This is a good suggestion. And to be fair, we need to give the replacement as much time as Rizwan has had to prove himself
Sure. Assuming they are doing the bare minimum performance required to be picked for months/years then I have no issue with that concept
Who is this person though?
He is actually an ex-test cricketer. Talks like an online troll. The guy is too toxic for even PCB to touch with a 10 inch pole leave alone his opinions on Indian cricket and cricketers. Thats his resume. I don’t remember much of him from his playing days but speaks like an entitled megastar of the game.
I do agree that not picking any other pacers does seem like a ploy to ensure no one takes Shaheen’s place in the team.
Then they should have played 3 spinners against BD too in second test when Shaheen and Naseem were rested
Social media trial is also a thing in our part of the world and players must learn to cope with it.
In short we are doomed.
Innocent question. At what point do we stop blaming PTI. At what point can the successors be held accountable.
Dropping Babar on his Birthday!! PCB is brutal man!! Absolute cold hearted!
I am sure that tweet was not Babar's idea. Probably Saya.
Tbf, he's not wrong and it isn't a bad tweet. It's just a hbd tweet, nothing wrong with it.
shameful now ? its working ..they should have gone with 4 spinners
They still need an extra pacer. Credit to sajid Don for pulling a miracle out
Sajid and noman have done a fine job, but I still think Pakistan needed another pacer there. Not Shaheen obviously, but Naseem was rested out of no where.
One can start by moving him down to number 7. Terrible to see him hopping at the crease.
May be team management is trying to protect Naseem & Shaheen for CT. They know Shaheen & Naseem are not required in test matches
Rizwan as well. Remove all traces of your mediocre overrated superstars once and for all.
Add Shadab. Although I feel Naseem is quite decent and seems to have an okay attitude. No real politics.
The way Naseem left QG is enough proof of his head getting too big for him. He simply refused to play for QG if they didnt release him, they desperately needed him to deliver now that they had stood with him in his tough times.
Can't stand that full-tosser. Discard him for life.
yes. Guys like @Major and @Bewal Express also @gazza619 have pushed this bogus theory for years here.
naseem is dumb .
Tera bhi hisaab hoga
Babar averages 50 in odis.
That's because they have lost form. When it was said it was true. Which tests have we won since they have struggled.
Well all good if it happens. But we havent we lost 6 in a row because these guys have struggled and we lost to @Rana home team Amreeka.
haha that is the reason why he sould play only ODI cricket.
He will make a come in the test squad soonish.
Losing with so called super stars is more embarrassing than losing with an ordinary side. In last 6 test matches which Pakistan has lost, Babar played all 6 with literally zero contribution, Shaheen played 4 with zero contribution and Rizwan played all 6 with average contribution. I will still take Rizwan because Pakistan currently doesn't have keeper better than him but Babar & Shaheen need to earn their place by performing in domestics. The losses against minnows came under exemplary leadership of Babar
Losing is bad. It doesn't matter who you lose with. And PK lost because the big 2 lost form in a big way. I am not sure what is complicated.
You’ve been saying this nonsense even till last week. Your making it sound as if this was said 10 years ago. A week later, Kamran Ghulam joined the team and COMPLETELY debunked the lies that your lot have been spreading
So based on one test, you have decided that Kamran was the answer. And even if he was, would you replace a guy that averages 45 or one that averages 30. It's these posts that show why you suggested a guy that once scored 42 in a T20 game.
KG is the new superstar of Pakistani fans who have personal issues with Babar. However, the reality is that KG deserved to be in the team at Masood’s expense not Babar’s.
I am not sure about fame or lack of effort. SSA was a good test bowler before his injury in most conditions and that has nothing to do with fame. Injuries for fast bowlers are destructive and many a bowler has been destroyed by them. SSA isn't the 1st and won't be the last. As far as Babar is concerned, he has lost form and it may be permanent and obviously as some one that likes him, I am hoping it isn't. He isn't lazy and , according to some he likes the netting too much and and when out of form, nets do more harm than good as they create anxiety. He needs to take stock and play FC. He is too young and too good to just fade away and if he does, he only has himself to blame
Well, in case you haven’t figured out, it’s been 1 Test since Babar was sent home, and Pakistan will most likely win it having lost its previous 5 in a row with Babar in the side.So based on one test, you have decided that Kamran was the answer. And even if he was, would you replace a guy that averages 45 or one that averages 30. It's these posts that show why you suggested a guy that once scored 42 in a T20 game.
Not sure if you are serious.
Brilliant. This is the level of knowledge expect from you. Let's assume that on this wicket England won the toss and batted 1st and scored 350, the chances are they too would win on here batting at the best time. Do we then blame KG? Or as he has done well, do we blame Shaan as he has failed. Or neither and blame Abdullah.
Not reading beyond this point. Good day to you.
And you still want to defend Rizwan the batsman even though it is clear as daylight for everyone to see what his actual capability is.
Not yet. Too young and too classy. If he doesn't score then he will go the way of 1000s of others that never came back
Babar’s ‘record’ was speaking for itself wasnt it? Rizwan is ranked 7th in the ICC Test rankings? He has looked that ranking against who in this series? Shoaib Bashir only?
This won’t happen, they will never go to the domestics. A 4 day tournament is kicking off next week apparently and Babar is going on holiday to Dubai.
Oh yeah the poster also harps on about his MBA and that he’s a cricketer who is educated so the only deserving Chairman in accordance with Khan sab’s vision.
