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Who will be in your Pakistan 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup in June 2024 in USA/West Indies?

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For me, we have to prepare the following players

1) Fakhar Zaman
2) Sharjeel Khan
3) Saim Ayub
4) Azam Khan
5) Mohammad Haris
6) Imad Wasim
7) Aamir Jamal
8) Zaman Khan
9) Abbas Afridi
10) Ehsan ullah
11) Abar Ahmed
12) Shaheen Afridi (Subject to fitness)
13) Haris Rauf (Subject to form)
14) Naseem Shah
15) Tayab Tahir
16) Shadab Khan (Subject to form)
17) Iftikhar Ahmed

Obviously the pool of players will also depend on the performances by the players in the domestic T20 tournament and the PSL. Feel free to add to the list.

Babar and Rizwan need to be booted from this format. This will send the message to both of them that they are not indispensable and that they have to reinvent themselves, improve their strike rates, hitting power, stroke play if they wish to play in Limited overs cricket for Pakistan
 
This is one tournament where they will put together a decent team.
 
Some decent selections however missing a few key names. My preliminary 18 would be:

1. Sharjeel
2. Saim
3. Fakhar
4. Sarfraz (C)
5. Azam K
6. Danish Aziz
7. Imad
8. Amir (if he chooses to comeback)
9. Abrar
10. Hasnain
11. Mir Hamza
12. Dahani
13. Naseem
14. Ishanullah
15. Zaman
16. Omair Yusuf
17. Aamir Jamal
18. Shan Masood
 
CerebralPatriot said:
Some decent selections however missing a few key names. My preliminary 18 would be:

1. Sharjeel
2. Saim
3. Fakhar
4. Sarfraz (C)
5. Azam K
6. Danish Aziz
7. Imad
8. Amir (if he chooses to comeback)
9. Abrar
10. Hasnain
11. Mir Hamza
12. Dahani
13. Naseem
14. Ishanullah
15. Zaman
16. Omair Yusuf
17. Aamir Jamal
18. Shan Masood
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I would drop one extra bowler (Dhani or Ihsanullah) for more batting power in Khalid Latif.
 
Savak said:
For me, we have to prepare the following players

1) Fakhar Zaman
2) Sharjeel Khan
3) Saim Ayub
4) Azam Khan
5) Mohammad Haris
6) Imad Wasim
7) Aamir Jamal
8) Zaman Khan
9) Abbas Afridi
10) Ehsan ullah
11) Abar Ahmed
12) Shaheen Afridi (Subject to fitness)
13) Haris Rauf (Subject to form)
14) Naseem Shah
15) Tayab Tahir
16) Shadab Khan (Subject to form)
17) Iftikhar Ahmed

Obviously the pool of players will also depend on the performances by the players in the domestic T20 tournament and the PSL. Feel free to add to the list.

Babar and Rizwan need to be booted from this format. This will send the message to both of them that they are not indispensable and that they have to reinvent themselves, improve their strike rates, hitting power, stroke play if they wish to play in Limited overs cricket for Pakistan
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This is a good sqaud for t20 however the only name i personally do not like here is Azam Khan, i know he did well in CPLt20 and is familiar with those conditions but this is a world cup his fitness and fielding will cost us more matches need to select someone else, aside from that the rest if the sqaud looks great
 
Savak said:
For me, we have to prepare the following players

1) Fakhar Zaman
2) Sharjeel Khan
3) Saim Ayub
4) Azam Khan
5) Mohammad Haris
6) Imad Wasim
7) Aamir Jamal
8) Zaman Khan
9) Abbas Afridi
10) Ehsan ullah
11) Abar Ahmed
12) Shaheen Afridi (Subject to fitness)
13) Haris Rauf (Subject to form)
14) Naseem Shah
15) Tayab Tahir
16) Shadab Khan (Subject to form)
17) Iftikhar Ahmed

Obviously the pool of players will also depend on the performances by the players in the domestic T20 tournament and the PSL. Feel free to add to the list.

Babar and Rizwan need to be booted from this format. This will send the message to both of them that they are not indispensable and that they have to reinvent themselves, improve their strike rates, hitting power, stroke play if they wish to play in Limited overs cricket for Pakistan
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Sorry but this team will be all out for 40 and you have put an overweight fixer as an opener..
 
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1. Babar
2. Saim
3. Abdullah Shafiq
4. Azam Khan
5. Mohd. Haris
6. Shadab
7. Aamer Jamal
8. Usama Mir
9. Abrar Ahmed
10. Shaheen Afridi
11. Naseem Shah
 
This is one format where Pak should do good and go all the way and win the final for a change.

The PCB has given up on ODI’s and Tests so this is the format where we should be doing good.
 
I don't understand people are picking Sharjeel Khan in the team. In my opinion, the two openers should be from these three, Fakhar, Saim, Rizwan.
 
hassan918 said:
I don't understand people are picking Sharjeel Khan in the team. In my opinion, the two openers should be from these three, Fakhar, Saim, Rizwan.
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Sharjeel laces pace that's why. But he isn't fit and isn't a long term option nor is he fit to last more then 10 overs. So personally I don't prefer him.
 
All I’m gonna say is, if you understand the modern game there’s no way Babar should be playing T20Is.

Good to see OP and few others recognise this. That’s a testament to those who have good reading of the game.

Simpletons on the other hand will blindly follow the T20I rankings and believe the hype.
 
mominsaigol said:
Sharjeel laces pace that's why. But he isn't fit and isn't a long term option nor is he fit to last more then 10 overs. So personally I don't prefer him.
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bro he's a batsmen not a bowler so he wouldn't need to bowl 10 overs of pace

if his last 6 scores are 106, 82*, 38, 18, 0 and 100 I'm sure he can bat longer the than 10 overs and he's striking at 130+

19 sixes and 39 fours in last six games
 
I’d say, let’s wait a while. June 2024 is further off than we feel. Who had Saud Shakeel and Hasan Ali in their WC teams back in August?
 
emranabbas said:
bro he's a batsmen not a bowler so he wouldn't need to bowl 10 overs of pace

if his last 6 scores are 106, 82*, 38, 18, 0 and 100 I'm sure he can bat longer the than 10 overs and he's striking at 130+

19 sixes and 39 fours in last six games
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That's fair, I haven't seen much of sharjeel tbh
 
mominsaigol said:
That's fair, I haven't seen much of sharjeel tbh
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The only reason I'm backing these guys is because they are working hard in domestic regardless of the quality of domestic

pcb are working with the same criteria If you want to be in the team you have to do hard work in domestic and they arw not just going off by PSL

sarfaraz, sharjeel and shan are all top scorers in domestic with healthy strike rates


 
 
Fakhar Zaman
Saim Ayub
Babar Azam
Mohammad Harris
Azam Khan
Iftikhar
Imad
Shadab
Shaheen
Rauf
Naseem
Wasim jnr
Abrar
Zaman
Tayyab
 
We may see Shoaib Malik making a return now after Wahab Riaz has been appointed as the chief selector. Wahab was seem to be supporting Malik when he was not picked for the T20 World Cup in 2022.

 
sure Babar & Rizzu need to be booted off the opening spot in T20s but they are your good batters who need to be in the XI

Azam Khan is a fraud
 
Team will revolve around

Fakhar
Saim
Babar
Rizwan
Iftikhar
Azam Khan/Tayyab
Imad
Shadab/Abrar
Shaheen
Naseem
Rauf/Amir
 
For me first XI should be

Saim
Fakhar
Babar
Rizwan
Haris
Ifti
Imad
Jamal
Shaheen
Rauf (if form picks up)
Naseem

Bench
Wasim jr (Starts over rauf if his form doesn't get better)
Abrar
Zaman Khan
Tayyab

Reserves
Faheem
Dahani
Agha

Maybe a batsman light for the bench but don't see who can fill in. Sharjeel and Azam khan are way too unfit atm.

Shadab has been abject for a while now, just not landing them right. Might add him if he gets his form back later on. And can we please say so long and farewell to Nawaz for good now
 
We firstly need to find out our opponents and the venues we're playing at. Don't assume WI pitches are fast bowling pitches based on stories of yesteryear. US conditions will be a novelty.

Last year Bangladesh toured WI and after the ODI series in Guyana - Tamim said the pitches spun more than Mirpur. So you might need two specialist spinners in the squad. Whereas Barbados and Jamaica is more supportive of seam. Players with CPL experience should be given weight - not an Imad fan but he's in for me fitness and form permitting.

We've got nine T20Is, five against NZL and four against ENG, before the World Cup. For once can we treat them like the meaningless bilaterals they are and test our bench strength.
 
Savak said:
For me, we have to prepare the following players

1) Fakhar Zaman
2) Sharjeel Khan
3) Saim Ayub
4) Azam Khan
5) Mohammad Haris
6) Imad Wasim
7) Aamir Jamal
8) Zaman Khan
9) Abbas Afridi
10) Ehsan ullah
11) Abar Ahmed
12) Shaheen Afridi (Subject to fitness)
13) Haris Rauf (Subject to form)
14) Naseem Shah
15) Tayab Tahir
16) Shadab Khan (Subject to form)
17) Iftikhar Ahmed

Obviously the pool of players will also depend on the performances by the players in the domestic T20 tournament and the PSL. Feel free to add to the list.

Babar and Rizwan need to be booted from this format. This will send the message to both of them that they are not indispensable and that they have to reinvent themselves, improve their strike rates, hitting power, stroke play if they wish to play in Limited overs cricket for Pakistan
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This is the perfect squad. Even the fans know who should be selected for the t20 squad. We have more brains thanks the selectors.

This definitely would be my choice of players
 
My squad would be

Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam
Rizwan
Saim Ayub
Muhammed Haris
Iftikhar
Agha Salman
Tayyab Tahir
Imad Wasim
Abrar Ahmed
Shaheen
Ihsanullah
Naseem Shah
Wasim Jnr
Abbas Afridi
Shadab (depending on form)

My xi would be
Fakhar zaman
Muhammed Haris
Saim Ayub
Babar Azam
Rizwan
Iftikhar
Imad Wasim
Abbas Afridi/abrar
Shaheen
Naseem Shah
Ihsanullah
 
Markhor said:
We firstly need to find out our opponents and the venues we're playing at. Don't assume WI pitches are fast bowling pitches based on stories of yesteryear. US conditions will be a novelty.

Last year Bangladesh toured WI and after the ODI series in Guyana - Tamim said the pitches spun more than Mirpur. So you might need two specialist spinners in the squad. Whereas Barbados and Jamaica is more supportive of seam. Players with CPL experience should be given weight - not an Imad fan but he's in for me fitness and form permitting.

We've got nine T20Is, five against NZL and four against ENG, before the World Cup. For once can we treat them like the meaningless bilaterals they are and test our bench strength.
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Based on what I have seen from CPL from recent year, the pitches are generally slow and they are not really high scoring venues, which I'd think would be more favourable for Pakistan. Spinners are hit & miss, sometimes they look unstoppable with a lot of turn and sometimes there is none.

No idea what to expect from US conditions but I would hope Pakistan factor in players that can smash spin too because it will very much be needed. I think Azam Khan is a must in the squad considering how well he plays in CPL and how familiar he is with those conditions. He is a much needed spin basher in the middle order too. Imad Wasim is likely to make the WC squad for his experience and performance in CPL too.

It would have been nice if Pakistan actually scheduled some T20's to play in WI. They've played basically 1 T20 in WI since 2017 (as 3 out of 4 T20's were rained out in 2021). Playing in NZ & England/Ireland/Netherland conditions isn't really going to prepare for what the team will experience in the upcoming WC.
 
Hello everyone,

I know it is quite far away, but thought it may be fun to discuss Pakistan's preparation for next years T20 World Cup. The tournament will be played with 20 teams that will be split into 4 groups of 5 teams. The top 2 teams in each group in this round will then make the Super 8's where they will then once again split into 2 groups of 4 teams. Ultimately, the top 2 teams in these 2 groups will then make the knockout stage which will consist of 2 Semi Finals and a Final.

The match will be played in the West Indies and the United States. I have heard that the pitches in the United States are quite flat but am unsure of how the pitches in the West Indies currently play.

Pakistan did quite well in the last T20 WC, making it into the final. What stopped us from winning seemed to be 3 things:

1) Difficulty getting an explosive start.

2) Inability to accelerate late in the game.

3) Shaheen Shah became injured and thus only got to bowl 2 overs of his 4 over quota.

Thankfully, with the rise of Saim Ayub, it seems that we will have an explosive opener at the top of the order and he can be paired with someone like Mohammad Haris or Fakhar Zaman both of who have already been coming in at #3 for us. The bowling also seems to pick itself if we are fully healthy as Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf have not been good ODI bowlers in recent times but who still have very good T20 records. I also feel Shan Masood will ultimately get a chance as he was our top scorer in the T20 World Cup final, even though his overall T20 strike rate leaves much to be desired.

This is what I imagine an ideal XI looking like at the present moment, although there are a ton of gaps to fill and possible changes in the batting order still to make.

1) Saim Ayub
2) Fakhar Zaman
3) Babar Azam
4) Shan Masood
5) Mohammad Haris/Rizwan (WK)
6) Iftikar Ahmed (?) - We need an explosive late order batsmen who can also pitch in some overs if needed
7) Shadab Khan
8) Mohammad Wasim Jr.
9) Shaheen Shah (c)
10) Naseem Shah
11) Haris Rauf

I suppose it is even possible that we play both Mohammad Haris and Rizwan at #5 and #6.

Until now and the World Cup, we have a 5 match T20 series against New Zealand in January. The PSL scheduled in February and March. A 4 match T20 series against England in May. This is all culminating in the T20 WC in June of 2024.
 
Fakhar
Haris
Saim
Babar
Rizwan
Iftikhar
Imad
Shadab depending on form/Abrar Ahmed
Shaheen
Naseem
Ihsanullah/Wasim Jnr

Wasim Jnr
Abrar
Rauf
Tayyab Tahir
Azam Khan (Finisher)
 
Windies pitches tend to be flat or sluggish.

Florida pitch tends to be flat. I don't know about other American venues.

Pakistan should pack up the side with some explosive batters.
 
That's a decent team. They will likely choose Rizwan over Shan unless the latter outdoes him in the PSL. Rizwan has performed better both at the international and PSL level compared to Shan.

A more radical approach could be going all-out with the aggressive intent at the top.

Saim Ayub
Fakhar Zaman
Mohammad Haris
Babar Azam
Mohammad Rizwan

and then you start the all-rounders.

I also think they should select Imad.

He has a great understanding of those conditions and has done well both with bat and ball in the West Indies.
 
This WC will be a financial loss except the tv media rights. The time zones in the USA just don't work for ind and pak viewing time. If you want 8.30pm prime time for ind pak then its 9am USA time. Cant start earlier than that I dont know if it's possible say 8am early start. And if it's a morning game crowds will be non existent unless it's a weekend and that too only for Ind or pak games. Wi games will have some wi crowds but weekdays morning will be very empty with a 9am start..Rest all countries will have no viewership. Totally empty stands. Also June temp in dallas can get very hot into the 95F zone..plus in ft Lauderdale it rains so frequently in summer and the ground drainage systems here are pretty pathetic non existent..

Pak will have pretty decent support. And as usual ind will have the most support. Ind pak game should be a sell out though
 
160KPH said:
Hello everyone,

I know it is quite far away, but thought it may be fun to discuss Pakistan's preparation for next years T20 World Cup. The tournament will be played with 20 teams that will be split into 4 groups of 5 teams. The top 2 teams in each group in this round will then make the Super 8's where they will then once again split into 2 groups of 4 teams. Ultimately, the top 2 teams in these 2 groups will then make the knockout stage which will consist of 2 Semi Finals and a Final.

The match will be played in the West Indies and the United States. I have heard that the pitches in the United States are quite flat but am unsure of how the pitches in the West Indies currently play.

Pakistan did quite well in the last T20 WC, making it into the final. What stopped us from winning seemed to be 3 things:

1) Difficulty getting an explosive start.

2) Inability to accelerate late in the game.

3) Shaheen Shah became injured and thus only got to bowl 2 overs of his 4 over quota.

Thankfully, with the rise of Saim Ayub, it seems that we will have an explosive opener at the top of the order and he can be paired with someone like Mohammad Haris or Fakhar Zaman both of who have already been coming in at #3 for us. The bowling also seems to pick itself if we are fully healthy as Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf have not been good ODI bowlers in recent times but who still have very good T20 records. I also feel Shan Masood will ultimately get a chance as he was our top scorer in the T20 World Cup final, even though his overall T20 strike rate leaves much to be desired.

This is what I imagine an ideal XI looking like at the present moment, although there are a ton of gaps to fill and possible changes in the batting order still to make.

1) Saim Ayub
2) Fakhar Zaman
3) Babar Azam
4) Shan Masood
5) Mohammad Haris/Rizwan (WK)
6) Iftikar Ahmed (?) - We need an explosive late order batsmen who can also pitch in some overs if needed
7) Shadab Khan
8) Mohammad Wasim Jr.
9) Shaheen Shah (c)
10) Naseem Shah
11) Haris Rauf

I suppose it is even possible that we play both Mohammad Haris and Rizwan at #5 and #6.

Until now and the World Cup, we have a 5 match T20 series against New Zealand in January. The PSL scheduled in February and March. A 4 match T20 series against England in May. This is all culminating in the T20 WC in June of 2024.
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Shan masood?
Where did that come from?

Hopefully Multan will also get rid of him next season. Was dropped from the final this year so isn't a regular even in Multan
Azam Khan in his place

And a genuine spinner is needed in the West Indies so that spinner in Wasim's place.
Otherwise the team looks good

But A LOT can change after the PSL
 
saqib.rai said:
Shan masood?
Where did that come from?

Hopefully Multan will also get rid of him next season. Was dropped from the final this year so isn't a regular even in Multan
Azam Khan in his place

And a genuine spinner is needed in the West Indies so that spinner in Wasim's place.
Otherwise the team looks good

But A LOT can change after the PSL
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I’d prefer not to have Shan Masood but he ended up being selected for our last T20 WC and I believe was the highest scorer and had the highest score in the final so I bet he will get selected by default unless he plays more and fails between now and then. Hopefully, he chooses to not make himself available for selection and just focuses on Test.
 
Shadab, Masood and Wasim Jr should not be in Pak squad. If I am in the opposite squad, I would be very happy to see them in Pak squad.

With Saim and Fakar, Pakistan has one of the most destructive openers. However, Babar, Rizwan coming after them does not inspire much confidence considering their strike rates.
 
Despite the WC being so close we have so many question marks.

It looks like RizBar partnership up top might finally be broken up with the emergence of Saim and resurgence of Fakhar. All 4 players remain possibilities for those opening spots and the next 8 months will be key to figuring the best combination.

Shadab has completely lost his way as frontline spinner and Nawaz has been exposed as the mediocre bowler that he is.

Chacha should be done for but do we have anyone to replace him? Probably not.

Imad should have come in on paper but his stupid TV comments have done him no favours whatsoever.
 
Pakistan need to focus on top 3 because we cant go to open with Babar and Rizwan.

Cricket is much faster now and everybody tries to utilize powerplays, so we need someone like Saim and Fakhar to open.
 
There are also 3 T20I’s vs Ireland and 3 T20I’s vs Netherlands scheduled for May.

A lot of T20I cricket from January to June!
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Pakistan need to focus on top 3 because we cant go to open with Babar and Rizwan.

Cricket is much faster now and everybody tries to utilize powerplays, so we need someone like Saim and Fakhar to open.
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Agree. Probably best to split Rizwan and Babar as follows

Saim
Babar
Fakhar
Rizwan

And Babar role needs to change. We dont want him to bat like he needs to bat through the innings unless we lose 2 early wickets.

Rizwan is good for the sweep shot vs spin in the middle overs.

Imad should come in and we probably go with Ifti Imad Shadab at 6,7,8 followed by our best 3 quicks. If one of Naseem or Shaheen are injured (unlike the 50 over world cup) we won't be impacted as much because Imad can take the new ball.

If Naseem and Shaheen are on form and firing - the first 6 overs are on lock with Imad, and the back end is sorted with Rauf, Naseem, Shaheen.

That leaves the middle overs where if Shadab isnt doing it and Abrar looks ready-then Abrar should come in and we play with a slightly longer tail. NO NEED FOR MATCH WINNER NAWAZ IN THE SQUAD.

Team would be ready and we need to choose the best number 5 to come into the above team.

I would have liked to have Babar as captain as things would be more settled and he doesnt really even need to use his brain if the first eleven is fit (which was a major problem with Naseems injury in the WC)
 
anakwalajinn said:
There are also 3 T20I’s vs Ireland and 3 T20I’s vs Netherlands scheduled for May.

A lot of T20I cricket from January to June!
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I think there are few t20 games vs England too i saw something about Pakistan vs England at my local cricket ground may June time
 
A core of 20 players should be selected and rotated before the mega event, please no more nonsense series like the dodgy preparation we had for 50 over WC, as series with IRE, NED and AFG rather games with SA WI and Ban be arranged as I know asking special dispension from big 3 is impossible for PCB
 
Rizwan
Saim
Babar
Fakhar
Azam
Iftikhar
Imad
Shadab
Shaheen
Naseem
Ihsanullah/Rauf

Play this team and no one can beat us in t20
 
saqib.rai said:
Rizwan
Saim
Babar
Fakhar
Azam
Iftikhar
Imad
Shadab
Shaheen
Naseem
Ihsanullah/Rauf

Play this team and no one can beat us in t20
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And if Iftikhar is not performing
Replace him with Usama/Abrar

With Imad coming in at 6 and Shadab at 7
 
Saim
Fakhar
Haris
Babar
Rizwan+
Nawaz
Shadab
Faheem/Abrar/Jamal
SSA c
Rauf
Naseem
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12. Faheem/Abrar/Jamal, 13. Ihsan 14. Hasnain 15. A Shafiq

Nawaz and Shadab has performed in t20s , a counselling session and motivational course be arranged for duo to get them back on track
 
Pakistan should experiment in the upcoming tournaments without Rizbabar:

Saim Ayub
Fakhar Zaman
Sharjeel Khan
Mohammad Haris
Azam Khan
Iftikhar Ahmed
Shadab Khan
Imad Wasim
Shaheen / Rauf
Naseem
Abrar
 
Farabi said:
Pakistan should experiment in the upcoming tournaments without Rizbabar:

Saim Ayub
Fakhar Zaman
Sharjeel Khan
Mohammad Haris
Azam Khan
Iftikhar Ahmed
Shadab Khan
Imad Wasim
Shaheen / Rauf
Naseem
Abrar
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It would be a team often being all out for 100 - people forget how often Pakistan have collapsed without Rizwan & Babar to carry the innings. Fakhar SR is the same as Rizwan & Babar except with the much lower average.

Sharjeel's time is come & gone. He is simply not good anymore. He was awful in the PSL too.

Azam Khan is someone they should bring into the side however. Pakistan need someone who can kill spin and he is a big power hitter in the middle order.

Reports are Pakistan are cancelling tour vs Netherlands so my guess is we will not be seeing any experimentation from this team. They'll go full strength starting from NZ T20's and tinker from there.

I don't think enough people have brought this issue but is PCB going to give him any rest going forward at this point? He is going to play Tests, captain T20's, captain PSL and captain T20's again until the WC is completed. Tons of Test matches after WC is done too... so uhh, I just hope his body can keep up with all that because I think he is going to grinded into complete dust in the next calendar year if he doesn't end up getting hurt from all that earlier.
 
Nasty Naz said:
It would be a team often being all out for 100 - people forget how often Pakistan have collapsed without Rizwan & Babar to carry the innings. Fakhar SR is the same as Rizwan & Babar except with the much lower average.

Sharjeel's time is come & gone. He is simply not good anymore. He was awful in the PSL too.

Azam Khan is someone they should bring into the side however. Pakistan need someone who can kill spin and he is a big power hitter in the middle order.

Reports are Pakistan are cancelling tour vs Netherlands so my guess is we will not be seeing any experimentation from this team. They'll go full strength starting from NZ T20's and tinker from there.

I don't think enough people have brought this issue but is PCB going to give him any rest going forward at this point? He is going to play Tests, captain T20's, captain PSL and captain T20's again until the WC is completed. Tons of Test matches after WC is done too... so uhh, I just hope his body can keep up with all that because I think he is going to grinded into complete dust in the next calendar year if he doesn't end up getting hurt from all that earlier.
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And that is ok. No problem with getting all
out all for 100 runs every now and then. Fear of failure will not allow Pakistan to build towards a fearless team.
This has been the excuse to keep batters cut for role because “it’s not gonna work”. Well, we’ve tried safest first approach and that hasn’t worked either, so try it for a few series and see how it goes from there.
 
1 M Haris
2 Saim Ayub
3 Babar azam
4
5 Azam Khan
6
7 Shadab
8 Haris ruaf/Zaman
9 Naseem
10 Shaheen
11 Ihsanullah
 
Pakistan would be

But we can't play Azam because of his weight

We can't play Sharjeel because of a mistake he did 6 years ago and has served time

We can't play Amir because fans and coaches played with his mental health and he retired

We can't play Malik because he is too old

We can't play Imad because we wanted him to play a useless domestic tournament and he chose to retire and play international leagues instead

We would play 1/2 Fakhar as he won't get to open

Add to that 1-2 players that would be injured

But yes, we would all criticize our team when it doesn't do well in the t20 WC. Amazing
 
Pakistan should be up there but once again spin will be a weak point.

Will Shadab rediscover any semblance of form? Will Ifti Chacha be able to play one last big tournament for us and chip in with some overs?

We will play a 4 pronged pace attack and that will be fine, but the 5th bowler/spinner could be a point of serious weakness.
 
hitthestump said:
Pakistan should be up there but once again spin will be a weak point.

Will Shadab rediscover any semblance of form? Will Ifti Chacha be able to play one last big tournament for us and chip in with some overs?

We will play a 4 pronged pace attack and that will be fine, but the 5th bowler/spinner could be a point of serious weakness.
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We actually played only One proper fast bowler- Amir in 2010
Razzaq was the second pacer who was an all-rounder

Cannot play 4 quicks in West Indies

Ifti at 6
Shadab at 7
3 quicks and a proper spinner is how we would go I think
 
saqib.rai said:
Pakistan would be

But we can't play Azam because of his weight

We can't play Sharjeel because of a mistake he did 6 years ago and has served time

We can't play Amir because fans and coaches played with his mental health and he retired

We can't play Malik because he is too old

We can't play Imad because we wanted him to play a useless domestic tournament and he chose to retire and play international leagues instead

We would play 1/2 Fakhar as he won't get to open

Add to that 1-2 players that would be injured

But yes, we would all criticize our team when it doesn't do well in the t20 WC. Amazing
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Azam Khan has been a joke whenever he's played for Pakistan and I happen to some of the Pakistan cup his keeping was of a club level at best. Let's not even talk about his fielding.

Sharjeel has flopped for Pakistan, whenever he was given a chance bar that one series against Australia. Plus he will struggle in WI. He flopped at PSL last year where many outperformed him. Today against a Kashmir team in National t20s he was struggling against a club level attack. I won't even get to his past and his pathetic fielding.

Amir has retired and doesn't want to play for Pakistan. This is a guy who sold his country and when given opportunity again he decided to do a runner. He again doesn't want to play domestics or for Pakistan but yes let's get him because why not.

We can't play malik because a career which has gone on to 4 decades without any performance. Honestly I can't even any memorable innings from him. Let's completely ignore that fact that he can't play anything over 75 mph an hour.

Imad was part of the team but he decided to go for money over playing for the country. Let's not forget his non spinning darts, pathetic attitude and fielding and just about decent batting.

We need to move on from such players. Get young players in and give them a go. Stick with players who actually want to play for Pakistan.

I would go for this as a top 6


Saim
Haris
Babar
Fakhar
Rizwan
Iftikhar
 
If Saim Ayub goes under metamorphosis in the next few months, it’s over for a lot of teams.

Saim + Fakhar = 180 almost always guaranteed.

I don’t want to hear “but but but Fakhar’s stats are worse than Rizwan and Babar :sree 🤡 “

RizBab works great when opposition is Papua New Guinea and/or you have peak Shaheen bowling out teams for modest totals. However, we don’t have either atm. Couldn’t care less about rankings.

Their fans who cling to rankings and averages have been brutally exposed already. Averages mean **** when you have a SR in 120s in t20s.

If you STILL don’t realize this, hop off the Adderall and seek genuine help. It’s highly likely that you were in the same group saying Pakistan has the best bowling attack in the world pre ODI WC. Similar premise.

I will take the risk with Fakhar and give him the license to thrill.

And hope some new talent surfaces in the National t20 cup.

Thanks.
 
PakEngFan said:
Azam Khan has been a joke whenever he's played for Pakistan and I happen to some of the Pakistan cup his keeping was of a club level at best. Let's not even talk about his fielding.

Sharjeel has flopped for Pakistan, whenever he was given a chance bar that one series against Australia. Plus he will struggle in WI. He flopped at PSL last year where many outperformed him. Today against a Kashmir team in National t20s he was struggling against a club level attack. I won't even get to his past and his pathetic fielding.

Amir has retired and doesn't want to play for Pakistan. This is a guy who sold his country and when given opportunity again he decided to do a runner. He again doesn't want to play domestics or for Pakistan but yes let's get him because why not.

We can't play malik because a career which has gone on to 4 decades without any performance. Honestly I can't even any memorable innings from him. Let's completely ignore that fact that he can't play anything over 75 mph an hour.

Imad was part of the team but he decided to go for money over playing for the country. Let's not forget his non spinning darts, pathetic attitude and fielding and just about decent batting.

We need to move on from such players. Get young players in and give them a go. Stick with players who actually want to play for Pakistan.

I would go for this as a top 6


Saim
Haris
Babar
Fakhar
Rizwan
Iftikhar
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That's not my point
We need everyone available come the ICC event

So that the best squad can be selected
Today its Imad, tomorrow it will be Haris Rauf, then Shadab

Need to stop this madness of players retiring/not getting selected for non-cricketing reasons
 
Suleiman said:
If Saim Ayub goes under metamorphosis in the next few months, it’s over for a lot of teams.

Saim + Fakhar = 180 almost always guaranteed.

I don’t want to hear “but but but Fakhar’s stats are worse than Rizwan and Babar :sree 🤡 “

RizBab works great when opposition is Papua New Guinea and/or you have peak Shaheen bowling out teams for modest totals. However, we don’t have either atm. Couldn’t care less about rankings.

Their fans who cling to rankings and averages have been brutally exposed already. Averages mean **** when you have a SR in 120s in t20s.

If you STILL don’t realize this, hop off the Adderall and seek genuine help. It’s highly likely that you were in the same group saying Pakistan has the best bowling attack in the world pre ODI WC. Similar premise.

I will take the risk with Fakhar and give him the license to thrill.

And hope some new talent surfaces in the National t20 cup.

Thanks.
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I like Fakhar Zaman quite a lot but I’m not so sure he’s the T20 player people think he is. His strike rate is almost exactly the same as Babar’s and Rizwan’s - Babar is a little higher and Rizwan a little lower.

He’s a good batsmen who accelerates as the innings goes on, but he also starts off relatively slow and often doesn’t make use of the power play. I’d rather have Saim Ayub paired with someone else who can hit for ball one, but if we can’t find someone then I’d be fine with Fakhar Zaman opening.
 
If you can just get that Fakhar and Sharjeel opening pair going

Your in business
 
I think the management should use the T20I bilateral series now to try out the new guys and different combinations. But they need to find a balance between experimenting and playing a settled XI before the WT20 begins.
 
MenInG said:
Fickle.

What happened to Saim now?
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I’m being fair and realistic

I already argued earlier that I want Fakhar and Sharjeel…the two experienced guns to open with Saim and Harris to take over at some point.

It’s my personal view. If I had to open out of the following 4 players who I consider as T20 openers:

Fakhar
Sharjeel
Saim
Harris

I would open with Sharjeel and Fakhar first
 
We have a stable T20I team. All we need is a good spinner, which is a major concern again ahead of another ICC mega event.
 
After pondering over this for a bit. I think Imad will be a big miss in terms of providing balance to the side. Also we should try a few different combinations.

Rizwan is better suited as an opener or not play at all. Babar can open or bat at no. 3. Malik might be needed for that no. 4 position. In Imad's absence Shadab needs to be tried up the order as it gives more options. Mohammad Haris should be played as an opener or a floater coming in at no. 6 or 7 or wherever the team needs a bit of injection.

This should be the players pool;

Saim, Haris, Babar, Rizwan, Malik, Azam, Fakhar, Iftikhar, Shadab, Nawaz, Wasim Jr, Shaheen, Haris, Naseem, Haris, Zaman, Abbas, Abrar, PSL performers.

Since a combination is not finalized yet. There are a few ways the team could go about. First is;

1. Saim / Fakhar
2. Haris
3. Babar
4. Shadab
5. Azam
6. Iftikhar
7. Nawaz
8. Wasim Jr
9. Shaheen
10. Naseem
11. Rauf

Or we can go something like;

1. Saim / Fakhar
2. Babar
3. Shadab
4. Malik
5. Azam
6. Iftikhar
7. Haris
8. Wasim Jr / Nawaz
9. Shaheen
10. Naseem
11. Rauf
 
Anyone else feel these WCs are getting overkill. We've just had a long WC tournament before this a year ago we had the T20 WC. Now in 6 months we have another World Cup.
 
They are still missing a good spin all rounder.

As the wickets in the USA and West Indies will be more spin friendly so they need to focus more on finding a talent who can bowl a good four overs and be handy with the bat as well.
 
Sher Khan said:
Anyone else feel these WCs are getting overkill. We've just had a long WC tournament before this a year ago we had the T20 WC. Now in 6 months we have another World Cup.
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Yes, a big issue is that the T20 WC is every 2 years. That along with the ODI WC and Champion’s Trophy coming back definitely dilutes how much each trophy is worth.
Cricket Warrior said:
They are still missing a good spin all rounder.

As the wickets in the USA and West Indies will be more spin friendly so they need to focus more on finding a talent who can bowl a good four overs and be handy with the bat as well.
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Shadab Khan has maintained good bowling figures in T20 even when his ODI form was falling so I hope he both continues that T20 form and improves between now and the WC. Other than that we definitely need either a new spin all rounder or Nawaz to greatly improve his skills between now and then. Iftikhar is a good defensive bowling option and I imagine he will play in the next T20 WC.
 
Sher Khan said:
Anyone else feel these WCs are getting overkill. We've just had a long WC tournament before this a year ago we had the T20 WC. Now in 6 months we have another World Cup.
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There needs to be a proper alternation of a WC every 2 years. It has come about way too quickly recently.
 
Finding a good all-rounder, especially a spin all-rounder should be more of a focus here. Shadab is good in t20s but with his recent form in the ODI world cup, can we still persist with him?
Nawaz? he should not be here. We need somebody new who has all the bases covered.
 
As the PSL is just about to end, who do you think deserves a spot in the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Do you see any player who can make a comeback, I guess there is none considering Imad and Amir are retired and Shoaib Malik is nowhere in the picture.

For me, we have to prepare the following players for this T20 World Cup:

1) Babar Azam
2) Mohammad Rizwan
3) Saim Ayub
4) Shadab Khan
5) Mohammad Haris
6) Iftikhar Ahmed
7) Salman Ali Agha
8) Shaheen Afridi
9) Abbas Afridi
10) Abar Ahmed
11) Naseem Shah
12) Aamir Jamal
13) Usama Mir
14) Zaman Khan
15) Mohammad Wasim Jr.
 
Beat talent on hand for WC2024.

1) Saim Ayub
2) Mohammad Rizwan
3) Babar Azam
4) Salman Ali Agha
5) Azam Khan
6) Iftikhar Ahmed
7) Shahdab Khan
8) Shaheen Afridi
9) Abbas Afridi
10) Abar Ahmed/(Prefer Imad Wasim)
11) Naseem Shah


12) Aamir Jamal
13) Usama Mir
14) Zaman Khan
15) Mohammad Wasim Jr.
 
Ertugrul_Bey said:
Beat talent on hand for WC2024.

1) Saim Ayub
2) Mohammad Rizwan
3) Babar Azam
4) Salman Ali Agha
5) Azam Khan
6) Iftikhar Ahmed
7) Shahdab Khan
8) Shaheen Afridi
9) Abbas Afridi
10) Abar Ahmed/(Prefer Imad Wasim)
11) Naseem Shah


12) Aamir Jamal
13) Usama Mir
14) Zaman Khan
15) Mohammad Wasim Jr.
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Why is azam Khan here? If you're going to choose a backup keeper, choose haris lol.
 
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