31 sats \ 2 replies \ @MANI 10 Jun \ parent \ on: Stacker Sports- Best Rivalries in International Sports Stacker_Sports
Well if you can't chase down a 120 or lose to USA, Ireland, you're probably not the best cricketers out there with all due respect. Eras come and go, you can't always be the best unless you outdo yourself every day.
Problem with these bunch is, they're more interested in individual / personal glory than the teams. You can't play a T20 game with 80/90 strike rate, consume the most balls at that strike rate and then expect the middle or low order to play at 150 from the get go.
That mindset was ok pre 2012 World Cup, they're somehow still stuck there.
So, moral of the story is, they're not the best cricketers out there. They're all average bar a couple.
And they deserve all the stick they're getting. They're where they are because of the fans. They make them stars. If they can't take the heat, should stay at home. This is a men's game, kids are not allowed to play.
Fans spend their hard earned money, time to buy tickets, merchandise and travel thousands of miles to watch them play, play for shirt, do better than yesterday but if that's doesn't happen then they have evey right to criticise and point them out.
IMO, the selection is a problem here. They don't have a good batsmen after 4th wicket. For me Shadab, Imad and Iftikhar are more of bowling all rounders. It looks like that Pakistan are playing only with 4 specialist batsmen!
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True. Babar priorities friendships over merit. That's why you see almost identical teams over last 4-6 year period except a couple of players.
Shadab, Iftikhar, Rauf, are only playing because they're friends with senior players i.e. Babar, Rizwan and Shaheen.
Anyways, I had already predicted Pakistan to go out of group stages, wasn't expecting much from them. Let's see what happens after the wc. Chairman looks pissed at them. This ouster would be worst than the 2007 world cup.
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