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[VIDEOS/PICTURES] Salman Ali Agha - Will he succeed at the international level?

Missed his fifty in the second innings against South Africa, fell for 48 and let Pakistan down with a meagre total of 58 on the board.
 
Tried his best I suppose but he’s got to really work on his USP. He’s there as the final batsman and he’s got to learn to blunt the attack and play with a cool head. Cut out the rash shots and be a true anchor. Forget about trying to always go for fast runs. 1&2’s are enough for a while. I thought he could have gone on a bit today. Would be a shame to think his spin is anything more than handy.
 
Abid Z said:
Tried his best I suppose but he’s got to really work on his USP. He’s there as the final batsman and he’s got to learn to blunt the attack and play with a cool head. Cut out the rash shots and be a true anchor. Forget about trying to always go for fast runs. 1&2’s are enough for a while. I thought he could have gone on a bit today. Would be a shame to think his spin is anything more than handy.
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He’s playing too low down the order. Gets rushed because he’s batting with the tail.
 
Farabi said:
He’s playing too low down the order. Gets rushed because he’s batting with the tail.
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Perhaps this is true. And perhaps his ideal position might be 5. He’s batting at 6 currently. He has to prove himself at whatever position he’s in. Sometime a situation will arise where he has to build an innings not just make pretty 40’s. I think until he starts sorting that out best to leave him where he is.

Knowing these clowns they might start putting him as opener or 3 which would be awful. He’s our best player. (Not best batsman but best all round player). I would hate to see him overburdened
 
Agha is hiding or is being hidden. He needs to be careful because nice 40s and 50s can quickly turn into 20s and he will find himself at the notoriously fickle selectors. If I was him i would ask to bat at 4, if not 4 then 5. Why is he being hidden.
 
Abid Z said:
Perhaps this is true. And perhaps his ideal position might be 5. He’s batting at 6 currently. He has to prove himself at whatever position he’s in. Sometime a situation will arise where he has to build an innings not just make pretty 40’s. I think until he starts sorting that out best to leave him where he is.

Knowing these clowns they might start putting him as opener or 3 which would be awful. He’s our best player. (Not best batsman but best all round player). I would hate to see him overburdened
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Bewal Express said:
Agha is hiding or is being hidden. He needs to be careful because nice 40s and 50s can quickly turn into 20s and he will find himself at the notoriously fickle selectors. If I was him i would ask to bat at 4, if not 4 then 5. Why is he being hidden.
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Actually, Agha Salman has been batting at No. 7 recently, but today he moved to No. 6 due to Saim’s injury.

Agha was a specialist batter in Pakistan’s domestic cricket, often batting at No. 4. In 2022, Mohammad Yousuf the batting coach even highlighted Agha and Saud as the standout batters in the domestic circuit.

At some point, though, he got mislabeled as an "all-rounder." Historically, no specialist batter bats at No. 7 in Tests, and Agha’s bowling isn’t impactful enough to justify the label.

In SENA conditions, he’s likely to struggle because the tail won’t wag long enough to support him. At home, he might do fine at no7 as long as partners like Nauman Ali stick around.

Right now, he’s being set up to fail at No. 7. Unless the team repositions him as the specialist batter he truly is and brings him up to no4, his days in this role seem numbered.
 
Farabi said:
Actually, Agha Salman has been batting at No. 7 recently, but today he moved to No. 6 due to Saim’s injury.

Agha was a specialist batter in Pakistan’s domestic cricket, often batting at No. 4. In 2022, Mohammad Yousuf the batting coach even highlighted Agha and Saud as the standout batters in the domestic circuit.

At some point, though, he got mislabeled as an "all-rounder." Historically, no specialist batter bats at No. 7 in Tests, and Agha’s bowling isn’t impactful enough to justify the label.

In SENA conditions, he’s likely to struggle because the tail won’t wag long enough to support him. At home, he might do fine at no7 as long as partners like Nauman Ali stick around.

Right now, he’s being set up to fail at No. 7. Unless the team repositions him as the specialist batter he truly is and brings him up to no4, his days in this role seem numbered.
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Rizwan should bat at 7 and Salman at 6. Rizwan is not a no 6 bat
 
Farabi said:
Actually, Agha Salman has been batting at No. 7 recently, but today he moved to No. 6 due to Saim’s injury.

Agha was a specialist batter in Pakistan’s domestic cricket, often batting at No. 4. In 2022, Mohammad Yousuf the batting coach even highlighted Agha and Saud as the standout batters in the domestic circuit.

At some point, though, he got mislabeled as an "all-rounder." Historically, no specialist batter bats at No. 7 in Tests, and Agha’s bowling isn’t impactful enough to justify the label.

In SENA conditions, he’s likely to struggle because the tail won’t wag long enough to support him. At home, he might do fine at no7 as long as partners like Nauman Ali stick around.

Right now, he’s being set up to fail at No. 7. Unless the team repositions him as the specialist batter he truly is and brings him up to no4, his days in this role seem numbered.
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As I have said before, Babar has struggled in the middle order and I see his future as on opener or nothing. This leaves a vacancy and Agha has to tell the management that he is the man to bat at 4. I know KG failed but I like his attitude at 3.
 
Bewal Express said:
As I have said before, Babar has struggled in the middle order and I see his future as on opener or nothing. This leaves a vacancy and Agha has to tell the management that he is the man to bat at 4. I know KG failed but I like his attitude at 3.
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I agree. Babar Azam has the best technique against the moving ball in the country. He looks comfortable starting as an opener than he does starting against quality spinners. If he can open in SA, there are not many more harder places in the world, and he would actually enjoy opening in Pakistan
 
Farabi said:
I agree. Babar Azam has the best technique against the moving ball in the country. He looks comfortable starting as an opener than he does starting against quality spinners. If he can open in SA, there are not many more harder places in the world, and he would actually enjoy opening in Pakistan
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Absolutely. Babar blunted Rabada and left the ball( at least the bits I saw) better than any PK opener in recent times. The pace caused him no problems and he looked at ease
 
Bewal Express said:
Absolutely. Babar blunted Rabada and left the ball( at least the bits I saw) better than any PK opener in recent times. The pace caused him no problems and he looked at ease
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Babar should open from now on. When Saim is back it will be an excellent combo. Wouldn't mind it either in odis.
 
khyberlion said:
He's a better batsmen than rizwan and should be batting ahead of him at least.
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100% agreed! If Babar is opening, then Agha can also come up to no5. Then we can tolerate Shan until Saim’s injury heals and Saim and Babar can be long-term openers.
Agha at 5 and Rizwan at no7 means we can bring in another specialist batter at no6, ideally an allrounder like M Marsh/Webster.
 
Bewal Express said:
He has to believe. Off course he will also fail at times. His concentration lapses are costly and that needs to improve. Too many 50s, not enough 100s
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Could have got centuries in both innings here at least and had a chance of a match winning innings in the first game too. I hope Babar turns a corner in his career its now or never for him.

He's our best batting talent in the last 20 years. He needs to do his talent some justice. Too many 50s and getting out straight after that. Even though this was a flat surface but this is the most comfortable I have seen him in quite a while. I hope he opens in the WI series too.
 
Farabi said:
100% agreed! If Babar is opening, then Agha can also come up to no5. Then we can tolerate Shan until Saim’s injury heals and Saim and Babar can be long-term openers.
Agha at 5 and Rizwan at no7 means we can bring in another specialist batter at no6, ideally an allrounder like M Marsh/Webster.
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Agreed but unfortunately we don't have anyone remotely close to Webster and Marsh. I like the look of Mohammed Sulieman he can come in at 6.
 
Salman Ali Agha during media interaction at LCCA Ground:

"I have been doing this dual role for a long time. Even in domestic cricket, whether in ODIs, white-ball, Test, or four-day cricket, I have played both as a bowler and a batter."

"So, it’s not extra pressure for me. In fact, I find it exciting and am looking forward to it. I will try to continue performing as I have in white-ball and ODI cricket."
 
Can Salman Ali Agha play a miraculous innings tonight?

1st match of the Tri-Nation ODI Series – Pakistan vs New Zealand

 
FearlessRoar said:
Can Salman Ali Agha play a miraculous innings tonight?

1st match of the Tri-Nation ODI Series – Pakistan vs New Zealand

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As I expected – no

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Agha Salman is a perfect player if 90s cricket was being played he is neither a batsman nor a bowler
 
Rate this catch by Salman Ali Agha during the 3rd match between Pakistan and South Africa in the tri-nation ODI series.

 
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50 up for Salman Ali Agha today, PCT needs a big ton from him today in chase of a mammoth total in the third match of the Tri-Nation ODI series against South Africa
 
In odi hes pakistan's best allrounder.

Utter rubbish in t20 though. In test he's a bit of FTB but I don't mind
 
He played in the Bham parks league only 3 years ago and today he has the chance to make the number 4 place as his own for PK. You get one chance and he needs to take it. Push Riz down to 5 and move him up.
 
He's averaging 45.7 at a SR of 100 after 32 matches, has multiple strong performances in pressure situations under his belt, is a gun fielder and very handy with the ball too.

Needless to say, Salman Ali Agha has been an absolute revelation for Pakistan.

I don't think anyone (myself included) expected him to be this good of a player when he came into the team. But he has delivered in spades despite having only been in the team for a short period of time.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
He's averaging 45.7 at a SR of 100 after 32 matches, has multiple strong performances in pressure situations under his belt, is a gun fielder and very handy with the ball too.

Needless to say, Salman Ali Agha has been an absolute revelation for Pakistan.

I don't think anyone (myself included) expected him to be this good of a player when he came into the team. But he has delivered in spades despite having only been in the team for a short period of time.
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I liked him from the very beginning. He's clutch
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
He's averaging 45.7 at a SR of 100 after 32 matches, has multiple strong performances in pressure situations under his belt, is a gun fielder and very handy with the ball too.

Needless to say, Salman Ali Agha has been an absolute revelation for Pakistan.

I don't think anyone (myself included) expected him to be this good of a player when he came into the team. But he has delivered in spades despite having only been in the team for a short period of time.
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100%. When he first got included in the international squad, it was a surprise but he's been just a very solid player who affects the game on multiple levels. Good with the bat, decent with the ball and one heck of a fielder. It got overlooked because of his incredible batting performances but he took two really good catches and prevented the target from being even higher.
 
He should sign his bat and send it to Tuktuk Misbah and Chacha! Thats how you score a century
 
A fantastic knock from Salman. Won us 2 games in quick succession. That inning against SA in SA was a peach but this one was too good to be true. Never expected such a turn around from Salman. Brilliant inning.
 
Salman Ali Agha departed after scoring 45 (65) in the final of the Tri-Nation ODI series against New Zealand and he probably should have done much more than this.
 
In the latest episode of the PCB Podcast, Salman Ali Agha:

"Obviously, it’s [Vice captaincy] an additional responsibility, but I am enjoying it a lot. It has been around three to four years since I joined the international team, and my performances have been good overall. This new role is challenging, but I am trying to balance it along with my performances. I am enjoying the experience."

"I am excited for the Champions Trophy—Pakistan hosting an ICC event is special. As a Lahore native, lifting the trophy in my hometown would be a dream come true. The Pakistan team has the potential to win.”

“If we beat India but don’t win the tournament, that win holds no value. However, if we lose to India but lift the trophy, that’s a bigger achievement. Our goal is to perform well and win.”
 
Might not have the highest ceiling but he's done well to get where he is. Years of grind in the domestic circuit. Has a good head on his shoulders.
 
Salman has earned his spot and he deserves his spot in ODIs and Tests. He has been the most impressive lower-order batter in last decade I would say. We had to work with Iffi, hassan ali, shadab etc before him. The difference is clear.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Salman has earned his spot and he deserves his spot in ODIs and Tests. He has been the most impressive lower-order batter in last decade I would say. We had to work with Iffi, hassan ali, shadab etc before him. The difference is clear.
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Ofcourse you won't praise my brilliant cricketing acumen.

I created a justice for agha thread before anyone else and back when people were delusionally believing that chacha and shadab were better then this guy. But now people are pretending as if he was always good?

Eventually the bubble will burst on rizwan as well. Rizzu isn't bad in odi however he's medicore, i want rizwan in the team as their is no replacement for him since all his replacements are rubbish but he should not be marketed as Pakistan's star batter. Doing that is the equivalent of committing suicide.

The bubble has burst for babar thankfully. He was always medicore but was hyped as the next best thing. Now with Babar out of form and Steve smith having a test resurgence people have run out of arguments.

All hail Momin the best Well wisher of all time. #peace out
 
mominsaigol said:
Ofcourse you won't praise my brilliant cricketing acumen.

I created a justice for agha thread before anyone else and back when people were delusionally believing that chacha and shadab were better then this guy. But now people are pretending as if he was always good?

Eventually the bubble will burst on rizwan as well. Rizzu isn't bad in odi however he's medicore, i want rizwan in the team as their is no replacement for him since all his replacements are rubbish but he should not be marketed as Pakistan's star batter. Doing that is the equivalent of committing suicide.

The bubble has burst for babar thankfully. He was always medicore but was hyped as the next best thing. Now with Babar out of form and Steve smith having a test resurgence people have run out of arguments.

All hail Momin the best Well wisher of all time. #peace out
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LOL. You cannot stop bringing rizwan and babar every thread???

Thread is about salmon and he has earned the name to be discussed. I think he the perfect player from number 5-7 atm. Other names are nothing compared to his achievements atm.
 
BouncerGuy said:
LOL. You cannot stop bringing rizwan and babar every thread???

Thread is about salmon and he has earned the name to be discussed. I think he the perfect player from number 5-7 atm. Other names are nothing compared to his achievements atm.
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I agree because I was the first one to make this argument and hence am the founder and ceo of this argument that you are plagiarising and taking credit for.

Agha > chacha, Shadab, Nawaz, Imad.

Go back to 2024 wc when I was discussing with daytrader as to why agha is > Shadab and Chacha.

Agha is really good in odi and he can easily surpass Hafeez as an allrounder as well( from a batting perspective, Hafeez is still the better bowler).
 
I remember a few months back there were a lot of posters against him. I don’t see anything special in him, he’s just got lucky, he will eventually fail etc. People demanding he should be removed. He’s proof that you don’t just drop someone who is performing right now on the basis that you somehow think he will fail in the future. It’s not fair, and usually if someone is currently performing, they’re doing something right. Opinions or eye test shouldn’t dictate how many chances this guy has at international level once he’s in the team, performances should.

Also I don’t know how people are so quick to dismiss good performances. Most players who are tried in international cricket fail. It is natural. But we’re so quick to bring in the next guy who will probably come in and average 15 with the bat like a revolving door. But we’re addicted to hyping up the next big thing, players who aren’t in the team, somehow assuming they will perform in international cricket. They might. But it’s not right taking out a guy currently performing in international cricket for the small chance the new guy will do better.

If players will be predicted to fail let them fail. Let nature take its course.

I’ve seen it before where we’ve wrongly made a judgment on players like Fawad and taufeeq being dropped despite performing because people predict they’d fail. And when they return to the side years later they perform again. Just showing we made an incorrect call. I’m glad the same thing didn’t happen to Salman.
 
Ravi Ashwin, while speaking on his YouTube channel:

"What a player Salman Agha is. He has quality and press handling ability. I am seeing a Pakistani player with on field presence for the first time in many years. I really hope he does not go like some of the other players did. He could become the poster boy for Pakistan cricket. I believe he has so much ability that he can surpass Babar Azam and Rizwan. I am not sure about his real age but I am a fan of his game. He has the skill to play all kinds of shots.”
 
So far the only consistent player in ODI and Test matches for Pakistan. The only player you can back to score quick 30's - 50's for Pakistan in every game. He is far more useful than players like Saud Shakeel who play one good knock followed by 10 poor ones but retains his place in the team for the next 2 years.
 
Barragan said:
For now, he should be persisted in T20's at 4

It's Babar that needs to go

There aren't many middle order batsmen in T20's available for Pak atm - they're either openers or finishers

Agha is definitely the best of the middle order batsmen available
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I'm glad the management stuck with Agha in T20's

The man has the ability to play aggressively and plug that hole in the middle order in T20I

Proving it now in back to back games
 
Agha can be a really good middle order batsman in ODIs & T20Ss. He knows how to stay at the wicket and also how to switch the gear when required
 
Salman Agha is the best white ball example for Pakistan think tank. The guy has been playing domestic cricket for 12 damn years and more than 6k runs in 4 day cricket
 
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