Come on . Team looks stronger day by day .
It is an illusion. We have been here before.
Pakistan will still lose a LOI series to top the top 5 sides in any conditions. Let’s not get fooled by the WT20 where we would have been on the first plane home if Babar didn’t get lucky with the toss.
As soon as we lost the toss against a top team, we got rinsed.
Pakistan will lose a Test series in all of the top 5 playing nations as well, probably get whitewashed every year as well except maybe England who are having major problems of their own.
Pakistan should be a formidable Test side in home conditions but with Yasir’s decline and lack of quality spinners coming through, that equation could change as well.
The emergence of Rizwan and the growth of Shaheen might have Pakistan “relatively” stronger compared to where it was 12-24 months ago, but the reality is apart from Babar and these other two players, we do not have any world class players in any format.
Even Babar himself is far from a world class player in Test cricket and has not proved himself to be comparable to the Fab Four in the Test format at least.
I don’t see any reason to be particular excited about our future. The fans are optimistic and hype every young player, but most of them lose their way somewhere down the line.
Pakistan is a mid-table team in all formats. It will punch above its weight or stoop below it every now and then, but overall, it will not win enough games against the top teams to become one of leading sides in the world in any format.
As a result, I believe that the fans should lower their expectations and just enjoy the game. Don’t expect a level of consistency and quality that Pakistan cricket is not capable of delivering because of its limitations.