What can be modern era ODI squad for Pakistan?

[Titan24]

Scenario: Assume Travis Baylis or Mike Hesson take over as PakistanÂ’s coach, what will be the squad will they select considering the aggressive sort of mentality they want in the squad. Every batsman plays at a SR of 100 or more by the time innings is finished except maybe coulple of consildators which will target to go till the end but that too at an acceptable rate.

My take would be something like this (Obviously some questionable selections but these are the ones I can think of):

Fakhar
Umar Akmal
Babar Azam
Sarfaraz Ahmed/ Rizwan
Iftikhar Ahmed (One of the best hitting I have seen in this PSL from a local)
Imad Wasim/ Nawaz/ Aamir Yamin (Depending upon conditions)
Asif Ali/ Sohail Akhtar
Faheem Ashraf/ Amir Yamin/ Amad Butt
Shadab Khan/ Zafar Gohar/ Umer Khan
Hassan Ali
Shaheen

Iftikhar can chip in with 3,4 overs of off spin, maybe more considering the conditions so it gives you 6 bowling options.

12) Hasnain/ Rauf/ Musa
13) Aamir Yamin/ Amad Butt
14) Ahsan Ali/ Shehzad
15) Zafar Gohar/ Umer Khan

I know some questionable selections but these are the only ones who I think can play at a SR of 100 plus easily once they are developed which is gonna take giving them a year or two.

As other batting lineups we see they all have the ability to hit shots whenever required, we are the only side in current era which have more consolidators than stroke makers.

What will be the lineups you guys can create given the current set of players we have?

 

[Mueez]

1) Fakhar
2) Sharjeel Khan
3) Babar
4) Saif Badar
5) Umar Akmal / Sarfraz / Rizwan
6) Sohail Akhtar
7) Shadab / Umer Khan
8) Usama Mir
9) Hasan Ali (C)
10) Shaheen Shah Afridi
11) Hasnain

This would be mine ideal modern-era LO team.

Enough firepower, watch them on their day score a world-record total.

Stability offered by Babar and Badar.

Spin department is top notch.

And the fast-bowling unit has already proved themselves. (apart from Hasnain, but imo he will come good)

The best thing about this team is that it is a pretty young squad.

 

[Farhan93]

Shahzaib
Sharjeel
Fakhar
Sarfraz
Umar
Hafeez/Yameen
Asif
Imad
Hasan
Shaheen
Junaid

 

[Farhan93]

Or

Sharjeel
Fakhar
Saud
Sarfraz
Akmal
Imad
Asif
Shadab
Hasan
Shaheen
Junaid

 

[Farhan93]

Shahzaib Hasan and Sharjeel khan are the only two batsmen/Openers who have List A strike rate of over 100 infact 105+. Trevor baylis won't make a squad without them. They would be must.

 

[Titan24]

1) Fakhar
2) Sharjeel Khan
3) Babar
4) Saif Badar
5) Umar Akmal / Sarfraz / Rizwan
6) Sohail Akhtar
7) Shadab / Umer Khan
8) Usama Mir
9) Hasan Ali (C)
10) Shaheen Shah Afridi
11) Hasnain

This would be mine ideal modern-era LO team.

Enough firepower, watch them on their day score a world-record total.

Stability offered by Babar and Badar.

Spin department is top notch.

And the fast-bowling unit has already proved themselves. (apart from Hasnain, but imo he will come good)

The best thing about this team is that it is a pretty young squad.

Shahzaib Hasan and Sharjeel khan are the only two batsmen/Openers who have List A strike rate of over 100 infact 105+. Trevor baylis won't make a squad without them. They would be must.

Guys I would love to get Sharjeel myself but only if only he is selectable

 

[Titan24]

1) Fakhar
2) Sharjeel Khan
3) Babar
4) Saif Badar
5) Umar Akmal / Sarfraz / Rizwan
6) Sohail Akhtar
7) Shadab / Umer Khan
8) Usama Mir
9) Hasan Ali (C)
10) Shaheen Shah Afridi
11) Hasnain

This would be mine ideal modern-era LO team.

Enough firepower, watch them on their day score a world-record total.

Stability offered by Babar and Badar.

Spin department is top notch.

And the fast-bowling unit has already proved themselves. (apart from Hasnain, but imo he will come good)

The best thing about this team is that it is a pretty young squad.

Solid team except for tail being too long. Shadab or Umer Khan at no 5 and no all rounder afterwards is bit thin in my opinion.

 

[Farhan93]

Guys I would love to get Sharjeel myself but only if only he is selectable

He will be available in few months, PCB could have called him back earlier using any excuse if they were serious about the worldcup but they aren't.

 

[Titan24]

He will be available in few months, PCB could have called him back earlier using any excuse if they were serious about the worldcup but they aren't.

Yes ideally they should have but I think ICC would have raised some questions. However, considering the squad they selected for Aus series PCB's seriousness is also questionable.

Lets hope they dont completely discard him. If Amir can come back so can Sharjeel considering he would still be just 29. What he did was criminal but if one guy can get a chance afterwards so other should also be treated the same way.

 

[Farhan93]

Yes ideally they should have but I think ICC would have raised some questions. However, considering the squad they selected for Aus series PCB's seriousness is also questionable.

Lets hope they dont completely discard him. If Amir can come back so can Sharjeel considering he would still be just 29. What he did was criminal but if one guy can get a chance afterwards so other should also be treated the same way.

Exactly. He shouldn't be discarded we need him badly and he will be needed in next year's world t20 too. Must make his comeback as smooth as possible, hopefully he's keeping himself fit because his body has a tendency to go completely out of shape if he's not careful.

I honestly think we need Shahzaib Hasan as a backup too. Fakhar, Sharjeel and Shahzaib can be our Hales, Roy and Bairstow..

 

[Rana]

Fakhar
Sohail Akhtar
Babar
Umar Akmal (WK)
Imad
Hafeez
Asif Ali
Shadab
Hassan Ali
Mohammad Hasnain
Shaheen Afridi.

Back this XI and watch it go places!

 

[Titan24]

Fakhar
Sohail Akhtar
Babar
Umar Akmal (WK)
Imad
Hafeez
Asif Ali
Shadab
Hassan Ali
Mohammad Hasnain
Shaheen Afridi.

Back this XI and watch it go places!

Pretty solid but Hafeez is not going to be there for long. Iftikhar played some match changing innings for KK this season and hit some really good bowlers so he can be good option post Hafeez.

 

[Titan24]

Exactly. He shouldn't be discarded we need him badly and he will be needed in next year's world t20 too. Must make his comeback as smooth as possible, hopefully he's keeping himself fit because his body has a tendency to go completely out of shape if he's not careful.

I honestly think we need Shahzaib Hasan as a backup too. Fakhar, Sharjeel and Shahzaib can be our Hales, Roy and Bairstow..

It just surprises me how we have wasted so much talent one way or another. I dont think any other team has suffered that instead of maybe SA with players opting to be kolpak.

 

[Rana]

Pretty solid but Hafeez is not going to be there for long.

Correct, im tempted to add Harris Sohail in at 6 instead of Hafeez but I feel that Sohail is one accumulator too many especially with Babar already in there. The way I see it is that Pakistan need to structure their side according to England's. One Babar is enough at number 3 just like Joe Root to continue the flow of runs with aggressive, positive players. If you put Sohail at 4, you are basically reverting back to the ideology where the side will be happy to grind their way to 200-2 until the 40th over and leave it to the hitters to propel it to 300. That simply isnt enough these days. I would rather Pakistan look for 250-4 until the 37th over with a real sense of a 350+ score at the back of the bowling teams mind.

 

[Titan24]

Correct, im tempted to add Harris Sohail in at 6 instead of Hafeez but I feel that Sohail is one accumulator too many especially with Babar already in there. The way I see it is that Pakistan need to structure their side according to England's. One Babar is enough at number 3 just like Joe Root to continue the flow of runs with aggressive, positive players. If you put Sohail at 4, you are basically reverting back to the ideology where the side will be happy to grind their way to 200-2 until the 40th over and leave it to the hitters to propel it to 300. That simply isnt enough these days. I would rather Pakistan look for 250-4 until the 37th over with a real sense of a 350+ score at the back of the bowling teams mind.

Exactly, we need to realize that we dont have experienced lower order hitters at the moment so we have to maximize the run scoring through out especially in the first 10 overs with only 2 fielders outside the circle and on current surfaces even the new ball doesnt do much except first 3-4 overs.

Even if we look at other teams, they dont target just last 10 overs but they carry on the momentum throughout and for that one accumulator is enough which should be Babar Azam.

 

[Rana]

Australia, England, New Zealand, India coaching staff will kick out the following players from Pakistan limited overs sides in a jiffy,

1. Imam ul Haq
2. Shoaib Malik
3. Mohammad Rizwan
4. Sarfaraz Ahmad


These 4 need to be kept away from the side, they are well past their sell date. Hafeez is barely hanging in there.

 

[Farhan93]

It just surprises me how we have wasted so much talent one way or another. I dont think any other team has suffered that instead of maybe SA with players opting to be kolpak.

It's a sad sad reality of Pakistan cricket and things not gonna change anytime soon or mayb ever. This nation could have won alot more than just a single worldcup and CT in the last 30 years only if we hadn't wasted our talent .

 

[Hawkeye]

The only such players are:


Sharjeel Khan
Umar Akmal
Babar Azam
Fakhar (though a hack, will mostly fail)
Haris Sohail (for middle overs)
Hafeez
Shahzaib
Husain Talat (not too reliable)

There's nobody else, so you can't make an XI. Point is, we're not becoming a top team soon.


Stay away from the following imposters, pretending to be allrounders who are just mediocre bowlers:

Imad Wasim
Anwar Ali
Shadab
Faheem
Nawaz

 

[Rana]

The only such players are:


Sharjeel Khan
Umar Akmal
Babar Azam
Fakhar (though a hack, will mostly fail)
Haris Sohail (for middle overs)
Hafeez
Shahzaib
Husain Talat (not too reliable)

There's nobody else, so you can't make an XI. Point is, we're not becoming a top team soon.


Stay away from the following imposters, pretending to be allrounders who are just mediocre bowlers:

Imad Wasim
Anwar Ali
Shadab
Faheem
Nawaz

Imad Wasim is a better batsman than Fakhar Zaman and Imam ul Haq these days, both who are lef handed and open. Imad needs to be persisted with and promoted up the order as he really has earned it!

 

[Hawkeye]

Imad Wasim is a better batsman than Fakhar Zaman and Imam ul Haq these days, both who are lef handed and open. Imad needs to be persisted with and promoted up the order as he really has earned it!

I disagree.

Imad Wasim is similar to Anwar Ali. Has fooled with one or two performances, where the ball kept coming in his zone.

 

[Mueez]

Guys I would love to get Sharjeel myself but only if only he is selectable

Regarding Sharjeel, you can replace him if he is not selected with Umar Akmal at the top and slot in Ifthikhar Ahmed at 5.

It is so sad if we think how much talent and “potential greats” we have lost due to non-cricketing reasons.

 

[Rana]

I disagree.

Imad Wasim is similar to Anwar Ali. Has fooled with one or two performances, where the ball kept coming in his zone.

What? He's been averaging over a hundred in the last 10 overs for quite some time now. He can bat and he can strike the ball well, he's one of the few that is regularly performing yet the management does not promote him but would rather promote lost cause Faheem Ashraf who hits the ball like Fawad Alam would.

Imad Wasim should be Pakistan's number 5 or given the chance to go up the order as a pinch hitter.

 

[CricketDon]

I dream of this. I mean people rave how we’d be all out for 150 in 30 overs. I’d rather that then watch the current vote fast where we crawl to 250 even with modern bats and flat decks and small boundaries.

Fakhar
Sharjeel
Babar
Haris / another bowling option
Umar Akmal
Hafeez
Imad
Faheem
Sarfraz (C WK)
Amir
Hassan

 

[Farhan93]

Shahzaib
Sharjeel
Fakhar
Sarfraz
Umar
Hafeez/Yameen
Asif
Imad
Hasan
Shaheen
Junaid

The good thing about this line up is that all batsmen from 1-9 can go big and can hit sixes, except Sarfraz, at any stage of the innings without worrying about their wicket, just like England's modern ODI team. And Although Sarfraz doesn't hit 6s he's a best batsman in the world when it comes to strike rotation, plays least number of dots which would help this six hitting side even further.
Whereas if u include dot ball specialist like Babar It w put immense pressure on his partners and would suck all the momentum of the innings I don't think Trevor baylis would tolerate that, he would rather include Saud who's better at strike rotation if he really needed an accumulator.

 

[Farhan93]

The only such players are:


Sharjeel Khan
Umar Akmal
Babar Azam
Fakhar (though a hack, will mostly fail)
Haris Sohail (for middle overs)
Hafeez
Shahzaib
Husain Talat (not too reliable)

There's nobody else, so you can't make an XI. Point is, we're not becoming a top team soon.


Stay away from the following imposters, pretending to be allrounders who are just mediocre bowlers:

Imad Wasim
Anwar Ali
Shadab
Faheem
Nawaz

'Fakhar (though a hack, will mostly fail) '

Yes he's a hack that's why he's a better FC record than a best batsman in the country aka 'babar', has more hundreds on pitches which are bowlers friendly . And at International level has played more match winning knocks than everyone's favourite Babar.

If Fakhar s a hack then we really need few more like him who possess FC avg of over 42, ODI/List A SR of 95+and avg of 50+, t20 SR of 135+, avg of 30+. We need more Fakhar Zamans than blue eyed boys who struggle at test level as well as at domestic FC

 

[Seamer]

From the current crop I would have this:

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Asif Ali
3. Babar Azam
4. Haris Sohail
5. U Akmal
6. Sarfaraz
7. Shadab Khan
8. Faheem Ashraf
9. Hassan Ali
10. Amir
11. Shaheen Afridi

12. Hasnain
13. Umar Khan
14. Sohail Akhtar
15. Umar Siddiq
16. Junaid Khan