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Cricket lover 27 said:
How would you rate Saifullah Bangash. Batting wise he has same potential as Rehan Afridi I am slightly inclined towards him because he bats with a good SR of 76 seems like a dynamic player like Sarfaraz.
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Oh Sorry I missed him. Yes Saifullah Bangash is quality . A grade wicket keeper batsman.

For Pakistan A the competition should be between Rehan Afridi and Saifullah Bangash.

Saifullah is hardly 20 years old and last year was his first FC season that too for a department and he impressed . Probably he was highest run getter for SSGC last season. Impact player .
 
#GreenRoars said:
Currently best wicket keeper in our domestic, also he is a very good batsman. Sooner IA we will see him with A Team. But he need to score in this season, otherwise we may see Adnan Akmal again and again.
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Yes and his competitor is Saifullah Bangash. Both have got good skills and good temperament . It would be good competition between Rehan and Saifullah this season. Saifullah has played for Pak u-19 as well . Has Rehan played for Pak u-19 ?
 
Cricket lover 27

Uptil now

Saifullah averages 37 with 1 hundred

Rehan averages 43 with 5 hundreds.

Saifullah scored double century in qualifying round and in good form but he got a duck in first QEA match this season. Time to cash in on good form and score big runs.

Rehan scored century last game and today he scored 88 of 115 balls at a good SR of around 75.
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
Cricket lover 27

Uptil now

Saifullah averages 37 with 1 hundred

Rehan averages 43 with 5 hundreds.

Saifullah scored double century in qualifying round and in good form but he got a duck in first QEA match this season. Time to cash in on good form and score big runs.

Rehan scored century last game and today he scored 88 of 115 balls at a good SR of around 75.
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[MENTION=134359]Cricket lover 27[/MENTION]
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
Oh Sorry I missed him. Yes Saifullah Bangash is quality . A grade wicket keeper batsman.

For Pakistan A the competition should be between Rehan Afridi and Saifullah Bangash.

Saifullah is hardly 20 years old and last year was his first FC season that too for a department and he impressed . Probably he was highest run getter for SSGC last season. Impact player .
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Saif Bangash has done well in FC, but he wasn't that good at U19 level. I hope it's a case of him improving rather than poor standard of domestic cricket.
 
Ahson8 said:
Saif Bangash has done well in FC, but he wasn't that good at U19 level. I hope it's a case of him improving rather than poor standard of domestic cricket.
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Yeah I know about his under 19 performances but they are not a litmus test of a player. Shehzad was a very good player in his under 19 days but look where he is now and Kohli was not even the best player of his team in U-19 and look how he has developed.
 
Ahson8 said:
Saif Bangash has done well in FC, but he wasn't that good at U19 level. I hope it's a case of him improving rather than poor standard of domestic cricket.
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Played directly in worldcup as another keeper was the main wicketkeeper may be that's why could not shine . Rehan is ahead uptil now in terms of experience and performance with Saifullah just behind.
 
Ahson8 said:
Saif Bangash has done well in FC, but he wasn't that good at U19 level. I hope it's a case of him improving rather than poor standard of domestic cricket.
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In the qualifying round match in which Babar Azam scored a century he made a double century they play for the same team so his performances are definitely not fluke.
 
Cricket lover 27 said:
In the qualifying round match in which Babar Azam scored a century he made a double century they play for the same team so his performances are definitely not fluke.
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Well that's good to know. As one poster said, there are players who haven't been all that successful in U19, but still did well at international level (and vice versa)
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
Played directly in worldcup as another keeper was the main wicketkeeper may be that's why could not shine . Rehan is ahead uptil now in terms of experience and performance with Saifullah just behind.
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I think Saif was keeping wicket, while Ameer Hamza was playing as a specialist batsman.
 
Wicketkeeper watch - Rehan Afridi

In an another thread his name has popped up from someone who is known to closely monitor domestic crickets in the domestic scene so I decided to open thread to monitor the performance of rehan arfidi.

Can someone post more information about him and let us know what they think of him as a wicketkeeper?
 
In his first or second Fc game Rehan Afridi scored his first FC hundred at a Strike rate above 70.

He is the best cricketer of FATA region.

He is taller than Rizwan and sarfraz and is slim smart. Much fitter than sarfraz and a little less fit than Rizwan who has top fitness levels.

Rehan Afridi scored 2 or 3 Fc hundreds in his first FC season playing for abbotabad or peshawar at that time.

This year he signed with SBP or ZTBL but they did not qualify so he is representing FATA.

He was doing very well but since pakistan A squad got announced with Saifullah Bangash preferred over him he isn't among runs . May be a case of disheartened athlete or he is injured ¿

He is a technically correct batsman who plays with positive intend and has batted at different positions of number 4 to number 7 with mostly batting in the middle order.

In my view he should be the wicket keeper for Pakistan A team for 50 overs and 4 day matches.

Unfortunately he isn't in the reckoning book of selectors and PCB where in last 2 years they have given chances to adnan Akmal and bismillah khan while completely ignoring him. Now for T20 matches with England Lions Saifullah Bangash has been selected who is quite good but not better than Rehan Afridi in experience and record.
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
In his first or second Fc game Rehan Afridi scored his first FC hundred at a Strike rate above 70.

He is the best cricketer of FATA region.

He is taller than Rizwan and sarfraz and is slim smart. Much fitter than sarfraz and a little less fit than Rizwan who has top fitness levels.

Rehan Afridi scored 2 or 3 Fc hundreds in his first FC season playing for abbotabad or peshawar at that time.

This year he signed with SBP or ZTBL but they did not qualify so he is representing FATA.

He was doing very well but since pakistan A squad got announced with Saifullah Bangash preferred over him he isn't among runs . May be a case of disheartened athlete or he is injured ¿

He is a technically correct batsman who plays with positive intend and has batted at different positions of number 4 to number 7 with mostly batting in the middle order.

In my view he should be the wicket keeper for Pakistan A team for 50 overs and 4 day matches.

Unfortunately he isn't in the reckoning book of selectors and PCB where in last 2 years they have given chances to adnan Akmal and bismillah khan while completely ignoring him. Now for T20 matches with England Lions Saifullah Bangash has been selected who is quite good but not better than Rehan Afridi in experience and record.
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How's his keeping?
 
Saifullah Bangash is the most rubbish cricketer I've seen in a very long time. Can't believe he has made the t20 team vs ENG lions. He will fail miserably. I know who the good and bad cricketers are.
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
In his first or second Fc game Rehan Afridi scored his first FC hundred at a Strike rate above 70.

He is the best cricketer of FATA region.

He is taller than Rizwan and sarfraz and is slim smart. Much fitter than sarfraz and a little less fit than Rizwan who has top fitness levels.

Rehan Afridi scored 2 or 3 Fc hundreds in his first FC season playing for abbotabad or peshawar at that time.

This year he signed with SBP or ZTBL but they did not qualify so he is representing FATA.

He was doing very well but since pakistan A squad got announced with Saifullah Bangash preferred over him he isn't among runs . May be a case of disheartened athlete or he is injured ¿

He is a technically correct batsman who plays with positive intend and has batted at different positions of number 4 to number 7 with mostly batting in the middle order.

In my view he should be the wicket keeper for Pakistan A team for 50 overs and 4 day matches.

Unfortunately he isn't in the reckoning book of selectors and PCB where in last 2 years they have given chances to adnan Akmal and bismillah khan while completely ignoring him. Now for T20 matches with England Lions Saifullah Bangash has been selected who is quite good but not better than Rehan Afridi in experience and record.
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He played from Abbotabad region and from what i remember he made tons in both innings, 115 and 135 or something like this.

It was hilarious that management preferred Saifullah over Rehan Afridi.
Rehan isn't a slogger, a technical sound batsman both for ODI and Test format. But sadly he isn't under the radar of PCB yet, but hope sooner he will gain attention and at least he will make into A squad.
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
In his first or second Fc game Rehan Afridi scored his first FC hundred at a Strike rate above 70.

He is the best cricketer of FATA region.

He is taller than Rizwan and sarfraz and is slim smart. Much fitter than sarfraz and a little less fit than Rizwan who has top fitness levels.

Rehan Afridi scored 2 or 3 Fc hundreds in his first FC season playing for abbotabad or peshawar at that time.

This year he signed with SBP or ZTBL but they did not qualify so he is representing FATA.

He was doing very well but since pakistan A squad got announced with Saifullah Bangash preferred over him he isn't among runs . May be a case of disheartened athlete or he is injured ¿

He is a technically correct batsman who plays with positive intend and has batted at different positions of number 4 to number 7 with mostly batting in the middle order.

In my view he should be the wicket keeper for Pakistan A team for 50 overs and 4 day matches.

Unfortunately he isn't in the reckoning book of selectors and PCB where in last 2 years they have given chances to adnan Akmal and bismillah khan while completely ignoring him. Now for T20 matches with England Lions Saifullah Bangash has been selected who is quite good but not better than Rehan Afridi in experience and record.
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I don't know much about Rehan Afridi but in this very forum everybody was lamenting the fact that Zia Ul Haq was being preferred in A squad over Taj wali when Taj wali is clearly the better bowler but now we know PCB was right Zia is the 2nd highest wicket taker in this years QEA trophy and Taj Wali is no where near the top 10.

Bear in mind this is a T-20 squad selection Rehan Afridi has played 15 or so T-20 with a SR of 90 while Bangash has played 2 with a SR of 119 maybe they think Rehan Afridi is not a dynamic player.
 
#GreenRoars said:
He played from Abbotabad region and from what i remember he made tons in both innings, 115 and 135 or something like this.

It was hilarious that management preferred Saifullah over Rehan Afridi.
Rehan isn't a slogger, a technical sound batsman both for ODI and Test format. But sadly he isn't under the radar of PCB yet, but hope sooner he will gain attention and at least he will make into A squad.
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They have preferred Saifullah because Rehan Afridi has played 15 or so T-20's with a SR of 90 and Bangash has played 2 with a SR of 119 maybe they think he is not a player suited to T-20's and he is not as dynamic not everything is a conspiracy people were saying Taj wali should have been selected over Zia in A squad but look the selectors were right Zia is 2nd highest wicket taker in this years QEA trophy and Taj Wali is not even in top 10.
 
he was not playing last fc game and was seen practising in NCA , maybe he will be in odi squad against england lions . i can tell you both are good saifullah and rehan but only for tests and one day not t-20 , for t-20 bismillah khan is best option.
 
Pleasant news if he is in reckoning for ODI's against England lions.

But it can also be a case of Rehan and Saif both being called to NCA to see there fitness, keeping and batting technique and style and than one out of the two being picked for T20's ?

But even if he is called to NCA by selectors than its a pleasant news indeed. Because if you are asked to skip a FC game and report at NCA than it means that you are in reckoning and you are in selectors radar.

His List A record isn't great though. Don't know whether it's a small sample size to judge or whether he isn't suited to it.

But since last one year he should have played all four day matches for Pakistan A.
 
Cricket lover 27 said:
I don't know much about Rehan Afridi but in this very forum everybody was lamenting the fact that Zia Ul Haq was being preferred in A squad over Taj wali when Taj wali is clearly the better bowler but now we know PCB was right Zia is the 2nd highest wicket taker in this years QEA trophy and Taj Wali is no where near the top 10.

Bear in mind this is a T-20 squad selection Rehan Afridi has played 15 or so T-20 with a SR of 90 while Bangash has played 2 with a SR of 119 maybe they think Rehan Afridi is not a dynamic player.
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Honestly i never found Zia impressive. I was impressed with Taj Wali but with time he has regressed. Wasnt impressive in the Haier T20 at all. But lets see if he can regain his old touch. Tough task ahead.
 
At least the positive thing is that the PCB has moved away from Adnan in T20s. I hope he will be replaced in the 3 day or 4 day games as well in future.
 
zabalestmsm said:
Honestly i never found Zia impressive. I was impressed with Taj Wali but with time he has regressed. Wasnt impressive in the Haier T20 at all. But lets see if he can regain his old touch. Tough task ahead.
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Taj Wali has taken 4 wickets in 4 balls again the top order of PQA. They were 50/0. He made it 50/4 in 4 balls. Last time Ali gohar 20 years ago in 1995 did this in our domestic cricket.

Both Zia and Taj are inconsistent. Let's see how many wickets they get at the end of season. [MENTION=134359]Cricket lover 27[/MENTION]
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
Taj Wali has taken 4 wickets in 4 balls again the top order of PQA. They were 50/0. He made it 50/4 in 4 balls. Last time Ali gohar 20 years ago in 1995 did this in our domestic cricket.

Both Zia and Taj are inconsistent. Let's see how many wickets they get at the end of season. [MENTION=134359]Cricket lover 27[/MENTION]
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Thats quite an interesting achievement.
 
i have heard rehan afridi is going to get selected in pakistan A one day side
 
Is he a good keeper? Needs work on batting stats.

Another Afridi in the making, great news for Pakistan. How are his hair? :afridi
 
I am bumping this thread just to point out that,

This Man is not getting any exposure for Pakistan A while he richly deserves to be groomed.

He is unlucky that he is from FATA. He should be part of Pakistan A along with Adnan Akmal and Saifullah and Bismillah should not be picked for 4 day Pakistan A matches. Rehan is a better batsman than Waqas aswell. He is very slim and athletic which is a plus.


We should be grooming him. He had earned a job with ZTBL after two brilliant seasons but than ZTBL got relegated so he had to represent FATA and than Peshawar and got few matches.


If Sarfraz gets injured (God forbid) than Adnan should replace him but Rehan's development is also important and he is ignored by PCB.
 
Rehan Afridi is named player of the match for his impactful innings in the chase - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Northern by five wickets to reach the #NationalT20 final

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FATA v Multan at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi - QeA Trrophy 2023

Day 3, Round 4.

FATA’s Rehan Afridi scored an unbeaten 135 off 149 balls, which included 19 fours and three sixes to help his side post 195 for four in 52.3 overs in reply to Multan’s first innings score of 529 for five. At stumps, FATA were still trailing by 334 runs with six wickets in hand.


 
Fata seems to be struggling but this young lad has played an excellent knock under pressure. Surely one for the future.
 
hassan918 said:
He is one of the cleanest hitters of the cricket ball in Pakistan at the moment who can hit the big shots consistently. Today, he started his innings with a might 6 over deep mid-wicket.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728471307241836914
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Clean hitter with a T20 sr of 101

No. Sorry…have to up your game! We’ve lost 3 World cups in 4 years because of not trying to match the Modern 1 day standards with strike rates!
 
Another Afridi.

Just checked his stats. Stats are quite poor so far. FC batting average of around 30. List A average of around 23.

T20 strike rate is 101.38.
 
hassan918 said:
He is one of the cleanest hitters of the cricket ball in Pakistan at the moment who can hit the big shots consistently. Today, he started his innings with a might 6 over deep mid-wicket.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728471307241836914
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No he's not. He's miles worse than the like of Saad Nasim and that tells you something. I played against him in England and he was beyond average. His clubs mates were out performing him comfortably while he was overseas. Was averaging around 20 odd lol.
 
Today, FATA's Rehan Afridi scored unbeaten 90*(56) against Peshawar in National T20 Cup 2023. He is one of the best Wicketkeeper batter in our domestic circuit.
 
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