Why not consider Sahibzada Farhan as wicketkeeper after Mohammad Haris’s poor run?

[Cricket Warrior]

With Mohammad Haris continuing his poor run of form both with the bat and behind the stumps, Pakistan may need to rethink their wicketkeeping options moving forward. While Sahibzada Farhan hasn’t been in outstanding form himself lately, he brings a level of consistency and maturity that could benefit the team—especially as a top-order option.

Farhan has experience as a part-time wicketkeeper and could be a valuable dual-role player if given proper backing. His ability to open the innings adds another layer of flexibility to the lineup, something Pakistan have been lacking with Haris’s struggles. In a format where every position matters is it time to test Sahibzada Farhan as a potential wicketkeeper-opener for Pakistan and play a proper batter at the position where Haris is batting like Khushdil Shah?

 

[ads101]

Part time wicketkeeper who should focus on opening. We need a reliable opening partnership that’s a bigger priority.

Also Haris’s keeping already is not good enough let alone someone who could be worse.

I also don’t think there’s a wealth of players banging down the door to get into the team right now. So might as well stick with Haris for a while.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Part time wicketkeeper who should focus on opening. We need a reliable opening partnership that’s a bigger priority.

Also Haris’s keeping already is not good enough let alone someone who could be worse.

I also don’t think there’s a wealth of players banging down the door to get into the team right now. So might as well stick with Haris for a while.

it means we have to play with 10 players for a while because Haris is good for nothing!

 

[shamaan]

How well can Farhaan keep ?

 

[AZulfi]

Why do people want to force him to keep wickets when he clearly does not want to? He should focus on his batting. I think he's very vulnerable against balls pitched just outside off. Slogging is fine in pp but Farhan needs to work on hitting the balls into gaps as well.

 

[BouncerGuy]

I think it is a great opportunity for Farhan to cement his place in the team if he can keep wickets... I know, he does not want to, but it surely is an opportunity to cash in... It will make him an important guy in the sqaud because there is no competition atm among keepers... Haris has been pathetic, azam is nowhere... Nafay is also not there yet.

 

[amvbfm]

Certainly not. Wicketkeeping is the most specialized job in the game. You can ask a batter to bowl or a bowler to bat but you can't just ask anyone to keep. Asking a part timer to keep will never end well.

 

[shamaan]

Who says Farhaan doesn't want to keep wickets????

 

[cricketmania22]

Who says Farhaan doesn't want to keep wickets????

He himself said that. He said if he keeps wickets his batting suffers. I guess he doesn’t have the fitness to keep and bat.

 

[shamaan]

He himself said that. He said if he keeps wickets his batting suffers. I guess he doesn’t have the fitness to keep and bat.

Can you send me the link please.

 

[Obaidd]

Who says Farhaan doesn't want to keep wickets????

Rashid Latif

 

[DeadlyVenom]

This wouldn't solve the wicket keeper problem.

It would keep the wicket keeper problem and make a new opening batsman problem.

 

[Obaidd]

Asking Sahibzada to keep wickets would be unfair. It would be an example of how not to deal with a squad balance issue at the national level.

Firstly because Sahibza doesn’t own his place in the team currently. Putting even more pressure on him to keep would be unfair. I think most specialist batsman don’t ‘want’ to keep. When they do it’s out of necessity or boredom and they soon grow out of it.

Secondly, we should consider what our actual issue is. Keeper doesn’t need to be your best batter and open especially since we have no shortage of openers. For me given our dearth of good keeper-batters we should play our wk at 7. We need a good keeper who’s a decent batter. Haris unfortunately is neither of those.

Format: T20
Role: Wk and bats at 7
Options: Haris, Rizwan, Azam, Usman, Haseebullah, Nafay.

Till end of Asia Cup: Haris
Post Asia Cup: Haseebullah or Nafay or any other young guy for the role I described.

 

[sweep_shot]

Yes.

Farhan should keep. Haris is out of form and should be dropped.

 

[prash88]

Farhan himself is a walking wicket. Good pace bowling lineups ll pick him up in the first 12 balls. Matter of time before the call to kick him out comes up in this forum....

 

[cricketmania22]

Can you send me the link please.

It was said during PSL playoff match by one of the commentators.

 

[shamaan]

It was said during PSL playoff match by one of the commentators.

Fair enough.

 

[Kianig89]

Why not bring Rizwan back and swallow your ego. we dont have a choice

 

[BouncerGuy]

Why not bring Rizwan back and swallow your ego. we dont have a choice

Nay.. I think that is not fair.. Rizwan has not performed to show that he can come back... Farhan really needs to step up. If farhan cannot keep, then the selectors should be blamed that they did not take a backup keeper with the squad.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Usman Khan seems to be a better option than Haris atm.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Because he's not a Wicket keeper