Players;
- Mohammad Wasim Jr
Before PSL 7, he had a guaranteed spot for the upcoming T20 WC 11, in my opinion. He is competing with Hassan Ali, and I prefer him over Hassan Ali simply because of his brilliant yorkers. However, with the few international matches he has played, I could tell that he is very similar to Hassan Ali, meaning he either takes multiple wickets or gores for heavy runs and gets smashed a lot in death bowling. And his PSL 7 performances, he has been torn apart in most/all of his matches. But now after PSL 7, he is not a guaranteed selection for the national T20 squad.
Haider Ali
Oh, Haider Ali... This player has proven that he can play brilliant, beautiful shots, defo has talent, but when he starts slogging, disaster happens, he gets out in a very frustrating and ugly manner. He had multiple innings where he showed his potential with the good strokes he played, but then goes crazy and gets out, eventually gets dropped. And just like Muhammad Wasim Jr, at least for me, he was the guaranteed number 4 spot for Pakistan. But not anymore now. But his PSL 7 disappointing performances have made me realise that Haider Ali should be nowhere near the T20 squad, simply because he is a great talent, and if he gets fast-tracked and taught to slog, rather than learning shot choices in first class, then another talent is ruined. But overall, Haider Ali has been the most disappointing for me this season
Shahnawaz Dahani
Shanawaz Dahani was superb in PSL 6 (although I didn't watch PSL 6), as well as 2021 National T20, impressed in his few international appearances too. So I was expecting another great season from him, but it wasn't. He was very expensive in a number of matches. Took few wickets. Pace was down, as a number of posters have been saying, there has been some change in his action. Also, there has been the issue where he goofs around too much, but I don't mind at, as long as he does his fun clecberatiosn when he takes wickets only, not when he gets smashed. But after a dissapitng season, he still one of paksitan best prospects, and I will still have him in T20 squad.
Iftikhar Ahmed
Although Iftikar Ahmed had a few good performances including that outsadnng knocj against Multan in KArachi, he overall disappointed was quite poor with the bowling. But still the best number 5 and best finisher in Pakistan.
Liam Livingstone
Liam Livingstone is a lethal power hitter. He showed this in the T20 WC, with massive sixes. But we didnt see this at all really during the season. I had a lot of excitement for his batting, but I think in the end he has had more impact with the bowling.
A little Bit Naseem Shah
Now, although Naseem Shah has taken a brilliant 5-fer and 4-fer, he has gone for a lot of runs, been expensive.
Sherfane Rutherford
After his wonderful knock of 70 runs against unied in karchi, he was just to deep down the order, since zalmi batting lineup is kind of stacked, and Im pretty sure he didn't really enjoy it himself, and I didn't like it either. Unfortunate for him
Team Selections;
Overall, I have been disappointed with a lot of decent prospect players playing either very few matches or not being selected at all. A example is Usman Qadir and Zahid Mahmood. These two are Pakistans Premier Leg-spin bowlers, yet Zahd Mahmood played only one match (as of match 29), and I don't know exactly how many matches Usman Qadir played but I didn't see him play that many for Zalmi. Others include Arshad Iqbal, Mohammad Imran (who for some reason moves from a brilliant season with Zalmi to Karachi...) and Im sure there are others that I cant remember at this very moment.
Its Dissapointing to see Islamabad Un-United go through to the play-offs. They have been mediocre and have choked quite a few matches, Quetta deserved it more then them despite the fact Sarfaraz is their captain.
