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"We lost the plot after 40 overs... up until then everything was in control" : Sarfraz Ahmed

"We lost the plot after 40 overs...up until then everything was in control" - Safraz Post Match
 
No Sarfraz we were never in the game

India were going at 5.5 with 9-10 wickets in hand and you were calling that phase 'we were in control."

With that many wickets in hand and Indias capability it was always on the cards that we will get taken to the cleaners in the last 15-20 overs
 
This guy should be sacked as captain. in fact there is another WK who is a better batsman who might take over.
 
Okay they lost the plot when batsmen went after the bowlers in death overs? What did he expect them to do? Play dots?
 
India was 213/2 at the end of 40 overs. With 8 wickets in hands, you will expect around 100-105 runs in the last 10 overs. That means score around 320.

I don't think 320 is a good target to chase for Pakistan.
 
You were never in control Sarfraz. As [MENTION=138463]Slog[/MENTION] pointed out you played well in India's hands by giving Imad 6 overs on the trot when you should have been bowling a seamer. Indias openers have been playing like this for quite sometime now.
 
He seems to have bypassed the batting completely and is intent on laying the blame on his own bowlers who he was in charge of.
 
PennOne said:
This guy should be sacked as captain. in fact there is another WK who is a better batsman who might take over.
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Mohammad Rizwan? Kamran Akmal?

Every single player is just pathetic. Ironically shadab was the best player from Pakistan today
 
this team cannot chase more than 250. we lost the plot once inzi selected the squad.
 
Sarfraz lost the plot when play started when he made Imad open the bowling in overcast conditions
 
:))) in control

you only picmed 2 wicket by then. 100 runs were expected in the last 10 overs.
cant believe sarfraz would think otherwise.

our poor bowling was at fault
 
This is the reason pakistan loses. The team still doesn't know how modern cricket calculation goes.

It is surprising to think that he believes till 40 overs, pak was in control.

You couldn't take wickets. That's where you lost the plot.
 
We lost the plot when the 15 man squad was announced for the tournament.
 
Buffet said:
India was 213/2 at the end of 40 overs. With 8 wickets in hands, you will expect around 100-105 runs in the last 10 overs. That means score around 320.

I don't think 320 is a good target to chase for Pakistan.
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8 overs were left
 
Lost the plot when you opened with Imad, then let Kohli settle down against spinners and then persisted with Wahab until he decided to take himself off.
 
Pete Rose said:
this team cannot chase more than 250. we lost the plot once inzi selected the squad.
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This.

you can NOT Never Ever win against a top 4 side with an eleven consisting of M. Hafeez Azhar Ali Ahmed Shehzad and Babar Azam. Babar deserves to be there because of his recent performances but you cannot have all accumulators.

Inzi failed us from the word go. It's a crime to select this many tuk tuk batsmen on flat roads. Unbelievable!
 
He lost the plot when Mickey said the relationship between captain and coach is like husband and wife
 
All the Indians at my workplace will be laughing at me tomorrow. Thanks alot Sarfaraz!
 
I don't know if was trying to show a brave face or was being serious. If serious, he needs to have his head examined. Pak were not in control of the game at any point. India always looked like winning and Pak always looking like losing.
 
Don't call for his head after one defeat. This is precisely the reason pakistani captians go into a shell and start blame games as soon as they loose . The sleep with a sword hanging on their heads. That culture needs to change first.
 
Correction Pakistan lost the plot from ball 1 of the match, players seems scared of mighty Indian lineup

Selecting Wahab, Hafeez and Shahzad was mess, seem like someone is keep pursing with favorites & honoring friendships
 
Haseeb 22 said:
All the Indians at my workplace will be laughing at me tomorrow. Thanks alot Sarfaraz!
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The time to be ashamed will be when they stop laughing..or even celebrating at all. You can hardly even call it a rivalry anymore.
 
Very very poor captaincy and strategy by Pakistani team in this match.. Been saying it since morning after first over from amir you brought on a spinner and took off all the pressure then made kohli settle down by starting with spin against him.. Pathetic captaincy over all
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
The plot was to attack Indian batsmen with a part time spinner with the new ball. For some reason it didn't work out.
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That is a stupid plot to start with, in seaming condition with two out of form players who both are susceptible against moving ball you start with a spinner?? Gave both of them enough time to settle down and milk the bowlers.. Whoever thought of this strategy needs to be fired..
 
Bowling Imad from one end was a joke .. Why would you release pressure from one end .. We were laughing at this tactic watching the match here in India
 
sundries said:
Bowling Imad from one end was a joke .. Why would you release pressure from one end .. We were laughing at this tactic watching the match here in India
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Many people were laughing all around the world, not just in India
 
sundries said:
Bowling Imad from one end was a joke .. Why would you release pressure from one end .. We were laughing at this tactic watching the match here in India
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What did India do with 2 pacers on both ends? It resulted in the same Strike rate of 55 runs in 10 overs... a more competent batting line up would make the bowlers pay..

Point is even Manjrekar admitted there was nothing in the pitch for the pace bowlers... Sarf was right in getting Imad's overs out of the way.
 
waleed88 said:
What did India do with 2 pacers on both ends? It resulted in the same Strike rate of 55 runs in 10 overs... a more competent batting line up would make the bowlers pay..

Point is even Manjrekar admitted there was nothing in the pitch for the pace bowlers... Sarf was right in getting Imad's overs out of the way.
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Why play him in the first place if you need to get his overs out of the way? Logic fail. The new ball is always an opportunity to get wickets, Amir could have had one in the first couple of overs if Sarfraz had given him a second slip with his 'attacking' tactics.
 
Pak should have batted first in the pressure match. It was rainy condition and ball was getting wet that might be the reason they didn't bowl well and also those dropped catches cost us the match. Selecting unfit players was another blunder.
 
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I think Amir leaving the field gave a good insight into the Pak cricket team. He walked off because of cramps, I cannot think of a bowler who would walk off the field because he had a cramp. That is the weakest thing I have ever witnessed from a fast bowler.
 
If Pakistan were so desperate to get Imad's overs away they should have played a better bowler.. Imad was like a safety valve for the opening batsmen who were under some pressure from Amir ..
 
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He's talking rubbish. Even after 40 overs India was head and shoulders above us.
 
waleed88 said:
What did India do with 2 pacers on both ends? It resulted in the same Strike rate of 55 runs in 10 overs... a more competent batting line up would make the bowlers pay..

Point is even Manjrekar admitted there was nothing in the pitch for the pace bowlers... Sarf was right in getting Imad's overs out of the way.
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If Pakistan were so desperate to get Imad's overs away they should have played a better bowler.. Imad was like a safety valve for the opening batsmen who were under some pressure from Amir ..
 
Sarfraz just seems to behave as if he is still playing tapeball in some Karachi backstreet
 
You lost the plot when you bowled Imad to Kohli and allowing the selection of Wahab.
 
gishy said:
"We lost the plot after 40 overs...up until then everything was in control" - Safraz Post Match
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Captain Clueless :facepalm: Pakistan lost the plot when Imad Wasim start bowling the 2nd over.
 
Gilly said:
I think Amir leaving the field gave a good insight into the Pak cricket team. He walked off because of cramps, I cannot think of a bowler who would walk off the field because he had a cramp. That is the weakest thing I have ever witnessed from a fast bowler.
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Amir showed lack of heart kind of like giving up on the team.
 
No. We lost the plot when it became clear rain wasn't going to save us.
 
Itachi said:
This is the reason pakistan loses. The team still doesn't know how modern cricket calculation goes.

It is surprising to think that he believes till 40 overs, pak was in control.

You couldn't take wickets. That's where you lost the plot.
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To be fair, even most posters here thought Pakistan were doing well up until that point even though India had wickets in hand. Neither the players nor the fans seem to understand how the game is played in 2017.
 
Sarfraz just made his mind up that if it wasn't for the last ten overs hitting then everything would have been great. Almost as if he expected the batting side NOT to hit out.
 
shocking from Sarfaraz to think and say such things..did he really think that India with 8 wickets in hand and power hitters will score at 6 or 7 too in the last 8 overs....not to mention they are fresh from IPL...Seriously delusional stuff...
 
Imad Wasim is in the side has an allrounder. And he is not scoring with the bat, bowling wise Hafeez is a better bowler than him. drop imad and bring in a Batsman. Wahab should never have played, Junaid should have played after taking 4 wickets in the warm up. The problem with Wahab is that he can't take wickets consistently which puts too much pressure on Amir who is the only strike bowler in this line up. Shadab can also become a strike bowler. But Imad and Wahab should now be dropped for good.
Pakistan should insist on playing India not in the first match, Because we need to get our combination sorted out on regular basis.
 
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sundries said:
If Pakistan were so desperate to get Imad's overs away they should have played a better bowler.. Imad was like a safety valve for the opening batsmen who were under some pressure from Amir ..
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Imad was a conservative option... and getting his overs out of the way gave the other bowlers a platform to work on... Sarfraz was right in this decision because Amir only swung the ball in the first overs... after that the ball was coming on the bat nicely... although he was economical I'm not sure the other bowlers would be, like we saw of the Indian bowlers...
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Why play him in the first place if you need to get his overs out of the way? Logic fail. The new ball is always an opportunity to get wickets, Amir could have had one in the first couple of overs if Sarfraz had given him a second slip with his 'attacking' tactics.
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There was no swing on display as you saw in the second over onwards from Amir.... a spin dominant attack was a better option on this pitch, infact until Wahab started bowling Indians were playing at a run rate of 4 an over which is very slow by Indian standards...

As you saw for the Aussies pace was detrimental to their attack, Cummins Starc all went for plenty of runs, while Hazelwood picked up six wickets because of variety in his bowling without being express,

Aussies conceded almost 300 in 46 overs because their all out pace attack was a flop vs NZ
 
Imad is great during t20 matches but in this 50 over contest against strong indian batting line-up he was exposed badly.
 
I'm not an Imad supporter, infact I wanted Fahim because he was the hard hitter we needed down the order...

However bowling Imad out miserly in the first 10 overs was a very good ploy, and the pace bowlers bowled brilliantly till the 40 overs restricting India, it was only Wahab that bowled poorly, but the wheels came off in the last 8 sadly
 
gishy said:
"We lost the plot after 40 overs...up until then everything was in control" - Safraz Post Match
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A mediocre wicket keeper who should never have been the captain, rode on media bandwagon and got to where he is right now
 
Sarfraz has plenty to learn.... I am starting to doubt his leadership qualities after watching this match. He seems to be backing his buds over team interests and has too much respect for seniors to do something different. Any other captain would not rely on a wicket to wicket spin bowler against India, it's their strength, they play spin bowling very well. Any other captain would not send Hafeez to bat when he knows the RRR is creeping up and Hafeez takes too much time to settle.
 
All the talk about being aggressive, and you were satisfied with 2 wicks after 40 overs.

Mashallah
 
Lol OMG, How can everything be under control when the opposition is 213/2 after 40 overs & when the team chasing can never chase down anything more than 275 against decent opposition.

This Pakistan camp is deluded if they really think this.

I keep reading these minor excuses suggesting if it wasn't for this or that, things would have been different, rather than an acceptance that this ODI team is mile off the pace in all areas.
 
srh said:
time to change your username if Sarfraz does not improve his captaincy
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Lol I still love Sarfraz the batsman.
I have never commented on his captaincy before today because I don't consider myself a good judge of captaincy, but this statement is absurd.
 
No the truth is you lost it when the squad was announced. Our system is on par with Zimbabwe but we select the same useless trash who are TTFs for life. Atleast select the young and talented just once. And Inzi can't control who is selected, it is the high ranking PCB board members (like with the news on Umar Akmal selection) no wonder Inzi always selected the young and talented players in the A team and each time they performed. So whats stopping him from selecting players on merit in the national team?
 
Sarfarazian92 said:
Lol I still love Sarfraz the batsman.
I have never commented on his captaincy before today because I don't consider myself a good judge of captaincy, but this statement is absurd.
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wish Sarfraz has same trust on his batting abilities as you have so that he can come bat in top order (#3 or #4) where he can help Pakistan instead of batting at #6 where he is useless for Pakistan
 
srh said:
wish Sarfraz has same trust on his batting abilities as you have so that he can come bat in top order (#3 or #4) where he can help Pakistan instead of batting at #6 where he is useless for Pakistan
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It's not about trust.

In terms of being a yes man, he seems worse than misbah. One only has to ask him once, saifi bhai can I bat at xyz #, I believe I can bat better there, and he'll say yes. He is too busy satisfying others.

If imad wasim asks him to bat at #6, sarfraz will happily demote himself to #7. That's exactly what happens when he captains Karachi.
 
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To be fair everyone from PP except some wrist slitters were also thinking the same after 38-40 overs. You just have to read back the commentary thread again.

To give credit where it's due, Pakistan did a commendable job between overs 30 to 38. The lack of a 3rd fast bowlers hurt Pakistan on 3 occasions today, in first power play, then at the time of Kohli's arrival and lastly at the end of over 38. Sarfaraz was too occupied thinking about who to bowl in death overs to actually plan bowling according to situation of match. It was defensive, that's given. But then again he didn't have facility of hindsight that we're having now.
 
The plot was obviously to keep the Indians preying on bad balls and for poor fielding from the Pakistanis


Getting Indians out at frequent intervals is obviously a bad plot and not one Pakistan is capable of anymore
 
We lost the plot when you when the toss and elected to bowl first and then we lost the plost when you have wahab,imad and shahzad in your playing x1 and after that we lost the plot when you start bowling with imad wasim
i thought imad wasim is best bowler pakistan produce from 1947-2017
 
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