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Speaker: Finally, yeah, we saw...
Speaker: Shaheen Afridi and Fakhir Zaman that the players that we're accustomed with to see them back in the flow of their innings in the flow of their that to see that chi flow come back was just magical welcome to the final X-Wodder
Speaker: Welcome to the Fine Legs Podcast with Fahad Qureshi and the intangible Sarmad Malik.
Speaker: I noticed that the victory of Pakistan can impact fans very differently.
Speaker: Like Fahad's English level is going up a bit further.
Speaker: Fahad has used adjectives, Fahad has used example code.
Speaker: All of a sudden, everything is happening.
Speaker: You know, Pakistan's victory has, it can have a very interesting impact.
Speaker: It did.
Speaker: It did.
Speaker: I have to keep my dictionary again.
Speaker: And it's all about the English.
Speaker: I have to keep it.
Speaker: I have to keep it.
Speaker: I have to keep it.
Speaker: I have to keep it.
Speaker: I have to keep it.
Speaker: I have to keep it.
Speaker: It's not that long.
Speaker: Finally, you know, it's taken forever.
Speaker: Even though it's Bangladesh.
Speaker: Let's calm down.
Speaker: Let's calm down.
Speaker: We've killed only Bangladesh.
Speaker: That was expected.
Speaker: Now we've killed Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Netherlands.
Speaker: Sorry, Afghanistan also didn't have killed.
Speaker: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Netherlands.
Speaker: So, yeah, we need to calm down.
Speaker: I need to calm down.
Speaker: I'll put this away again.
Speaker: Yeah, if we've killed New Zealand, then I'll wear it.
Speaker: Yeah, New Zealand is this Saturday.
Speaker: Apparently, there's a scene of rain.
Speaker: Anyway, let's not get my fan out.
Speaker: I don't want to get the fan inside of me who's extremely irrational and extremely biased out into the public view.
Speaker: I don't want to do that.
Speaker: But let's not worry about what happens.
Speaker: I know something is happening.
Speaker: Something is developing.
Speaker: This Pakistan team is going to make sure
Speaker: that the last match Namibia and PNG are playing, they have to be watching us because of them.
Speaker: That there will be something that will impact Pakistan in their match.
Speaker: So, I've said this before multiple times and I'm saying it again.
Speaker: Why?
Speaker: How the hell is Pakistan making such nail-biting content?
Speaker: I'm not even kidding.
Speaker: I don't even have nails anymore because of the entire tournament.
Speaker: I think Pakistan is a wild card.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: And the way we had our top four teams, England, New Zealand, Australia, India, and Pakistan came as a wild card.
Speaker: They also took Pakistan as a wild card as a wild card just to mix things up.
Speaker: If I was ICC, if I was managing ICC, I would have kept Pakistan just for this exact purpose.
Speaker: That, man, good, oh, oh, oh, tournament is back again.
Speaker: It's a few viewership, 200 million viewership is back again.
Speaker: And Pakistan is back again.
Speaker: So back from the dead.
Speaker: Back from the dead.
Speaker: See, this is what Pakistan team has done.
Speaker: You just said back from the dead.
Speaker: You've not said it all season of this podcast.
Speaker: You've said back from the dead now.
Speaker: This is what Pakistan cricket team is.
Speaker: Literally.
Speaker: Nobody takes it.
Speaker: Nobody takes it.
Speaker: Nobody takes it.
Speaker: Nobody takes it.
Speaker: Nobody takes it.
Speaker: Nobody takes it.
Speaker: I don't know how.
Speaker: I don't know what happens.
Speaker: Nobody has an answer to it.
Speaker: Because if anybody did, they would know what to do about it.
Speaker: Nobody knows how to deal with it.
Speaker: You can't plan for it.
Speaker: Like we said in one of our other podcasts that every team has a blueprint.
Speaker: Pakistan's only blueprint.
Speaker: It's not our blueprint.
Speaker: That's our blueprint.
Speaker: We have a presentation to prepare.
Speaker: If I say, sir, inshallah,
Speaker: So he said, no, I'll tell you a good word.
Speaker: Inshallah, don't do it.
Speaker: So this is the blueprint of Pakistan's team, like I've done in the last podcast, that sometimes they play pedestrian cricket, sometimes they play.
Speaker: Pakistan's total, it's like supporting the number red on a roulette table.
Speaker: Honestly, you're cheering for the number red on a roulette table.
Speaker: That is what Pakistan fans are like.
Speaker: And that is what we support.
Speaker: But let's say thank you for winning.
Speaker: It's nice to see you win once in a while.
Speaker: And you win good.
Speaker: The match is over in 30 years.
Speaker: Thank you.
Speaker: No, it's a real thing.
Speaker: We'll go on to the matter.
Speaker: I just want to say one other thing.
Speaker: It's not that I was in a mess.
Speaker: I was in a mess.
Speaker: Pakistan people say that there are many people who are online content creators.
Speaker: It's very difficult to create content every day.
Speaker: You know, what kind of content you can do daily.
Speaker: Or my suggestion is that you should start supporting Pakistan Cricket Team.
Speaker: You don't need to think about content producing.
Speaker: Pakistan's match will only be seen for the content.
Speaker: Why will you also see the match for Pakistan's content?
Speaker: Because until Bhavumaa will not kill them, until New Zealand's two people will not go there, until Australia will not kill them, until India's match will not be in the end, Pakistan will not qualify.
Speaker: So, the support of the team of Pakistan is the most volatile thing you can imagine.
Speaker: I got sick, you've gotten sick, your son has gotten sick.
Speaker: Literally everybody you know has gotten sick just following this team.
Speaker: I think they should get on this winning track.
Speaker: They've won one.
Speaker: This is one that everybody expected them to win.
Speaker: It's the big game against New Zealand in a few days and I hope they win.
Speaker: But, Kher, now that we have gotten all of this out of the way and it has taken seven minutes of our time, let's focus on the game itself.
Speaker: Yeah, but look, honestly, I had to say something else.
Speaker: When Pakistan is on number four or number five of the table, every person in Pakistan
Speaker: On a serious note, this is a team.
Speaker: Oh, I see TV, I can't get a couple of people who are going to play a game.
Speaker: I can't get a couple of people who are going to play a game.
Speaker: But anyway, we're used to it now.
Speaker: Ramiz Raja was saying, What is this?
Speaker: That sometimes we will get to Pakistan.
Speaker: I don't understand that in 1992 it was the same thing.
Speaker: Today it was the same thing.
Speaker: Think about it, Fahad.
Speaker: It's been 31 years, man.
Speaker: 31 years.
Speaker: And the players from 31 years ago are saying that we have done this at the same time.
Speaker: This is not a good thing.
Speaker: We need to get out of this habit.
Speaker: It's been a lot.
Speaker: Anyway, coming on to the game, coming on to the game.
Speaker: Like, you know, because at the end of the day, match to have happened.
Speaker: Surprisingly, Pakistan has changed.
Speaker: I think that would be a good starting point that Pakistan has changed.
Speaker: First, Pakistan said to Imam that it is very grateful.
Speaker: It's very interesting timing because Zamaam al-Haq resigned that morning.
Speaker: Mm-hmm.
Speaker: And Imam al-Haq got dropped that evening.
Speaker: I'm not saying there's a correlation between the two.
Speaker: But you are saying it's... I'm not saying there's correlation.
Speaker: I'm not saying there's correlation.
Speaker: I'm not saying this pen is blue.
Speaker: I'm not saying this pen is blue.
Speaker: But it might be.
Speaker: For some people, it might be pink.
Speaker: But I'm not saying this pen is blue.
Speaker: Look, my answer is Inshallah.
Speaker: Okay?
Speaker: Inshallah.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: Basically, interesting point is that Bangladesh wins the toss.
Speaker: they actually win the toss and they decide to bat first now I'm starting to find this decision very interesting for most teams why are teams deciding to bat first when everyone knows that the batting is easy when everyone knows that the balling is more effective then why are teams choosing to bat first I haven't been able to decipher it but anyway Bangladesh for whatever reason decided to bat first
Speaker: Pakistan made three changes to the team.
Speaker: Salman Ali Agha came in for Muhammad Nawaz.
Speaker: Usama Mir came in for Shadaab Khan.
Speaker: And Fakhr Zaman came in for Imam Al Haq.
Speaker: Fakhr Zaman for Imam Al Haq, absolute walk in the park.
Speaker: I don't care if Fakhr gets a duck.
Speaker: He still looks like he doesn't run, he'll do it.
Speaker: Imam will do it 40, he'll do it 70 balls.
Speaker: It's irrelevant.
Speaker: Salman Ali Aga coming from Mohammed Nawaz, absolute sense.
Speaker: I don't rate Mohammed Nawaz as a cricketer anymore.
Speaker: I think we've given him enough chances.
Speaker: He's just not quality.
Speaker: He's not up to the standard where you need to be.
Speaker: And Osama Mir to Shadaab was a bit of a force change because Shadaab has got a concussion.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: In my honest view, and I'll take your view on this as well, I don't think Osama Balls any better than Shadaab.
Speaker: At least Shadaab can bat.
Speaker: So if I had to pick between the two, I would pick Shadaab.
Speaker: But again,
Speaker: This was a forced change for this particular game.
Speaker: And if... And Usama actually got an injury in this game and Shadab has got a concussion.
Speaker: I think if two legs spinners have got an injury concussion in Joby, I think might not be the worst time to Pakistan to make the change and get a bra in the mix.
Speaker: Just putting it out there.
Speaker: If Usama's hand has been injured, webbing has been broken,
Speaker: Get another one in.
Speaker: You know that Ibrar is better than them.
Speaker: If Shadaab is going to rest for another game because of the concussion, get him out of the squad.
Speaker: Get Ibrar in.
Speaker: You need a genuine spinner.
Speaker: He's sitting there on the bench.
Speaker: Sarmad, Ibrar, this will be his first time playing against New Zealand in such an important match.
Speaker: I don't think it might be a good idea to get your green-spin player up against New Zealand.
Speaker: I agree with you that... No, no, no.
Speaker: My point is, what is the worst thing that can happen?
Speaker: Yeah, the worst thing that can happen is that his career starts with ODI.
Speaker: Are we playing for his career?
Speaker: Or are we waiting for Pakistan to actually make it to the next round?
Speaker: Yeah, but it's... And our team gets taken for 500 runs.
Speaker: It's a possibility, right?
Speaker: will that end careers?
Speaker: Or would you still turn up to the game?
Speaker: My point is, some players thrive on this kind of pressure.
Speaker: And he just looks like that kind of player.
Speaker: I think he might be.
Speaker: I am rooting for that guy.
Speaker: But...
Speaker: I feel like that's too much pressure to put on a player in terms of the matches that are going on in that time, in such an important match, you have brought a new player in that time.
Speaker: It would be pressure on the mind that if I mess up this match, my career is over.
Speaker: So we can't really expect the best performance from him.
Speaker: But then again, I agree with you.
Speaker: If they do not have any leggies left,
Speaker: What's the option behind you?
Speaker: I don't deny the fact that this could go very wrong.
Speaker: I'm not denying that.
Speaker: But my concern, my question is, and where my mindset comes from is, it's not like we have another option.
Speaker: He has been sitting on the bench this whole time in this World Cup through seven games, practice games and whatnot.
Speaker: He's been on the bench, he's been around the media scrutiny, he's been through the losses with the team.
Speaker: Now he's ready.
Speaker: Sometimes when you sit on the bench and you say, man, what you're doing is better than I'm doing.
Speaker: You know, at least there are chances that I might pick up a wicket or two.
Speaker: Usama Amir is bowling absolute garbage.
Speaker: Yeah, he is.
Speaker: He's picked up a couple of wickets every now and then.
Speaker: But the thing is, he still bowls five full tosses.
Speaker: He starts and over with a full toss.
Speaker: He has to bowl a short ball.
Speaker: You have to see who the teams have to play in the next two matches.
Speaker: New Zealand and England.
Speaker: You can't bowl full and short to them.
Speaker: It doesn't matter you turn the ball.
Speaker: You're going to be in the stands half the time.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: So I think to save Osama's career, drop him.
Speaker: That's also true.
Speaker: That's very interesting.
Speaker: That's good.
Speaker: On the small grounds, on the 60-meter boundaries, if you did full tosses or short balls, England or New Zealand batsmen, they are going to take you to the cleaners.
Speaker: New Zealand will not leave you, bro.
Speaker: By the way, we haven't even talked about Bangladesh and Pakistan and we'll come to it.
Speaker: But it's okay.
Speaker: I like this conversation because I think it's going somewhere.
Speaker: Why can't Pakistan play four fastballs?
Speaker: Why are we relying on the idea that we won't play in friends?
Speaker: Isn't it because of the pitches?
Speaker: Obviously we can't.
Speaker: Well, the ball was reversing.
Speaker: And that's where you troubled the ball is.
Speaker: It wasn't turning and gripping.
Speaker: Like, Sama wasn't like... It wasn't like that Sama... It's not like that our amazing spin is coming out.
Speaker: For spin, we have to do a drop on the wicket cube.
Speaker: Our brothers say that we don't land on the wicket.
Speaker: So how will the spin happen?
Speaker: So the next two matches... No, it's a real thing.
Speaker: And the next two matches... One is in Bangalore.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: And then, in Kolkata, back to this exact wicket.
Speaker: England's one of those in Kolkata.
Speaker: England's one of them has to play in Kolkata.
Speaker: You already know that this is square rough.
Speaker: You already know that the ball is reversed here.
Speaker: Here, there are four fastballers clear and understanding.
Speaker: Now, I don't remember the Bengaluru match.
Speaker: Who did we play in Bengaluru?
Speaker: I think that's a batting wicket, if I'm not wrong.
Speaker: I think we played Australia in Bengaluru.
Speaker: I'll have to check that anyways.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: It's possible.
Speaker: I think we played Australia and Bangalore.
Speaker: Yes, we did.
Speaker: So that tells you that they had 375 and we had 305 and we were on track to chase that score.
Speaker: So this will be a high scoring game.
Speaker: This New Zealand against your game would be a high scoring game.
Speaker: And you've got a good memory of this game.
Speaker: Even though you lost the game, you know that batting here is easy.
Speaker: Who went for most amount of runs?
Speaker: Who had the runs?
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: Your spinners didn't have any impact in this game.
Speaker: If you remember.
Speaker: Usama Mir was the one who actually dropped the gatch in this ground.
Speaker: So not the worst choice is all I'm saying.
Speaker: I didn't say this is the answer to every solution, all the problems, but not the worst choice.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: Coming back to the podcast, which is about Bangladesh versus Pakistan.
Speaker: I'm sorry we get excited and we... That's okay, it's all natural, bro.
Speaker: That's the thing.
Speaker: We're not going to win.
Speaker: We're going to take a chance.
Speaker: Bangladesh
Speaker: actually won the toss and decided to bat first.
Speaker: Our conversation was not quite understandable why you would do that, but they did, even though the batting conditions were not fixed.
Speaker: The ground is not massive, smaller square boundaries, all around was not a big ground.
Speaker: So they were expected to get up to 300 or 300 plus for it to be a game.
Speaker: Anything less than that, it wasn't going to be a competitive game.
Speaker: And that's happened.
Speaker: Something that's been consistent with Bangladesh throughout this World Cup is the failure of their top five batsmen.
Speaker: It's been consistent.
Speaker: Every single podcast that you listen to that we've done on Bangladesh games, middle order doesn't exist.
Speaker: They don't have to run.
Speaker: And it goes back to the same thing.
Speaker: Tameem and Shakib were the issues there, which is why they left Tameem out of the squad.
Speaker: is starting to show again they lost uh tanzeed hassan the opener who replaced the meme in this squad for a duck to shaheen afridi like before samney he got it in the pad took a review as well but it was just dead plumb in front of the stumps shaheen afridi finally picked up a wicket in his first over after a gap of a few games this is what we've been missing yes picks up a wicket in his second over again so shaheen
Speaker: And ironically, he's probably, this is the worst I've seen Shaheen bowl in over the last three, four years of his career.
Speaker: And he's still the highest, joint highest wicket taker of this World Cup today.
Speaker: And he's still got 16 wickets.
Speaker: And he jumped eight spaces up to become the number one bowler in the world.
Speaker: ODI number one bowler in the world on ODIs fastest, second fastest pace baller, 200 ODI wickets.
Speaker: And, uh, he's now the joint wick highest wicket taker in this world cup.
Speaker: Now, all of these things don't make a lot of sense to me because from my perspective, he hasn't bowled well, he's been pretty average, but if he is doing this when he's average,
Speaker: I hope he finally finds some form.
Speaker: These could be career defining games.
Speaker: At the moment, it doesn't feel that way.
Speaker: But these last two games, this last final stretch could be game changing for Pakistan.
Speaker: And I really hope Shaheen comes into his own.
Speaker: But anyway, Shaheen quality at the start, breakthrough the, uh, don't know Najmohan Hassan Shanto and Tanzeet Hassan, he picked up.
Speaker: Litn Das obviously then had to bat in his shell.
Speaker: He couldn't throw his bat around because Zovic gets girted.
Speaker: They promoted the Mushfikur to number four.
Speaker: Mushfikur came in.
Speaker: Actually, Haris Rauf came as the first change bowler, continuing with his tradition of getting hit for three boundaries.
Speaker: At least he got hit for three again.
Speaker: Two from Littandas, one from Mushfikur.
Speaker: And then he landed one ball on length and picked up Mushfikur's wicket.
Speaker: Now, I'm starting to really lose hope in Haris Rauf and his ability to think on the spot.
Speaker: How can he bowl three full deliveries to batsmen who are not going anywhere?
Speaker: It's like Shaheen and if the car or any other bowler build up that pressure, Harish Rauf comes in and then just breaks the whole game open.
Speaker: So even though we won this game, Harish Rauf again, dreadful start, dreadful start.
Speaker: So yes, Harish was bowling absolute rubbish.
Speaker: Anyway, Haris was not really up to the mark and I'm being very careful with my words here because I do not want to offend anybody out there and I've been reading my book.
Speaker: So I'm a lot more patient now.
Speaker: So that and then anyway, Mushfiqur got out.
Speaker: Mahmoud Allah came in 56 of 70 balls.
Speaker: Shaqib Al-Hassan 43 of 64.
Speaker: There was a little bit of partnership between Litan and Mahmoud Allah and then Mahmoud Allah and Shaqib.
Speaker: But that was pretty much it.
Speaker: That was the entire resistance.
Speaker: Between the three of them, they scored about 140 runs out of the 204.
Speaker: So that tells you that the rest of the team were 60 runs.
Speaker: It was 25.
Speaker: Maybe it was Miraj.
Speaker: they lost consistent wickets consistently in go wickets getting here the one thing that i want to point out and that sort of ties back into the conversation we were having in a low scoring game in a freaking low scoring game osama mir still went for 66 runs in 10 overs and picked up one wicket on a wicket that was actually gripping he also bowled the least amount of dot balls in amongst pakistan bowlers and not all of them even bowl 10 overs
Speaker: So that's dreadful.
Speaker: He is just not somebody that who's helping Pakistan's cause from that, from the perspective of containment in the bowling attack.
Speaker: The one big bright spot for Pakistan, the ball was reversing.
Speaker: The ball was reversing and Muhammad was seen.
Speaker: He ripped it.
Speaker: He ripped everyone apart, man.
Speaker: That was just so good to see.
Speaker: He literally took the tail and ate it.
Speaker: He literally made a look at that kangaroo tail.
Speaker: Quality.
Speaker: Quality.
Speaker: Yeah, all of a sudden it looks like a different bowling attack.
Speaker: All of a sudden it looks like a bowling attack that can actually pick up wickets.
Speaker: Very bad.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: For us, it's shocking that our fastballers are wickets?
Speaker: Our fastballers are effective?
Speaker: How did this happen?
Speaker: This guy has lifted the team at a moment where our conditions were very bad.
Speaker: So we owe a lot of our performance to Mohammed Vaseem being that impetus into the walling attack.
Speaker: He's given this walling attack.
Speaker: IMPETUS.
Speaker: TUS.
Speaker: Okay, what does that mean?
Speaker: I know, I'll tell you what the reference is.
Speaker: There is a book called Etiquettes by somebody.
Speaker: I will send you the... I was studying, so I learned it from that.
Speaker: So... I know, I haven't even charged it.
Speaker: Impetus means injection.
Speaker: Impetus means momentum.
Speaker: You have given something to impetus, you have given an extra shot of energy.
Speaker: Oh, okay.
Speaker: Kind of like a... Yeah, my voice got a bit stressed.
Speaker: I got stressed.
Speaker: I got a bad idea.
Speaker: So, internet will rip me into shreds.
Speaker: But anyway, I think... Bro, this is wrong.
Speaker: You used it.
Speaker: Ha ha ha.
Speaker: No, it's not.
Speaker: You used it.
Speaker: So, it's more like a cocaine sniff.
Speaker: In the form of Aseem Junior.
Speaker: It was like a snort.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: It's a quick snort.
Speaker: But you're also like Vasim.
Speaker: Quick snort.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: But again, quality, reverse balling.
Speaker: I've seen a lot of things.
Speaker: I've seen a first time in World Cup, which was actually a prodigious reverse swing.
Speaker: It wasn't just that it was just a little bit.
Speaker: It was proper.
Speaker: It was proper movement.
Speaker: Both with the right-handers and the left-handers.
Speaker: Again, if you want to see reverse swing wicket and quality wicket, watch Mehdi Hassan Miraj's Bold.
Speaker: He lost his off-stum and it went cartwheeling.
Speaker: So that was quite a sight.
Speaker: Quality.
Speaker: Reminiscence of Vakar.
Speaker: Reminiscence of Vakar Yunus in his big... Correct.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: The two people...
Speaker: The two people that stood out were Mohamed Vaseem, 8 over 31 runs, 3.79 ki economy.
Speaker: And Shaheen Afridi, 9 over 23, 3 wickets, 2.55 ki economy.
Speaker: So that tells you, if Harish Ridiculous Rauf or Osama, whatever the... No, no, no, take the right name.
Speaker: Sarmat Bhai, take the right name.
Speaker: No, no, no.
Speaker: And Osama, my brother Mir, you know, they really have to pull it together.
Speaker: Which is why, and again, Osama picked up an injury during Pakistan's innings and we alluded to that earlier in the podcast.
Speaker: He can be replaced and it might not be the worst time to replace him.
Speaker: Bringing in Abraar Ahmed might be a good thing for Pakistan, might be a good thing for this team.
Speaker: So I'm rooting for Pakistan to make some changes.
Speaker: I don't think it is the worst idea and I think it will certainly help Pakistan's chances in this World Cup if we can find somebody who can actually turn the ball.
Speaker: If we have to do all this, we have to do all this, then it's better that you can play four fastballs.
Speaker: I would rather play four fastballs for Pakistan.
Speaker: All in all, not much else to write home about.
Speaker: Pakistan's batting comes.
Speaker: And fachar freaking zaman.
Speaker: The boy is back in the team, in the form.
Speaker: And what brilliant hitting.
Speaker: Seven sixes.
Speaker: So good that the whole world has been playing the whole Pakistan team.
Speaker: Exactly.
Speaker: That guy came in with seven.
Speaker: Seven six 42 runs.
Speaker: Half of his score was just sixes.
Speaker: I mean, by the way, he only hit three fours.
Speaker: He hit seven sixes.
Speaker: Yeah, seven sixes and 42 runs.
Speaker: And he made what?
Speaker: 86 odd?
Speaker: Yeah, he made 81 of 74.
Speaker: Half of his entire score was just sixes.
Speaker: amazing he's not interested in running but you know i love the approach where he would just dot it dot it dot it bowl full and he would smack you and i'm just like yeah exactly like imam cannot bat like this in the next hundred years he can't no he's just not built for it and again anybody who wants to watch a quality cricketing shot and just to have that wow reaction first six that he hits of taskeen amit
Speaker: Go and check that shot out.
Speaker: He lifts him from in front of the stumps and deposits him on square leg.
Speaker: Full ball.
Speaker: Remember, it's a full ball.
Speaker: And listen to the noise of the bat and the reaction from Shane Watson and the reaction from Taskeen Ahmed, the bowler.
Speaker: The bowler just laughed.
Speaker: He was just like,
Speaker: I don't know what just happened.
Speaker: What was that?
Speaker: So it's just one of those things.
Speaker: He's such an impact player.
Speaker: He created such a momentum that it just never looked like Pakistan were in trouble after that.
Speaker: Imam, when he's batting, when he's getting runs, the thing is, you're still not sure.
Speaker: You're like, yeah, it'll be wicket-giri and something would go wrong.
Speaker: When an impact player, like Fakhr comes in and he gets runs, you're like, yeah, you know what?
Speaker: It looks pretty easy today.
Speaker: It looks like it's going to be an easy game.
Speaker: And on the other hand, Abdullah Shafiq, consistent as ever.
Speaker: I think this is his fourth or fifth consecutive 50 in the World Cup, if I'm not wrong.
Speaker: In the World Cup, he's gotten three or four 50s now.
Speaker: Reliable as ever, 68 of 69 balls.
Speaker: I do have a criticism of Abdullah.
Speaker: And that criticism is predominantly how he's getting out.
Speaker: So last game he got leg before.
Speaker: He came against India, he got leg before.
Speaker: Yesterday against Bangladesh, he was again leg before.
Speaker: So all I'm trying to say is every time he goes down to sweep the ball, he seems to be getting out.
Speaker: So that might be a weakness.
Speaker: Second, I also think his dot ball percentage is quite high.
Speaker: I don't know how many dot balls he exactly faced in this innings.
Speaker: And if you can find that, that'd be great.
Speaker: But what I'm trying to say is like, it's just...
Speaker: It looks like a momentum is being closed and he catches up because he can hit the big ball, he can hit a six, he can hit a four.
Speaker: But the dot ball percentage in between, his ability to rotate the strike is not as great as you would want it to be.
Speaker: And I think that was a little bit of a problem because I think Pakistan, even though they were batting at more around six, six and a half runs and over this game at the start, but they could be batting at eights and nines because they're still hitting the big shots.
Speaker: It's just that they don't rotate the strike.
Speaker: And I think that's going to be a problem against the bigger teams like New Zealand and England in the upcoming matches.
Speaker: Apart from that, Babur Azam, something's wrong.
Speaker: Something's not right.
Speaker: He got nine runs of 16 balls.
Speaker: He came in trying to get some quick runs.
Speaker: Spinners were on again.
Speaker: Babar Azam was stuck again.
Speaker: We put out a shot on YouTube and Instagram and you, I am starting to see a pattern.
Speaker: This is, this is, this is becoming a problem now.
Speaker: If we can see patterns, the cricket experts will also see them.
Speaker: And they know what to get Babar Azam out.
Speaker: I think Babar Azam's entire tournament, the sizzle is selling more than the steak.
Speaker: And the stake is not even there anymore.
Speaker: So people have their focus on Babar Aazam's bowling team.
Speaker: They have focused on him so much that he's getting caught and he's getting out in the same pattern in almost all the matches.
Speaker: Even though he has scored 50s, but he's getting out in the same pattern.
Speaker: So I think Baba Razam has a lot of exposure because he is the pinnacle of the Pakistan cricket team which is the top point.
Speaker: If we all target him, then obviously his weakness will be exposed as much.
Speaker: And because he is exposed, even teams like Bangladesh know how and where to ball him.
Speaker: And if he is going aggressive, there is a higher propensity from him to make an error and get out to a stupid baller which Mohamed Hassan Miraz has done.
Speaker: But anyways, that's how it is.
Speaker: You know, that's what cricket is.
Speaker: But yeah, it was good to see Babur Azam and every... It was good to see Fakhar Zaman.
Speaker: I just think that why I mentioned Babur is, look, we won the game.
Speaker: This was a game that you should have finished.
Speaker: and thus my criticism look i love babir azzam i want to see him get runs and it was just not good viewing seeing him get stuck so that was my concern but anyway if the car emma came in 17 runs 15 balls do choc game over type scene pakistan in 19 which is almost 120 130 out of the 204 there was a high percentage of boundary runs again reinforcing the point we need to run more singles to win games
Speaker: Overall, not a lot of trouble.
Speaker: Most of Bangladesh ballers bowl at an economy of more than six.
Speaker: The only ones under that were Shaqib Al-Hassan 5.45 and Najmal Hassan Shantou at four.
Speaker: Dominating game from Pakistan.
Speaker: Amazing win.
Speaker: Fahad looks extremely interested.
Speaker: And on that note, I'm going to wrap this up.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: No, because I'm just very, very excited about the upcoming match against New Zealand.
Speaker: I want to see what they do over there.
Speaker: You look very excited as well.
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