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What will happen to bowlers if Fakhar Zaman and Sharjeel Khan at their peaks open in T20 World Cup?

Farabi said:
Sharjeel was for T20s not ODIs yet.
PSL obviously doesn’t produce the player, it just highlights them. If Pakistan Cup and QEA performances were being rewarded for Pakistan call-ups, we would not be the mess we are today and the likes of Rizwan, Hassan Mohsin, Fawad Alam, Usman Salahuddin, Saud Shakeel etc would have played many more games for Pakistan by now. Let’s be real.
Fakhar got noticed and selected because of PSL during a 33-ball 56 against Karachi where he destroyed the opposition bowling and looked extremely elegant while doing so.
Before the Champions Trophy, It earned him a call-up to Pakistan’s T20I side for the West Indies tour, and he made his debut in the second match in Port of Spain.
His first three T20Is only brought him 26 runs!!!
The ODI debut came months later. Khuda ka shukar Fakhar wasn’t dropped after 3 innings as was the case with Talat recently.

Asif Ali has fulfilled his low potential. He was always overrated based on one PSL season.

List A: 30 average at 115 SR
ODI: 26 Average at 121 SR
Fulfilled his low potential..

Domestic T20: 18 average at 134 SR
International T20: 17 average at 124 SR
Fulfilled his low potential...


Khusdhil and Talat must get a long-run in ODI and T20s before they can be judged.
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Talat did not get dropped for failing 3 times. He has played 20 games for Pakistan. And he got dropped because he is a poor, mentally weak batsman who doesn't have what it takes to make it on the highest level. His infamous innings against South Africa in that T20 series decider back in 2018 is a case study in his shortcomings.
 
UzmanBeast said:
Agreed.

I've been trying to say this for a while.

Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, and the other hyped PSL kids aren't as good as people made them out to be. They're extremely limited in their playstyles, unable to adapt to the pressures of international cricket.
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I think you can succeed in international cricket despite having limited capabilities or significant technical deficiencies. In my opinion, the most important trait (as you pointed out) is being mentally strong. And that is what so many of our young guys lack. They can't handle pressure and whatever strengths they do have become redundant once they bulk under that pressure.

Fakhar Zaman and Dean Elgar are two great examples of players who have significant technical decencies and limitations. But both are mentally strong who succeed because of their attitude and state of mind in those tough situations. And once they do that talking about their deficiencies or limitations becomes a pointless topic.
 
Don't get too hung up on Fakhar Zaman. He is a one trick pony and will be found out by the better teams. Sharjeel Khah with his current state of fitness (or lack of it) is an even worse hack than FZ.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Well than its ludicrous for you to evoke the Sharjeel of 2016, who was developing into one of the most destructive openers in the world and was a far cry from the Sharjeel of present. Furthermore, at his age, with that fitness and the time he has been out its unrealistic to expect that he will become anything resembling a long-term prospect for Pakistan. Which is why the hype around him is woefully misplaced.

You are wrong. Domestic does play a massive role in getting guys noticed and in pretty much every case has a role in getting guys to the PSL. Whether you choose to admit or not, it is a fact. There may be biases but ultimately those domestic performances are what act as your resume.

You are selectively taking names that suit your argument but ignoring the guys who got PSL and national team spots by doing well in domestic. Whether they came in late, stayed in the side or not is a different story altogether. Point is that domestic played a role in getting them there. Off the top of my head: Iftikhar, Fakhar, Faheem Ashraf, Rizwan, Shan Masood, Mohammad Abbas, Khusdhil, Waqas Maqsood, Sami Aslam all gained notoriety through their domestic performances, which then served as a gateway to bigger and better things like PSL or national team.

This is why you shouldn't make judgments by looking at a guy's Cricinfo profile because you ignore all the context that got him where he was in the first place. Go check Asif Ali's numbers in the 2018 Pakistan Cup, which took place after the PSL that year. He was the second leading run-scorer with an average of 109 and a SR of 128. So it wasn't just one PSL season as you claim.

Fakhar got into the PSL because of his 2016 Pakistan Cup performance in which he was one of the leading run-scorers with an average of 59 and a SR of 90 odd. He hadn't played a single PSL game before. And then in the 2017 Pakistan Cup which took place a month before Pakistan announced their CT squad he had an even better season averaging 60 with a SR of 110. So yeah, domestic definitely got him into the PSL and the 2017 CT squad.
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On what evidence are you saying that Sharjeel is not the same quality as he was in 2016. He's done well at the PSL and the QEA Trophy and he has only played the one T20 game so far. Are you basing your comment on 1 IT20? He could be better or worse, no one knows at this point. Yes, you could make a judgement about Amir because he got enough games.

You were originally claiming that batsmen who did well at the PSL never went on to do well for Pakistan. Responding to that, I mentioned Fakhar who did well at the PSL and then went on to do well for Pakistan. Obviously all of these Pakistani batsmen did not fell from the sky, they got into PSL after doing well in the domestic world to get selected in the PSL in the first place.
Also don't forget that there are many batsmen who have done well at the Pakistan Cup over a number of years and are ignored all the time.

Best example is Khurram Manzoor. His batting average of 54.88 is the 5th highest ever in the history of list A cricket. And yet, he is ignored and he has been warming benches at the PSL despite extraordinary performances at the Pakistan Cup every damn season. For him, the world is very different from the world you seem to be describing. No PSL chances/performances to show and no Pakistan call-up either.
 
Sharjeel is a spin bunny. He even got out to full toss spinners off Prasanna.
Arafat Sunny had his number during 2016 Asia Cup and Wt20i.
People are expecting too much from Sharjeel.
 
Farabi said:
On what evidence are you saying that Sharjeel is not the same quality as he was in 2016. He's done well at the PSL and the QEA Trophy and he has only played the one T20 game so far. Are you basing your comment on 1 IT20? He could be better or worse, no one knows at this point. Yes, you could make a judgement about Amir because he got enough games.

You were originally claiming that batsmen who did well at the PSL never went on to do well for Pakistan. Responding to that, I mentioned Fakhar who did well at the PSL and then went on to do well for Pakistan. Obviously all of these Pakistani batsmen did not fell from the sky, they got into PSL after doing well in the domestic world to get selected in the PSL in the first place.
Also don't forget that there are many batsmen who have done well at the Pakistan Cup over a number of years and are ignored all the time.

Best example is Khurram Manzoor. His batting average of 54.88 is the 5th highest ever in the history of list A cricket. And yet, he is ignored and he has been warming benches at the PSL despite extraordinary performances at the Pakistan Cup every damn season. For him, the world is very different from the world you seem to be describing. No PSL chances/performances to show and no Pakistan call-up either.
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That one T20 innings paints a pretty damning picture of all his shortcomings. With any other player you would want to wait a few more matches. But with Sharjeel all his flaws are right there for everyone to see. And it certainly doesn't take a genius to deduce that he is nothing like the player he was 5 years ago.

Yeah, I didn't say that. I said that batsmen who have gained notoriety through PSL have never done well for Pakistan. And you can can keep calling Fakhar a product of PSL but the simple reality is that he is not. He is a product of the domestic system. He had established himself as an opener for Pakistan long before he had done anything significant in PSL. I have given you clear cut examples of how his domestic performances led to a spot in the PSL and then later a spot in the national team. If you choose to ignore them, than that's on you. It won't change the reality.

FYI Khurram Manzoor did get selected for T20Is in the 2016 Asia Cup and failed miserably. And before you start defending Khurram Manzoor I hope you are well aware of the fact that he has failed spectacularly in all three of his stints in the national side. And done nothing to show he has what it takes to make it on the international level eventhough all three of his stints were years removed from the preceding ones.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
That one T20 innings paints a pretty damning picture of all his shortcomings. With any other player you would want to wait a few more matches. But with Sharjeel all his flaws are right there for everyone to see. And it certainly doesn't take a genius to deduce that he is nothing like the player he was 5 years ago.

Yeah, I didn't say that. I said that batsmen who have gained notoriety through PSL have never done well for Pakistan. And you can can keep calling Fakhar a product of PSL but the simple reality is that he is not. He is a product of the domestic system. He had established himself as an opener for Pakistan long before he had done anything significant in PSL. I have given you clear cut examples of how his domestic performances led to a spot in the PSL and then later a spot in the national team. If you choose to ignore them, than that's on you. It won't change the reality.

FYI Khurram Manzoor did get selected for T20Is in the 2016 Asia Cup and failed miserably. And before you start defending Khurram Manzoor I hope you are well aware of the fact that he has failed spectacularly in all three of his stints in the national side. And done nothing to show he has what it takes to make it on the international level eventhough all three of his stints were years removed from the preceding ones.
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So it’s your opinion/conjecture on Sharjeel. Sure, but there’s no evidence. If he’s given 5-10 games in a row, then we can talk about it.

As mentioned earlier, none of the players are PSL “products”. They’re products of domestic cricket and only get noticed at the PSL.

Khurram Manzoor was never given the amount of chances he deserved. He deserved way more than 3 T20 games.
 
Farabi said:
So it’s your opinion/conjecture on Sharjeel. Sure, but there’s no evidence. If he’s given 5-10 games in a row, then we can talk about it.

As mentioned earlier, none of the players are PSL “products”. They’re products of domestic cricket and only get noticed at the PSL.

Khurram Manzoor was never given the amount of chances he deserved. He deserved way more than 3 T20 games.
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My opinion is based on his performance on the pitch, which was unbecoming of an international cricketer. Unless he magically becomes a physical specimen in the next few games, learns how to rotate the strike and develops his game beyond being a leg-side hack than nothing will actually change. At any rate, he will likely get chances at some point and we'll know for certain if all the signs that point to him being an unfit hack actually have any merit.

Ofcourse you might not be satisfied either way since you seem to believe that mediocre and mentally-weak batsmen deserve an inordinate amount of chances even when its obvious to everyone watching that they are not cut out for international cricket.

See, that's where you are wrong. Everyone isn't a product of the domestic system. Guys like Shaheen, Haris Rauf, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hasnain got noticed almost exclusively because of the PSL. They had played either no domestic games or just a handful of them before they made their mark in the PSL.

And you know what I will rephrase my point to suit your argument. No batsmen that has ever gotten noticed through the PSL has gone on to do well for Pakistan. But when it comes to bowlers a number of names come to mind.
 
fitCricFan said:
Don't get too hung up on Fakhar Zaman. He is a one trick pony and will be found out by the better teams. Sharjeel Khah with his current state of fitness (or lack of it) is an even worse hack than FZ.
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People have been saying this about Fakhar Zaman from day one and quite frankly this argument has grown tiresome. Because four years in, he's averaging close to 50 with a SR of 97 which puts him in the elite class of ODI openers in the world currently. He also has two of the three highest scores for Pakistan ever to his name. And has regularly performed in big games and against big teams; averaging over 40 against England, India, New Zealand and South Africa.

Whatever one may think of his technique, fact of the matter is that it works for him. The guy is unique and a living breathing example of the fact that mental toughness is much more important than being technically sound.
 
Farabi said:
On what evidence are you saying that Sharjeel is not the same quality as he was in 2016. He's done well at the PSL and the QEA Trophy and he has only played the one T20 game so far. Are you basing your comment on 1 IT20? He could be better or worse, no one knows at this point. Yes, you could make a judgement about Amir because he got enough games.

You were originally claiming that batsmen who did well at the PSL never went on to do well for Pakistan. Responding to that, I mentioned Fakhar who did well at the PSL and then went on to do well for Pakistan. Obviously all of these Pakistani batsmen did not fell from the sky, they got into PSL after doing well in the domestic world to get selected in the PSL in the first place.
Also don't forget that there are many batsmen who have done well at the Pakistan Cup over a number of years and are ignored all the time.

Best example is Khurram Manzoor. His batting average of 54.88 is the 5th highest ever in the history of list A cricket. And yet, he is ignored and he has been warming benches at the PSL despite extraordinary performances at the Pakistan Cup every damn season. For him, the world is very different from the world you seem to be describing. No PSL chances/performances to show and no Pakistan call-up either.
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Although my heart goes out to Khurrum, he can’t get in due to both openers now being settled so we can’t really tinker with this now unless Khurrum proves he’s a no. 4 batsman.

Pakistan in my view is nearly there all you need is to get that middle order sorted and we’ll have a fairly strong playing XI come the World Cup.

Middle order candidates for me are Shoaib Moqsood and Azam Khan.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
I think you can succeed in international cricket despite having limited capabilities or significant technical deficiencies. In my opinion, the most important trait (as you pointed out) is being mentally strong. And that is what so many of our young guys lack. They can't handle pressure and whatever strengths they do have become redundant once they bulk under that pressure.

Fakhar Zaman and Dean Elgar are two great examples of players who have significant technical decencies and limitations. But both are mentally strong who succeed because of their attitude and state of mind in those tough situations. And once they do that talking about their deficiencies or limitations becomes a pointless topic.
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Agreed, attitude makes a great difference.
 
Shoaibbtt said:
Although my heart goes out to Khurrum, he can’t get in due to both openers now being settled so we can’t really tinker with this now unless Khurrum proves he’s a no. 4 batsman.

Pakistan in my view is nearly there all you need is to get that middle order sorted and we’ll have a fairly strong playing XI come the World Cup.

Middle order candidates for me are Shoaib Moqsood and Azam Khan.
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We blame selectors for going backwards.....now I m seeing fans r no different ...
 
Fakhar at his peak will certainly do well and have a good impact - including match winning innings.

Sharjeel on the other hand might score 81 from 40 balls against Sri Lanka in the group stage and cement his place for the rest of the tournament but will then pretty much guaranteed fail in an important game or a knock out game and will probably miss an easy catch and blame it on not seeing the ball and also give away several runs in the field.
 
I still think sharjeel should be given some games to show what he can do no harm in trying.

Fakhar has already cemented his place for the world Cup.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
My opinion is based on his performance on the pitch, which was unbecoming of an international cricketer. Unless he magically becomes a physical specimen in the next few games, learns how to rotate the strike and develops his game beyond being a leg-side hack than nothing will actually change. At any rate, he will likely get chances at some point and we'll know for certain if all the signs that point to him being an unfit hack actually have any merit.

Ofcourse you might not be satisfied either way since you seem to believe that mediocre and mentally-weak batsmen deserve an inordinate amount of chances even when its obvious to everyone watching that they are not cut out for international cricket.

See, that's where you are wrong. Everyone isn't a product of the domestic system. Guys like Shaheen, Haris Rauf, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hasnain got noticed almost exclusively because of the PSL. They had played either no domestic games or just a handful of them before they made their mark in the PSL.

And you know what I will rephrase my point to suit your argument. No batsmen that has ever gotten noticed through the PSL has gone on to do well for Pakistan. But when it comes to bowlers a number of names come to mind.
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You still haven’t provided any evidence for why Sharjeel is an under-performer or “mentally weak”. He lost his place for any reason but performance on the field.
Look, no body is going to say Sharjeel is perfect. The barometer of potential is not what you and I opine, it’s the player’s demonstrated performances. Sharjeel’s done well at the PSL and QEA, and purely based on these metrics , he deserves a run before his form can be judged. That’s it. It’s possible he will suck but it remains to be seen.

I understand your point now about PSL selection (hard to understand each other). You are absolutely right that there are bowlers who were selected because of PSL performances such as Shadab, Shaheen, Rauf and Hasnain. The only batsman fast-tracked in the same way is Haider Ali. I think it’s too soon to say Haider has failed because batsmen develop slowly. Haider is also an opener and is struggling to adapt to MO.
Can you name any other PSL batsmen apart from Haider Ali selected purely on PSL performances??
Clearly khusdil, Chachu, Fakhar and Asif don’t fit this description because they also did well in domestics.
 
Farabi said:
You still haven’t provided any evidence for why Sharjeel is an under-performer or “mentally weak”. He lost his place for any reason but performance on the field.
Look, no body is going to say Sharjeel is perfect. The barometer of potential is not what you and I opine, it’s the player’s demonstrated performances. Sharjeel’s done well at the PSL and QEA, and purely based on these metrics , he deserves a run before his form can be judged. That’s it. It’s possible he will suck but it remains to be seen.

I understand your point now about PSL selection (hard to understand each other). You are absolutely right that there are bowlers who were selected because of PSL performances such as Shadab, Shaheen, Rauf and Hasnain. The only batsman fast-tracked in the same way is Haider Ali. I think it’s too soon to say Haider has failed because batsmen develop slowly. Haider is also an opener and is struggling to adapt to MO.
Can you name any other PSL batsmen apart from Haider Ali selected purely on PSL performances??
Clearly khusdil, Chachu, Fakhar and Asif don’t fit this description because they also did well in domestics.
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I already told you. My evidence is his performance in the only international game he has played so far. You can say its just one game and that's fine. But for me that one game paints a damning picture of all his shortcomings when it wouldn't for most other players.

If anything, I agree with you and hope he is given more chances, against tough teams like England...so he can be properly exposed and discarded for good. A player with his shortcomings is only going to give you more reasons as to why he shouldn't be playing international cricket. So I'm okay with that.

No because there aren't any that have actually done anything, which just goes to show that PSL is terrible at producing, unearthing batting talent. The few players it does elevate end up being disappointments not cut out for the international level. And its not like there aren't young batsmen in the league with little to no domestic experience, they just haven't done anything of note...while the bowlers have.

Why is that the case? There's probably a more deep-rooted reason for that which I'm not willing to get into. But the point stands that PSL has been a massive failure interms of unearthing batting talent. Even if Haider Ali ends up being good that would still be one guy in what is the premier T20 league of the country. That's pretty troubling.
 
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RedwoodOriginal said:
I already told you. My evidence is his performance in the only international game he has played so far. You can say its just one game and that's fine. But for me that one game paints a damning picture of all his shortcomings when it wouldn't for most other players.

If anything, I agree with you and hope he is given more chances, against tough teams like England...so he can be properly exposed and discarded for good. A player with his shortcomings is only going to give you more reasons as to why he shouldn't be playing international cricket. So I'm okay with that.

No because there aren't any that have actually done anything, which just goes to show that PSL is terrible at producing, unearthing batting talent. The few players it does elevate end up being disappointments not cut out for the international level. And its not like there aren't young batsmen in the league with little to no domestic experience, they just haven't done anything of note...while the bowlers have.

Why is that the case? There's probably a more deep-rooted reason for that which I'm not willing to get into. But the point stands that PSL has been a massive failure interms of unearthing batting talent. Even if Haider Ali ends up being good that would still be one guy in what is the premier T20 league of the country. That's pretty troubling.
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1 game is not enough evidence. Let’s discuss after he gets 5-10 games.

First Batsmen need more mileage before they are ready, which comes from playing List A and FC.
Second, unfortunately the prevailing theory within Pakistani cricketing circles is that Pakistan lacks batting talent. As a result, Pakistan’s best domestic batsmen don’t get consistent chances in the PSL and the PSL sides are packed with foreign batsmen and local bowlers. Hence, the vicious cycle self-perpetuates as we keep discovering new bowlers but not batsmen lol
If a domestic stalwart of short formats like Khurram Manzoor can’t get a game in PSL, there’s a huge problem. He has been the top performer in Pakistan Cup and National T20s consistently over the last 5-10 years. Yet, he warms benches. He literally got 1 game in PSL 5 where he scored 60 runs at 150 SR, and yet he was benched the next game and KK dropped him from the team altogether in PSL 6.
Sohaib Maqsood is playing his first PSL.
Khusdhil is playing only his second PSL.
Rizwan was consistently benched by KK and only got his chance after he did well internationally, although his domestic performance should have been enough.
Abduallah Shafique completely ignored.
Danish Aziz got selected in PSL 6 but warming benches for KK
Why isn’t Zeeshan Malik in PSL?

I mean we don’t play some of our best domestic batsmen in PSL and then complain about the lack of talent. The irony is unmistakable.
 
Sharjeel should be given a series you can't judge someone based upon 1 game.however I would take fakhar instead of sharjeel.
 
shamaan said:
Sharjeel should be given a series you can't judge someone based upon 1 game.however I would take fakhar instead of sharjeel.
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Issue isn't giving him a series or two, the main problem team is facing at whom place he should play
 
Farabi said:
1 game is not enough evidence. Let’s discuss after he gets 5-10 games.

First Batsmen need more mileage before they are ready, which comes from playing List A and FC.
Second, unfortunately the prevailing theory within Pakistani cricketing circles is that Pakistan lacks batting talent. As a result, Pakistan’s best domestic batsmen don’t get consistent chances in the PSL and the PSL sides are packed with foreign batsmen and local bowlers. Hence, the vicious cycle self-perpetuates as we keep discovering new bowlers but not batsmen lol
If a domestic stalwart of short formats like Khurram Manzoor can’t get a game in PSL, there’s a huge problem. He has been the top performer in Pakistan Cup and National T20s consistently over the last 5-10 years. Yet, he warms benches. He literally got 1 game in PSL 5 where he scored 60 runs at 150 SR, and yet he was benched the next game and KK dropped him from the team altogether in PSL 6.
Sohaib Maqsood is playing his first PSL.
Khusdhil is playing only his second PSL.
Rizwan was consistently benched by KK and only got his chance after he did well internationally, although his domestic performance should have been enough.
Abduallah Shafique completely ignored.
Danish Aziz got selected in PSL 6 but warming benches for KK
Why isn’t Zeeshan Malik in PSL?

I mean we don’t play some of our best domestic batsmen in PSL and then complain about the lack of talent. The irony is unmistakable.
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Sohaib maqsood has played in nearly every edition however is performances have generally been pretty mediocre .
 
Farabi said:
1 game is not enough evidence. Let’s discuss after he gets 5-10 games.

First Batsmen need more mileage before they are ready, which comes from playing List A and FC.
Second, unfortunately the prevailing theory within Pakistani cricketing circles is that Pakistan lacks batting talent. As a result, Pakistan’s best domestic batsmen don’t get consistent chances in the PSL and the PSL sides are packed with foreign batsmen and local bowlers. Hence, the vicious cycle self-perpetuates as we keep discovering new bowlers but not batsmen lol
If a domestic stalwart of short formats like Khurram Manzoor can’t get a game in PSL, there’s a huge problem. He has been the top performer in Pakistan Cup and National T20s consistently over the last 5-10 years. Yet, he warms benches. He literally got 1 game in PSL 5 where he scored 60 runs at 150 SR, and yet he was benched the next game and KK dropped him from the team altogether in PSL 6.
Sohaib Maqsood is playing his first PSL.
Khusdhil is playing only his second PSL.
Rizwan was consistently benched by KK and only got his chance after he did well internationally, although his domestic performance should have been enough.
Abduallah Shafique completely ignored.
Danish Aziz got selected in PSL 6 but warming benches for KK
Why isn’t Zeeshan Malik in PSL?

I mean we don’t play some of our best domestic batsmen in PSL and then complain about the lack of talent. The irony is unmistakable.
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Okay, first off you need to get your facts straight...

This is not Sohaib Maqsood's first PSL. He has been playing since the first season and has played for three teams: Lahore, Multan and twice for Peshawar. And he has either disappointed completely or done nothing to stand-out every time.

This is not Khushdil's second PSL either. He has been playing since 2017 when he started out for Peshawar Zalmi.

And sorry but you can't ignore the fact that the majority of the homegrown talent/domestic stalwarts that have gotten chances in PSL have either been epic failures or major disappointments.

The likes of Maqsood, Saad Nasim, Umar Amin, Sahibzada Farhan, Saif Badar, Rizwan Hussain, Agha Salman, Khurram Manzoor, Umar Siddiq, Awais Zia, Shahzad, Akbar-ur-Rehman, Bismallah Khan all got plenty of chances only to disappoint. Ahsan Ali, Husain Talat, Khushdil who had one-off good seasons that got them selected have now reverted back to their mediocrity.

Manzoor was given a consistent run by Karachi at the top of the order in the 2018 PSL. He ended the season with an average of 20.17 and a SR of 99. He was rightly discarded thereafter because there isn't and shouldn't be any place in the PSL for a batsman that can't even score at run a ball in T20 cricket.

So what about them? These names, their PSL appearances and their performances in those appearances clearly disprove the myth that domestic performers don't get enough chances. The reality is that the vast majority of them just aren't any good.

And most of the names you mentioned here started doing well fairly recently. The likes of Zeeshan Malik, Danish Aziz, Abdullah Shafique. And they will all get chances in good time just like all the names I mentioned up there did. Abdullah Shafique literally had one good season in the NT20 Cup. It's not like he has been doing well in domestic for years. He will get picked in PSL soon enough and we'll see where he stands just like we did with all the others.

I don't want to group Rizwan with all these mediocre players but fact of the matter is that his form in T20s only started improving only recently late last year in the NT20 Cup. Before that he had been doing quite poorly in T20s for quite some time. And as soon as he started doing well he was not only picked as a first-choice keeper for MS but was also made the captain of his franchise. So clearly players that do well do get opportunities.
 
Shoaibbtt said:
Although my heart goes out to Khurrum, he can’t get in due to both openers now being settled so we can’t really tinker with this now unless Khurrum proves he’s a no. 4 batsman.

Pakistan in my view is nearly there all you need is to get that middle order sorted and we’ll have a fairly strong playing XI come the World Cup.

Middle order candidates for me are Shoaib Moqsood and Azam Khan.
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Here are Khurram Manzoor's numbers in PSL 2018, when he was given a consistent run at the top of the order by Karachi:

Matches: 7, Runs: 121, Average: 20.16, Strike-Rate: 99.18.

Just because you did well in domestic doesn't always mean you are good enough. There are plenty of examples from previous years of such cases and Khurram Manzoor is one of them.

A player turning up those kind of numbers shouldn't blame anyone if he doesn't play another PSL match again
 
We may never know

There is more chance of Imam ul Haq and Danish Aziz opening for Pakistan instead of Sharjeel+Fakhar as long as clueless Misbah is at the helm!
 
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