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Who should open the batting for Pakistan in T20Is?

Openers in Pakistan's T20I squad for tour of SA and Zimbabwe:

Babar Azam
Sharjeel Khan
Mohammad Rizwan
Haider Ali

Does that indicate that these are the 4 main guys in their plans? What does that do for Fakhar's chances of opening at the WC?
 
Should Sharjeel and Babar be given a chance to recreate their PSL opening record at international level?

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The most frustrating thing about being a Pak fan is that we have 2 proper T20 openers in Fakhar and Sharjeel, and yet we may never see them open together.
 
Rizwan and fakhar as openers. Babar at 3.
Best place and best use of rizwan's batting in T20s would be opening and in ODIs too.
 
It’s a no brainer, gotta he Fakhar and Sharjeel. Backwards Misbah mindset and Babar’s stubbornness means we have two accumulators openers despite the middle order failing consistently. If they open it also strengthens the middle order with babar at 3 and Rizwan at 5/6 but maybe after a first round exit from the World Cup Misbah fans will understand for 2022 t20wc.
 
Yesterday Rizwan scored 82* (56)
Today Babar scores 81 (54)

They are also the 2 top run-scorers of PSL 6 by far:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Batting at PSL 6 - it's the Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan show <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL6?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL6</a> <a href="https://t.co/i6GH8izgUg">pic.twitter.com/i6GH8izgUg</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1404488731101442049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Shoaib Akhtar speaking during a TV show:

“He (Fakhar Zaman) is a good, mature player who has had a lot invested in him, but you’ve unnecessarily benched him due to ego battles. Even if you don’t play him now, you will need him sooner or later — if not today, then tomorrow. But he (Fakhar Zaman) also needs to understand one thing: he should stop giving such statements. Instead, he should perform and let his bat do the talking.”

“A career is already short, and we’ve made our careers even shorter by arguing and fighting. My advice to him is to keep his mouth shut and focus on delivering performances because the team needs him. He is a complete opener. Imagine if Saim Masood and Fakhar Zaman are opening together — the kind of impact you need, will be delivered. They’ll thrash the opposition and dominate.”

“You’ve got the players; you just need to position them properly in the lineup and get the work done. But somehow, you’ve made it unnecessarily complicated. Those who can’t hit, can’t create an impact, can’t finish then okay, fine, thank you very much for their four or five years of service. Now move on and let others play. When it comes to T20, the rest of the world’s teams play as if they’ve pulled out knives and forks — they’re out there smashing and dominating.”

“You are talking about Glenn Maxwell; he’s not alone out there. Alongside him, Travis Head is playing, Mathew Wade and Steve Smith are playing. Meanwhile, we barely have one or two players, and even they are rarely seen. Those few players who do show some promise are made to sit out. Take Fakhar Zaman, for example — the guy who made a statement is now sitting on the bench.”
 
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Babar and Rizwan until Pakistan’s destruction now!

Ab tou mazza aane lag gaya hai iss hamakat main
 
Rana said:
Babar and Rizwan until Pakistan’s destruction now!

Ab tou mazza aane lag gaya hai iss hamakat main
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it’s like the recent WT20 never happened and a few of us saw the writing was on the wall, but even then, with all the evidence before them now, these guys are still defended to death. The team is going to plunge to new lows in the limited over space especially.
 
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shaz619 said:
it’s like the recent WT20 never happened and a few of us saw the writing was on the wall, but even then, with all the evidence before them now, these guys are still defended to death. The team is going to plunge to new lows in the limited over space especially.
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Pure numbers, no bias. Let's discuss.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
What is the SR of Dhoni, ABD, Kohli in T20I? Any idea? SR of Ben Stokes in T20I? Any idea? Babar has a better SR than Ben Stokes.
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Show us the S/R’s of all the top opening batters and also post a comparison of the sort of scores they get in the PP with their partner and what the Babar/Rizwan pair have been averaging in the PP, since you’re all about the numbers.

Speaking of Stokes, were you hiding in the toilet during the Pak vs England final 🤔🤡
 
emranabbas said:
Fakhar and saim with be a good combination opening the powerplay time to move away from rizbar
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The way fakhar is playing in champions cup, I think you have not seen a single game.

He is doing nothing, literally, nothing. I don't think fakhar is fit 100% and if he is fit then he is not in form.
 
BouncerGuy said:
The way fakhar is playing in champions cup, I think you have not seen a single game.

He is doing nothing, literally, nothing. I don't think fakhar is fit 100% and if he is fit then he is not in form.
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With its probably more to do with form he still has something left in him, regardless age is also catching up we need few back up openers anyways
 
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