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Imran Khan talking to 92 news

This is hilarious.

Because Imran has no idea we are currently 5-0 in the World Cups.

Imran : Is it 2-0 or 3-0.?

Anchor : 5-0

Imran : Really? I had no idea.
 
When Imran Khan speaks every one in world listen to him...

Best cricketer ever produced by Pakistan. And one of best if not the best captain world has seen
 
Imran Khan speaking on TV

I have yet to see a talent of the sort of Mohammad Amir at his young age – Even Wasim Akram in that age was not so good

He has all the qualities of a top bowler

He was punished and he should be allowed back as he has served time

I never saw a better swing bowler than Mohammad Asif –to swing with the same action (out and inswing)

I would like Amir to play for Pakistan again

India has an advantage due to being in Australia although they will be low on confidence due to defeats

If Pakistan can get a good start here by beating India then the confidence will improve and team will gel.

My first instinct is that the keeper should be a specialist so that even if he doesn’t score atleast he does his prime job right

If we can improve our structure then we can be the best team in the world

Indian team is demoralized at the moment.

If Mohammad Irfan can bowl at his full pace then this will be a great advantage for Pakistan.

When you step in the ground, have only the thought of winning the game and have no fear of losing.

Irfan may not get much help from Adelaide pitch but other pitches in Australia will be helpful

Yasir Shah can play the role of Mushtaq

Misbah must not bat under 4 if Pakistan chase as wickets need to be preserved in such situations

A score of 260-280 is what Pakistan need to challenge India.

Indian cricket structure has really improved due to advent of IPL

MS Dhoni is a very resilient and tough captain
 
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Spot on Asif was a genius with the ball i wish he was still here instead of doing that stupid thing :facepalm:
 
Always considered Asif to be more of a seam bowler than a swing bowler, nevertheless still an exceptional bowler.
 
Could have been an ATG. Amir still has time to become one (in sha Allah), but Asif wasted his chance. Unbelievable talent.
 
I always thought Asif of was a better seam bowler rather than swing bowler.

Amir on the other hand was an exceptional swing bowler.
 
Mohammad Asif is the best pace bowler we ever produced, he could have been greater than Akram.
 
Agree with everything the legend has to say.

Asif was special! He made the likes of Sangakkara, Amla, AB, and Clark look clueless at numerous occasion.. not only was he dangerous up front with the new ball, we could make the old ball talk on the flattest of pitches. That guy was an artist if there was ever one.

Amir, on the other hand, was/is a sheer talent that comes across not too often. He paid his dues and now it's time for PCB to make sure that such an enormous talent in looked after properly and nurtured in the right environment.
 
Watsupdoc said:
I always thought Asif of was a better seam bowler rather than swing bowler.

Amir on the other hand was an exceptional swing bowler.
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Yeah, that's how he took so many wickets on dead pitches.
 
Mamoon said:
True, he was our Bhuvenshwar Kumar.
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That's an insult to Asif the bowler... The only bowler that comes above Asif in this category is Mcgrath. Asif was even twice the bowler Anderson is, because he could use his magic on flat wickets as well... Actually his wrist-work was phenomenal

All the cricket I have seen, there have been only 2 bowlers who could use their wrist so efficiently. One was Wasim & other was Asif...
 
shaz619 said:
Mohammad Asif is the best pace bowler we ever produced, he could have been greater than Akram.
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True that. GOAT material.

The way he used to set up batsmen and that late seam, swing was just a sight to behold. Magical. I don't think I have ever seen anyone swing/seam it so late.
 
Mamoon said:
True, he was our Bhuvenshwar Kumar.
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Astagfirullah who are you comparing who to asif and bhuvenaeshwar oh boy you must be in a different world there possibly will never be a bowler like asif he could swing the ball on dead tracks in sri Lanka and your comparing him to bhuvenshar that is a sin to be honest.
 
Arsal_AK said:
True that. GOAT material.

The way he used to set up batsmen and that late seam, swing was just a sight to behold. Magical. I don't think I have ever seen anyone swing/seam it so late.
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Same here, i still find it astonishing that we found an asif in pakistan. Bowlers of his caliber ought to come out of England or Australia
 
In 2011 WC, Imran Khan was paid some Rs 300 Crores apparently for his analysis. I wonder how much would this channel be paying him now?
 
Asif was one of a kind. You won't ever find a bowler EVER, who will get as much movement as he got...Was spinner level.
 
"Play Two Spinners In Adelaide": Imran Khan

Speaking on channel 92 Imran Khan said Pakistan should go with two spinners against India in Adelaide that being Yasir Shah and Shahid Afridi because the Adelaide pitch is the slowest of Australian wickets and two spinners can be a handful on those pitches.
 
loved him.

Usually I don't much watch when Pakistan is bowling in a test match but I really loved to see almost every spell of him ever since his comeback against India.
 
Pakpassion should ban Mamoon for the crime he's just commited by comparing Asif to bhuveneshvar.
 
GreenRage said:
Astagfirullah who are you comparing who to asif and bhuvenaeshwar oh boy you must be in a different world there possibly will never be a bowler like asif he could swing the ball on dead tracks in sri Lanka and your comparing him to bhuvenshar that is a sin to be honest.
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Well, that escalated quickly. :jf

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superb suggestion.. and thankfully management is also on same page...

The current Indian batsmen are not in the same league as were the Fabulous four (Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman, Ganguly), when it comes to playing spinners. Even Sehwag was brutal against spinners.
 
shaz619 said:
Mohammad Asif is the best pace bowler we ever produced, he could have been greater than Akram.
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Agreed....My biggest disappointment of the fixing saga was Asif, not Amir....Tho i can understand why some would rate the latter higher as Amir had a good 4 to 5 years leverage to develop his skills fully.

Asif was the most charismatic bowler ive seen...even more so than Akhtar, for very different reasons obviously...The accuracy of McGrath coupled with the skill of Wasim..with a bowling intellect that surpassed both..

I never thought i had the capacity to feel sorry for a sociopath but i do...if only he had been more careful...he was never going to learn or feel guilty ,im dead sure he doesnt have the necessary biological apparatus to do that...but maybe if he had more control over his impulsivity, he could have gone on to play for 4 or 5 more years before eventually getting caught.
 
Grunge101 said:
Agreed....My biggest disappointment of the fixing saga was Asif, not Amir....Tho i can understand why some would rate the latter higher as Amir had a good 4 to 5 years leverage to develop his skills fully.

Asif was the most charismatic bowler ive seen...even more so than Akhtar, for very different reasons obviously...The accuracy of McGrath coupled with the skill of Wasim..with a bowling intellect that surpassed both..

I never thought i had the capacity to feel sorry for a sociopath but i do...if only he had been more careful...he was never going to learn or feel guilty ,im dead sure he doesnt have the necessary biological apparatus to do that...but maybe if he had more control over his impulsivity, he could have gone on to play for 4 or 5 more years before eventually getting caught.
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Even his no ball was performed with scientific precision :)))

Agree with your post though, Asif will always be the bigger loss. I doubt we'll find another bowler like him again. He's the sought of character that enjoyed living on the edge up until the point where he was shot in battle :afridi reminds me a bit of scarface :)))
 
Still haven't moved on from Amir and Asif yet eh?

No doubt, great bowlers but the humility they brought to the nation lives on and they should be remembered for that and not their apparent 'talents'
 
shaz619 said:
Even his no ball was performed with scientific precision :)))

Agree with your post though, Asif will always be the bigger loss. I doubt we'll find another bowler like him again. He's the sought of character that enjoyed living on the edge up until the point where he was shot in battle :afridi reminds me a bit of scarface :)))
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:)):)):)) That actually is an excellent point...that every example shows you that his control was clinical...just compare the two no balls from the duo... :))

Darn it, if only he had more rational control over his impulsivity..i dont care about the lack of remorse...he couldve played till 2017/18 before getting caught in a bigger fraud or getting seriously hooked on opioids...
 
Savak said:
In 2011 WC, Imran Khan was paid some Rs 300 Crores apparently for his analysis. I wonder how much would this channel be paying him now?
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Do you have a source with that? Because even Rs 300 crores is asking WAY too much for an hour long analysis.
 
Don't worry IK. After tomorrow, whole of Pakistan will remember the tally quite well. Kohli nd co. will make it a memorable event. :msd

#6-0
 
Imran Khan also didn't know what Kohli's actual name was.

He was like 'Whats his name, Vir-ot Kohli?'

Does he do this on purpose or does he actually know the names and acts like he doesn't know anything?
 
I tell you, he mentioned the same things he has always mentioned in the past.

The guy takes the audience as fools, he keeps repeating stuff and we still listen to him and go like 'waah waah imran bhai ki kia baat hai'
 
Belawal2014 said:
Do you have a source with that? Because even Rs 300 crores is asking WAY too much for an hour long analysis.
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Either a massive typo or trolling...yeah I'm sure they paid him $30 Million...which probably the entire salary of all the International cricketers in the world combined
 
In 2003, Younis ko one down khelna chahiye

2015, Younis ko one down khelna chahiye
 
ikram17 said:
Either a massive typo or trolling...yeah I'm sure they paid him $30 Million...which probably the entire salary of all the International cricketers in the world combined
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Shahrukh Khan probably doesnot take 300 crore for a movie. Not even Amitabh Bachchan.

Infact, Shahrukh Khan's movie has never crossed the 300 crore mark at the domestic box office.

So I'm thinking the figure is somewhere 3 crore. Can't be more than that for a 6 hour match analysis honestly.
 
There is no doubt that Amir was very good at that age but he did bowl on some very helpful wickets in England but I disagree with IK that he was better than Akram at the same age. By 23 Akram had reached his peak, and after that he was consistent and good at times but he didn't reach those standards again, which is one of the reasons that I believe he wasn't as good as his peers in test cricket.
 
waleed88 said:
Shahrukh Khan probably doesnot take 300 crore for a movie. Not even Amitabh Bachchan.

Infact, Shahrukh Khan's movie has never crossed the 300 crore mark at the domestic box office.

So I'm thinking the figure is somewhere 3 crore. Can't be more than that for a 6 hour match analysis honestly.
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As a pundit I find IK slightly dull, I prefer the Sir Geoffrey style of punditry.
 
Arsal_AK said:
True that. GOAT material.

The way he used to set up batsmen and that late seam, swing was just a sight to behold. Magical. I don't think I have ever seen anyone swing/seam it so late.
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Asif was once in a lifetime kind of bowler. Don't think we'll see another like him in our lifetime. What a waste!
 
Asif and Amir were great but they would have been exposed on flat UAE type patta wickets. They were both very lucky to have played on some very helpful pitches.
 
260-280 is too low Imran, get with the times.

On this Adelaide pitch Pakistan will need to score around 350 to beat India.

In fact in almost every match on every ground, we will need to score over 300 to win, maybe even 330+
 
He's right that Aamir is much better then Waz was at the same age. Aamir is also a better cheat as well!:misbah
 
1.People forget what a 18 year old Wasim did versus WI in 1980s.

2.Someone being better than someone at 18-19 doesnt mean they will be better over their careers.I can give numerous examples of people making their debut at 18-19-20 and scoring test hundreds while ATGs like Dravid/Viv etc made their test debuts at 22-23.So all these comparisions at this age that age are to be taken with a lot of salt.Lets not forget that ATGs like Tendulkar/Dravid/Ponting/Lara/Kallis etc rated Wasim Akram as the greatest bowler they faced.
 
PTI tsunami said:
No Wasim was better as he never got caught even though he was king of match fixing and that's a fact
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Even if Wasim was in any court of law evidence is required, there are allegations not any evidence against Wasim. Only Aamir was dumb enough to be caught with evidence that he ended up in prison!!:maqsood
 
cricketjoshila said:
1.People forget what a 18 year old Wasim did versus WI in 1980s.

2.Someone being better than someone at 18-19 doesnt mean they will be better over their careers.I can give numerous examples of people making their debut at 18-19-20 and scoring test hundreds while ATGs like Dravid/Viv etc made their test debuts at 22-23.So all these comparisions at this age that age are to be taken with a lot of salt.Lets not forget that ATGs like Tendulkar/Dravid/Ponting/Lara/Kallis etc rated Wasim Akram as the greatest bowler they faced.
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Calm down.

No one said Amir was an ATG AT THAT Time.

But he had potential and showed clear signs of becoming an ATG.

He was better than the world's best swing bowler at a similar age and tell me ONE OTHER BOWLER who has ever been labeled like that.
 
waleed88 said:
Imran Khan also didn't know what Kohli's actual name was.

He was like 'Whats his name, Vir-ot Kohli?'

Does he do this on purpose or does he actually know the names and acts like he doesn't know anything?
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Imran has been away for cricket since a decade now, not hard to understand why he was struggling with names.
Hard to understand is why Akram who played against Prasad all his life, couldn't remember his name !
 
Hawkeye said:
Calm down.

No one said Amir was an ATG AT THAT Time.

But he had potential and showed clear signs of becoming an ATG.

He was better than the world's best swing bowler at a similar age and tell me ONE OTHER BOWLER who has ever been labeled like that.
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It doesnt matter who was better than whom at what age.What matters is what they do over their careers.Many Pakistani batsman made test debuts before the age of 22 -23 and scored test centuries etc etc.So at age 17 18 19 20 21 or 22 they were better than lets say a Viv who debut at 22 or Dravid who debut at 23.But we know wh ended up being ATGs.

Also all this hoopla around Amir is based on his performance in England?Right?Lets see what he does after his comeback.
 
cricketjoshila said:
It doesnt matter who was better than whom at what age.What matters is what they do over their careers.Many Pakistani batsman made test debuts before the age of 22 -23 and scored test centuries etc etc.So at age 17 18 19 20 21 or 22 they were better than lets say a Viv who debut at 22 or Dravid who debut at 23.But we know wh ended up being ATGs.

Also all this hoopla around Amir is based on his performance in England?Right?Lets see what he does after his comeback.
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It does matter, in the sense that had he not done what his role model had done years back, Aamer would have been a world class bowler by now. Now things will be very hard for him, he wasted his talent for easy cash, sad and disgraceful.
 
MenInG said:
My first instinct is that the keeper should be a specialist so that even if he doesn’t score atleast he does his prime job right
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Spot on a makeshift keeper in a high pressure game is like a suicide
 
I have yet to see a talent of the sort of Mohammad Amir at his young age – Even Wasim Akram in that age was not so good He has all the qualities of a top bowler

He was punished and he should be allowed back as he has served time
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Well said :ik

Today Amir bowled a spell any legend (IK,2Ws or Shoaib) would be proud of.
 
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