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[VIDEOS] Fakhar Zaman - Pakistan's most frustrating batter?

If you're gonna drop Fakhar and put Abdullah in his place, you pretty much have to do it either for the SL game or the Australia game. You don't want to play Abdullah in place of Fakhar for the India game (too much pressure for Abdullah to come in for your first WC match). I think worst case scenario, Fakhar gets a chance vs SL and then potentially a final chance vs India to really come to a definitive conclusion of whether he should switch out for Abdullah moving forward from that point.
 
I respect fakhar as a player. Specifically cause this lad won us a tournament for his country.

Shame he's out of form. But can't blame him, this is what happens when you play your best opener in the past decade and shove him at no 3 in t20 to accommodate 2 shezedai at the top. 🥂
 
Reports of Fakhar being dropped for Abdullah.

Unfortunately Pakistan have limited openers with the ability to maximise the powerplay.
 
I would give him another chance against Sri Lanka, unless the coaching staff are seeing in practice that he is hopelessly out of form and struggling.
 
mominsaigol said:
I respect fakhar as a player. Specifically cause this lad won us a tournament for his country.

Shame he's out of form. But can't blame him, this is what happens when you play your best opener in the past decade and shove him at no 3 in t20 to accommodate 2 shezedai at the top. 🥂
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Do you think his coming in at #3 is the reason for his poor ODI form?
 
Asad T said:
Do you think his coming in at #3 is the reason for his poor ODI form?
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100%, because fakhar was a frustrating bat but the lack of confidence I noticed started in the asia cup 2022 and t20 world cup 2022 and 2021 t20 world cup as well

He may have been a hack but he was confident and still performed every 1 in 5 games, and we needed someone like him cause no one else in the unit is capable of actually outbatting the opposition.

Shoving him down at 3 ruined him. People don't understand what damage moving a player out of position does to someone's confidence. Makes them feel disposable.

Why couldn't fakhar and rizzu open? Why did babar have to shove himself at opening for milestones?
 
Saj said:
I would give him another chance against Sri Lanka, unless the coaching staff are seeing in practice that he is hopelessly out of form and struggling.
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His body language has been horrible for a long time. He should have been dropped and sent back to domestic cricket to iron out his mental and batting issues. There is no substitute for form, confidence and runs under your belt.

India does not give anyone a long time to find their way back into form because of the immense competition for positions in the team and we should have had alternatives to Fakhar Zaman
 
Saj said:
I would give him another chance against Sri Lanka, unless the coaching staff are seeing in practice that he is hopelessly out of form and struggling.
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Pointless, unless he comes in the 40th over to whack the pace bowlers.

They’ll just bowl 10 overs up front with spin before he gets stumped.
 
I believe it would be good for Abdullah to gain some confidence before the India game. Instead of inserting him directly into the lineup to replace Fakhar.

Let Abdullah play against Sri Lanka and build his confidence before going into a crucial match against India.
 
If Abdullah is given a chance it has to be against Sri Lanka I wouldn't pick Abdullah against India if he doesn't play against Sri Lanka.
 
Abdullah replaces Fakhar today. As much as I like Fakhar, I think this is the right move
 
Bad move to drop Fakhar. You back the best batters to come good.
Abdullah hasnt done anything in List A/ODI, straight into the ODI WC game
 
Farabi said:
Bad move to drop Fakhar. You back the best batters to come good.
Abdullah hasnt done anything in List A/ODI, straight into the ODI WC game
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He played 1 game in asia cup against sri lanka and he played well. Fakhar was out of form and he should have been dropped.
 
let me get this right, the management had planned to drop Fakhar if he didn’t perform against Netherlands, why would you pick a player for the WC knowing that he’s one game away from being dropped?
 
Farabi said:
Bad move to drop Fakhar. You back the best batters to come good.
Abdullah hasnt done anything in List A/ODI, straight into the ODI WC game
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Not really, 15 innings is more than enough. Sometimes when someone is behaving like a total mental midget it's best to take them out of their misery
 
what if we drop Imam and play fakhar in the middle order?

Fakhar is the one if he gets going so he can change the complexion of the game single handedly.
 
I think fakhar should be included in this lineup in place of nawaz to strengthen their batting. Nawaz, shadab and ifti all are performing like part timers with the ball, so would be okay to have ifti bowl all his 10 overs quota and add fakhar somewhere in middle order in place of nawaz.
 
Looks like Imam is going to be dropped for Fakhar tomorrow.

Everyone knows how ineffective Imam is.
 
If Fakhar Zaman plays tomorrow so he has the potential to provide a cracking start either with boudaries or with his early wicket.

So could ba a match winner for both the teams :ROFLMAO:
 
Fakhar may be out of form, but when he gets going, then he does what noyone else in the whole of Pakistan can do at the moment.

Yes, its a thin margin, but for me its still a margin worth taking, because it can lead to match winning performances.
 
Bilal Ahmad15 said:
Fakhar may be out of form, but when he gets going, then he does what noyone else in the whole of Pakistan can do at the moment.

Yes, its a thin margin, but for me its still a margin worth taking, because it can lead to match winning performances.
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He’s a loose cannon that fires infrequently; but when it fires, there’s tremendous damage.

Only guy on the side that can give you a double hundred.
 
I am a fan of Fakhar Zaman. But ever since that New Zealand series ended earlier this year, he’s been absolutely horrible. He got more chances than any Pakistani batsmen I can remember and he failed all of them, and yes he’s been even worse than Imam both in average and in SR.

It’s so weird to see people on this forum who talk about Pakistan slowly in the beginning and accelerating as a bad thing desperate to promote Fakhar. He is not a hit from ball one kind of guy. It takes him a while to get settled but the good thing is that once he gets settled he accelerates and makes up for it.

Whether or not he plays today, I would be cool with seeing him and Abdullah Shafique open together. Seems a solid opening duo, but if he does I’m not going to go into it expecting him to change things that much considering his horrible form. Who knows maybe he finds form and plays a match winning innings. But he was deservedly dropped as he spent the last 6 months as our worst ODI batsmen.
 
He's always been a gamebreaker. It's unfortunate he lost his form at the wrong time.
 
It was important to give him a break. He had failed in his 10 plus consecutive innings and was looking like a mental midget. This is a lesson to the PCB and Team Management i.e. if someone is out of form, don't give him unlimited chances, give him a break or send him back to domestic cricket to rediscover his form, confidence.
 
Fakhar is miles better than the nephew. I will take a declined and injured Fakhar over any version of Imam.
 
Imam—the best friend of Babar, the nephew of Inzamam, the Saya Corporation business partner of both—never deserved to be opener over Fakhar.

Fakhar not only felt good with the bat, but his batting made Shafique feel & play at ease.
 
ArabKnight said:
Imam—the best friend of Babar, the nephew of Inzamam, the Saya Corporation business partner of both—never deserved to be opener over Fakhar.

Fakhar not only felt good with the bat, but his batting made Shafique feel & play at ease.
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Plus he's a brilliant outfielder
 
Fakhar Zaman in post game interview:


"After the Asia Cup, I practised a lot on my game, and was looking good in the training camp, and was looking forward to scoring runs for my team."

"Today I got a chance to play and I knew I had worked hard for it and it paid off."

"I was talking to Abdullah that I would see off the first 4 overs, it didn't matter how the wicket would play because I know I can hit sixes"

"My role is always to make it easy for my partners"

"The NRR was in the back of our minds, and after getting to 100 runs we were just looking to finish the game in 30 overs"

"After too many failures, I was always looking to score the first 30 runs but I was struggling to get that"

"Hopefully, I will make it big in the next games"
 
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Great return to form, but his time out to rediscover his touch should have been in the asia cup or beforehand, not in a WC.
 
Have always supported even out of form Fakhar when solid opening resources are limited. Wanted him to play entire world cup regardless of his form as his one good big knock would have done miles for our mentally weak team.

Parchi like Imam should never get a green light ahead of him, broken out of form Fakhar can still bat and score much better than him.
 
Good stuff.

The power of a calm mind.

He needed to be dropped for his own sake. We did not stop believing in him. He just needed a break.
 
Babar Azam:

“We know when Fakhar is playing its a different ball game. So he played his natural game and all the pressure is on their team. Good to see him."
 
On tough pitches play Imam as he can be reliable 75 strike rate batsman. On flat belters or small grounds, Fakhar should be the obvious choice.
 
We need to back Fakhar for the NZ game, Bengaluru seems to be a flatter pitch as evident from the AUS game and we will really need to focus on getting a good start in the powerplay to keep our momentum going.
 
I am not getting too carried away on the back of one innings against a team without fast bowlers. Fakhar's weakness was always against short bowling pitched outside off stump. He tries to fetch it from too wide and pull to leg and that doesn't work against the best bowlers. He will be tested properly against NZ and England, so will have to play in line as much as possible.
 
Fakhar Zaman is the Player of the match for his blistering innings of 81(74) , which includes 7 sixes. Screenshot_20231031_214200_WhatsApp.jpg
 
Great six hitting. He is Pakistan's X factor. Probably will combine well with Shafique who looks good technically. Just that he has to fix his running between the wickets. Almost ran himself out a few times.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
I am not getting too carried away on the back of one innings against a team without fast bowlers. Fakhar's weakness was always against short bowling pitched outside off stump. He tries to fetch it from too wide and pull to leg and that doesn't work against the best bowlers. He will be tested properly against NZ and England, so will have to play in line as much as possible.
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That may be true, but he's literally the only modern era batsmen that Pakistan has lol. Him and chacha.

Everyone else is beyond spineless and stuck in 1980's
 
What's good about his batting is that he's someone other teams fear and can dominate an attack while most of our other batsmen are reactive in that they get controlled by the bowling attack hence scoring slowly.

But Fakhar likes to get on the front foot and attack at a given opportunity. Hope this inns gives him the confidence to build and continue this good form.
 
He proved a lot today. 7 sixes is no joke, but he needs to improve strike rotation. Swallowed up a lot of dot balls. With 7 sixes, that 80 should have been off 40-something balls.

Nevertheless was a refreshing change
 
Cricket Warrior said:
These sort of impact players can't be consistent but yeah on their day they can change the course of the game single handedly.
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We should avoid these types of cliche statements.

1. Fakhar is not an “impact player”. He’s a modern opener who plays at a steady SR of 92. In comparison, other Pakistani batters are slower and play outdated cricket, making Fakhar look like an “impact player”. Impact player would be somebody like a Mohd Haris who can make an “impact” every now and then.
2. Using average as a metric for consistency, Fakhar has an average of 45 in 80 games with 10 centuries and 16 fifties. This is because, again, he’s not an impact player. He’s just a steady opener with a 4th gear.
 
FZ played well today, so credit where its due.

However, hate to say this, he isnt the type of batsmen that opposition will be scared of. He has been around for a while now and teams have largely worked him out. I doubt he will cross 20-30 runs in games against better sides
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
I am not getting too carried away on the back of one innings against a team without fast bowlers. Fakhar's weakness was always against short bowling pitched outside off stump. He tries to fetch it from too wide and pull to leg and that doesn't work against the best bowlers. He will be tested properly against NZ and England, so will have to play in line as much as possible.
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Yep that is our problem, one game and we think we found a new Bradman or Kohli, if he can do the same in the next two games then we can say that he is truly back though could be bit late, seems like lot depends on SA/NZ game
 
mominsaigol said:
I respect fakhar as a player. Specifically cause this lad won us a tournament for his country.

Shame he's out of form. But can't blame him, this is what happens when you play your best opener in the past decade and shove him at no 3 in t20 to accommodate 2 shezedai at the top. 🥂
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Cricket does not work the way you think. You can't continue trying a player at the opening position with absolutely zero performance in that format. Pakistan was forced to make that change because Fakhar was a total flop as a T20 batter. He should have got dropped from that team, but Pakistan and Babar were nice enough to try him at 3
 
Caved12 said:
Cricket does not work the way you think. You can't continue trying a player at the opening position with absolutely zero performance in that format. Pakistan was forced to make that change because Fakhar was a total flop as a T20 batter. He should have got dropped from that team, but Pakistan and Babar were nice enough to try him at 3
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Yh because rizwan and Babar are t20 opening goats 😂
 
Caved12 said:
This is a very good example of how to change the topic and dodge the question :)
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Not changing the topic. Their solution was to replace a t20 over who whole averages Low, still has an impressive sr and can function in match winning performances over 2 joke openers who soft score?

Case in point rizzu's Asia cup final performances as well as babar and rizwan's horrific t20 2022 wc opening display.

The same way our joke batsmen in the WC can't perform in a single game unless the bowling is absolutely crap like Sri lanka. Otherwise their match losing soft scores. All of babar's 50 have resulted us losing those games lol.

Babar and rizwan have consistently shown to be worse then fakhar vs quality bowling unlike fakhar who does perform better overall in both odi and t20 against quality bowling.

Secondly fakhar wasn't shifted at no 3 for being a poor t20 performer. Every person on the planet knows that's a lie, especially with this whole selecting nawaz nonsense. Their is no such thing as merit in pcb.

Rizwan is opening in t20 because misbah wanted to get rid of sarfi, babar is opening in t20 because he's milestone obsessed. Rizwan is also a director is a company that utilises talent management aka friendship management to select players and their numbers. Fakhar isn't a part of that friend circle. Fakhar however is kept in due to virtue of lack of choice.

As babar said, without fakhar the team is toast. If fakhar plays 20 overs the team wins 10 our of 10 times, if babar plays 20 overs then we'll you've already seen the results this WC as well as last wc.

3x in a row our joke goats have been exposed once the bowling is even semi decent.
 
He is not and cannot be consistent.

He still is better than the mediocre Imam, who is a pure match loser. Total fake statpadding by him.

Will take a one legged Fakhar over Imam any day.

Sure when we find a consistent dynamic opener someone like Saim Ayub if he develops, should replace him eventually.

Imam needs to be kicked out for eternity from international cricket. Not his cup of tea.
 
mominsaigol said:
Not changing the topic. Their solution was to replace a t20 over who whole averages Low, still has an impressive sr and can function in match winning performances over 2 joke openers who soft score?

Case in point rizzu's Asia cup final performances as well as babar and rizwan's horrific t20 2022 wc opening display.

The same way our joke batsmen in the WC can't perform in a single game unless the bowling is absolutely crap like Sri lanka. Otherwise their match losing soft scores. All of babar's 50 have resulted us losing those games lol.

Babar and rizwan have consistently shown to be worse then fakhar vs quality bowling unlike fakhar who does perform better overall in both odi and t20 against quality bowling.

Secondly fakhar wasn't shifted at no 3 for being a poor t20 performer. Every person on the planet knows that's a lie, especially with this whole selecting nawaz nonsense. Their is no such thing as merit in pcb.

Rizwan is opening in t20 because misbah wanted to get rid of sarfi, babar is opening in t20 because he's milestone obsessed. Rizwan is also a director is a company that utilises talent management aka friendship management to select players and their numbers. Fakhar isn't a part of that friend circle. Fakhar however is kept in due to virtue of lack of choice.

As babar said, without fakhar the team is toast. If fakhar plays 20 overs the team wins 10 our of 10 times, if babar plays 20 overs then we'll you've already seen the results this WC as well as last wc.

3x in a row our joke goats have been exposed once the bowling is even semi decent.
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Don't believe in these conspiracy theories and focus on only one thing which is a fact that Fakhar could not work as a T20 batter and a change needed to be made after trying him in 70 plus matches.
 
Caved12 said:
Don't believe in these conspiracy theories and focus on only one thing which is a fact that Fakhar could not work as a T20 batter and a change needed to be made after trying him in 70 plus matches.
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I think you're just grasping at straws and deliberately ignoring all my points, cause you know you have nothing to stand on lol.

The company isn't a conspiracy theory. It literally exists and it's shares are publicly displayed 😂😂.

Secondly didn't have 70 matches as an opener lol, lastly if you were going to replace fakhar them replace him with someone suitable like saim ayub.

On what basis do babar and rizzu get to open? What have they done? Bully c and d tier teams? Cause they keep failing and crashing hard anytime theirs a tournament and the main teams are here to play.

They have one good innings against India in WC in 2021 only. What else have they done?

Babar played a match losing knock in the aus semi final, rizwan a match losing knock in Asia cup final and wc 2022 they were an embrassment. I'd be fine if they got dismissed early but they stayed nearly through the entire innings on the semi final and final?
 
GLORY OF '92 said:
This is the best he's played in a few years
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He literally has a 180 knock and a 114 knock this year 😂😂, and another century knock before that lol.

We literally now know the reason he wasn't performing. It's the same reason why pur bowlers and many other players are jokes.

Pcb was playing them while unfit and running them to the ground.

Bumrah was getting pelted in 2021 and bcci quickly realised that he was unfit amd struggling. They took him out for 2 years and didn't risk playing him despite bumrah's complaints.

Pcb is an idiot beyond belief. Play the guy when he's fit?

I always get clowned for this but I'll smack any poster right here right now. Fakhar is the best batsmen Pakistan have had since 2017, bring those fakhar vs rizwan or fakhar vs babar arguments. Come at me 👺👺👺👺👺👺.

Okay my cringe phase is over. Peace out broskie.
 
He was dropped for a bit longer. Should have made his comeback against South Africa.
 
mominsaigol said:
He literally has a 180 knock and a 114 knock this year 😂😂, and another century knock before that lol.

We literally now know the reason he wasn't performing. It's the same reason why pur bowlers and many other players are jokes.

Pcb was playing them while unfit and running them to the ground.

Bumrah was getting pelted in 2021 and bcci quickly realised that he was unfit amd struggling. They took him out for 2 years and didn't risk playing him despite bumrah's complaints.

Pcb is an idiot beyond belief. Play the guy when he's fit?

I always get clowned for this but I'll smack any poster right here right now. Fakhar is the best batsmen Pakistan have had since 2017, bring those fakhar vs rizwan or fakhar vs babar arguments. Come at me 👺👺👺👺👺👺.

Okay my cringe phase is over. Peace out broskie.
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It's not just BCCI, every professional cricket board is the same.
 
The most frustrating thing for me is the way Fakhar has been handled this tournament. Shouldn't have been dropped. He might have clicked earlier and we would've won that game.
 
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