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[VIDEOS] Why does Shadab Khan keep getting selected?

DeadlyVenom said:
Shadab is a big loss for Pakistan undoubtedly but his most recent performances for the national team were pathetic.

If he can get his act together he slots back in immediately.
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Or if the father in law takes it upon himself to do what “Shady” bhai cannot do through performance on the field.
 
I'm not sure if he's an upgrade on Abrar with the ball but if he's within 10% of his abilities, he gets in because he can bat a little and he's a very good fielder.
 
Only in Pakistan a player who gets dropped comes back as a captain.

I remember Misbah was dropped and came back as captain, same with Shan Masood and now Shadab.

Shadab was a fine leg spin talent when he started with a world of potential. Now he is a decent utility bits and pieces T20 player unfortunately.
 
Local.Dada said:
Only in Pakistan a player who gets dropped comes back as a captain.

I remember Misbah was dropped and came back as captain, same with Shan Masood and now Shadab.

Shadab was a fine leg spin talent when he started with a world of potential. Now he is a decent utility bits and pieces T20 player unfortunately.
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Only in Pakistan a player who has no business in T20 is made the national team captain too.

Zyada ‘only in Pakistan’ na Kar.
 
Local.Dada said:
Only in Pakistan a player who gets dropped comes back as a captain.

I remember Misbah was dropped and came back as captain, same with Shan Masood and now Shadab.

Shadab was a fine leg spin talent when he started with a world of potential. Now he is a decent utility bits and pieces T20 player unfortunately.
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Desperate times call for desperate measures. He isn't going to play in longer formats and there is no harm in a bits and pieces cricketer in T20. He understands modern T20 better than most other Pakistani players too. No harm trying him as captain. Rizwan is not T20 captain material.
 
Since Apr 2023,

Shadab averages 60 with the ball at 9.6 economy and 13 with the bat in T20I's.

Pakistan's standards are dropping rapidly if this guy is now captain.

Huge talent crisis if they are going back to Shadab :inti
 
Pakistan currently need a second spinner in the white balls side. Shadab is more of a allrounder. I also believe Khushdil will get a fair crack at No.6 now.
 
Shadab is what we needed at no 7, with empasis on bowling and bit of agression with the bat but unfortunately he is not the bowler he used to be...I dont think he has done any thing of note in the last 2 years.
However, if he does get his act right he could be the 2nd spinner we need in Odis, a bowler who bats as oppose to a batter who bowls like Salman and Khushdil.
 
Hellion said:
Since Apr 2023,

Shadab averages 60 with the ball at 9.6 economy and 13 with the bat in T20I's.

Pakistan's standards are dropping rapidly if this guy is now captain.

Huge talent crisis if they are going back to Shadab :inti
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Yup ...thats pretty dire.
 
Local.Dada said:
Only in Pakistan a player who gets dropped comes back as a captain.

I remember Misbah was dropped and came back as captain, same with Shan Masood and now Shadab.

Shadab was a fine leg spin talent when he started with a world of potential. Now he is a decent utility bits and pieces T20 player unfortunately.
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Misbah came in with 10 years of captaincy experience with Pakistan A and first class.

Alot of these other guys come in as captain with no captaincy experience.
 
Major said:
Misbah came in with 10 years of captaincy experience with Pakistan A and first class.

Alot of these other guys come in as captain with no captaincy experience.
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Hain?

Shadab is captain of IU and Panthers. Where is his ‘no captaincy’ experience????
 
Rana said:
Hain?

Shadab is captain of IU and Panthers. Where is his ‘no captaincy’ experience????
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Shadab is t20 captain. Misbah was first class and one day captain for 10 years in domestic and pakistan A.

You learn and gain more experience as captain in First class and one day cricket
 
Major said:
Shadab is t20 captain. Misbah was first class and one day captain for 10 years in domestic and pakistan A.

You learn and gain more experience as captain in First class and one day cricket
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What? Like Rizwan did?
 
Aaqib Javed, while addressing the press conference:

When he was dropped, we discussed what we needed from him. Initially, he was dealing with injuries, and we asked him to bowl long spells in domestic cricket. After four to five years, he completed a full four-day season, bowled long spells. In the last Champions Cup, he got injured and couldn’t complete the tournament. But I think, given how he started his career and the injuries that affected his performances, he has worked hard on his bowling accuracy. That concern should now be over. And I believe in T20, you definitely need a wrist-spinner all-rounder, especially considering that both the Asia Cup and World Cup will be in the subcontinent. We have kept that in mind while selecting players who can be helpful to the team."

"If you want to sustain aggressive cricket, then the leadership group should have a similar mindset. That’s why Shadab Khan has been appointed as the T20I vice-captain. We need to maintain continuity in our planning."
 
Major said:
Shadab is t20 captain. Misbah was first class and one day captain for 10 years in domestic and pakistan A.

You learn and gain more experience as captain in First class and one day cricket
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Misbah spent so much time in domestic cricket that all other available captaincy candidates either passed away or retired, point is, he was never good enough for international cricket until Pakistan’s talent pool ran dry and he was given a free pass in 2010 after he humiliated Pakistan in 2007 & 2011. They just wanted a sharif numpty to convince the world we’re not bad guys and Misbah was a good monkey/mascot to parade on the international stage for that purpose.

If we apply the Misbah model to Shadab Khan, we’d effectively be ending his prime years. Shadab has more ability then Misbah ever had so it makes no sense that we hold him back.
 
Misbah-ul-Haq during a TV show on a local channel:

"The purpose of bringing Shadab Khan is clear. The kind of cricket he plays for Islamabad United, and the way he leads his team, is attacking cricket. He wants his team to play with an aggressive mindset."

"Yes, we acknowledge that his recent performances in white-ball cricket haven’t been up to the mark. However, in my opinion, he has bowled well wherever he has played. He has experience in league cricket, but in four-day cricket, he has bowled longer spells."
 
Shadab Khan in an interview:

"I am thankful to Almighty ALLAH for getting another opportunity to represent Pakistan, along with the added responsibility. I will do my best to fulfill this responsibility both as an individual and as a team player, and hopefully, we will adopt and execute whatever directions we have been given in the best possible way."

"We have a lot of youngsters on this tour, and they always bring positive energy with them. These young players have proven themselves in the domestic circuit and their performances will surely help us adapt to modern-day cricket."

"It is always a proud moment for any player to represent their country. We have several young players who have been selected for the first time and we expect them to perform well. As I mentioned earlier youngsters carry a lot of positive energy which will surely benefit us on the field."
 
160KPH said:
His T20 numbers are incredible and he was performing in T20s even when he had regressed in ODIs.
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Agreed.
he should be part of t20 team as he energetic player even if he only bowls 2 overs he can cover it with bat & field to justify his position
 
The whole world uses bilateral limited over series to groom new young talent for the future, whereas, Pakistan either plays their main team and celebrate beating C or D teams like they won the World Cup or go back to playing TTF only to replace them with other TTFs for ICC tournaments.

Pakistani system is rotten to the core, not just in cricket but in the entire country, first you need to change that, cricket will automatically improve.
 
Shehmir said:
Shabad is one of the few match winners Pakistan team currently have.
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Surprised at this, and many fans who still believe that Shadab has something left to offer... major tried and tested failure...

Rubbish bowler and garbage batsman.. absolutely pathetic player who merits no place in our team...

Not sure how many more poor performances he needs to put in to convince everyone that he is useless..
 
Aami said:
Shadab is what we needed at no 7, with empasis on bowling and bit of agression with the bat but unfortunately he is not the bowler he used to be...I dont think he has done any thing of note in the last 2 years.
However, if he does get his act right he could be the 2nd spinner we need in Odis, a bowler who bats as oppose to a batter who bowls like Salman and Khushdil.
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Totally agree with your comments. Much better of having him instead of Khusdil Shah in the team
 
BouncerGuy said:
Yep. Him over Khushdil or faheem any day. Shadab has an extra edge of fielding over these guys.
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He should just be a specialist captain. The dude has a very sharp cricketing mind. It's no coincidence that he's one of PSL and donestics most successful captain even winning a Champions cup despite having a rubbish squad, in a tournament deliberately designed to make rizwan look good since the teams were woefully unbalanced in rizzu's. All misbah's rubbish plan.

He even managed to win one game vs afg despite having an atrociously bad side. That afg vs Pakistan series was deliberately created to allow pcb an excuse to bring babar and rizwan back.

Pakistan wanted domestic performers, and with the exception of saim and haris, Everyone of these frauds were frauds.

Seriously what are Abdullah Shafique, Azam Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, zaman Khan and Faheem ashraf all doing in a one playing 11? That too a t20 one.

The fact he managed to win one game against a full strength Afghanistan at all is a miracle. Babar wouldn't have done zilch in said position.

As a captain he knows how to use himself as a bowler and batter and fielder. He himself is a rubbish player but atleast he knows this and knows how to use himself and his resources well.

However he should only be a t20 captain. Odi will be a horror show since no matter how good you are, a dead weight is a dead weight in odi. Can't hide yourself for 50 overs.
 
Why do people criticize shadab when he bats? Pakistan needs proper all rounders and thats the only way we can develop all rounder by giving them confdence and sending them early. iF SHADAB WITH BAT contributes more than proper batters, then why hate him? If he plays in top 6, his major role will be to bat well and contributes some overs with Agha. Look at india team balance, They bat till 8 because of all rounders. Wwe want to produce all rounders but we also dint want to give them opportunities.
 
Shadab add nothing to the team with the bat and actually weakens the team with his terrible bowling. Even his fielding is overrated. In world cricket terms he's an average fielder, nothing special.
 
mominsaigol said:
He should just be a specialist captain. The dude has a very sharp cricketing mind. It's no coincidence that he's one of PSL and donestics most successful captain even winning a Champions cup despite having a rubbish squad, in a tournament deliberately designed to make rizwan look good since the teams were woefully unbalanced in rizzu's. All misbah's rubbish plan.

He even managed to win one game vs afg despite having an atrociously bad side. That afg vs Pakistan series was deliberately created to allow pcb an excuse to bring babar and rizwan back.

Pakistan wanted domestic performers, and with the exception of saim and haris, Everyone of these frauds were frauds.

Seriously what are Abdullah Shafique, Azam Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, zaman Khan and Faheem ashraf all doing in a one playing 11? That too a t20 one.

The fact he managed to win one game against a full strength Afghanistan at all is a miracle. Babar wouldn't have done zilch in said position.

As a captain he knows how to use himself as a bowler and batter and fielder. He himself is a rubbish player but atleast he knows this and knows how to use himself and his resources well.

However he should only be a t20 captain. Odi will be a horror show since no matter how good you are, a dead weight is a dead weight in odi. Can't hide yourself for 50 overs.
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The funny thing is that the RizBar fans would happily take Rizwan as a specialist captain but not Shadab now, or Sarfaraz in the past.
 
Rana said:
The funny thing is that the RizBar fans would happily take Rizwan as a specialist captain but not Shadab now, or Sarfaraz in the past.
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I wouldn't mind rizwan as a specialist captain if he didn't have the mindset of a toddler.

This dude maybe 32 with a beard, but in actuality he's 5.

I don't wanna bat at 5, I wanna open wah wah.
 
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Shadab is among the best all-rounders in the world today. Sad to see such a talented player not find a place in the team.

PCB should bring him back in the team as captain. He is prophesied to lead the team to glory. :inti
 
To see the comments about Shadab here - being a good player/deserving his place shows the lack of knowledge.

Shadab has become a TTS failure.
 
Hasan Nawaz
Haris
Agha Salman
Irfan Khan Niazi
Abdul Samad
Shadab khan
Abbas Afridi
Jahandad Khan
Shaheen
Mohammed Ali
Sufyan Muqeem

this should be the team they should be going with.. but usually what happens with Pakistan is they will bring in 4 players to disrupt the deserving 11 that needs to be fielded..

currently those 4 will be Usman Khan , Khushdil , Haris rauf and Abraar..
 
mominsaigol said:
He should just be a specialist captain. The dude has a very sharp cricketing mind. It's no coincidence that he's one of PSL and donestics most successful captain even winning a Champions cup despite having a rubbish squad, in a tournament deliberately designed to make rizwan look good since the teams were woefully unbalanced in rizzu's. All misbah's rubbish plan.

He even managed to win one game vs afg despite having an atrociously bad side. That afg vs Pakistan series was deliberately created to allow pcb an excuse to bring babar and rizwan back.

Pakistan wanted domestic performers, and with the exception of saim and haris, Everyone of these frauds were frauds.

Seriously what are Abdullah Shafique, Azam Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, zaman Khan and Faheem ashraf all doing in a one playing 11? That too a t20 one.

The fact he managed to win one game against a full strength Afghanistan at all is a miracle. Babar wouldn't have done zilch in said position.

As a captain he knows how to use himself as a bowler and batter and fielder. He himself is a rubbish player but atleast he knows this and knows how to use himself and his resources well.

However he should only be a t20 captain. Odi will be a horror show since no matter how good you are, a dead weight is a dead weight in odi. Can't hide yourself for 50 overs.
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Azam khan back then was a failure too , scoring 0 and 1 or 2runs and then dropped for the 3rd T20...

He is too me the highest level of parchi / nepotism... Azam should be named as Mr. Nepotism..
 
In a recent TV show he mentioned he was working very hard on his bowling with his father in law Saqlain Mushtaq and that he had fitness issues with his groin, back, side in the last few years due to which he had to change his action but he has now determined to get back to his bowling action and style from 2017.

However we see Shadab the bowler come back with the same bowling action and style that we last saw from him in the T20 WC in 2024 ie flat, short, rushing through the overs, defensive bowling trajectory, zero loop, zero leg spin and his googly which was his lethal weapon in 2017 is all but gone.

I know he had been playing domestic cricket and he had been given permission to play a T10 league by the PCB but even in the domestic games he played, he was mostly scoring 50's but his bowling was nothing much to write home about.

Let's be clear here, Shadab the batsman is likely to only perform in two out of 7 matches, his batting alone is not good enough to warrant selection in the team alone. He used to be a very handy effective cricketer for Pakistan in the white ball format because of his leg spinners, flippers, googly and his ability to take wickets in the middle overs and that is all gone. He is no better than a part timer.

On what basis did the selectors and PCB recall him when he hasn't sorted out his bowling
 
Scored useful 26 off 14 balls today in the 2nd T20 game against Kiwis.... His real test be while bowling...
 
Please drop this full tosser permanently out of team this guy has been bang average
 
Yeah... He is still pathetic as a bowler... bowled 1 over today and almost all of them were half-trackers.
 
He has the best strike rate among Pak batters which makes him the best middle order batsman of Pakistan in this format
 
Boy's bowling was not good and now we are seeing that his fielding is having some lapses as well.

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Shadab is apathetic once again today... bowling pies and half-trackers....This guy was never on merit to get selected and his performance proves it
 
Shaddy provides the much needed balance to the Pakistan team. Not to ignore his contributions as a fielder are also valuable to this otherwise mediocre fielding team.
 
What did Shadab do to merit a re-election? I am extremely disappointed with him, his downfall has been rapid and sad. He is nothing but a total bit part player. It's difficult to know which is worse, batting or bowling.
 
Bhaijaan said:
Shaddy provides the much needed balance to the Pakistan team. Not to ignore his contributions as a fielder are also valuable to this otherwise mediocre fielding team.
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well on the contrary his exceptional fielding also has had its lapses this series... Seems his fielding only contribution couldnt save his spot...

chops from this team , should be

Arafat in Khusdil out
Fakhar in Usman khan out
Babar in Shadab out..
Wasim Jr in Shaheen out

Saim comes in automatically after injury.. for Samad i guess..

Looks a better team..
 
Unpopular opinion but I’d keep him in the allrounder slot.

We are trying so many different positions right now I’d focus on that.

We are also trying out full time spinners which will have more opportunity having an experience spinner sharing the workload with them.

But be shouldn’t be batting up the order.
 
Shady is 100 % playing the next World T20. Was the best bowler in the Lanka Premier League and next World T20 will be in SL.

Performances on NZ pitches don't matter.
 
ads101 said:
Unpopular opinion but I’d keep him in the allrounder slot.

We are trying so many different positions right now I’d focus on that.

We are also trying out full time spinners which will have more opportunity having an experience spinner sharing the workload with them.

But be shouldn’t be batting up the order.
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It's an unpopular opinion for a reason. The only all-rounder about him is his complete inability to bat, bowl or field. What's the point of "experience", if he's only imparting bad habits and adding pressure on his teammates instead of sharing the workload.

Shadab must be dropped ASAP.
 
Will be between him and Khushdil given we already have Salman as spinner and Samad And Niazi are far better batsmen than both khushdil and shadab
 
You don't need another spinner when you have Abrar, Khushdil & Agha. Replace him with a batter.

Surprised Tayyab or Sahibzada weren't in consideration. I would even look at Saud Shakeel.

This T20 team could do with proper batters, not supposed "All Rounders".
 
Shaka81 said:
It's an unpopular opinion for a reason. The only all-rounder about him is his complete inability to bat, bowl or field. What's the point of "experience", if he's only imparting bad habits and adding pressure on his teammates instead of sharing the workload.

Shadab must be dropped ASAP.
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I don’t see any amazing allrounders right now. And we haven’t locked down our permanent spinner spot. Having a spin allrounder helps this.

And like it or not shadab is our best performing allrounder in PSL.

We are testing out new spin options even with shadab in the team. And it actually helps having shadab there for comparison.

I just don’t think we’re stronger with shadab out the side even with him out of form.

The experience factor is more that it is bad to have too many new players trying out at the same time. It puts greater pressure on them. That’s all. Having said that even if you forget experience as a complete package right now I don’t think we have a viable alternative option.
 
If Khushdil and Salman can trust themselves to bowl 2 overs each in T20s, then there is no space for Shadab. Pak can try another 'hack' soon to become a world beater batter in their line up.

Then again, if Arafat or Qasim Akram's bowling is the strong suit, then one of them should be given a 'go' ... if they're batters first then we've got Khushdil and Salman already.
 
ads101 said:
I don’t see any amazing allrounders right now. And we haven’t locked down our permanent spinner spot. Having a spin allrounder helps this.

And like it or not shadab is our best performing allrounder in PSL.

We are testing out new spin options even with shadab in the team. And it actually helps having shadab there for comparison.

I just don’t think we’re stronger with shadab out the side even with him out of form.

The experience factor is more that it is bad to have too many new players trying out at the same time. It puts greater pressure on them. That’s all. Having said that even if you forget experience as a complete package right now I don’t think we have a viable alternative option.
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Need to take a long term approach to this. We know Shadab will not improve. He's already declining and bringing others down with his complete inability at international level. Why not invest in a younger player with potential and help them grow into an international standard player rather than persist with someone who is only getting worse.
 
His career should be ovver now... Pathetic

2 overs 33 runs in 5th t20...
 
I think the reason he keeps on getting recalled because he smiles a lot, good looking and the father in law connection. His performances in the last 4 years does not justify him as an international cricketer.

But now a few good all round performances in the upcoming fake PSL tournament will mean he will keep his spot in the Pak T20 squad.
 
So nobody still has the answer for the question?

Why does he keep getting selected?

Because he has zero cricket related reasons and zero performances.
 
Bhaijaan said:
Shaddy provides the much needed balance to the Pakistan team. Not to ignore his contributions as a fielder are also valuable to this otherwise mediocre fielding team.
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Yes he provides much needed balance by ensuring that he is equally rubbish with both bat and ball. He doesn’t discriminate.
 
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