[VIDEOS] Haris Rauf is a habitually unreliable death bowler

[Savak]

He habitually gets tonked in the death overs. I never understood the myth of him being this death over specialist. The guy cannot handle an iota of pressure when faced with a dangerous hard hitting. People who blame Shaheen for the T20 WC QF defeat vs Australia are forgetting how Stoinos and Wade teed off on Rauf in that game.

Either the team management needs to change his role i.e. do away with his overs in the middle overs or drop him for better options.

 

[Guardian]

I feel he needs to be prove his successes in the WT20 were not one-off flukes. Let's see if he can consistently perform well. If not, then one of Dahani, Naseem or Hasnain should take his spot.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

I’d bowl Shaheen’s 4 overs up front and Haris Rauf’s at 10th,12th,14th and 16th along with a spinner at the other end.

Hopefully by then the opposition would be 7-8 down because we don’t have any quality death overs specialists that can pick up wickets or reduce the flow of runs.

There’s only one bowler that hardly ever gets tonked, Mohammad Amir, but his only issue is that he’s not picking up wickets.

 

[Mean&Green]

You guys seriously need to enjoy these pyjama leagues and not judge players off of them and compare it to their international performance because even the worlds best batsman Babar azam plays like temba bavuma in these leagues

 

[Saj]

8.44 economy rate in T20Is
8.35 economy rate in T20s

The sort of bowler who will take wickets but will get smacked around more often than not.

What's concerning is the number of beamers he bowls that are called no-balls and of course too many length deliveries in the death overs.

 

[sweep_shot]

He was quite effective during the World T20.

In T20 format, you can get smashed. Even the best bowlers can get smashed.

 

[Major]

Thread made in january. We are in August and the topic is still relevant i believe

 

[adzzy786]

He has improved a lot over the last year. I feel like today his cramps were causing him issues.

 

[Rana]

He was poor in the Semi final and he was below par today as well.

No excuses to not execute Yorkers at the back end

 

[sweep_shot]

He is good but inconsistent. Tends to leak runs often.

 

[Cricketwatch]

Why don't pakistani bowlers bowl yorkers. They can be lethal with perfect yorkers

 

[GreenKhan]

On average even the top Bowlers have an ER of 9-10 in the death overs . Can’t blame Haris to much . They were due on big over at some point .

 

[asifp]

The issue is the total lack of thinking.
He has pace, ball is gripping, bowl atleast one slower ball.

Again with his pace if he bowls in the body, the batman can only do so many things. Set your field. Hardik was waiting to tee of over mid wicket. You don't need a long on and long off for the length he was bowling with pace. You needed two guys in the mid wicket area.

 

[Savak]

He didn't bowl a single yorker to Pandya on the stumps or outside off. He cannot think on his feet.

 

[Saj]

Too many freebies.

Wides, loose balls that negate the good balls that he bowls.

 

[PakHammer]

Very inconsistent in death overs is Haris and his last over probably cost us the win. To be honest Shaheen is the same. He also gets tanked in the death overs. Maybe Dahani and Naseem will be better in the death overs?

 

[Mean&Green]

Extremely poor thinking he still thinks like a tape ball bowler. Hardik not play sheer pace it’s a fact he struggled against mark wood as well. His strength is on side not off side . You need to bowl him wide Yorkers or slower balls on fifth stump and he will always struggle. We saw it today as well pace outside off stump he missed every ball rauf bowled three exact same garbage deliveries at leg stump.

 

[TheSultan]

The boundaries happen, but some of those wides are the beginning of the over were pretty poor.

Babar’s failed chase to the boundary was poor too

 

[Savak]

Very inconsistent in death overs is Haris and his last over probably cost us the win. To be honest Shaheen is the same. He also gets tanked in the death overs. Maybe Dahani and Naseem will be better in the death overs?

Top quality bowlers in international cricket have the ability to think on their feet with respect to the batsman they are bowling too and the match situation. Rauf lacks badly in this regard

 

[Rana]

One thing

He cannot be dropped. He has more of an appetite to strike the ball hard at the back end in comparison to guys like Khushdil and Shadab

 

[shamaan]

It was a poor over from Rauf no yorkers or slow balls however he should not be dropped.

 

[Extra_Cover]

I feel Dahani would be better suited to bowl at death than Rauf. We should use Rauf smartly with 1 over in first 6, 2 overs in middle and only 1 in last 4 to get best out of him. Also never give Rauf 2 back to back overs especially in death, his second over 9/10 times loses the plot.

 

[Jazx]

He can be the next umar gul in death overs but the problem is he always looks in tremendous pressure by face and tries too many things in a single over. He just need to keep it simple and straight at yorker length and can also mix one or two deliveries with variations.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Rauf was so predictable in that last over against India in the first game that everyone watching even knew what he was going to dish out.

He needs to focus on his lengths especially at the back end of the innings and try and bowl more yorkers as he keeps bowling length which gets smashed into the stands.

 

[Mp812]

They more the pace the more likely the ball travels to the ropes 'provided' the batter is decently talented enough to use pace to his advantage. That does not means slow pace is good. But medium pacers who bowl intelligently with variations are more likely to succeed in outfoxing a batter. However speedsters like rauf can get work done only if their yorkers are spot on

 

[chacha kashmiri]

Other than gul, the others like hasan, junaid and tanvir have always been bad at the end
Rauf has plenty of experience, and is better than the likes of hasnain for this

 

[fieldMarshal]

Rauf has no control n when he's bowls a yorker it ends up either as a haf volley or full toss

 

[iRfaN_LA]

I feel he has lost the aggression in his bowling. Just comes in and bowls. Remember he was a tape ball bowler few years back, does not have enough experience under his belt.

 

[ethan hunt]

I was more dissppointed in him not having the long on wider if he was going to ball in to the pitch stuff. That length is highly unlikely to be hit straight at that pace.
Not keeping the ball outside off for Pandya. Thats an apparent area of weakness for him. Allowed him to swing through that midwicket arc.

 

[chacha kashmiri]

I feel he has lost the aggression in his bowling. Just comes in and bowls. Remember he was a tape ball bowler few years back, does not have enough experience under his belt.

Did you not see him arguing with pandya while he was hugging Mo Rizwan

 

[Saj]

There's a lack of structure and thinking in his bowling at crucial times. Quite often he will bowl a wide or poor delivery at key moments.

I wonder if he's one of those who struggles under pressure.

 

[Firebat]

Produces his worst over of the tournament at literally the worst possible time...

 

[The_KING]

Goes for 22 in the final over. This rubbish bowler can't handle pressure.

 

[Rana]

What a choke job

Sorry Rauf but you need to go back to the humble self and not this over-confident version of you that is playing to the cameras

 

[bilawal666]

He lost us that game against India and nearly cost the Qalanders today's game.

 

[Osama Shafeeqe]

It seems like he sets up a plan in his mind before he bowls the over and sticks to the plan no matter what. He clearly needed to take pace off and yet he stuck with his plan to bowl quick.

 

[Saj]

Drama this guy.

9.26 economy rate this PSL.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Haris Rauf is not having a good time in India for the ICC World cup. Getting smashed in the warm-up games. Gave away 38 runs in his 3 overs until now against the aussies. Can he bounce back and bring his A-game for the real showdown?

 

[Jazx]

There is no point in bowling Rauf in first 10-15 overs. He is not a new ball bowler by any means where you need to swing or seam the ball. He should always be brought into attack in middle and death overs when the ball gets old and slightly hold on to the surface.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Unreliable per se

 

[SpiritOf1903]

1-97 (9)

 

[Rana]

He had a smirk on his face throughout

Something really suspicious about his behaviour

 

[Sher Khan]

He had a smirk on his face throughout

Something really suspicious about his behaviour

He wasn't taking it serious. It's a warm up.

 

[Rana]

He wasn't taking it serious. It's a warm up.

1-96 in 9 overs

Your taking this in the World Cup?

 

[Dr_Bassim]

He had a smirk on his face throughout

Something really suspicious about his behaviour

He knows he wont be dropped.

Nawaz bowled well but was still tense.

Usama was deprived of the bowl because Shadab was worried about being outbowled.

Hasan was giving his all to be in the final 11.

The only people relaxed were Shaheen and Haris who know they are gonna play.

 

[ahmadharis1]

This is what happens when you select ODI bowlers based on t20 performance

 

[Amjid Javed]

T20 bowler who gets away with it in just 4 over quotas, when it comes to ODIs he is cannon fodder

 

[Abid Z]

To be fair there were some inside edges that went for 4 today but certainly he has to perfect those wide of off stump Yorkers. he thinks like most Pakistani bowlers that he can simply blast out players with 145kph balls. That rarely happens these days. He needs to be more consistent and clever with his variations. We can’t have two blowers like Rauf and Wasim in the same team.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

I think he is a bit overrated as a specialist death bowler.

Whenever he gets any flat surface so his performance also becomes flat.

He never tried any sort of variation in today's game against Australia that is the reason why he became so predictable with his line and get thrashed.

 

[hassan918]

To be fair there were some inside edges that went for 4 today but certainly he has to perfect those wide of off stump Yorkers. he thinks like most Pakistani bowlers that he can simply blast out players with 145kph balls. That rarely happens these days. He needs to be more consistent and clever with his variations. We can’t have two blowers like Rauf and Wasim in the same team.

Yes, you just can't succeed in international cricket only with Pace. You must have the ability to swing the ball and some variations as well.

 

[Saj]

The upcoming World Cup is going to be a stern test for Haris.

With Naseem missing, there's going to be more onus on him and more scrutiny.

Pressure will be on.

 

[mominsaigol]

Haris is good, the thing is, he's wicket taking however the reason he was good prior was because naseem is economical and bowls troubling lengths. So batsmen went after haris Rauf and took pressure and got out.

No naseem means haris is under pressure.

Naseem injury dented us, because he was kind of the glue that allowed shaheen and rauf to do so well.

An economical and wicket taking bowler really compliments your team.

It's why siraj and pandya were ordinary against Nepal but when bumrah came against Pakistan and Sri lanka, siraj and pandya are looking a million dollars.

Theirs more pressure to go after other bowlers when you have one quality economical bowler who's difficult to attack and can slow the run rate to a crawl.

 

[Concerned]

Cricinfo made a documentary on him like he’s one of a kind bowler.

He’s been taken apart too many times in pressure situations to be considered world class.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Criticizing someone for a bad performance in a warm up match?

 

[mominsaigol]

Cricinfo made a documentary on him like he’s one of a kind bowler.

He’s been taken apart too many times in pressure situations to be considered world class.

I think by one of a kind, they mean his uncanny ability to get wickets irrespective of how expensive he is.

Lack of naseem however messes it up, he was good because naseem with economy gave more pressure to attack haris at the death and that got him wickets.

Lack of naseem means they can target haris when he bowls a loose delivery which he usually does and then target hasan at the death or shaheen even.

 

[Abid Z]

Haris is good, the thing is, he's wicket taking however the reason he was good prior was because naseem is economical and bowls troubling lengths. So batsmen went after haris Rauf and took pressure and got out.

No naseem means haris is under pressure.

Naseem injury dented us, because he was kind of the glue that allowed shaheen and rauf to do so well.

An economical and wicket taking bowler really compliments your team.

It's why siraj and pandya were ordinary against Nepal but when bumrah came against Pakistan and Sri lanka, siraj and pandya are looking a million dollars.

Theirs more pressure to go after other bowlers when you have one quality economical bowler who's difficult to attack and can slow the run rate to a crawl.

Agree 100%. It’s not just a case of individuals it’s the balance of the whole attack between containing options and wicket takers. Haris and Wasim have played the last game as if it’s another t20. I think they need to just calm down a little.

 

[Marooned]

Wood getting smashed to all corners going at economy over 12 currently.

If it was Rouf, everyone would've been at his throat already and all sorts of wild claims would be afloat around here.

 

[ArabKnight]

Rauf is the type of bowler who you can pull for 6 boundaries in a row.

Pathetic bowling.

I've called him Wahab Riaz clone since he debuted, and I'm afraid I'm wrong — because he's much worse than Riaz!

 

[chinaman00]

Unfair to blame Rauf or the bowlers. No bowling unit can defend this pathetic score. The score is so low allowing the Indian batsmen to attack and play with full freedom and authority.

 

[ArabKnight]

Unfair to blame Rauf or the bowlers. No bowling unit can defend this pathetic score. The score is so low allowing the Indian batsmen to attack and play with full freedom and authority.

Good bowling can be lethal no matter what the total is.

Sarfraz used to defend 200-250 run targets.

 

[FearlessRoar]

What i have understood by watching his game. He is T20 bowler. He is not an ODI player. He has not approach for delivering 10 overs

 

[aukhan]

He is a 4 overs T20 bowler.

Those who perform in LIST A cricket don't get their chance in Pakistan.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Rohit Sharma put him in his place tonight. Good bowler but against too much batting class tonight.

 

[JAV12341]

He’s an over rated spray gun period pakistan whole bowling is overrated

 

[jnaveen1980]

He thinks with his 148 kph balls can rule the world everywhere.

 

[Savak]

Gavaskar unimpressed with Haris Rauf.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Too much hype?

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Too much hype?

Not good enough to defend 191, eh.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Not good enough to defend 191, eh.

Its not 191. Its going at 7 runs a over in a low scoring match.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Its not 191. Its going at 7 runs a over in a low scoring match.

The match was over when Rizwan got out. You can’t expect the bowlers to go out and bowl India out for less than 190. Also, no batting team a part from Pakistan will sit back and defend when chasing a low total. I don’t blame any bowler in today’s game.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

He is a very ordinary bowler( I have said it time and again), the best he can do is win matches against lesser teams in t20s, that’s it.

He is quite similar to Wahab Riaz, might produce a match winning spell sometimes but is prone to getting smashed all around

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Offering nothing

 

[Mamoon]

It is incredible that this thread wasn’t bumped on October 23 last year when he got owned by Kohli in the penultimate over and lost Pakistan the game.

Rauf is laughably overrated. He is hyped as someone ferocious speed demon but in reality he is a right-handed Wahab Riaz at best.

 

[Rana]

The way he was smirking when getting smashed for 96 in 9 overs in the warm up match

Guy needs to wake up. The teams coming now love extra pace on these tracks

 

[Mamoon]

The way he was smirking when getting smashed for 96 in 9 overs in the warm up match

Guy needs to wake up. The teams coming now love extra pace on these tracks

He will concede 100+ one day and he will not mentally recover from such mauling. That will be the end of Rauf.

He will be a gone case soon. Shaheen and Naseem are next.

 

[ArabKnight]

The way he was smirking when getting smashed for 96 in 9 overs in the warm up match

Guy needs to wake up. The teams coming now love extra pace on these tracks

He will never wake up.

Was never meant for the international stage. He’s occupying a spot in the XI like a few other passengers.

 

[Devadwal]

He is good t20 bowlers but not good for ODI

 

[shah_1]

Wahab has been abused way too much, miss him in the middle overs. He always did a great job in the middle overs as a enforcer in three WC he has played, compare him with this Haris Rauf. Only good at bashing lower ranked teams.

We had a quality fast bowling attack in 2019 WC with Amir with new ball, a young & fast Shaheen and Wahab in the middle. The fast bowling attack in this WC is atrocious, extremely below par.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Wahab has been abused way too much, miss him in the middle overs. He always did a great job in the middle overs as a enforcer in three WC he has played, compare him with this Haris Rauf. Only good at bashing lower ranked teams.

We had a quality fast bowling attack in 2019 WC with Amir with new ball, a young & fast Shaheen and Wahab in the middle. The fast bowling attack in this WC is atrocious, extremely below par.

Wahab was a war horse.
He could probably still be playing he’s so fit

 

[Usman Chadda]

Wahab has been abused way too much, miss him in the middle overs. He always did a great job in the middle overs as a enforcer in three WC he has played, compare him with this Haris Rauf. Only good at bashing lower ranked teams.

We had a quality fast bowling attack in 2019 WC with Amir with new ball, a young & fast Shaheen and Wahab in the middle. The fast bowling attack in this WC is atrocious, extremely below par.

Not much difference between the two, Wahab was as big a spray gun as Haris Rauf and probably a bigger match loser when he lost his radar.

2019WC was in different conditions, Rauf got smacked on a pitch where Mark Wood also went at 10 RPO in the opening game and that too against Conway and Ravindra, let alone one of the best ODI players in the modern game.

Rauf is no world beater, but he is not as bad as people are making him out to be. The pitch becomes an absolute dream to bat on under lights in Ahmedabad.