[VIDEOS] Khawaja Nafay - Upcoming emerging batting talent

What is so special about this kid?
He has 1 fifty plus score in PSL?

He's similar to Saim Ayub, loads of flashy shots, and some obvious talent, but still to learn how to pace an innings. A bit unlucky yesterday, he got caught very deep in the long on boundary, would have been a six on most days.
 
He's similar to Saim Ayub, loads of flashy shots, and some obvious talent, but still to learn how to pace an innings. A bit unlucky yesterday, he got caught very deep in the long on boundary, would have been a six on most days.
The only way these guys will improve and actually become better, is by playing 4 day cricket. If he like all other Pakistani players will run to play leauge cricket, then within a year he will be a 15 of 5 type of bat.
 
how is that good?
Becouse some of the usual players such as Umar Akmal,Shahzad,Haider Ali had very good starts to thier careers and we new what happened it will keep him level headed.
 
Becouse some of the usual players such as Umar Akmal,Shahzad,Haider Ali had very good starts to thier careers and we new what happened it will keep him level headed.
so how does not scoring runs make you a good player?

Umar akmal and shezad were known as trouble makers from ealry there careers, just like how Mohammad Haris talks too much on social media
 
He is really good but how far he goes in his career would depend on his work ethic.
 
so how does not scoring runs make you a good player?

Umar akmal and shezad were known as trouble makers from ealry there careers, just like how Mohammad Haris talks too much on social media
He has scored some runs but he hasn't scored bucket loads of runs hence why I only called him good and not excellent or crap.whilst they were trouble makers that wasn't the sole reason why they got dropped or removed from the squad.
 
I think better to utilize nafay in power play as an opener because he can make better use of it, Saud Shakeel can play on 1 down position.
 
The guy is not a number 3

Number 3s are not 3rd openers. They have to be the best batsman in the team
 
The guy is not a number 3

Number 3s are not 3rd openers. They have to be the best batsman in the team
yes indeed!

i think they can better utilize him as an opener where he can make good use of a PP, so in my opinion saud shakeel should bat at number 3 and rafay as an opener with roy.
 
yes indeed!

i think they can better utilize him as an opener where he can make good use of a PP, so in my opinion saud shakeel should bat at number 3 and rafay as an opener with roy.
That would be sensible but Shakeel is actually doing pretty nicely as an opener.

Ideally I would have tried Omair Bin Yousuf in the side. Move Russouw back to 3 and have Omair at 4. Also Hossein needs to bat higher, he puts a price on his wicket.
 
That would be sensible but Shakeel is actually doing pretty nicely as an opener.

Ideally I would have tried Omair Bin Yousuf in the side. Move Russouw back to 3 and have Omair at 4. Also Hossein needs to bat higher, he puts a price on his wicket.
I think Quetta is not in a position to take a risk with their batting order and shuffle it a lot but yeah the inclusion of Omair could be very handy. For that they need to drop someone and right now only Sarfaraz seems to be the weak link.
 
Since that 1 innings in this PSL he hasn't been able to build up on that and take it to the next level.

He just needs to keep his head down and try and learn and pick up as much as he can from Shane Watson as long as he's around.

Even from Viv Richards too who is a legend of the game and yet he's around there too in the QG camp.

Nafay needs to play some more games and immgs to know how he needs to progress as at the moment he seems to just want to come and take the game on without much thought and a process in mind. Hopefully he can learn from this experience and move forward from this.
 
Nafay has all the potential and talent to succeed ut so far he has disappointed many. A lot of good work was expected from him but apart from 1 good innings, he looked mediocre. Either re-instate him to the number he started off and used to bat or else let him know that he is not doing well and should give him a wake up call.
 
Today, he was bowled by part-time bowler Saim Ayub and sent back to the pavilion after scoring just 5 (7) against Peshawar Zalmi in a crucial match. I don't know when we will stop making our cricketers stars for the sake of one-off performances?
 
Barring that debut innings, he has done jack.
 
Would rather have Umar Amin in the side instead of him

He’s a Drameybaaz
he started this tournament with lot of promise but couldnt capitalize.

again samething which we were discussing yesterday that he must be utilize as an opener where he can use PP effectively.
 
It seems like Nafay is only concentrating on a no-look shot but not focusing on his game plan.

He started with a lot of promise but failed miserably.
 
I can't believe this thread actually exists, no offence to anyone, but nafay needs to Na play and with his tiktok videos, go away.
 
In my opinion he must be tried as an opener, quetta is wasting him on 1 down position.

Saud is a kind of player who can play even better on number 3 so there is no harm in trying nafay in powerplay along with roy. If he clicked surely he will give u a flying start if he doesnt then u can get back to ur normal opening pair.
 
In my opinion he must be tried as an opener, quetta is wasting him on 1 down position.

Saud is a kind of player who can play even better on number 3 so there is no harm in trying nafay in powerplay along with roy. If he clicked surely he will give u a flying start if he doesnt then u can get back to ur normal opening pair.
Brother, opening and middle order are different roles, opening relies more on muscle memory and reflexes, a fact I was able to confirm courtesy of @Major He's the one who told me and I did further research testifying that he was correct.

Have you seen nafay's reflexes? Opening with him will take the phrase Mr butterfingers to a whole new level.
 
He is just not ready yet. His hype bubble got poked now and he should be playing the domestics and improve his game there.
 
I don't get why nafay has a thread about him lol, he's useless XD.
 
At 22 years of age, with no First-class cricket or List-A matches under his belt, scoring just one fifty in 10 innings in PSL 9, how can we call him a rising star? Is this our standard now?
 
Assessment of talent has to re-calibrated by fans. Requirements have to be much more stringent. This is why i raise my eye brow whenever fans use the word "Generational Talent" a buzz word Bishop used when he described Shubman Gill. Definitely he reached world no.1 ICC ranking. But as a fan we look beyond that. Technique, New flaws which did not exist before, Flaws that is being adressed all those stuffs. This eye-testing in T20 league is one of the most misleading exercise.
 
At 22 years of age, with no First-class cricket or List-A matches under his belt, scoring just one fifty in 10 innings in PSL 9, how can we call him a rising star? Is this our standard now?

Yes. Have you seen Pakistan's batting line up? Nafay is still too raw, but even the more experienced Pakistan batsmen are very low level, that is why people are looking players like Nafay.
 
Now I cant criticize Nafay by saying that he is another version of Haider Ali. :ROFLMAO:
Haider Ali was always a promising cricketer. Its just like umar akmal he took a wrong direction.

He always had the ability to be our perfect no 6, even more so then haris due to his ability to play proper cricketing strokes and he has superior timing.

Hopefully he doesn't go the umar akmal route and rectifies.

Pakistan's middle order is beyond fragile and if we have any hopes of competing in the champions trophy plahers like haider, Saud, Saim need to come good.
 
Haider Ali was always a promising cricketer. Its just like umar akmal he took a wrong direction.

He always had the ability to be our perfect no 6, even more so then haris due to his ability to play proper cricketing strokes and he has superior timing.

Hopefully he doesn't go the umar akmal route and rectifies.

Pakistan's middle order is beyond fragile and if we have any hopes of competing in the champions trophy plahers like haider, Saud, Saim need to come good.
yes he does!

But the way Nafay had built up hype before the start of the tournament, he proved to be a total failure.
 
yes he does!

But the way Nafay had built up hype before the start of the tournament, he proved to be a total failure.
He built up hype because of tiktok man,

I could also do that, all I'd have to do is use my position in advertising to spam Google, youtube and tiktok ads of myself and show brilliant CGI videos to show how I'm the next up and rising star of Pakistan who will end all pur worries.

Then when I come to psl, I'll fail and have everyone boo me left and right.
 
He built up hype because of tiktok man,

I could also do that, all I'd have to do is use my position in advertising to spam Google, youtube and tiktok ads of myself and show brilliant CGI videos to show how I'm the next up and rising star of Pakistan who will end all pur worries.

Then when I come to psl, I'll fail and have everyone boo me left and right.

Some of his shots are very catchy though. But yeah you r right that self advertisement cant make you a superstar, for that you need to perform, which he couldnt now he might end up playing only Ramadan tournaments from next year.
 
No ready at all, should go and play some proper FC cricket. We all know that will not happen and he will be playing T10 and T20 leaugues in Uganda etc..
 
That would be the last major tournament for the Tik Tok star after this horrible tournament.

He looked more focused on playing a no look shot rather than playing sensibly.
 
Man he looked awful. However, I do think, their is a player in him that just needs some fine-tuning. He came across too rash at times in the tournament, however with some red-ball cricket & (hopefully) good coaching, he could reach some impressive or solid levels.
 
He has not been given opportunity to play FC Cricket this season.

Anyone with a decent eye and Cricketing knowledge knows that this guy has talent.

But he won't be playing FC Cricket and oldies will continue on playing.

Then we say we don't develop our players properly. Pathetic stuff by PCB. Atrocious system.
 
He has not been given opportunity to play FC Cricket this season.

Anyone with a decent eye and Cricketing knowledge knows that this guy has talent.

But he won't be playing FC Cricket and oldies will continue on playing.

Then we say we don't develop our players properly. Pathetic stuff by PCB. Atrocious system.
He’s got style only , is not good enough to be playing FC cricket at the moment.

Should pile up tons in grade 2 or department cricket first.
 
I heard this guy's name during PSL 9, and when I checked his profile, he has no FC or List-A games under his belt. So how can we even call him a talent?
 
Thank god this guy never scored a couple of runs in psl, other wise batting line would have been saim shadab usman ifty Nafay
 
He is pretender/actor of a batsmen not a real talent and not even a batsmen. Could definitely MOCAP for a cricket video game , will make the game hit.
 
Omair yousuf needs a county season to iron out his deficiency but yes he is definitely a talent with temperament.
With our talent pool being what it is, if Omair continues playing sensibly (and he seems pretty sensible) he can easily make his place in ODIs and Tests.
 
Who?? Omair bin Yousaf?
Omair is a friend of my cousin Muhammad Taha who played for Pak U19 team in world cup sadly now he is not even getting chances to play for FC team. They tried to change him in to a batsmen from a SLA bowling allrounder and he never managed to transform and now disappear.
 
Omair is a friend of my cousin Muhammad Taha who played for Pak U19 team in world cup sadly now he is not even getting chances to play for FC team. They tried to change him in to a batsmen from a SLA bowling allrounder and he never managed to transform and now disappear.
Taha looked like a decent talent. He seemed to have good power. He has left cricket altogether?
 
Omair is a friend of my cousin Muhammad Taha who played for Pak U19 team in world cup sadly now he is not even getting chances to play for FC team. They tried to change him in to a batsmen from a SLA bowling allrounder and he never managed to transform and now disappear.
Muhammad Taha used to be the VC for Pakistan u19 team as well, right?? Correct me, If I'm wrong.
 
He is another Saim Ayub with no talent, no technique at all...

Sahibzadafa Farhan is a way better option than these 2 guys.
 
True. How can he learn and improve his game if he can't play in these tournaments?
Exactly.

As usual, pcb clueless about developing players and then end at a stage where the national team is getting beat by Bangladesh, USA, Zimbabwe etc.
 
Why he released and crap players like Bangalzai, umar Siddiq, Azan Awais, Shan Masood, Imam ul Haq and Yasir Khan kept on?
 
Khawaja Nafay scored a century on his First-Class debut, remaining unbeaten on 103 (193), to help Karachi Blues secure a 9-wicket victory against Quetta in the first round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024.

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Khawaja Nafay scored a century on his First-Class debut, remaining unbeaten on 103 (193), to help Karachi Blues secure a 9-wicket victory against Quetta in the first round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024
Good for him. Hopefully he can now get opportunity to continuously play domestic Cricket and improve himself
 
Khawaja Nafay scored a century on his First-Class debut, remaining unbeaten on 103 (193), to help Karachi Blues secure a 9-wicket victory against Quetta in the first round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024
He also made a duck in the 1st innings i must add.
 
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Khawaja Nafay scored a century on his First-Class debut, remaining unbeaten on 103 (193), to help Karachi Blues secure a 9-wicket victory against Quetta in the first round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024
Good.

Talented player, but needs that grind in FC to better himself

M. Haris should take note because he is wasting himself
 
Great to see. Hopefully he really establishes himself in this entire FC season and is more ready for the next PSL season.
 
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