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

Salman Agha shown his class as a T20 batter in this PSL, he has proved that he could be a reliable finisher in this format for the national team.
 
Salman Ali Agha gone after making 33(30) against KK for IU. Not a great performance from a no.3
 
Not comparing or anything but some of the shots he plays reminds me of VVS. He has a very similar stance and very wristy too.
 
His batting style doesn't suit him to play so far down the order. I think he is a perfect number 3 batter for Islamabad United.
 
Salman Ali Agha played a classy knock of 47(23) today against GIC in the ongoing Ghani Ramadan cricket tournament.
 
The Bald Eagle said:
Salman Ali Agha played a classy knock of 47(23) today against GIC in the ongoing Ghani Ramadan cricket tournament.
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He is a good player but I don't know why he never gains confidence who can win u game from a tough situation. With his inclusion team always looks so fragile, specially in t20 cricket.
 
A brilliant knock by Salman Ali Agha 101*(56) helped SBP today in overcoming the challenge of WAPDA.
 
Hope he gets a chance in the T20 WC. I think he's better than Ifti who has a SR of about 91 in T20I's in 2024
 
He should have been given a chance in the T20 format.
 
Salman ali agha has been named in the Pakistan squad for the upcoming series against Ireland and England. Good choice to include him IMO. He deserved a spot.

Real question is, what number is he going to play at. I think he might replace Iftikhar.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Salman ali agha has been named in the Pakistan squad for the upcoming series against Ireland and England. Good choice to include him IMO. He deserved a spot.

Real question is, what number is he going to play at. I think he might replace Iftikhar.
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If that happens! Party at my place to all pp members
 
*Salman Ali Agha joins Kandy!

Pakistan allrounder Salman Ali Agha is up for auction at US$ 10,000. Kandy secure the signing with their opening bid in LPL 2024.
 
Salman Agha got a golden duck in a LPL match while playing against the Colombo Strikers. Shadab took his wicket!
 
Salman Ali Agha is the only player in the current playing 11 against Bangladesh in the 1st test match who has bowled some overs and now he is playing as a specialist spinner as Pakistan opted not to select Abrar for this game.

He has bowled 2 overs only but he is getting some spin out of that Pindi pitch.

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Missed huge opportunity to score big yesterday.
 
No longer going to watch this match, it's a draw.

Pindi is a crap pitch to host a test
 
Salman is exposing Khurram too much. I think he needs to take strike more here.
 
Salman Ali Agha departs after scoring 54(95) in 2nd Test against Bangladesh

This is his 7th in Tests, will be fair to call him clutch player for Pakistan in Tests?
 
If Pakistan wins this test match, his knock will be remembered for ages.

A youngster that will go too far.
 
Salman Ali Agha (2/13) steals the show in the third session, claiming the final two wickets of the visitors, including the key wicket of Litton Das (138), to put the hosts in a dominant position. He was literally throwing ripper balls
 
FearlessRoar said:
Salman Ali Agha (2/13) steals the show in the third session, claiming the final two wickets of the visitors, including the key wicket of Litton Das (138), to put the hosts in a dominant position. He was literally throwing ripper balls
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Pathetic captaincy by Shan. Overbowled Abrar and under bowled Agha
 
Salman Ali Agha showed resilient batting, displaying absolute grit and selflessness as he brought up his fifty off 70 balls against the Stallions in the Champions One-Day Cup 2024.
 
FearlessRoar said:
Salman Ali Agha showed resilient batting, displaying absolute grit and selflessness as he brought up his fifty off 70 balls against the Stallions in the Champions One-Day Cup 2024.
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Scoring 51 off 72 with the bat, he is now shining with the ball, proving himself to be a handy off-spinner, having taken 3 wickets for 21 runs in 8 overs so far against Markhors.
 
Salman Ali Agha, during an interaction with the media at Multan Cricket Stadium:

"I have an idea of how tough they [England Cricket Team] are and what tough challenges they will give us. And we are preparing for it and will try to produce a better result than the previous year."

"The weather conditions were much hotter in the Champions One-Day Cup 2024 and the series against Bangladesh. And it will be a plus point for us, as we are used to Pakistan's weather conditions, and I think they are coming here from cold weather."

"I don't think it will make much difference for Babar Azam, because if you see his batting record as captain, it has been excellent, and it is his personal decision, and we have to respect it. I wish him all the best, and hopefully, he will put on a good performance in this series against England."

"When I do batting, I consider myself a batter, and when I do bowling, I consider myself a bowler. So, both roles are important for me. There is always pressure on an international team, and as professionals, we have to handle it."

"We can't predict anything about the pitch; we still have time for it, but we have a plan, and we will follow it."

"We are aware of the kind of cricket they [England] play - [BazBall] - and we have prepared our own plans and will try to tackle them as per their style of game."

"My best wishes go to Pakistan's women's cricket team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, and I hope they will put on their best performance."
 
Salman has already exceeded Asad Shafiq in terms of impactful runs. After a very long time, Pakistan has found a clutch player who plays incredibly well with the tail. I was tempted to bat him higher up the order but now I have doubts. The guy is doing phenomenally well with the tail so why change it? Pakistan has historically struggled from 6-11 and our tail has been wrapped up fairly quickly in previous years. With Salman's introduction, our lower order is now consistently adding vital runs. I wouldn't want Salman to go the route of Asad Shafiq where he gets moved up the order and then struggles to score. Pakistan would lose on Salman's runs as well as runs from 6-11. Double whammy. Let him do his stuff at number 7. He's been perfect.
 
Highest batting average when batting at #7 and #8 (combined) in Test Cricket for Pakistan.
Minimum: 600 runs


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Pakistan's best player of the 2023 - 2025 WTC.

If other players get cakes for performing after one match,

Then Agha Salman Ali needs to be rewarded with his own cake shop business once the 23-25 WTC finishes
 
Man of the match of this game surely. He just needs to get a wicket or 2 as well. Would be good for his confidence.
 
I saw his interview with the sky team.. brace yourselves guys.. it’s not the greatest but he can communicate in English! Test captaincy on the horizon?
 
offstump said:
I saw his interview with the sky team.. brace yourselves guys.. it’s not the greatest but he can communicate in English! Test captaincy on the horizon?
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Why not. He can be the one for sure. He is there on merit.
 
He needs to drop that damn gum out of his mouth and start taking those easy catches
 
PCB are bunch of jokers

He has been appointed vice captain in white ball cricket based on his test form
 
He dropped a sitter and I don't think his batting will be off much help in T20s
 
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
 
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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Agha is a dud against pace like Usman you can't have both of them.
 
It’s possibly his weakest format but should be persisted if he finds his groove could be the one middle order anchor that we need
 
Barragan said:
No he isn't a dud against pace 🤣

Agha is a proper player
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I have seen him being late against pace on Pakistani pitches. He is fine for tests but will struggle in the shorter formats against pace. His technique against short bowling is on par's with Usman's.
 
khyberlion said:
I have seen him being late against pace on Pakistani pitches. He is fine for tests but will struggle in the shorter formats against pace. His technique against short bowling is on par's with Usman's.
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Anyone who knows little about batting will know he is terrible against short pitch bowling. Horrible technique

He is also garbage against wrist spin(like ifti chachu) hence he does well in test cricket. He has no idea about wrong'un. I have watched his game very closely. He should be thankful he didn’t have to face Zampa in this series.
 
shah_1 said:
Anyone who knows little about batting will know he is terrible against short pitch bowling. Horrible technique

He is also garbage against wrist spin(like ifti chachu) hence he does well in test cricket. He has no idea about wrong'un. I have watched his game very closely. He should be thankful he didn’t have to face Zampa in this series.
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Fully agreed he will a solid player for us in tests provided we play mainly in SC. The next 50 overs WC being in SA we need to find his replacement. He gets bounced out in Pakistan so the chances of him performing in SA are minimal. Him being an excellent player of spin is also a myth.
 
khyberlion said:
I have seen him being late against pace on Pakistani pitches. He is fine for tests but will struggle in the shorter formats against pace. His technique against short bowling is on par's with Usman's.
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The guy scored 2 Test fifties against Hazelwood, Cummins and Starc in Australia

He is definitely not a dud against pace

If anything in T20's, it is the opposite and batsmen can hide in this format from any deficiencies
 
Barragan said:
The guy scored 2 Test fifties against Hazelwood, Cummins and Starc in Australia

He is definitely not a dud against pace

If anything in T20's, it is the opposite and batsmen can hide in this format from any deficiencies
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Yasir shah has a century against the same line up. Maybe I was harsh in my assessment in calling him a dud, but he clearly is not great against pace.
 
What’s next? Umar Amin into the T20i squad because he is from Misbah’s school of thought?

“iF yOu HaVe A gOoD dEfEnCe YoU wIlL bE a GoOd T20 bAtTeR” 🤡
 
khyberlion said:
Yasir shah has a century against the same line up. Maybe I was harsh in my assessment in calling him a dud, but he clearly is not great against pace.
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Nope, I disagree with you

He is more than good enough against pace and should be the main man at 4 in T20's

Easily the best middle order batsman atm
 
So the Chinese VVS was all at sea in Sydney, he is another mediocre cricketer glorified by some posters as the next big thing. A one in the good books of Naqvi nothing else.

In fact Shadab Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Abbas Afridi > 维维说 Agha
 
Barragan said:
Nope, I disagree with you

He is more than good enough against pace and should be the main man at 4 in T20's

Easily the best middle order batsman atm
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Salman Agha’s T20 career batting average is 19.14 and SR is 118.71 after 78 matches.

Pakistan domestic cricket is of low quality, I must admire your optimism about a guy in 30s will suddenly turnaround these stats. Good luck
 
Mamoon said:
But Aqib is a genius selector…
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Aqib isn't a genuis but one has to give him credit where it's due.

He single handidely turned the teams test fortunes around, Something no one was able to do in the span of 2+ years. England test series was a certified whitewash if it wasn't for him.

He's been rubbish in t20 100%. However in odi he's done good as well.

His biggest fault is probably fakhar but I believe falhar zaman is out due to that tweet and pcb is adamant on not wanting him back so it's not really aqib's call.

He got rid of dead weight such as Shadab, Chacha, Imam, nawaz and many other batters/ Pseudo allrounders who were free riding in the team.

He's done bad, infact rizzu as t20 captain is probs the worst decison anyone could make.

But that doesn't mean he shouldn't be appreciated for test and odi victories.
 
Salman Ali Agha should stick to Test, if he wants to have good 4-5 years of cricket for him.

He is not a white ball player, especially t20. The moment he under performs in white ball, he will be dropped from red ball cricket too, thats how PCB mixes format always.

He should be brave and sane enough to give up his t20 VC position to save his place in other formats.
 
mominsaigol said:
Aqib isn't a genuis but one has to give him credit where it's due.

He single handidely turned the teams test fortunes around, Something no one was able to do in the span of 2+ years. England test series was a certified whitewash if it wasn't for him.

He's been rubbish in t20 100%. However in odi he's done good as well.

His biggest fault is probably fakhar but I believe falhar zaman is out due to that tweet and pcb is adamant on not wanting him back so it's not really aqib's call.

He got rid of dead weight such as Shadab, Chacha, Imam, nawaz and many other batters/ Pseudo allrounders who were free riding in the team.

He's done bad, infact rizzu as t20 captain is probs the worst decison anyone could make.

But that doesn't mean he shouldn't be appreciated for test and odi victories.
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Ya true bro great points made by you again i mean he has done great selection in odi and test its t20 where aqib got it wrong hopefully he rectify this and build t20 team aswell
 
shah_1 said:
Salman Agha’s T20 career batting average is 19.14 and SR is 118.71 after 78 matches.

Pakistan domestic cricket is of low quality, I must admire your optimism about a guy in 30s will suddenly turnaround these stats. Good luck
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In the 2024 PSL his stats were 31 average with SR of 140

He has already shown improvements!

Tell me any other better middle order batsman than him?

I'll wait....
 
Barragan said:
In the 2024 PSL his stats were 31 average with SR of 140

He has already shown improvements!

Tell me any other better middle order batsman than him?

I'll wait....
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In PSL, he didn't play in the middle order, he batted at 3 and often doing well when an opener was out early. Even Saud made tons of runs as an opener. Batting 1-3 is the easiest job in T20 cricket.

On a team with Rizwan & Babar already, Salman makes less than zero sense. He can't open and shouldn't bat at 3 if RizBar are opening, he's not a middle order batsmen in T20's so what is he exactly?

It's the typical nonsense we see from PCB where a player will do well in different formats and he'll get shoved in a format he is not suited for. Then, he will fail badly in a format he is not suited for, get out of form for the formats he is suited for, get entirely dropped from all formats and be left out in the abyss. He was doing well in Tests & ODI's, just let him cook there. No need to pigeon hole into a format he is not suited for.
 
The idiocy of PCB is touching new heights, Salman is never ever a T20 player and at the age of 30 as Vice Captain he has nothing to prove
 
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