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[VIDEOS] Why does Shadab Khan keep getting selected?

Pakistan all-rounder has achieved a unique milestone in T20I cricket during the ongoing fourth match of the shorter format series against England.

The 25-year-old becomes the fourth Pakistan cricketer to play 100 T20I matches, joining an elite group that includes Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, and captain Babar Azam.

Shoaib Malik leads the list with 123 T20I appearances, while Babar and Hafeez have played 119 games each. Shadab's career thus far boasts 107 wickets, making him the leading wicket-taker for Pakistan in T20Is.
 
Babar trying his best to accomodate him. Imad will not be utilised due to bugz and Abrar will be wasted again for this go9d for nothing wanna be all rounder.

Babar's Dosti yari has destroyed Pakistan cricket. This is back to misbah's era. Only chaploos will be backed and supported.
 
Shadab does not deserve to start over Imad and Abrar. Whatever batting ability he has is useless right now because he is badly out of form. Better to utilize Imad in his position and use a specialist spinner in Abrar.
 
Shadab needs to be benched now. Enough of him. Failed as a batter and his bowling is not good enough as well. Play a regular spinner like Abrar now.
 
Shadab
And
Babar Azam are friends.

So is Azam Khan now apparently.

They aren’t going anywhere.
 
Markhor said:
God please give me a gig where I get to travel the world for 5 years to hang out with my mates with absolutely zero accountability for performance.
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That's true for ODI's only. Shadab the T20 cricketer was fine until the last World T20. His regression started after last year's PSL.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
That's true for ODI's only. Shadab the T20 cricketer was fine until the last World T20. His regression started after last year's PSL.
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If he was a half decent leg spinner he would be able to perform in ODIs as well. He gets his place purely on his ability to hit a few balls with the bat.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
If he was a half decent leg spinner he would be able to perform in ODIs as well. He gets his place purely on his ability to hit a few balls with the bat.
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He never was a good ODI spinner. He was a good T20 bowler who could target the stumps and turn the ball both ways at speed. Lately, he has lost even that. And that's the concern.


Even 5-6 years back, Shadab used to struggle to pick wickets in ODI middle overs.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
He never was a good ODI spinner. He was a good T20 bowler who could target the stumps and turn the ball both ways at speed. Lately, he has lost even that. And that's the concern.


Even 5-6 years back, Shadab used to struggle to pick wickets in ODI middle overs.
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If he had those abilities, he would be a good ODI bowler as well. Truth is, he had a very good googly which turned sharply, but a leggie which never turned much. When he first came on the scene he got loads of wickets with that googly, and even with those attributes he could be a very good bowler still, but he lacks accuracy.

Imad Wasim has far less variety, but he can throw the ball on a specific point every time, he bowls very few loose deliveries, and that makes him more effective in short form cricket.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
If he had those abilities, he would be a good ODI bowler as well. Truth is, he had a very good googly which turned sharply, but a leggie which never turned much. When he first came on the scene he got loads of wickets with that googly, and even with those attributes he could be a very good bowler still, but he lacks accuracy.

Imad Wasim has far less variety, but he can throw the ball on a specific point every time, he bowls very few loose deliveries, and that makes him more effective in short form cricket.
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Agreed on the Imad part. Thing is in T20 cricket, you can still be effective while bowling defensively because batters will keep coming after you.

But in ODIs , you still have to earn those wickets because batters don't attack every ball and will look to milk you for singles and twos.

Shadab, even at his best, never was the kinda leg spinner who could take wickets when batsmen are not looking to attack all the time.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Agreed on the Imad part. Thing is in T20 cricket, you can still be effective while bowling defensively because batters will keep coming after you.

But in ODIs , you still have to earn those wickets because batters don't attack every ball and will look to milk you for singles and twos.

Shadab, even at his best, never was the kinda leg spinner who could take wickets when batsmen are not looking to attack all the time.
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The problem with that is Shadab can't bowl defensively. He has plenty of variety, but he doesn't know how to utilise intelligently. Batsmen can predict what he is going to deliver and hit accordingly.
 
Should have been rid of him after his disaster class in wc 2023 but ofc inflated psl hype allowed him to sneak back in
 
Shadab is pretty low on his confidence. Even though he got enough chances to get his rhythm back but his energy is so down that there is no hope. Abrar should replace him no matter what.
 
At this point, we need to drop him and Azam. Bring in Saim and Abrar or else both of these guys will lose us games single handedly
 
Saqlain Mushtaq has been a panoti for him ever since he became his father in law. Since then Shadab has been on a dramatic slide
 
better to drop this shadab now and pick abrar in place of him at least he will get u some wickets in the middle overs.
 
He gets picked for his batting it's as simple as that.

His bowling is terrible, just watch him get battered today. Go ahead Shadab prove me wrong.
 
Why does Shadab keep on getting selected?

simple, because of his nepotistic friend Babar.

Shadab is first and foremost a bowler. He has not taken a wicket in ages. He didn’t even bowl today. But occupies a position earmarked for a specialist batsman, he predictably failed today. PCB is creating this false notion that bits and pieces players are better than specialists. It’s why Shaheen wanted to promote himself as one down in the PSL. The wrong impression is being set.

Shadab’s inclusion can not be justified on any grounds. Pakistan will continue to lose as long as he’s in the playing XI.

I have never detested a player like I detest him. An absolute waste of a position.
 
Such is dosti with shady that he plays as specialist batsman now .
 
He keeps getting selected because Azha Mahmoods Islamabad united & paks coach.. how’s azha going to face him at psl if he drops him for Pak..
 
Shadab has re-defined the term relu-katta.

We used to criticize Afridi, Razzaq, Hafeez, Malik to no extent but they were much superior all-rounders to this guy.
 
gazza619 said:
If Shadab Khan is your number 5 batter and is also your choice to bat in the super over then you are must be one of the worst international team in World cricket.
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This sums up the whole situation of the team. At best shadab should be batting at 7. There are no power hitters in entire batting order. They didn't have even 3 batsman who they are confident of playing super over.
 
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The next Shoaib Malik. He will play for 20 years because he is fit and is a good fielder. He escapes all types of criticism.

Babar's support is another reason why he keeps getting into the playing 11 over genuine leg spinners like Abrar.
 
aukhan said:
The next Shoaib Malik. He will play for 20 years because he is fit and is a good fielder. He escapes all types of criticism.

Babar's support is another reason why he keeps getting into the playing 11 over genuine leg spinners like Abrar.
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Forget leg spinners. I’d like a quality offie who can maintain consistency and control
 
aukhan said:
The next Shoaib Malik. He will play for 20 years because he is fit and is a good fielder. He escapes all types of criticism.

Babar's support is another reason why he keeps getting into the playing 11 over genuine leg spinners like Abrar.
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Oh bhai, Malik has centuries in whiteball to his name and a double hundred in test, and a plethora of wickets.

He was far far better then shadab, Chacha, Nawaz and even imad. People don't appreciate him because their always was one other quality allrounder who was better then him be it prime afridi, Prime razzaq, Muhammad hafeez etc.

But he is good for our standards when Pakistan was a proper midcard team that bullied minnows, lost to top sides and fluked a tournament here and their excluding 2009.

Malik was always a crucial part of that set up, while shadab is a crucial part of why Pakistan atm is not a mid card team, it is a complete an utter minnow, that's only superior to teams like Uganda. Atm they've regressed so much that Bangaldesh, USA, etc etc are > them easily.
 
This guy.

Height of mediocrity- he’s one the main culprits in us getting knocked out.

This pathetic guy can’t bowl, can’t bat.

But being Babar’s favorite he could never be dropped.
 
Rana said:
Hopefully he plays and bats at number 5 now

Someone here claimed he is one of the best number 5s in the tournament
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If you’re talking about me I said he’s the best number 5 in Pakistans terrible squad. I stand by that not that it means much.

I believe you struggled with basic comprehension so then kept comparing him to Livingston etc.
 
Forum363 said:
If you’re talking about me I said he’s the best number 5 in Pakistans terrible squad. I stand by that not that it means much.

I believe you struggled with basic comprehension so then kept comparing him to Livingston etc.
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Oh I forgot it was you…

Thanks for reminding us
 
Why Ifthikhar keeps getting selected ? Why Misbah tuktuk type players keep getting selected
 
Shadab is even worse then a part timer right now. And as a batsman nothing more than an average number 7.
 
It's sad to see such a regression.

He was honestly on the verge of becoming a top class cricketer just a few years ago.

Now he could be finished before he is even 30. The Delli Ali of Pak cricket.
 
That’s why Kirsten is key, he has to be allowed to put his own stamp on the side and have no argument with his decisions
 
DeadlyVenom said:
It's sad to see such a regression.

He was honestly on the verge of becoming a top class cricketer just a few years ago.

Now he could be finished before he is even 30. The Delli Ali of Pak cricket.
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Imad is doing much better as a bowler this worldcup

Average of 14 with econ rate of 4 vs shadab wicketless and econ rate of 9 😎
 
emranabbas said:
Imad is doing much better as a bowler this worldcup

Average of 14 with econ rate of 4 vs shadab wicketless and econ rate of 9 😎
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They are both playing as all rounders.

Not much to take from either of their performances. Both have been shocking when we needed them to step up.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
They are both playing as all rounders.

Not much to take from either of their performances. Both have been shocking when we needed them to step up.
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We could keep imad as a bowler alone in the team unfortunately can't say the same about shadab
 
emranabbas said:
We could keep imad as a bowler alone in the team unfortunately can't say the same about shadab
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They should both be kicked out and a real spinner introduced


Shadab is young enough to come back if he can turn things around.

Imad is cooked. His knees won't last till the next WC and he's choked in a crunch game in this one.
 
Shadab Khan is absent from the retention list of Desert Vipers for ILT20 season 3.
 
Does well for Islamabad but isn't good enough as a spin bowler at the international Level. Sadly this won't be the end. He will be dropped and then brought back and then dropped and then brought back again. Rinse and repeat
 
His batting and bowling are below par now, but I don't think we have a fielder as good as him.
 
Shadab Khan showed intent later, scoring 23 off 12 for Colombo Strikers at a decent strike rate of 191.66, but this came against a weak bowling lineup of Kandy Falcons.
 
FearlessRoar said:
Shadab Khan showed intent later, scoring 23 off 12 for Colombo Strikers at a decent strike rate of 191.66, but this came against a weak bowling lineup of Kandy Falcons.
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Damn. He is one guy i desperately want to fail
 
Shadab is getting his bowling form back, today he got the big fish Andre Fletcher and maintained his bowling economy 7.00 with figures of 1/21 in 3 overs against Kandy Falcons. Colombo Strikers should have given him a complete 4 overs.
 
Shadab needs to go back to basics (FC) if he wants to become genuine all-rounder as Ben Stokes did by opting out of ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Shadab Khan scored only 4(8), lets see how it goes with the ball because pitch is not spin friendly.
 
FearlessRoar said:
Shadab is getting his bowling form back, today he got the big fish Andre Fletcher and maintained his bowling economy 7.00 with figures of 1/21 in 3 overs against Kandy Falcons. Colombo Strikers should have given him a complete 4 overs.
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What bowling form?
How can certain posters not understand the difference between a random T20 leauge and International cricket?!
 
Because the PCB has invested hell of a lot of time and money on Shady on the basis of recommendations received from their trump card skipper, The Generational Talent. The Homelander of Pak cricket.

Now they are so deeply embroiled in mud, there is no escape. :inti
 
I will never forget when Azhar Mahmood called him a batter. He has a horrid technique like a tailender. He hasn't worked on his skills since 2018.
 
vice cuptaan will be back with revenge ..5/20 loading soon... watch out zimbus
 
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