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What should be Pakistan's T20I squad for the Tri-series with Zimbabwe and Australia?

hadi123

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What changes would you make? I don't think Babar Azam will be fit in time for this series but I think Rumman Raees and Imad Wasim should be fit and available for selection. My squad would be:

1) Sarfaraz Ahmed (C) (WK) - ideally he would be rested but is in too bad form for that to be justified - needs some runs.
2) Aamer Yamin - give him a chance, rest Mohammad Amir for this series.
3) Asif Ali
4) Faheem Ashraf
5) Fakhar Zaman
6) Haris Sohail
7) Hasan Ali - we don't have that good depth so I wouldn't rest him for this, but perhaps rest him for ODI's.
8) Hussain Talat
9) Imad Wasim - assuming he's fit.
10) Mohammad Nawaz
11) Rumman Raees - assuming he's fit.
12) Sahibzada Farhan - drop Ahmed Shehzad
13) Shadab Khan
14) Shaheen Afridi
15) Shoaib Malik
16) Usman Shinwari

The playing 11 for the first match should look like:

1) Fakhar Zaman
2) Sahibzada Farhan
3) Hussain Talat
4) Haris Sohail - play him over Asif Ali as he can bowl left arm spin as well.
5) Sarfaraz Ahmed (C) (WK)
6) Shoaib Malik
7) Faheem Ashraf
8) Shadab Khan
9) Hasan Ali
10) Rumman Raees
11) Usman Shinwari

Think that's a solid line up as lots of rotation is possible, for example, Aamer Yamin is a like for like replacement for Faheem Ashraf, and we can rotate between Haris/Imad/Nawaz.
 
Will Babar be fit? Hopefully we don't see shehzad play for us ever again. Need to rest both Hasan and amir and take a new Pacer. Maybe someone is like Bashir. Haris is not suited for t20 and imad should start a new career as he is an awful cricketer. Agree with amir Yamin the guy keeps getting dropped unfairly. Sarfaraz needs rest too so should take umair maqsood but we will take rizwan.

Babar(if fit)
Fakhar
Hussain talat
Asif Ali
Umair maqsood
Malik
Amir Yamin
Shadab
Faheem
Shaheen/ bashir
Shinwari

Bench
Nawaz
Farhan
Bashir/ Shaheen
Shoaib maqsood
Amad butt
 
Haris, Shehzad, Rahat, Amir, Hassan - out

Agha Salman, Hassan Khan, Sameen Gul, Sahibzada Farhan, Aamer Yamin - in
 
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam/Haris Sohail
Muhammad Hafeez
Hussain Talat
Shoaib Malik
Sarfraz Ahmed
Shadab Khan
Faheem Ashraf
Aamir Yamin
Muhammad Nawaz
Muhammad Amir
Hasan Ali
Rumman Raees
Usman Shinwari
Shaheen Afridi
 
Playing XI:

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Asif Ali
3. Babar Azam
4. Hussain Talat
5. Sarfaraz Ahmed
6. Imad Wasim
7. Shadab Khan
8. Faheem Ashraf
9. Mohammed Nawaz
10. Usman Shinwari
11. Shaheen Afridi

BENCH:
12. Ahmed Shehzad
13. Mohammed Amir
14. Hasan Ali
15. Harris Sohail
 
Fakhar Zaman (VC)
Sahibzada Farhan
Hussain Talat
Sarfraz Ahmed* (WK)
Shoaib Malik
Asif Ali
Fahim Ashraf
Shadab Khan
Zafar Gohar
Shaheen Afridi
Usman Shinwari

Bench: Sohaib Maqsood, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir

The above is assuming that Babar, Imad, and Rumman are all injured and out of contention. Hasan and Amir should play on a rotation basis.
 
Haris, Shehzad and Rahat should be dropped. Imad and Rumman should be called up. Won't mind if they give Amir or Hasan some games off, if they do, Junaid can come in. Shehzad's game won't be useful on slow surfaces of Zim, would be better off with Farhan.

Playing XI
1. Fakhar
2. Farhan
3. Talat
4. Sarfraz
5. Malik
6. Asif
7. Imad
8. Fahim
9. Shadab
10. Rumman
11. Usman/Shaheen/Junaid
 
Haris Sohail shouldn't be anywhere near the T20 team.

Anyone who puts Harris Sohail in their playing XI should be arrested on the spot. I put him on the beach, and I entirely ashamed to do so. He doesn’t belong anywhere near the 15 men squad even for the local Gujranwala Gladiators, let alone in the Pakistan XI playing squad against Australia.

Harris Sohail averages 18 at a SR of 104 in the format!!!

Guess what Misbah averaged? 38 at 110!!

Harris Sohail is MUCH worse than a ‘90s senior player who is notorious for being the most defensive player in the history of cricket... in the fastest format of the game!!
 
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam/Haris Sohail
Muhammad Hafeez
Hussain Talat
Shoaib Malik
Sarfraz Ahmed
Shadab Khan
Faheem Ashraf
Aamir Yamin
Muhammad Nawaz
Muhammad Amir
Hasan Ali
Rumman Raees
Usman Shinwari
Shaheen Afridi

Harris Sohail should be thrown OUT!! Bring in Imad Wasim
 
Fakhar
Babar
Talat
Sarfraz
Malik
Asif
Shadab
Fahim
Nawaz
Raees
Shinwari

Bench: Hasan, Afridi, Farhan, Salman
 
Openers;
Shahabzada Farhan (Performs alot in domestic now in Zim should be given chance)
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam (If he fits) otherwise
Umar Amin (Performance against Sri lanka 45 runs and 22 runs in 18th over against NZ)

Middle Order;
Hussain Talat
Asif Ali
Sarfraz(c) (w.k)
Shoaib Malik

All rounders;
Imad Wasim
Shahdab Khan
Faheem Ashraf

Bowlers;
Usman Shinwari
Hassan Ali
Rumman Raees (If he is fit)
Rahat Ali
Shaheen Afridi

Please rest Muhammad Amir as in September we have Asia cup where we have two matches against India . He should be rested as a rotation policy.
 
Need to rest Amir , Hassan & Faheem , Haris too & give Shaheen , shinwari & Junaid a run ..all Pathan attack💪🏽
 
Fakhar
Babar
Talat
Sarfraz+*
Malik
Asif
Shadab
Fahim
Nawaz
Rumman
Shaheen

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Amir
Usman
Hasan
Imad
Haris
 
Drop Amir

Rahat needs to be dropped but i doubt he will be as hasn't played any game since he came back in T20 team.

Rest Faheem, has played all types of cricket in last few months but get him back for ODI series, too much rest isn't good.

Keep Hasan in the team but play him only against Australia, don't play him against Zimbabwe.

Drop Shehzad, bring in Sahibzada

Drop Haris, i know he will be automatically dropped if Babar comes is fit, if he isn't get Mukhtar Ahmed.

Give more opportunities to Talat in bowling rather than giving him last over when match is already in Pak's hands.

Asif Ali needs a proper batting position till he settles down, then play him wherever you want.

Rest of squad is ok, Sarfaraz should continue to bat at 4, in ODIs as well
 
15 man squad for T20 tri-series

Batsmen:Fakhar,Babar(should be fit by then I reckon),Sahibzada,Asif Ali,Shoaib Malik,Haris Sohail

Wicketkeeper:Sarfraz(C)

All rounders:Hussain Talat,Faheem Ashraf,Shadab Khan,M.Nawaz

Bowlers:Shaheen,Usman,Hasan,Amir

EDIT:I will add Rumman Raees in the squad and make it a 16 man squad.
 
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I would rest a good majority of players such as Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir and potentially Faheem and Shadab. We definitely need to invest in another WKB and drop Ahmed Shehzad and Rahat Ali and maybe Umar Amin. Would love to have picked Saud Shakeel and Mukhtar Ahmed but I don't think they've played much cricket in the last couple of months.

Batsman: Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Asif Ali, Haris Sohail, Babar Azam, Agha Salman.

Wicketkeeper: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan or another wicketkeeper.

Allrounders: Hussain Talat, Hammad Azam, Aamir Yamin, Mohammad Nawaz,

Bowlers: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan Shinwari, Junaid Khan, Rumman Raees, Zafar Gohar, Usama Mir.

These are the selected players I have picked in which I think would be ideal in the tri series even though we would need to rely on certain players to come good. I would love to see Hammad Azam, Agha Salman and Zafar Gohar get a chance. Also I don't know the max number of players I can select upto so I just chose players I would like to see selected.
 
Rest Amir and Faheem for T20Is. Am guessing Bobby and Maddy are injured:

Fakhar
Farhan
Talat
Sarfraz*+
Malik
Asif
Nawaz
Shadab
Hasan
Rumman
Usman
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Salman
Harris
Rizwan+
Shaheen
 
Fakhar
Babar
Talat
Sarfraz
Malik
Asif
Shadab
Faheem
Nawaz
Usman
Hassan

Need to play full strength team otherwise if Pakistan lose to Australia, the usual suspects will downplay the #1 ranking.
 
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