Why is there a lack of innovative, exciting batsmen in Pakistan?

[Sher Khan]

I look at all the top teams and they have Maxwell, rohit sharma, Munro, Miller, Buttler, QDK an plenty of others. Whereas Pakistan has none. Even our Asif Alis are not Good enough for international standard.

So what is the reason for this? Surely kids would want to be the next ABD’s in Pakistan. All the aggressive batsmen in Pakistan seem to swing towards mid wicket and none really excel at reverse scoops and paddles.

 

[Cric1234]

Wanting to be like AB is one thing being good enough is another most are simply not good enough to be top international batsmen in limited overs.

 

[Pak force]

You need to have a good cricketing mind to reach to the level of ab de villiers or virat kohli.

First u need that mind. Yes talent is also important, but in my opinion talent is so much overhyped. No baby is born with the talent of ab de villiers or kohli.

First the passion has to be there. Secondly u need to be a sports person and then u can learn any sport, but to become a ab de devilliers or virat kohli u need to have a damn good brain on the technical aspects of batting and then u can develop your own game and technique.

The coaches can only learn u the basics of batting, but if u want to become a unique player u have to master everything and then develop yourself.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

It's mainly due to the UAE pitches. It's very difficult to hit through the line here because there isn't any pace in the wicket. If you try to generate pace, good chance you go aerial or go through the shot early.

The only team I can see bat at a decent rate here is India because of their excellent strike rotation.

We bat a lot faster outside UAE.

 

[PakSarZameen]

It was cringing to see a 38 year old Hafeez being our most innovative batsman in the T20s. Played all around the ground.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

We get many exciting batsmen but they disappear through no fault of their own I.e Sharjeel, umar akmal, mukhtar ahmed, awaiz zia etc

 

[iPakistani]

To have an exciting and innovative batsman the batsman has to be good enough to expand his shot range first. The batsmen you mentioned such as ABD, Buttler, Rohit have an outstanding general technique and after that they have developed their innovative batting capabilities such as reverse sweeps or paddle sweeps.

For example, Babar Azam is developing into a top player and once he can become a master of his technique he can then work on expanding his shot range to become an innovative batsman also. I believe innovation should only come after you have mastered your natural technique.

 

[rhony]

Adam Gilchrist once said he considers attack.as an extension of defense. His dad taught him forward and back foot defense and then asked him to attack from that base. One needs a decent technique to be able to defend and attack consistently. Afridi had that talent but was reckless and not consistent.

ABD played multiple sports in his formative years and hence his hand eye coordination is extra ordinary. Rohit has every shot in the book and hits it from a.solid base. His shots are more.conventional than ABD's. Kohli has bloody minded determination and worked very hard to reach where he is. Every player needs to find what he is good at and then build on that foundation. All the greats had unique paths and are extremely confident to execute their skills. It's similar to Pakistani bowlers of the past like Sarfraz, Imran, Wasim, Waqar, Saqlain etc who invented and perfected reverse swing, doosra etc.

 

[hitthestump]

One argument is to do with how you see several trundlers like Hammad Azam averaging in the low 20's in FC cricket. If the quality of pitches doesn't lend itself to attacking strokeplay how can our batsmen develop solid techniques?

 

[Hawkeye]

The shot range isn't developed at the domestic level.

We have leg side, mid wicket cow corner hacks.

We do have proper stroke makers as well like Babar Azam and to some extent Harris sohail.

Umar Amin, Umar Akmal are the other two solid shot makers.

Hafeez too in LOIs.