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[VIDEOS/PICTURES] Mohammad Rizwan is arguably the best keeper in the world

As a pure wicketkeeper, Ben Foakes is arguably better than him. But he is definitely among the top 3.
 
Space Cat said:
I did like that he came out and accepted he didn't keep well that test. He has the right mindset to go with obvious talent.

He will definitely be leading the next generation of test keepers.
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BunnyRabbit said:
As a pure wicketkeeper, Ben Foakes is arguably better than him. But he is definitely among the top 3.
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Rizwan’s keeping against spin puts him ahead of most of the guys.
 
Rizwan is easily the best keeper (Pure keeping)

batting wise, on tests, behind Watling, Bairstow, Mushfiq at the min. on par with Pant (although his last few innings push him higher)
 
What a performance with the gloves by Rizwan today. Guys just goes from strength to strength
 
Definitely the cleanest wicket keeper we’ve had since Rashid Latif. Should be given an extended run in one-days and test. For T20s it’s time to hand the gloves to Azam Khan.
 
Rellu_Katta said:
Rizwan is easily the best keeper (Pure keeping)

batting wise, on tests, behind Watling, Bairstow, Mushfiq at the min. on par with Pant (although his last few innings push him higher)
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Batting wise Pant is much higher than any keeper above mentioned. Keeping is a different matter altogether. Pant is criminally underrated on PP. I believe his keeping skills let’s him down big time.
 
CanadianG00se said:
Batting wise Pant is much higher than any keeper above mentioned. Keeping is a different matter altogether. Pant is criminally underrated on PP. I believe his keeping skills let’s him down big time.
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a masssive LOL if you think Pant is better than Watling and Bairstow on batting ....
 
Every now and then you see a cricketer who is a joy to watch in whatever he does - Rizwan is that type of cricketer.

Highly skilled in all aspects of the game.

This guy is a fantastic cricketer.
 
Saj said:
Every now and then you see a cricketer who is a joy to watch in whatever he does - Rizwan is that type of cricketer.

Highly skilled in all aspects of the game.

This guy is a fantastic cricketer.
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And a really good bloke as well from what I’ve heard.
 
Rellu_Katta said:
a masssive LOL if you think Pant is better than Watling and Bairstow on batting ....
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Pant haven’t got fair chance to play at home due to his poor keeping skills. Once, he settle downs, he will comfortably surpass current keepers.
Bairstow is in decline and possibly will be replaced by Foakes in near future.
As for Watling, he avg 19 in India, 17 in Australia, 27 in UAE. Only country he have very good record is England 51+. Even at home he avg around 37. Those stats doesn’t give much confidence when he will be facing tough opposition that too away from home. He is good batsman but by no means he is best WK batsman.
Pant in his short career have done what many couldn’t do in their entire career. He will only grow from here unless he screws up massively.

Rizwan is also very good talent and showing signs of greatness, but on current form I will place him behind Pant as a batsman but ahead(quite comfortably) as a keeper.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
I will be highly disappointed if he does not end up a level ahead of these two.
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Bairstow was Good man! People sleep on him
But he was good batsman with decent glove work

Pant will need atleast 4-5 dominant years to match his credentials in test cricket (Bairstow.made a 1000 runs in calendar year in test cricket and in England of all places)

He is still decent to good imo
 
CanadianG00se said:
As for Watling, he avg 19 in India, 17 in Australia, 27 in UAE. Only country he have very good record is England 51+. Even at home he avg around 37. Those stats doesn’t give much confidence when he will be facing tough opposition that too away from home. He is good batsman but by no means he is best WK batsman.
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Got to be a bit careful when chucking Watling's name into statsguru, as he started his career as a top order bat, and only took up the gloves after a dozen or so matches. His average at home in NZ as a keeper is 41. Averages 50 in England, and 35 in SA so obviously very good in those kinds of seaming/swinging conditions. Good record against the weaker Asian sides (not to be lightly dismissed as SENA nations have struggled in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka during Watling's career), but struggled in UAE and India as you mentioned, and I think struggles with the extra bounce in Australia as he's quite reliant on the horizontal bat shots to score.
 
As long as Akmal is not coming back... and even sarfraz, I didnt like him as a keeper, used to miss stumpings.
 
Another potentially match winning intervention from Rizwan with the gloves!

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Only if he was a little taller. His reach would have been even longer. He is a tremendous keeper.
 
Madplayer said:
Only if he was a little taller. His reach would have been even longer. He is a tremendous keeper.
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He is a complete package. I wish we had someone like him in Indian team. I used to compare him with Dinesh Karthik initially but he is way better than Karthik. Pant vs Rizwan thread will be on fire. :inti
 
Firebat said:
Another potentially match winning intervention from Rizwan with the gloves!

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Insane insane stuff this is beyond incredible having the presence of mind to grab the ball run 20 yards and than do a jonty in a matter of seconds is praise worthy. The batsman did not even expect that one bit could be very crucial in big matches if he manages to do this often
 
Mean&Green said:
Insane insane stuff this is beyond incredible having the presence of mind to grab the ball run 20 yards and than do a jonty in a matter of seconds is praise worthy. The batsman did not even expect that one bit could be very crucial in big matches if he manages to do this often
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Needs to stay fit is all. Hope he doesn’t over indulge in his few successes so far by eating take outs with puri and parathas on the daily. Kamran, Umar and Sarfraz all went down this path after some success. Hope it ends there
 
That sprint and dive to remove the danger man and win the game, just phenomenal. Truly shows the importance of fitness, speed and agility within a top class WK in cricket
 
So great that we have an athletic keeper who can make the diffenece even with the gloves in crunch situations. Really glad he scored runs today too
 
Suleiman said:
Needs to stay fit is all. Hope he doesn’t over indulge in his few successes so far by eating take outs with puri and parathas on the daily. Kamran, Umar and Sarfraz all went down this path after some success. Hope it ends there
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He seems very mentally strong I think hes one of those players who will drive to improve his game and not get complacent.
 
Rizwan is fast becoming the best in the business.. dont think there is any name above him in Pak team apart from Babar and SSA.

a player who lifts the team with him..... for me the best at the min

i think he is ahead of Butler , Bairstow and many others on his batting now

Red hot keepers now are Pant and Rizwan... very different styles but breath of fresh air

Keeping alone, no1 comes close
 
Rellu_Katta said:
Rizwan is fast becoming the best in the business.. dont think there is any name above him in Pak team apart from Babar and SSA.

a player who lifts the team with him..... for me the best at the min

i think he is ahead of Butler , Bairstow and many others on his batting now

Red hot keepers now are Pant and Rizwan... very different styles but breath of fresh air

Keeping alone, no1 comes close
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True. After Akmals as a Pakistani fan I'm so glad to see a WK who is competent at his job.

His batting is a massive bonus for us.
 
The guy has improved to a point where we have something very good and may develop into something very special. He is amongst the best WK in international cricket, only Saha is on par with him, he isnt the best batsman Pants is better and Watling has been exceptional for a few years. And although QDK is going through a bad spell he remains a brilliant batsman. I am glad that we a top international player
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The flying Mohammad Rizwan <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvSA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvSA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/8pdGntUivg">pic.twitter.com/8pdGntUivg</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1360313848897667076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Definitely the best keeper around. If he continues his batting form, he can ascend into the elite tier of keepers.
 
Bewal Express said:
The guy has improved to a point where we have something very good and may develop into something very special. He is amongst the best WK in international cricket, only Saha is on par with him, he isnt the best batsman Pants is better and Watling has been exceptional for a few years. And although QDK is going through a bad spell he remains a brilliant batsman. I am glad that we a top international player
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This is the most fair assessment i have seen so far.
 
Check out this catch vs Peshawar Zalmi in PSL 6 (Match 21)

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MenInG said:
Check out this catch vs Peshawar Zalmi in PSL 6 (Match 21)

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Brilliant catch under lights when the ball went so high and was moving away from him.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dinesh Karthik on commentary regarding Mohammad Rizwan's excellent catch of Ben Stokes "his hands were in a good position and closed exactly when the ball hit the gloves. That's the sign of a good keeper, a well-oiled keeper" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvPAK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1415010680609120257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Struggling with knock to his knee and he's signalled to the dressing room that he needs to leave the field.

Sarfaraz Ahmed ready to come on as a sub wicket-keeper.
 
Mohammad Rizwan is the best wicket keeper in world cricket.

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Could not take a more sensational catch at a more crucial time.
 
Firebat said:
Mohammad Rizwan is the best wicket keeper in world cricket.

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Could not take a more sensational catch at a more crucial time.
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Not a good time to share and claim he's the best. His drop moments before has resulted in an upset defeat. Also, should've stopped the boundary when 6 were required.
 
Not just 'keeper - also as a regular outfielder too
 
MenInG said:
Not just 'keeper - also as a regular outfielder too
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That's the flexibility he offers. I think he can be better utilized as a fielder. Especially in T20s where saving every run matters. Would open up space to try out a hard hitting wicket keeper.
 
Nobody is perfect and one mistake is not the end of the world.

The fact remains - Mohammad Rizwan is the greatest wicketkeeper in Pakistan's history.
 
When sarfraz dropped these catches and missed these stumpings, the pitchforks were out and he was crucified. When Rizwan does it suddenly nobody is perfect and it's ok these things happen
 
ahmadharis1 said:
When sarfraz dropped these catches and missed these stumpings, the pitchforks were out and he was crucified. When Rizwan does it suddenly nobody is perfect and it's ok these things happen
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Yeah because Rizwan is a lovely guy. He is a saint amongst men
 
ahmadharis1 said:
When sarfraz dropped these catches and missed these stumpings, the pitchforks were out and he was crucified. When Rizwan does it suddenly nobody is perfect and it's ok these things happen
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Sarfaraz is not even on the same planet when it comes to wicketkeeping. Their atheticism is worlds apart.
 
No need to overreact as Rizwan is still the best wicketkeeper in the world and that too by some distance.
 
Rizwan kept well in the 2nd test against England.

He has to improve his batting though.
 
Rizwan scored 174 vs Bangladesh and we lose by 10 wickets

Rizwan fails to score vs England and we won by over 100 runs

This is why no one takes this man’s average seriously
 
Rizwan kept well and did make two minor contributions with bat too, and he actual was heavily involved with some of field settings and motivating the bowlers. A live wire as ever for Pakistan. I am glad he has been joined up with another aiming player in Kamran G.
 
PakPremi said:
Very logical Rizwan 174 caused Pakistani bowlers to bowl rubbish and let opposition score more runs.
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Explain rizwan causing a pakistan collapse when he kept taking singles and exposing a fragile tail on strike in the 2nd innings just so he could get his 51?

Pakistan was crumbling tonpieces yet he still kept giving strike away? Causing an innings defeat when das with lesser wickets and a weaker tail in hasan mahmud batted out the entire day and the next day?

Why didn't rizzu draw when he could have? Who's bright idea was it to take singles?

But apprantly according to @gazza619 all great players are selfish. Yes a great selfish player who lost his team the game for his 51 in the 2nd innings.

Babar did the same inn2017 against australia and I went back and checked the comments and the same rubbish was being stated back then.

I thought liton das' batting would have shut people up.
 
What collapse he batted a long time and Pakistan had decent total. Another illogical post to explain how Rizwan stopped Pakistan bowlers picking up 20 wickets. And another fake narrative to suggest Rizwan taking single caused Pakistani collapse, as a batsmen you are there to score runs however they come and you have to trust your partners be it tailend as Agha and JamL have done in this series taking plenty of singles in the middle of the overs with tailend. It was his giant effort of 174 runs that gave Pakistan bowlers cushion to bowl Bangladesh out but it was poor bowling g and captaincy that allowed Bangldesh to oytdo score. And as keep going on about how well Linton protected tail, go and watch the inning again, he let Nahid bat plenty who is a tailender. Linton did play even better than Rizwan but do not discount Pakistan poor bowling as a major factor.
 
Best wicket-keeper batter Pakistan ever produced.

One of the best wicket-keepers that Pakistan ever produced. I think only Wasim Bari, Rashid Latif and Moin Khan are ahead.
 
Rizwan's wicketkeeping in this match and Jamie Smith's wicketkeeping in this match showed the importance of keeping well to spinners in Asian conditions. And how even a single miss can turn the trajectory of the match. Rizwan was practically spotless behind the stumps on a pitch with some serious turn.

It takes alot of skill to keep well in Asia. This is why I personally rated Wriddhiman Saha so highly. I think good wicketkeeping is something that doesn't get recognized enough but its impact on the result of a test match is quite significant, especially in Asia.

I am glad we don't have Sarfraz or Kamran Akmal behind the stumps anymore. Because I remember perfectly well how frustrated I used to be when either of these clowns missed a stumping or dropped a catch, and then the player they dropped would go on to punish us. We have alot of issues to work out still but I'm glad we atleast have one of the best wicketkeepers in the world behind the stumps.
 
He would make an ATG XI for Pakistan, racing past the Kamran Akmals and Rashid Latifs that they have produced earlier.
 
5 catches behind the stumps by Superman skipper Muhammad Rizwan.

Best keeper in the world for a reason.
 
Rizwan equals Sarfaraz Ahmed for the most catches by a Pakistan keeper in an ODI. 6 catches today against Australia.
 
Why isn't anyone talking about his drop catch?

Jhoot pei Jhoot?
 
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