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

Fantastic knock but he needs to just work on the thing where he intentionally slows down to get to that hundred... Just kill the game man and be brave.. Only batter in the side who is on merit
 
Steve Smith speaking about Sahibzada Farhan during the pitch side interview :

“He (Sahibzada Farhan) was magnificent. Just took the game on, hit the ball in the middle more often than not. We’ve seen it the last couple of weeks in the World Cup—he was magnificent there, and he’s brought that form here. He missed out the other night, and I know he was keen to get going. Chasing 224 or 225, you need to get off to a good start, and we were able to do that and get the ball rolling nicely."

“We just let each other do our own thing out there and be brave, really. Our job is to take the game on, particularly when you’re chasing a big total like that. Fortunately, we were able to get off to a really nice start. It’s nice when someone’s hitting the ball as cleanly as that up the other end—it takes the pressure off you, and you’re able just to see ball and hit ball."

"You always want to perform, but he (Sahibzada Farhan) seems pretty relaxed. I think he works incredibly hard. I was talking to Shan Masood just before about him, and he said he (Sahibzada Farhan) trains so hard—he trains hitting sixes, and he’s very good at it. He hit eight tonight and just played beautifully. Hopefully, we can see a lot more of that."
 
He has been incredibly consistent with the big scores. All I would request Pak fans is to not over hype him or start comparing with Abhishek Sharma or other openers yet.

Babar comparison with Kohli didn't end well. Let him be his own man but early signs are really really good.
 
RyanRyan10 said:
T20 WC was played at the domestic level?
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I'm a Farhan supporter and I hope he continues making waves. I fully back him in T20Is and we don't have a better opener than him atm.

But I'll play the devil's advocate here and use the same arguments we've heard with RizBar:

-We didn't win the WC
-His strike rate was the lowest out of the top 5 batters in the WC
-Minnow bashed Namibia
-Stat padded against a below par Sri Lankan outfit in a game where we had to win heavily. He played half the balls in the innings to get a 100. Others got us 112 from the same amount of balls. In the end it wasn't enough

Just exposing the agenda that we had to bear with everyday
 
daytrader said:
I'm a Farhan supporter and I hope he continues making waves. I fully back him in T20Is and we don't have a better opener than him atm.

But I'll play the devil's advocate here and use the same arguments we've heard with RizBar:

-We didn't win the WC
-His strike rate was the lowest out of the top 5 batters in the WC
-Minnow bashed Namibia
-Stat padded against a below par Sri Lankan outfit in a game where we had to win heavily. He played half the balls in the innings to get a 100. Others got us 112 from the same amount of balls. In the end it wasn't enough

Just exposing the agenda that we had to bear with everyday
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Also got a duck against India. Couldn't handle the pressure of a big game
 
Sachin fan said:
He has been incredibly consistent with the big scores. All I would request Pak fans is to not over hype him or start comparing with Abhishek Sharma or other openers yet.

Babar comparison with Kohli didn't end well. Let him be his own man but early signs are really really good.
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Babar's comparison with Kohli wasn't a fair one. Farhan has been doing exceptionally well since his comeback into the national side as he is batting at his preferred number and doesn't have to do wicket-keeping as well.
 
daytrader said:
I'm a Farhan supporter and I hope he continues making waves. I fully back him in T20Is and we don't have a better opener than him atm.

But I'll play the devil's advocate here and use the same arguments we've heard with RizBar:

-We didn't win the WC
-His strike rate was the lowest out of the top 5 batters in the WC
-Minnow bashed Namibia
-Stat padded against a below par Sri Lankan outfit in a game where we had to win heavily. He played half the balls in the innings to get a 100. Others got us 112 from the same amount of balls. In the end it wasn't enough

Just exposing the agenda that we had to bear with everyday
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Poster you are replying to is an Ind fan with an agenda. He recently claimed Hesson's Pakistan was dead even against first strength SENA sides and then when I checked the matches the SA team had club level players. Farhan is useless against SENAI and a pure minnow basher. This is undeniable and the numbers show it.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Steve Smith speaking about Sahibzada Farhan during the pitch side interview :

“He (Sahibzada Farhan) was magnificent. Just took the game on, hit the ball in the middle more often than not. We’ve seen it the last couple of weeks in the World Cup—he was magnificent there, and he’s brought that form here. He missed out the other night, and I know he was keen to get going. Chasing 224 or 225, you need to get off to a good start, and we were able to do that and get the ball rolling nicely."

“We just let each other do our own thing out there and be brave, really. Our job is to take the game on, particularly when you’re chasing a big total like that. Fortunately, we were able to get off to a really nice start. It’s nice when someone’s hitting the ball as cleanly as that up the other end—it takes the pressure off you, and you’re able just to see ball and hit ball."

"You always want to perform, but he (Sahibzada Farhan) seems pretty relaxed. I think he works incredibly hard. I was talking to Shan Masood just before about him, and he said he (Sahibzada Farhan) trains so hard—he trains hitting sixes, and he’s very good at it. He hit eight tonight and just played beautifully. Hopefully, we can see a lot more of that."
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I saw this interview on the PSL YouTube channel and it seemed like genuine praise. Not forced like they had during the BBL for Babar etc.

Smith was quite impressed with Farhan’s hard work off the field, he mentioned how Farhan practices hard to hit sixes. I don’t think the two of them can communicate due to a language barrier, but it’s telling how a modern great has genuine respect for your work ethic in this role you both find yourself in.
 
Cric1234 said:
Yes if his hundred ends up in a loss but that's not been happening.
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I think his slowing down (whether deliberate or unfortunate) in his hundred against SL was detrimental though

Pakistan could have posted 240ish that day and he missed out on a juicy 18th over by Shanaka even though he was the well set batsman.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Fantastic knock but he needs to just work on the thing where he intentionally slows down to get to that hundred... Just kill the game man and be brave.. Only batter in the side who is on merit
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What is new, this has been a trait for too long. always trying to get this personal milestones. These guys lack the killer instinct. Only FZ has the attitude to really go for the kill.
 
Rana said:
I think his slowing down (whether deliberate or unfortunate) in his hundred against SL was detrimental though

Pakistan could have posted 240ish that day and he missed out on a juicy 18th over by Shanaka even though he was the well set batsman.
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Yes we could have scored more but we were always going out the damage was done playing Agha at 3 and Babar at 4 against England..... These 2 would have cost us again in the semi or final both should never play T20s again for Pakistan.
 
Cric1234 said:
Yes we could have scored more but we were always going out the damage was done playing Agha at 3 and Babar at 4 against England..... These 2 would have cost us again in the semi or final both should never play T20s again for Pakistan.
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2 wrongs dont make it right. Farhan needs to understand how poor the other players were, which play for their stats. The mindset needs to change.
 
pakistani pride said:
2 wrongs dont make it right. Farhan needs to understand how poor the other players were, which play for their stats. The mindset needs to change.
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He's not superman now he has a few limitations too a few shots find the fielder then out which means he's trying but unable to get it through.... When he's genuinely blocking then its different once he gets to 80 his mindset should be simple 4 boundaries to get to 100 then keep going.
 
I don’t like his slowing down one bit. He’s scored enough 100s now. Show some courage near the 100.
 
daytrader said:
I'm a Farhan supporter and I hope he continues making waves. I fully back him in T20Is and we don't have a better opener than him atm.

But I'll play the devil's advocate here and use the same arguments we've heard with RizBar:

-We didn't win the WC
-His strike rate was the lowest out of the top 5 batters in the WC
-Minnow bashed Namibia
-Stat padded against a below par Sri Lankan outfit in a game where we had to win heavily. He played half the balls in the innings to get a 100. Others got us 112 from the same amount of balls. In the end it wasn't enough

Just exposing the agenda that we had to bear with everyday
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Lowest of the top 5 maybe. But your heroes were close to lowest of all recognised batsmen!

“i vILl aPpLy sAmE aRGuMaAAnTs sAaAr”
 
So far he has continued to show that his scoring does not help the team ultimately. When you play so many balls starting as an opener, you have to make it count in today’s white ball cricket.

It’s similar to Rizwan, how he would score, statpad, play a lot of balls, but in the end the team would still lose.

Farhan specially does this against any half decent team and all of SENAI. We lost that Sri Lanka match because of him as well, we were all set to make 245+ but his selfishness and playing dots specially towards the end cost us.

In complete contrast was Fakhar Zaman’s played with a proper strike rate throughout his innings.

With Farhan you know the net result of all his “slogging” will still be a mediocre strike rate at the end. As his range of shots is limited (all midwicket and long on slogs) and he consumes too many dots throughout.

Just ignore all the PSL tamasha, not comparable to international cricket.
 
TheSultan said:
Lowest of the top 5 maybe. But your heroes were close to lowest of all recognised batsmen!

“i vILl aPpLy sAmE aRGuMaAAnTs sAaAr”
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I was comparing top 5 highest run scorers in the tournament. Overall he's 27th on the list of highest strike rates in the past WC.

What do you have to say to that saaar
 
daytrader said:
I was comparing top 5 highest run scorers in the tournament. Overall he's 27th on the list of highest strike rates in the past WC.

What do you have to say to that saaar
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There are a lot of players in that list who only played 2-4 innings. Obv it’s harder to maintain over 9 innings like Farhan had to.

Personally yes he could have scored quicker, but a 160 SR is good for our team - much better than the 93-110 a certain pair of w”anchors” did in 2022. 68th and 95th best!! One of whom didn’t even break even with a 100 strike rate.

So going back to your original point - you cannot compare Farhan with that loser behaviour
 
TheSultan said:
There are a lot of players in that list who only played 2-4 innings. Obv it’s harder to maintain over 9 innings like Farhan had to.

Personally yes he could have scored quicker, but a 160 SR is good for our team - much better than the 93-110 a certain pair of w”anchors” did in 2022. 68th and 95th best!! One of whom didn’t even break even with a 100 strike rate.

So going back to your original point - you cannot compare Farhan with that loser behaviour
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There isn't any comparison now with Farhan and the previous openers thus other metrics are now being used which is fine as you should aim to be the best....... But Farhan looks in a different league to Babar and Rizwan strike rate and impact wise in tournaments even his innings in Asia Cup final was decent.
 
Farhan's missing aspect is not just dot balls. ALso lack of big overs. Even after well set he can't peel off a 20 run over. Thus far his most runs in a single over has been 17 runs vs Srilanka in Asia cup Next best 16 vs BD, 16 vs UAE. His most runs in a single over against SENAI is 12 runs vs India.
 
Hawkeye said:
So far he has continued to show that his scoring does not help the team ultimately. When you play so many balls starting as an opener, you have to make it count in today’s white ball cricket.

It’s similar to Rizwan, how he would score, statpad, play a lot of balls, but in the end the team would still lose.

Farhan specially does this against any half decent team and all of SENAI. We lost that Sri Lanka match because of him as well, we were all set to make 245+ but his selfishness and playing dots specially towards the end cost us.

In complete contrast was Fakhar Zaman’s played with a proper strike rate throughout his innings.

With Farhan you know the net result of all his “slogging” will still be a mediocre strike rate at the end. As his range of shots is limited (all midwicket and long on slogs) and he consumes too many dots throughout.

Just ignore all the PSL tamasha, not comparable to international cricket.
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I feel like he’s been playing to anchor in the PSL. A lot of Pakistani batsmen have recently joined the team as quick scorers only to slow down and morph to anchors once they become permanent in the team.

I hope he’s not one of them.
 
Farhan definitely deserves to play but we must not ignore some basic facts:

1. His international T20 numbers are poor against SENAI. So far his career has been made up of beating substandard attacks. Even in the t20 wc, his SENAI combined stats were mediocre including a duck in the big India game.
2. In his so called coming of age Asia Cup vs india he struck at 122 or something similar vs India across 3 games
3. Even in PSL he was 7(7) when chasing 185 in 13 overs. However when he had to chase 166 in 20 and when Smith had already plundered 15 off the opening over, our minnow basher managed to take down Abrar.

The criticism with our past openers was that they were too slow for the modern game. So far Farhan has not shown he is any different vs the top sides. He is certainly the best minnow basher but his average and SR BOTH are terrible when he has faced big teams. Let us see what he does next.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Farhan definitely deserves to play but we must not ignore some basic facts:

1. His international T20 numbers are poor against SENAI. So far his career has been made up of beating substandard attacks. Even in the t20 wc, his SENAI combined stats were mediocre including a duck in the big India game.
2. In his so called coming of age Asia Cup vs india he struck at 122 or something similar vs India across 3 games
3. Even in PSL he was 7(7) when chasing 185 in 13 overs. However when he had to chase 166 in 20 and when Smith had already plundered 15 off the opening over, our minnow basher managed to take down Abrar.

The criticism with our past openers was that they were too slow for the modern game. So far Farhan has not shown he is any different vs the top sides. He is certainly the best minnow basher but his average and SR BOTH are terrible when he has faced big teams. Let us see what he does next.
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Give him some time then make this comparison
 
when the target is below par, it is a lot easier to chase and put up good individual scores. There's no pressure and bowling side is deflated.

I want to see Sameer and Farhan chase when the target is par or above par.
 
Falconslions said:
when the target is below par, it is a lot easier to chase and put up good individual scores. There's no pressure and bowling side is deflated.

I want to see Sameer and Farhan chase when the target is par or above par.
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He was 8/8 chasing 185 in 13. Certain Pak openers would have been crucified for that.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Farhan's missing aspect is not just dot balls. ALso lack of big overs. Even after well set he can't peel off a 20 run over. Thus far his most runs in a single over has been 17 runs vs Srilanka in Asia cup Next best 16 vs BD, 16 vs UAE. His most runs in a single over against SENAI is 12 runs vs India.
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He took 19 today against Rishad. Responds the very next day.

He also had a big chance to take 20+ against Shaheen and Amir both when he hit them both for 2 sixes on the first ball of their over. Didn’t maximise then

I think he is waiting for Bumrah to lay that 30 run over.
 
Rana said:
He took 19 today against Rishad. Responds the very next day.

He also had a big chance to take 20+ against Shaheen and Amir both when he hit them both for 2 sixes on the first ball of their over. Didn’t maximise then

I think he is waiting for Bumrah to lay that 30 run over.
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Let him cross 20 against an average bowler first before facing Bumrah at full tilt.

Babar Azam 25 vs Ireland
Aamer Jamal 24 vs Hong Kong
Asif Ali 24 vs Afghanistan
Faheem Ashraf 24 vs Netherlands
Fakhar zaman 24 vs Zimbabwe
Kushdil shah 24 vs Hongkong
Rizwan 24 vs Namibia
Salman Agha 22 vs Srilanka
Fakhar zaman 22 vs UAE
Sohaib Malik 22 vs Scotland
Ahme shezad 21 vs Bangladesh
Fakhar zamab 21 vs England
Fakhar Zaman 21 vs NZ
Iftikhar 21 vs Idia
Iftikhar 21 vs Australia
 
TheSultan said:
There are a lot of players in that list who only played 2-4 innings. Obv it’s harder to maintain over 9 innings like Farhan had to.

Personally yes he could have scored quicker, but a 160 SR is good for our team - much better than the 93-110 a certain pair of w”anchors” did in 2022. 68th and 95th best!! One of whom didn’t even break even with a 100 strike rate.

So going back to your original point - you cannot compare Farhan with that loser behaviour
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Well RizBar weren't top scorers in 2022 but they were in 2021. And then they were placed at 33rd and 37th for strike rates. Farhan being a top scorer and moving up a few places isn't a significant difference. The only loser behaviour here is from posters jumping for joy that their criticism of RizBar has finally been justified.
 
Farhan is in top form atm... Pakistan best T20 batter by miles.. That is only because he was not playing any crappy league and grinded hard in all formats in national domestic tournaments... Earned the fame deservedly.
 
Sahibzada Farhan Denies Steve Smith A Single In PSL, Fans Recall Babar Azam Incident

and some posters trying to portray Babar vs Sahibzada when the later is loyal to Kaptaana :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
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daytrader said:
Sahibzada Farhan Denies Steve Smith A Single In PSL, Fans Recall Babar Azam Incident

and some posters trying to portray Babar vs Sahibzada when the later is loyal to Kaptaana :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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Thats not good, may these inconsequential scores are getting into Farhan' head.
 
Kianig89 said:
Thats not good, may these inconsequential scores are getting into Farhan' head.
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This tulla with his pathetic stats vs SENAI thinks he is Bradman now. Can't wait for the next big match vs a big side in international cricket where he will brick it as usual, or score a 50(40) and celebrate.
 
TheSultan said:
There are a lot of players in that list who only played 2-4 innings. Obv it’s harder to maintain over 9 innings like Farhan had to.

Personally yes he could have scored quicker, but a 160 SR is good for our team - much better than the 93-110 a certain pair of w”anchors” did in 2022. 68th and 95th best!! One of whom didn’t even break even with a 100 strike rate.

So going back to your original point - you cannot compare Farhan with that loser behaviour
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What are Farhan's stats vs SENAI overall and in the T20 WC? I hope you can answer without excuses.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Before we do bhangra over Farhan hitting a few against Will Jacks, let us remember numbers are the only truth.

This is Farhan against SENA+India


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He averages 21 and strikes at 116 against the big boys and I am generous in rounding off his pathetic numbers.

I know the excuse already is going to be oh but saar he became a beast in 2025 bla bla. Here are his SENA+India numbers from 2025 onwards:

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Averages less than 30 and strikes at 121

Until those numbers materially change, he will remain a minnow basher.
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@TheSultan @Farabi Don't run away from the truth
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Let him cross 20 against an average bowler first before facing Bumrah at full tilt.

Babar Azam 25 vs Ireland
Aamer Jamal 24 vs Hong Kong
Asif Ali 24 vs Afghanistan
Faheem Ashraf 24 vs Netherlands
Fakhar zaman 24 vs Zimbabwe
Kushdil shah 24 vs Hongkong
Rizwan 24 vs Namibia
Salman Agha 22 vs Srilanka
Fakhar zaman 22 vs UAE
Sohaib Malik 22 vs Scotland
Ahme shezad 21 vs Bangladesh
Fakhar zamab 21 vs England
Fakhar Zaman 21 vs NZ
Iftikhar 21 vs Idia
Iftikhar 21 vs Australia
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I don’t think he genuinely cares about scoring a 25 run over against Delaney or Trumpleman type bowlers

When Bumrah lines up in front of him, Farhan wants to lay the smackdown!
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Let him cross 20 against an average bowler first before facing Bumrah at full tilt.

Babar Azam 25 vs Ireland
Aamer Jamal 24 vs Hong Kong
Asif Ali 24 vs Afghanistan
Faheem Ashraf 24 vs Netherlands
Fakhar zaman 24 vs Zimbabwe
Kushdil shah 24 vs Hongkong
Rizwan 24 vs Namibia
Salman Agha 22 vs Srilanka
Fakhar zaman 22 vs UAE
Sohaib Malik 22 vs Scotland
Ahme shezad 21 vs Bangladesh
Fakhar zamab 21 vs England
Fakhar Zaman 21 vs NZ
Iftikhar 21 vs Idia
Iftikhar 21 vs Australia
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Any joker can smash Bhumrah these days as we saw in the T20 WC. Even Usman Khan tulla and some no name England and NZ SA bats were hitting him.
 
Rana said:
I don’t think he genuinely cares about scoring a 25 run over against Delaney or Trumpleman type bowlers

When Bumrah lines up in front of him, Farhan wants to lay the smackdown!
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His maximum runs against INdia is 12 runs in one over. I don't think he did that either. In T20 that is a crucial point. That is why guys like Gill will never make the cut. He cannot have big overs either. Just hit a six then single or two. Fakhar is one guy who keeps going after bowling. I don't think he Farhan has shown that peak yet.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Why has minnow basher Farhan failed against SENAI?
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Is this your new justification for backing Rizwan and Babar.

He’s done fine against India - as for the others, the sample size is too low to judge. You can’t be a don all the time!

Farhan has his faults, but he’s good for a transitional period until the selectors finally drum up the courage to pick the likes os Sameer Minhas, Maaz Sadaqat, Naeem and co
 
TheSultan said:
Is this your new justification for backing Rizwan and Babar.

He’s done fine against India - as for the others, the sample size is too low to judge. You can’t be a don all the time!

Farhan has his faults, but he’s good for a transitional period until the selectors finally drum up the courage to pick the likes os Sameer Minhas, Maaz Sadaqat, Naeem and co
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Thread is about Farhan, talk about Farhan rather than jumping.

You say he has done fine against India. This is his record:

4 matches, 4 losses. 155 runs, 38.5 average at 118 SR

Do you stand by your statement? if yes you agree that 118 SR is fine?
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Farhan's missing aspect is not just dot balls. ALso lack of big overs. Even after well set he can't peel off a 20 run over. Thus far his most runs in a single over has been 17 runs vs Srilanka in Asia cup Next best 16 vs BD, 16 vs UAE. His most runs in a single over against SENAI is 12 runs vs India.
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This is a weird barometer. I don't think you are giving him his just due. He's a different type of batter as compared to your average modern day white-ball batter. He is more in the spirit of West Indian T20 batters where it's either a dot ball or a six. But fact is he has hit 149 sixes since the start of 2025. That's more than any batter in the world and nothing to scoff at.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Thread is about Farhan, talk about Farhan rather than jumping.

You say he has done fine against India. This is his record:

4 matches, 4 losses. 155 runs, 38.5 average at 118 SR

Do you stand by your statement? if yes you agree that 118 SR is fine?
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It’s ok for low scoring games which those were - approx 140ish.

What’s your point? If I’m happy with 118 SR I should be happy with rizbar saaar.

Nope - in those UAE matches everyone slows down when the ball starts getting sluggish. Slowed everyone down.

Now learn from this analysis little one - I’m putting context with stats.

I’ll put out a training course. Sign up
 
The certainty with which he hits sixes is not something I have seen in a Pakistani batsman in a long time. You rarely see him mishit a six... almost all are clean hits.

His biggest issues are strike-rotation and slowing down when he gets to the 90s. Though he has definitely improved the strike-rotation aspect a bit.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
This is a weird barometer. I don't think you are giving him his just due. He's a different type of batter as compared to your average modern day white-ball batter. He is more in the spirit of West Indian T20 batters where it's either a dot ball or a six. But fact is he has hit 149 sixes since the start of 2025. That's more than any batter in the world and nothing to scoff at.
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It is an important barometer for modern batter. Hitting a six followed by 2 dots is equivalent to three 2s
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
The certainty with which he hits sixes is not something I have seen in a Pakistani batsman in a long time. You rarely see him mishit a six... almost all are clean hits.

His biggest issues are strike-rotation and slowing down when he gets to the 90s. Though he has definitely improved the strike-rotation aspect a bit.
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Brother I am starting to think that he is the most efficient six hitter to come out of Pakistan. Period. Key word here is "efficient". He did it on world stage man.

I also think people are blowing the "strike rotation" thing out of proportions. He has improved to a satisfactory degree for now. He bats in a team like Pakistan where he has to take a lot of responsibility of other inferior batters. Here in MS you can see in Power play he plays free with Smith in the powerplay. People are taking this so casually. They are taking it for granted.
 
RidiculousMan said:
Brother I am starting to think that he is the most efficient six hitter to come out of Pakistan. Period. Key word here is "efficient". He did it on world stage man.

I also think people are blowing the "strike rotation" thing out of proportions. He has improved to a satisfactory degree for now. He bats in a team like Pakistan where he has to take a lot of responsibility of other inferior batters. Here in MS you can see in Power play he plays free with Smith in the powerplay. People are taking this so casually. They are taking it for granted.
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Hasan Nawaz is another who I think has potential to become even a bigger six hitting machine than Farhan right now. But since he has not recent runs for Pakistan, so I can't comment that on him yet.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
It is an important barometer for modern batter. Hitting a six followed by 2 dots is equivalent to three 2s
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It is but not as much if you are consistently finding the boundary. The fact that he has hit 149 sixes since the start of 2025 tells you that he doesn't have issues clearing the boundary. Not every batter is the same. West Indies batters have been quite successful with that dot-ball-six template. I am not saying that he doesn't need to improve that aspect of his batting but we shouldn't act like him not having big overs is an issue in his batting when he is regularly finding the fence. Also, what he lacks in strike-rotation, he makes up for in conversion rate. He's a different type of batter and I don't see why he has to be to be judged the way any other modern batter is, if he finishes an innings where he gets a big score at a SR of 170+
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
It is but not as much if you are consistently finding the boundary. The fact that he has hit 149 sixes since the start of 2025 tells you that he doesn't have issues clearing the boundary. Not every batter is the same. West Indies batters have been quite successful with that dot-ball-six template. I am not saying that he doesn't need to improve that aspect of his batting but we shouldn't act like him not having big overs is an issue in his batting when he is regularly finding the fence. Also, what he lacks in strike-rotation, he makes up for in conversion rate. He's a different type of batter and I don't see why he has to be to be judged the way any other modern batter is, if he finishes an innings where he gets a big score at a SR of 170+
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WI template worked in 2016 and after. Nowadays you go keep going hard till you get out. Any pause anywhere could cost you 20 runs. For Pakistan he is the best. I am just saying that is an area he needs to work on. Persistent hitting.
 
RidiculousMan said:
Brother I am starting to think that he is the most efficient six hitter to come out of Pakistan. Period. Key word here is "efficient". He did it on world stage man.

I also think people are blowing the "strike rotation" thing out of proportions. He has improved to a satisfactory degree for now. He bats in a team like Pakistan where he has to take a lot of responsibility of other inferior batters. Here in MS you can see in Power play he plays free with Smith in the powerplay. People are taking this so casually. They are taking it for granted.
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I think Afridi and Razzaq at their peak were great six hitters, Fakhar when he gets going is a great six hitter too, but I see your point. When he hits a six there is not doubt in anyone's minds that the ball is clearing the fence. That's not something I have seen in a Pakistan batter for as long as I can remember. I don't want to overhype him as a batter but this aspect of his batting needs to be appreciated.

Re: strike-rotation I feel the issue is that alot of shots he plays - which are good shots - happen to find the fielder. But he has improved that aspect of his batting in this PSL and it certainly is not as big of an issue as it was during the Asia Cup, which is a positive sign and shows he has worked on his game.

More than anything, he looks like a proper physical specimen and I don't think you can underrate this aspect enough. Not everyone is a gifted natural timer of the ball like Steve Smith or Virat Kohli. Ultimately, having physical strength has alot to do with hitting alot of sixes. I mean the West Indians are probably the best example of this. So credit to him for working hard in the gym along with his batting.
 
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