lolpakistan
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With all his lacklustre PSL performances and nothing out of the ordinary stint in West Indies, Fakhar Zaman made an impact with his first game in the champions trophy. For sure he's not the most technically sound player in the squad, yet he managed to do something that most of our players have recently been very afraid of; going from the word go.
I don't know if Fakhar Zaman can keep the game consistent, but the performances has made one picture very clear; these young players, the batsmen specially, are willing to give it a whack and look to be out of the pathetic block-block-pressure bubble that is created by folks like Hafeez and Azhar.
Same goes for Fahim. He surely won't be the best player in the team but his warm-up performance is enough evidence to suggest that he will go for it. We need those type of players in our team for the coming matches. The fact remains that we managed to win against South Africa solely because of our balling, our batting almost made a meal of the chase and if it had not been for Fakhar's start and Malik thrashes, we could have had a bad day with DRS.
Now, considering the way Pakistani team changes work after win (no changes), it is unfortunately highly unlikely to have a team change for the game. Junaid, Amir and Hasan are set. So is Imad after his better show against SA. Shadab I feel won't be removed as was troubling the batsmen. Sarfaraz is captain. Malik won't be dropped and Babar is the chosen one, which leaves Azhar and Hafeez. Hafeez can never be dropped now that he completed his full quote of overs in the last game (doesn't matter if he takes wicket or not unfortunately), so I feel Azhar has to go. Sarfaraz or Babar should open with Fakhar and Fahim should be given the license to go crazy down the order.
It's a gamble, sure, but I believe this is the only way we could have pile up a huge score on board. And we definitely need to confidence to some sort of considerable scored piled up going into the semi's if we make it.
What do you guys think? Fahim or no Fahim against Sri Lanka? If yes, who goes out?
I don't know if Fakhar Zaman can keep the game consistent, but the performances has made one picture very clear; these young players, the batsmen specially, are willing to give it a whack and look to be out of the pathetic block-block-pressure bubble that is created by folks like Hafeez and Azhar.
Same goes for Fahim. He surely won't be the best player in the team but his warm-up performance is enough evidence to suggest that he will go for it. We need those type of players in our team for the coming matches. The fact remains that we managed to win against South Africa solely because of our balling, our batting almost made a meal of the chase and if it had not been for Fakhar's start and Malik thrashes, we could have had a bad day with DRS.
Now, considering the way Pakistani team changes work after win (no changes), it is unfortunately highly unlikely to have a team change for the game. Junaid, Amir and Hasan are set. So is Imad after his better show against SA. Shadab I feel won't be removed as was troubling the batsmen. Sarfaraz is captain. Malik won't be dropped and Babar is the chosen one, which leaves Azhar and Hafeez. Hafeez can never be dropped now that he completed his full quote of overs in the last game (doesn't matter if he takes wicket or not unfortunately), so I feel Azhar has to go. Sarfaraz or Babar should open with Fakhar and Fahim should be given the license to go crazy down the order.
It's a gamble, sure, but I believe this is the only way we could have pile up a huge score on board. And we definitely need to confidence to some sort of considerable scored piled up going into the semi's if we make it.
What do you guys think? Fahim or no Fahim against Sri Lanka? If yes, who goes out?
