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He always looks very timid, I hope he doesn't go through any sort of mental hurdles. We lost by 180 runs so his no ball doesn't matter anyway.
Well we lost by 180 runs because Fakhar Zaman helped build a mammoth total by being let-off off that very no-ball early on in that innings.
It was like Kamran Akmal dropping Ross Taylor in the 2011 World Cup.
On the contrary, he seems like a pretty strong-minded player coming in at the death for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Believed that further in the 2016 World T20 game against Bangladesh where after dropping Tamim Iqbal's catch, he bowled a superb penultimate over with very less runs to defend, a game which we eventually won by 1 run.He always looks very timid, I hope he doesn't go through any sort of mental hurdles.
The Miandad match was a "snatching victory from the jaws of defeat" type of situation. Here, we were never in the game, so it wasn't really the same thing.
It was an ok innings tbh. I thought he was capable of much more. It's certainly not an innings any of our top order wasn't capable of matching, but they never got that opportunity since Aamir blew them away.I feel like if that was out, this match would have been totally different, Fakhar Zaman took the game away from you guys totally. It was the worst he bowled the whole tournament and it happened after that no ball.
The Miandad match was a "snatching victory from the jaws of defeat" type of situation. Here, we were never in the game, so it wasn't really the same thing.
Think the Indian system is more professional now and with top notch sports psychologists he should be ok.. remember stokes came back stronger after decimation by Braithwaite who himself is nowhere to be seen now so Bumrah can grow into a better player.. Or he can be totally demoralised and lose hope only time will tell
I mean who's to say if Bumrah bowled within the crease that the ball would've ended up a touch shorter and Fakhar would've completely missed it altogether, therefore not getting out?It's a matter of what could have been, had Fakhar got out then, then maybe Pakistan would have batted slowly and got like 270 instead of 340 and the game would have been dusted then. Yes this is counter-factual but such is the imprtance of these moments that they can tilt matches.
It will either make him a better bowler or vanish from the scene within a couple of years.Not a big deal though . I would cut the poor guy some slack, he ain't a Dinda.
P.S. Met him in Delhi a few months back in a hotel lobby, was not the friendliest one for sure.
Bumrah bottled today. It told me a lot about his character. Mentally fragile.
Yup, I was impressed how bhuvi bowled under pressure when everyone was getting spanked, these occasions seperates men from boys. Sami was bumrah kind of bowler, looked how he fared after repeatedly bottling in crunch matches to make pakistan lose won matches. It is the unconcious mind that tells you that you could do that again and these thoughts come back in pressure games when the stakes are high. He has to produce a star performance in future to keep this match behind him and have good memories for reference.
I mean who's to say if Bumrah bowled within the crease that the ball would've ended up a touch shorter and Fakhar would've completely missed it altogether, therefore not getting out?
You can rue dropped catches. Wickets off no balls, I don't think so.
India didn't lose the match trying to go for some outrageous shots chasing down a big score. They got outdone by some good bowling. So I don't think it would've made a difference if they were chasing 270.
He had a very unlucky day. First the captain made him bowl a leg stump line to Fakhar which imo backfired.
The no ball will affect him in big games to come but it's his own fault as he pushes the line regularly.