his short career thus far.

He is there because he is the son of Moin Khan.
 
Even today , he tried to hit the spinner very hard but did not hit the ball and was stumped by miles. Joke of a player , even at club level.

A player like him would have struggled to make any 11 for a high-profile Ramazan Cup match in Karachi.
 
This guy needs to be out of the cricketing circuit until he loses weight. Squad already has Sarfraz "burden" Ahmed.
 
This torture must stop.

The bloke is clearly not fit and a parchi player all the way.

If he did want to become a cricketer at least he could've worked on his fitness in his youth.

Pure pure jokes.
 
People don’t seem to understand, the PLAYERS DONT SELECT THEMSELVES !!

Don’t blame the players if they ain’t performing, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE THE DOMESTIC PERFORMANCES TO BACK THEIR SELECTION INTO THE NATIONAL TEAM !!

BLAME MOHAMMAD WASIM FOR SELECTING HIM.

BLAME MISBAH UL HAQ FOR PICKING HIM IN THE XI.

BLAME BABAR FOR BEING A DUMMY CAPTAIN.

DO NOT BLAME AZAM KHAN, THEY’VE THROWN HIM INTO THE DEEP END OF THE WATER FAR TOO EARLY.

Azam Khan will be back, I’m a fan of him and maybe in 5-6 years he’ll be ready for the national team

He cant lose the fat he acquires in the next 10 years let alone be a good national side player
 
Selections like this must make all of the non-nepotism players want to stop playing cricket.

Overweight? It's okay.

Poor domestic stats? It's okay.

Terrible fielder? It's okay.

This is the most blatant nepotism I've seen. The amount of excuses being made for him by selectors, coaches, former players, analysts is disgraceful. They are literally begging him to do anything useful so they can prop him up. The guy hits a couple of sixes and now he's the next great slogger. Straight-up embarrassing.

They never do that for guys that don't have well-connected parents. Those guys spend years in domestic cricket, fail once, and it's all over.

What a terrible system.

He could hit 10 centuries in a row and it's still a disgrace. His path to international cricket has been handed to him on a silver platter with no logic at all.
 
Azam Khan under a lot of pressure and criticism from fans and Cricket viewers, he better improve his performance or the Selectors will be forced to show him the door.

He is still very very young and can always work hard to loose more weight and improve his performances to make a comeback into the side.
 
Azam Khan under a lot of pressure and criticism from fans and Cricket viewers, he better improve his performance or the Selectors will be forced to show him the door.

He is still very very young and can always work hard to loose more weight and improve his performances to make a comeback into the side.

Tbh looking at his IG page, the guy has zero discipline as far as diet is concerned. He is always posting pics, selfies at resteraunts and taking pics of rich dishes he has ordered.

Guy comes from a well off family. Goes to an elite hi fi gym in khi. He's been in the system for the last 4 years and he still has weight issues. Everything has been handed to him on a platter, he's not been made to work or earn anything so why bother
 
Saud Shakeel had to wait for years before getting a chance, Abdullah has been on multiple tours without getting a SINGLE game, Kamran Ghulam was dropped without a game despite a record shattering season and Azam Khan gets fast tracked to the international team on the back of a few fluky innings in a handful of club and league games, guess that sums up the state of Pakistan cricket more than anything else.
 
As somebody mentioned, the T20 game yesterday was live on British TV free for everybody with a TV set. This is rare for cricket matches.

To see Azam Khan representing a once proud cricket nation like Pakistan made me sad. Awful PR if this is our future.
 
when players like Hafeez have played for so long and bottle it whenever the pressure is on. What hope has this guy. You say his PSL average is low... Mo Hafeez has only 14 T20i 50+ scores in 101 innings 5 of which are vs Bang or Zim

You could say he makes quick 30s and 40s....his career strike rate is 120 so he is hardly slamming 20 ball 40s is he. Anyway this thread is not about Hafeez but just saying mediocrity is nothing new


Azam khan aint the problem... TRUST ME
 
As per media report, apparently Mohd Wasim opposed his inclusion but had to relent under pressure from Misbah and Babar.
 
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Dont know why but I feel sorry for Azam.....
Not that I think he deserves to be in the team, but he is still human.
 
I would drop him for the third t20 we need to bring in Hassan Ali and Qadir for Azam and Rauf
 
when players like Hafeez have played for so long and bottle it whenever the pressure is on. What hope has this guy. You say his PSL average is low... Mo Hafeez has only 14 T20i 50+ scores in 101 innings 5 of which are vs Bang or Zim

You could say he makes quick 30s and 40s....his career strike rate is 120 so he is hardly slamming 20 ball 40s is he. Anyway this thread is not about Hafeez but just saying mediocrity is nothing new


Azam khan aint the problem... TRUST ME

Hafeez
79 out of 101 innings have been in the top 3
Opened in 35 innings with a Strikerate of 111
 
Not Khan’s fault that the Pakistan management team aren’t flexible enough to change and be fluid in their team selection, as soon as they played him after batting 1st in the Nottingham T20 he should of been trialed at 3 to at least give him a proper chance to show what he could do
 
Not Khan’s fault that the Pakistan management team aren’t flexible enough to change and be fluid in their team selection, as soon as they played him after batting 1st in the Nottingham T20 he should of been trialed at 3 to at least give him a proper chance to show what he could do

You think they dont see him playing in the nets?. I think management knows that the guy isn't cut for the international stage and are trying to save their faces for selecting such trash.
 
Tbh looking at his IG page, the guy has zero discipline as far as diet is concerned. He is always posting pics, selfies at resteraunts and taking pics of rich dishes he has ordered.

Guy comes from a well off family. Goes to an elite hi fi gym in khi. He's been in the system for the last 4 years and he still has weight issues. Everything has been handed to him on a platter, he's not been made to work or earn anything so why bother

The guys barely played any cricket and hes wearing rolexs, Audemaar Piguets , Patek Phillipes. This in itself is a problem, why work for anything in life when it gets handed to you on a plate. Im sure that same attitude transfers onto the cricket field.
 
Dropped for the third game - is this the end of this experiment for the near term?
 
Typical Misbah

Weve only seen 8 balls of Azam at international level and he is dropped.
 
I hope he gets more chances in future - but only if he improves his fitness and improves his batting, because at the moment he is very limited with his range of shots.
 
I hope he gets more chances in future - but only if he improves his fitness and improves his batting, because at the moment he is very limited with his range of shots.

As long as Rizwan is fit the team does not need a keeper. Can Azam play in the side simply as a batsman with very little to contribute on the field? Even if he sheds a lot of weight, Azam will be no cheetah on the field. Azam's fitness is so far of Imad Wasim's which isn't a great benchmark in itself.

At best he's a decent back up keeper. He's only 22, give him 3-4 years to become his best by playing first class cricket internationally, rather than the pick-drop-pick approach. That will simply turn him into another TTF!
 
Former all-rounder Abdul Razzaq believes that young right-handed batsman Azam Khan was selected on ‘merit’ in Pakistan’s T20I squad.

The right-hander had a difficult time in England where he managed scores of five not out and one in two innings and was subsequently dropped for the last T20I.

While talking to SAMAA, the 41-year-old stated that Azam was selected after performances in domestic cricket.

“He [Azam Khan] is a wicketkeeper who can is famous for big-hitting,” said Razzaq. “Azam was selected on merit because he fits the position where Pakistan have struggled in the recent past with no power hitters in the lower middle-order. He has performed well in the Pakistan Super League for Quetta Gladiators and has also been a performer in domestic cricket. So his selection was not wrong but it is up to the players to prove that they belong to the highest level.”

The 22-year-old has played 43 T20s in his short career where he has managed to score 825 runs at an average of 22.29 along with the strike-rate of 152.49.

https://www.samaa.tv/sports/cricket/2021/07/azam-selected-in-pakistans-t20i-squad-on-merit-razzaq/
 
He wasn't bad in the field, he did take a catch and seemed to give his best. People are being way too harsh on the youngsta. Sachin and Sewag were fat too.
 
He wasn't bad in the field, he did take a catch and seemed to give his best. People are being way too harsh on the youngsta. Sachin and Sewag were fat too.
Seriously? This guy looks like a mini elephant to me and a better comparison would be with Ranatunga of the 1980 and 90....Cricket has evolved and it is an abomination to have a player like him in an international team.
 
People don’t seem to understand, the PLAYERS DONT SELECT THEMSELVES !!

Don’t blame the players if they ain’t performing, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE THE DOMESTIC PERFORMANCES TO BACK THEIR SELECTION INTO THE NATIONAL TEAM !!

BLAME MOHAMMAD WASIM FOR SELECTING HIM.

BLAME MISBAH UL HAQ FOR PICKING HIM IN THE XI.

BLAME BABAR FOR BEING A DUMMY CAPTAIN.

DO NOT BLAME AZAM KHAN, THEY’VE THROWN HIM INTO THE DEEP END OF THE WATER FAR TOO EARLY.

Azam Khan will be back, I’m a fan of him and maybe in 5-6 years he’ll be ready for the national team

its the whole selection process where we are always looking for dream boys like Wasim & shahid afridi is wrong
let him spend atleast two proper first class season and if he performs consistently with good fitness, he will have strong claim to the middle order.
by this t20 world cup I am seeing Malik & Hafeez gone, so there are two or three open spots.
 
Sachin was stocky, not fat, he was also the quickest between wickets in India and amongst the quickest in World cricket and was a safe fielder, at one point of time only he, Azhar, Robin Singh and Jadeja could field. Sehwag was fat but it didn't seem like much of a liability at the time.
 
Sorry but intl team is not a fitness centre for developing players.

It is good if PCB and selectors see potential in him, then put him on national academy program and assign personal trainer/coach to get his fitness upto scratch for a year before adding him to national squad.

These weasel arguments like X is also fat, don't need to have 6 pack for cricket, see Rahkeem etc. won't help.

Fact is Azam khan is in no shape to represent an international team. Neither is his skill level so high or particular skillset so exotic that Pak team absolutely has to play him in XI.

He is a developing talent and should first be developed to come into decent shape so that we can then see whether his talent can cut it at intl level.
 
Seriously? This guy looks like a mini elephant to me and a better comparison would be with Ranatunga of the 1980 and 90....Cricket has evolved and it is an abomination to have a player like him in an international team.

Give the kid a chance and he will prove everyone wrong. He loves eating food and enjoying life, nothing wrong with that. Also, what can you do by getting a sick pack that you can't achieve with a family pack? :inzi

Ahmed Shehzad with a six pack will score 20 of 60 balls in a T20 match while Azam Khan will literally eat bowlers for breakfast :akhtar
 
Azam makes his return to the side for his 3rd T20I of his career. Will he fare better this time?
 
A bits and pieces player who is unfit for international level cricket. A club cricketer at best!
 
They're going to keep giving this failure a chance till he beats the law of averages and does well in a game after which we will have to suffer his presence in the team forever.
 
They're going to keep giving this failure a chance till he beats the law of averages and does well in a game after which we will have to suffer his presence in the team forever.

And why is that bad? if he scores for Pakistan - why not?
 
And why is that bad? if he scores for Pakistan - why not?

You mean a player scoring once out of ten goes is a good thing?

That's a very bad thing, we already have too many passengers, don't need another once in a bluemoon player in our team who can barely field, run on top of batting.
 
His inability to chase after the ball can clearly be seen from the second ball of the 8th over of the first T20, Pollard top edges a pull, Azam runs and tries to stop the ball, slides picks it up and throws, by the time he is up to throw the ball, WK Rizwan is almost next to him, Who had to cover at least 20 more yards to almost get to where Azam got to.
 
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