[VIDEOS] Justice for Sahibzada Farhan: what did he do wrong?

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Sahibzada Farhan was selected to represent Pakistan on the back of excellent performances. In the recently concluded National T20 cup, Sahibzada’s performance:

-492 runs at a strike rate of 179!
-4x 50s and 1x100. Top score of 109*
-29 sixes at 9.4 balls per six!

At the PSL9

-288 runs at an average of 38.00 and a strike rate of 133
-3x 50s

In my honest opinion, the guy was deservedly picked to represent Pakistan. He has matured and improved massively as a batsman, yet he was given 2 games on the NZ tour where he was batted at 5 and 7! Even in his last T20 for Pakistan where he batted at 7, he made a reasonable contribution of 19 from 14 balls, Pakistan won this game.

I cannot understand what exactly has this guy done wrong to not be considered right now? He hasn’t even been given a proper chance to show why he should or should not represent Pakistan in T20 cricket. For what reason must he suffer this injustice? Pakistan have been well behind International top sides when it comes to modern batting approach, they have tried to change their batting order to meet these demands, but then why can’t one of your performing cricketers not be given a fair opportunity to show that they can sort this issue out for you?
 
Sahibzada Farhan was selected to represent Pakistan on the back of excellent performances. In the recently concluded National T20 cup, Sahibzada’s performance:

-492 runs at a strike rate of 179!
-4x 50s and 1x100. Top score of 109*
-29 sixes at 9.4 balls per six!

At the PSL9

-288 runs at an average of 38.00 and a strike rate of 133
-3x 50s

In my honest opinion, the guy was deservedly picked to represent Pakistan. He has matured and improved massively as a batsman, yet he was given 2 games on the NZ tour where he was batted at 5 and 7! Even in his last T20 for Pakistan where he batted at 7, he made a reasonable contribution of 19 from 14 balls, Pakistan won this game.

I cannot understand what exactly has this guy done wrong to not be considered right now? He hasn’t even been given a proper chance to show why he should or should not represent Pakistan in T20 cricket. For what reason must he suffer this injustice? Pakistan have been well behind International top sides when it comes to modern batting approach, they have tried to change their batting order to meet these demands, but then why can’t one of your performing cricketers not be given a fair opportunity to show that they can sort this issue out for you?
Management found a new toy in shape of Usman Khan. Either way. None of them are probably going to last long in the setup and management will end up not ruining their chances but also the preparation towards the WT20.
 
Yes he deserves justice.

Our senior players take bilateral T20 cricket as an all you can eat buffet that only they are allowed to partake in.

The rest of the country can only look in from outside as they refuse to give up their seats.

Occasionally they let someone else in for the sake of appearances but quietly boot them out when the coast is clear.

The lack of squad rotation in T20 cricket has killed our game.
 
In an ideal world this should be our top 7

Farhan
Usman
Saim
Babar
Rizwan
Ifti
Imad / shahdab

Top 3 all out hitters followed by 2 anchors and 2 finishers.

This will result in high chances of good utilization of power play and if there are any early wickets then Babar and Rizwan can anchor the innings with Ifti and imad/shahdab to finish things off and if needed then Shaheen and Naseem can whack a few as well. Pretty balanced squad.
 
He had an average PSL.

Quality of bowling in PSL is probably much higher than National T20 Cup.

Real injustice was done to Mohammad Haris, though.

He can play high pace better than all Pakistani batsmen and is one of the few genuinely gifted players who justifies the hype.

But his selection might be a real threat to Rizwan's place I suppose.
 
He had an average PSL.

Quality of bowling in PSL is probably much higher than National T20 Cup.

Real injustice was done to Mohammad Haris, though.

He can play high pace better than all Pakistani batsmen and is one of the few genuinely gifted players who justifies the hype.

But his selection might be a real threat to Rizwan's place I suppose.
Babar had a good PSL…

We know how useless he is at International cricket
 
He had an average PSL.

Quality of bowling in PSL is probably much higher than National T20 Cup.

Real injustice was done to Mohammad Haris, though.

He can play high pace better than all Pakistani batsmen and is one of the few genuinely gifted players who justifies the hype.

But his selection might be a real threat to Rizwan's place I suppose.
Fakhar had one of his worst PSL’s

He’s still with the Pakistan team based on reputation
 
Babar had a good PSL…

We know how useless he is at International cricket
But don't you think Mohammad Haris being dropped by Wahab from T20 side was an even bigger injustice? Seems like an obvious plot to protect Rizwan's spot
 
Babar had a good PSL…

We know how useless he is at International cricket
You want him to open right? with saim? Babar at 3. fakhar at 4, rizwan gone for good.
Then after some time, people will say that it was all injustice to usman to just ditch him after 2 games. What should PCB be doing here?
 
But don't you think Mohammad Haris being dropped by Wahab from T20 side was an even bigger injustice? Seems like an obvious plot to protect Rizwan's spot
I’m tired of trying to call out things I noted 3-4 years ago.

Might as well try to point out things I can which are currently relative.

It was blatantly obvious Harris is already a better white ball batsman than Rizwan in his first PSL season for Peshawar Zalmi. I said it then too. You all laughed at me lol
 
You want him to open right? with saim? Babar at 3. fakhar at 4, rizwan gone for good.
Then after some time, people will say that it was all injustice to usman to just ditch him after 2 games. What should PCB be doing here?
Well, for a starter

Give the guy who they have picked a fair chance in his actual position

Let’s start with this first
 
Well, for a starter

Give the guy who they have picked a fair chance in his actual position

Let’s start with this first
Obviously farhan should have opened in the last series against NZ but now, in the presence of Saim, babar, usman, fakhar, I don't see him in the team. Saim to be rested? Babar will be carzy if he do that.
 
Obviously farhan should have opened in the last series against NZ but now, in the presence of Saim, babar, usman, fakhar, I don't see him in the team. Saim to be rested? Babar will be carzy if he do that.
Did I say Saim to be rested?
 
babar rested then? or you would play him ahead of fakhar?
If I have it my way, you know I would stick in Fakhar and Sharjeel without caring what anyone thinks.


I can’t have it my way. Ideally I would go with Fakhar and Farhan. They look imposing as batsmen.
 
If I have it my way, you know I would stick in Fakhar and Sharjeel without caring what anyone thinks.


I can’t have it my way. Ideally I would go with Fakhar and Farhan. They look imposing as batsmen.
Ok so saim is rested as I said earlier. Fakhar was the worst batter in the PSL while opening. Farhan was an inch better so I would say for frhan OKAY. But fakhar?
 
Ok so saim is rested as I said earlier. Fakhar was the worst batter in the PSL while opening. Farhan was an inch better so I would say for frhan OKAY. But fakhar?
I said Sharjeel too. He wasn’t even in the PSL

Why do you expect me to argue with stats only? I don’t argue like that. I have instincts. I have experience knowing, studying this game. I can make fair assessments with long term vision based on that experience and study of the game.

I can’t win arguments with stats only, but in the long run I know what I am saying. Another thing I learned is that you do, and you should pick your players for what they are capable of doing on their best day. I love this mantra by England cricket.
 
I said Sharjeel too. He wasn’t even in the PSL

Why do you expect me to argue with stats only? I don’t argue like that. I have instincts. I have experience knowing, studying this game. I can make fair assessments with long term vision based on that experience and study of the game.

I can’t win arguments with stats only, but in the long run I know what I am saying. Another thing I learned is that you do, and you should pick your players for what they are capable of doing on their best day. I love this mantra by England cricket.
Sharjeel is history so I am not even talking about him anymore. He missed the boat way earlier.
 
Sahibzada Farhan was selected to represent Pakistan on the back of excellent performances. In the recently concluded National T20 cup, Sahibzada’s performance:

-492 runs at a strike rate of 179!
-4x 50s and 1x100. Top score of 109*
-29 sixes at 9.4 balls per six!

At the PSL9

-288 runs at an average of 38.00 and a strike rate of 133
-3x 50s

In my honest opinion, the guy was deservedly picked to represent Pakistan. He has matured and improved massively as a batsman, yet he was given 2 games on the NZ tour where he was batted at 5 and 7! Even in his last T20 for Pakistan where he batted at 7, he made a reasonable contribution of 19 from 14 balls, Pakistan won this game.

I cannot understand what exactly has this guy done wrong to not be considered right now? He hasn’t even been given a proper chance to show why he should or should not represent Pakistan in T20 cricket. For what reason must he suffer this injustice? Pakistan have been well behind International top sides when it comes to modern batting approach, they have tried to change their batting order to meet these demands, but then why can’t one of your performing cricketers not be given a fair opportunity to show that they can sort this issue out for you?
2 words, Babar and rizwan
 
Ok so saim is rested as I said earlier. Fakhar was the worst batter in the PSL while opening. Farhan was an inch better so I would say for frhan OKAY. But fakhar?
Bro this series is c string. We have buddei babei playing while NZ is looking to give match practise to Robinson and Chapman (Who sadly missed out in psl), and bracewell as well.

Here we're taking them as if we're playing classic Australia?

We have a pool of players even outside kakul.

For odi and t20 we have

Abdullah, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab, Saim, Haris, Omair bin aziz, Usman Khan, shabzada farhan, Mubashir Khan, Arshad Iqbal, Mir Hamza, Azam Khan, Mohammad Ali, Amad butt, Irfan Khan niazi, sufiyan, Qasim Akram, abrar, Salman Ali Agha, zaman khan, Ihsanullah, Wasim jnr(ik he's injured atm but still worth name dropping).

Shabzada, Saim, Haris, Omair, Tayyab all these lads did well in the emerging Cup, even if the other squad was pedestrian but that's how you improve players. Robinson in this series alone is gaining experience and will eventually transition into a psl superstar.

If this is NZ c team excluding a few A string players why can't we send a squad from our talent pool? Their undercooked, so is seifert, Robinson etc. How else do you cook?

And we have an even bigger talent pool in domestic with many more players.

Why can't these people be tried for once? Why does babar, Rizwan, Chacha have to play every game?

Just let shadab your psl Winner, take an inexperienced team and give em experience by playing a similarly inexperienced unit? For once we don't need babar and rizwan, they can play against england 😭
 
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An 18 member team I'd like to send irrespective of whether they fail or not (Goal would be like NZ, to Foster youth and 1 or 2 players max)

1) Shadab (C)
2) Shabzada farhan (Opener)
3) Saim ayub( Opener
4) Haris (Makeshift bat and keeper)
5) Usman Khan (backupkeeper and no 3 bat)
6) Tayyab (Middle order bat)
7) Ali (Bowler Pace)
8) Imad Wasim (Return series so practise I'd needed)
9) Amir (Return series so practise is needed)
10) Abrar (more practise the better)
11) Usama mir( I don't like him but based of psl have to be fair)
12) Naseem Shah (He's failing yes but needs practise post injury and you can decide to keep or drop him)
13) Shaheen Shah Afridi (Same reason as Naseem)
14) Abbas Afridi (I don't mind it, newbie so it's okay)
15) Arif Yaqoob (Suprised no one mentioned him, He actually did pretty well and we need more specialist spinners)
16) Saud Shakeel (35 avg and 141 sr in psl isn't bad, idk why people are acting otherwise, t20 isn't his format but we need to use this series to check)
17) Aamer Jamal/Usman Tariq
18) Fakhar Zaman

I didn't include azam, Or ihsanullah cause their injured etc etc also I'd like tobtry omair bin aziz as well.

^^ a squad similar to what I've written should have been sent bhai, like do you guys not want experimentation and improvement?

You all hate saud for psl opening even though he averaged higher then rizzu this psl? And his sr was 141 whike rizzu was 122?

Qamas kam experiment to kar lo. Babar, Rizwan, Chacha give these guys a break man, heck give fakhar a break as well
 
He had an average PSL.

Quality of bowling in PSL is probably much higher than National T20 Cup.

Real injustice was done to Mohammad Haris, though.

He can play high pace better than all Pakistani batsmen and is one of the few genuinely gifted players who justifies the hype.

But his selection might be a real threat to Rizwan's place I suppose.
Mohammad Haris slots right in as an opener. That will mean one of Babar or Saim will need to come 1 down. It will be Babar of course and Babar being the captain and a superior batter than Rizwan means that Rizwan misses out his position in the XI
 
If you are talking about T20's, then he is simply not good enough.

Another Babar and Rizwan type batsman, but unknown quantity in internationals.

Rightfully not selected.
 
Should have been given an extended run in both ODI and T20 teams

But then again, this is Pakistan and it's a horribly run organization. Every other nation with half a brain would have done the normal thing and played him
 
Mohammad Haris slots right in as an opener. That will mean one of Babar or Saim will need to come 1 down. It will be Babar of course and Babar being the captain and a superior batter than Rizwan means that Rizwan misses out his position in the XI

This is what ideally needed to happen.
 
Top order emerging batsmen are causing issues for Babar and Rizwan, therefore don’t expect any to be given a fair run.
And in case if they get an opportunity, they will be forced to play in a different position than their normal one.
 
Indeed he is a great talent but I m curious about where he can fit into the current playing 11?

Whom would you replace him with?
 
Babar Azam for one

I don’t care if his fans come after me!
its a bit harsh to remove babar from playing 11, i do agree with u that his SR is a real concern but we can send him down the order to fix the issue.. i think better to replace farhan with usman as this guy always looks shaky while batting, so we can go with saim and farhan to open.
 
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Sahibzada Farhan could have been this era's Imran Nazir
 
Sahibzada Farhan in 2015 2016 was touted as the next big T20 batsman from Pakistan. However he hasn't really impressed. He plays too many dot balls in the power play and lacks the ability to rotate the strike. He had a decent start to the PSL early on but didn't cash in and impress overall by the end.
 
Sahibzada Farhan in 2015 2016 was touted as the next big T20 batsman from Pakistan. However he hasn't really impressed. He plays too many dot balls in the power play and lacks the ability to rotate the strike. He had a decent start to the PSL early on but didn't cash in and impress overall by the end.
On top of that, he hit only 8 sixes in the whole of the PSL and mostly against the spinners.

National team needs more six hitters especially against pacers, not another one that struggles to hit sixes.
 
Back in 2015 he was suppose to be the next big thing. He was coming off of a great psl but than suddenly things went against him.

He suffered due to Imam ul haq, because imam got the odi call up due to inzi and farhan was kept in the pakistan a and under 23s. Than under safraz he made his debut and only got like 2 games i think after being dropped.

Got also lost his place in united, went to karachi kings and than to lahore. His output was declining.

Still i hope he does make a return back in the team though, a very talented batter who still has alot of potential
 
Even if he gets a chance, he might have to play in the middle or lower order where he is not comfortable at playing as we have seen in the last NZ series games.
 
But don't you think Mohammad Haris being dropped by Wahab from T20 side was an even bigger injustice? Seems like an obvious plot to protect Rizwan's spot
M Haris had a terrible PSL. He had a great opportunity to push for his selection, but he completely botched it. Failed throughout the tournament.
 
Moe and the gang of stooges 😉Surprised you don't know who,
I've never seen anyone claims superiority to babar and rizwan in all formats, in odi most and even I am alright with babar being at 3. In test idrc much babar and rizwan are fine at 4 and 6.

Problem is they suck in t20. You don't need 40 avg players with 100 to 122 sr in t20 and them being unable to strike beyond 140, excluding c string sa and other c string sides, the only time babar even went over 140 sr in a t20 was just once at 147 sr, and rizwan a grand total of 0.

Saim's 32 in the first PP was fine. He got out but gave a start which babar and rizwan ruined and forced shadab to play out of his skin.

Their averages aren't an issue, it's their frustrating sr. Their not t20 players in the same way amla and root and Smith aren't t20 players and eventually got the boot.(Smith will get booted by Warner and head this t20 wc) But they didn't care about the boot, Babar on the other hand is horrifically stubborn.
 
The problem is Farhan got few games but he looked pretty mediocre. even tough it was not his number to bat on, but when you do get a chance, you have to look promising at least which he was not. I am not sure if he will perform while opening or not but farhan should have grabbed that chance with both hands. At least he should have shown some glimpses of what Pakistan is missing badly.
 
The problem is Farhan got few games but he looked pretty mediocre. even tough it was not his number to bat on, but when you do get a chance, you have to look promising at least which he was not. I am not sure if he will perform while opening or not but farhan should have grabbed that chance with both hands. At least he should have shown some glimpses of what Pakistan is missing badly.
How promising has Haseebullah looked?
 
Not at all. He should not have been there in the squad.
This is the point

On one hand you have discarded a person who has worked his socks off to get back in the side, and wasn’t even given a fair chance in his position. On the other hand, there are players like Haseebullah who keep getting a pass based on nothing really. And Haseebullah (who plays in the middle) was given a chance to play as an opener whereas Sahibzada (who plays as an opener) wasn’t given a chance to play in his natural position.
 
It happens when you prefer media hyped players over domestically merited ones
 
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
This is cricket we are talking about. Do you want to revisit Rizwan’s Asia cup final knock of 2022. Can you cite the exact places where it is evident that he has ‘faith and knowledge within the heart, beyond reach and proof’.

The only thing that became beyond reach that day was the Asia cup trophy, when the required run rate began at 8.5 and turned into 14 by the 13th over
 
This is cricket we are talking about. Do you want to revisit Rizwan’s Asia cup final knock of 2022. Can you cite the exact places where it is evident that he has ‘faith and knowledge within the heart, beyond reach and proof’.

The only thing that became beyond reach that day was the Asia cup trophy, when the required run rate began at 8.5 and turned into 14 by the 13th over
The rr was lower then 8.5, Sri lanka bowled 11 extras before the first ball was bowled, target was technically 157 lol.

So overall that's 7.84 rr turned into 14
 
The rr was lower then 8.5, Sri lanka bowled 11 extras before the first ball was bowled, target was technically 157 lol.

So overall that's 7.84 rr turned into 14
The run rate was made easier, but then became beyond reach and proof the longer Rizwan stayed at the crease
 
They were planning to do a KPK special for Pakistan and reign supreme in Asia. Only to realise they have totally botched it.
By the time rizzu departed we needed 60 of 24.

I remember that game fresh, because that was the day I stopped supporting rizzu. I actually backed him prior. Him and Bobby both ironically, mainly because I thought these 2 were good at the crease and the whole issue of zero PP exploiting they would overcome eventually.

But it's been 4 years since this partnership and they've ironically regressed even further.
 
The problem is Farhan got few games but he looked pretty mediocre. even tough it was not his number to bat on, but when you do get a chance, you have to look promising at least which he was not. I am not sure if he will perform while opening or not but farhan should have grabbed that chance with both hands. At least he should have shown some glimpses of what Pakistan is missing badly.
I agree with this, and this happens frequently in our cricket. There is a lot of favoritism and nepotism in Pakistan cricket. If you are a fringe player and don't have the right connections, you really have to make the most of any little opportunity that comes your way, otherwise you will be quickly discarded and not looked at again for a while. The few opportunities Farhan got under Shaheen in NZ, albeit batting completely out of position, he looked like he didnt belong at the international level, and didnt score much either. Obviously this isnt fair, but again our system is far from fair and unless you are one of the golden boys, you will be quickly discarded.
 
What performances did Haseebullah Khan have to justify selection ?
I didn't say anything about Haseebullah, but he wasn't in the original squad either. I responded to your comment on M Haris. If you are a fringe player or lack connections you really need to stand up and put in performances to force your way in to the team. Haris failed to do that, he was terrible with the bat and also did poorly with the gloves when given the opportunity. (Personally I do not prefer Haseebullah over Haris if that is what you think. )
 
i think we can try Farhan as a wicketkeeper batsman on a backup of rizwan... this Azam Khan and haseebullah are all crap.
 
i think we can try Farhan as a wicketkeeper batsman on a backup of rizwan... this Azam Khan and haseebullah are all crap.
Azam Khan still is better than Haseeb who made it into the squad without anything to show for his selection. Farhan can keep wickets but at what number he is going to play, that is a big question. Where can Farhan adjust in the presence of Babar, Saim, Usman, and Fakhar?
 
Pakistan needs to stop selecting openers

We have middle order bats with haris, Tayyab, Shadab, Imad etc more then happy to play down the order

Why couldnt we send a team of

1) Saim Ayub
2) Fakhar/ Sahibzada
3) Usman Khan
4) Tayyab Tahir
5) Imad wasim
6) Shadab Khan
7) Muhammad Haris (Wk)
8) Shaheen
9) Naseem
10) Amir
11) Abrar

^^ theirs your t20 11? All based on merit via psl? Only person not on merit is fakhar, but he can't be dropped due to his reputation?

Do babar, Rizwan and chacha have to play against Uganda too? Let's organise a tour against Uganda.
 
Sahibzada Farhan is not injured, hasn't been given proper chances, and yet is not part of the squad. It defines that we only prefer media-hyped players and don't focus on talent development.
 
i've not seen much of sahibzada farhan so i'm not going to comment on him but we have a solid list of top order batsmen who have potential.

sahibzada farhan
fakhar
saim
usman khan
muhammad harris

its not going to be easy for rizwan now
 
i've not seen much of sahibzada farhan so i'm not going to comment on him but we have a solid list of top order batsmen who have potential.

sahibzada farhan
fakhar
saim
usman khan
muhammad harris

its not going to be easy for rizwan now
way better than all these fluke players who are playing these days..

he has scored in many domestic leagues but still not given any proper chance to play for Pakistan... dont know how many players like him would be neglecting in domestic circuit.
 
Sahibjada has average 38, strike rate 133 in this year's PSL.

So much hype for this guy :ROFLMAO:
 
Sahibjada has average 38, strike rate 133 in this year's PSL.

So much hype for this guy :ROFLMAO:
The hype isn't because of PSL, the hype is due to his outstanding performance in all formats in the domestic circuit.
 
The hype isn't because of PSL, the hype is due to his outstanding performance in all formats in the domestic circuit.

PSL is of higher standard than National T20 Cup etc.

It is closer standard to international T20 than other PAK domestic T20

T20 side can only be selected from PSL performance.

If he is not overage, maybe he can improve next season of PSL

Even other format Pakistan Cup, he average 28 at poor strike rate of 68

What performance you talking ?
 
The hype isn't because of PSL, the hype is due to his outstanding performance in all formats in the domestic circuit.
Indeed...

Infact he was the highest run scorer in national T20 cup but still neglected!

Unfortunately he doesnt belong to dosti yari group neither he has any parchi!
 
Serious question, what happens to Pakistan U-19 cricketers especially batsmen and spinners? I don’t remember the last junior level batting or spin talent debut for Pak. I know fast bowlers are picked straight out of U-19.
 
Serious question, what happens to Pakistan U-19 cricketers especially batsmen and spinners? I don’t remember the last junior level batting or spin talent debut for Pak. I know fast bowlers are picked straight out of U-19.
Mehran Mumtaz is a good u19 product. He will be featuring regularly for Pakistan very soon.

There was another good left arm spinner who was captain at u19, played for QG too. Just went off the radar. Good bowler and a gun fielder. I’ve forgotten his name.
 
Mehran Mumtaz is a good u19 product. He will be featuring regularly for Pakistan very soon.

There was another good left arm spinner who was captain at u19, played for QG too. Just went off the radar. Good bowler and a gun fielder. I’ve forgotten his name.
Hassan Khan*

He’s moved to USA. Another good prospect leaving Pakistan
 
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