[VIDEOS] "My aim is to become Pakistan team's main spinner": Abrar Ahmed

[The_KING]

The only mystery about him is how he is called a spinner when he barely spins the bowl. He is useless.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Abrar Ahmed proving his utility yet again for Pakistan against West Indies in the 3rd ODI at Tarouba

https://twitter.com/x/status/1955283323397284151

 

[shamaan]

Bowled decently well.

 

[BouncerGuy]

87 wickets in 37 international matches

Match figures of 11-234 on Test debut (Second-best figures for a bowler on debut)

Happy birthday to the mystery boy, Abrar Ahmed

 

[BouncerGuy]

Abrar Ahmed has climbed 11 places to 16th in the latest ICC T20I bowling rankings.

Boy is on the move here... Good to see him bowling well. He is a key bowler for Pakistan in the spin department.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Abrar is having a wonderful event so far... He has been the best bowler for Pakistan.

 

[deep82]

Abrar is quality spinner.

He has earned the respect from Indian batsman.

 

[Markhor]

Bit too slow through the air and doesn't spin his stock legbreak appreciably. Minimal follow through, just seems to stop abruptly at the end of his action.

Not a call to drop him but needs to work on a few things to reach the top tier of international spinners.

 

[Ball Blazer]

ball sneaks into the middle stumps as Abrar removes Hasaranga during ongoing Super 4 clash. What a wicket

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Abrar is so far the most economical bowler in this Asia Cup 2025

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Abrar is a real character. I feel like you need characters like him to make the game interesting.

One thing I will say though is that I hope he maintains this level of confidence in every game he plays. In the last match against India you felt he was bowling too defensively. He is a naturally attacking bowler and should always bowl that way. Today he was tossing the ball up and the results spoke for themselves. He was very difficult to hit, and Hasaranga is not a bad hitter of spin at all.

 

[Savak]

His bowling needs a lot of work. His leg spinner needs to turn more, he needs to get his bowling speeds up and needs to spin both his leg break and googly at a faster pace. Right now batsmen know his googly is his slowest delivery. He is lucky that the UAE wickets are slow which is aiding his lack of pace but good teams will figure out his bowling eventually

 

[sweep_shot]

I think he has achieved his aim. He is Pakistan's main spinner currently.

 

[ataullah]

Can become elite like varun chakravarthy if he works on speed and spin. Hope he keeps working hard with a quality coach.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Abrar is a real character. I feel like you need characters like him to make the game interesting.

One thing I will say though is that I hope he maintains this level of confidence in every game he plays. In the last match against India you felt he was bowling too defensively. He is a naturally attacking bowler and should always bowl that way. Today he was tossing the ball up and the results spoke for themselves. He was very difficult to hit, and Hasaranga is not a bad hitter of spin at all.

Because he came in when sl were 58/5
Anyone will bowl attackingly at that stage

 

[Abid Z]

Bit too slow through the air and doesn't spin his stock legbreak appreciably. Minimal follow through, just seems to stop abruptly at the end of his action.

Not a call to drop him but needs to work on a few things to reach the top tier of international spinners.

I’m pretty sure coaches would have looked at this a come to the following conclusion.
1) can he turn at least half a bat either way to get the edge without a discernible change in action.
2) can he flight the ball to generate extra revs to create drift in air or sideways to beat the batsman running down to him.
3) can he land it on a handkerchief spot time and again with unerring accuracy if he wants (throwing well wide in LO is fine too)
4) can he read a batsman’s premeditation and adjust accordingly mid action.

If he can do all that his follow through , speed in the air or the fact that he darts it doesn’t matter. We are looking for classical actions when sometimes the subcontinent defies orthodoxy.

 

[Katwalindian]

Can become elite like varun chakravarthy if he works on speed and spin. Hope he keeps working hard with a quality coach.

Varun is average to be honest...

 

[BouncerGuy]

Abrar is now the number 4 ranked T20I bowler in the latest ICC rankings... Boy is on the move here... Good stuff

 

[Abid Z]

You know, I have to say this. I’d love for him to make as big an impact in tests abroad as he is doing in t20’s in Asia.

For a start next year it would be great to see him partner Sajid for the England tests. They took him for a 1000 runs for nothing on dead pindi pitch but on wearing 4/5 day pitches in England he might be a handful (if our batters can take the game that deep)

 

[AZulfi]

Varun is average to be honest...

+1

Kuldeep is the real deal.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Varun is average to be honest...

He has about 8 variations. How is he average. He is world no.1 ranked bowler.

 

[AZulfi]

He has about 8 variations. How is he average. He is world no.1 ranked bowler.

I do not think Varus will be as effective without Kuldeep bowling at the other end. They complement each other well though.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I do not think Varus will be as effective without Kuldeep bowling at the other end. They complement each other well though.

Varun is world no.1 ranked. Kuldeep is world no.21.

 

[ataullah]

Varun is average to be honest...

I think hes class. No 1 ranked too

 

[Katwalindian]

Varun is world no.1 ranked. Kuldeep is world no.21.

Abrar is no 4...so he is better than kuldeep? These rankings are useless

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Because he came in when sl were 58/5
Anyone will bowl attackingly at that stage

My point is that Abrar is a naturally attacking bowler, and should always bowl that way.