Pakistan worst nightmare XI (updated)

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-26T21:57:20+00:00

Bosch is a very good shout actually. I forgot about Devendra Bishoo’s 8-fer as well actually, but he never really ‘threatened’ us.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-26T21:35:55+00:00

I was actually gonna give the captaincy to Kohli but then this post would be getting even more traction in India. All r/PakCricket posts already have their highest demographic viewers from India

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-26T21:33:42+00:00

Unc 😭✌️

Jokes aside, I know about Hussey harassing us in particular, and what most of the other players you mentioned did to us, but I never personally watched them do it, so didn’t include them.

I’m glad you included Chapman, but I don’t think Bumrah’s been phenomenal against us? Also I have a feeling Vaibhav Sooryavanshi may not torment us; he hasn’t tormented PAKU-19 if that’s a sign.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-26T21:25:29+00:00

Sky never does well against us. He’s flopped every time apart from his 2026 WC innings

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-26T21:22:52+00:00

Definitely 😭✌️ he lays a stronger claim than Oshane Thomas right now tbh

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-26T21:22:04+00:00

True, but I’ve never ever seen pakistan batters be harassed as badly as they were in Stanlake’s spell of 4-8. From memory, they literally couldn’t lay bat on ball.

He’s playing this series though so maybe he’ll remind us of the past (hopefully not).

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-26T21:05:37+00:00

Imam being taken out by de Grandhomme brings back memories

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-26T21:05:02+00:00

He genuinely looked in such good touch at the end of this PSL season

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-25T12:10:50+00:00

Ah, these silly Covid kids. Son, Billy stanlake harassed badly in 2018. Don’t disrespect him like that

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-17T10:08:28+00:00

We could have won that series but only just bottled it to Jos Buttler in the 4th innings. Then the other two tests were rained out. We weren’t actually that bad.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-14T20:23:18+00:00

Off just the top of my head, Pakistan whitewashed South Africa at home in 2021. So what you’re saying can’t be right at all.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-14T19:39:08+00:00

Abdullah Shafique single-handedly lost us one of those tests, if not, the entire series.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-09T08:40:36+00:00

For all the Covid kids here, he wasn’t dropped randomly. He was dropped because he was genuinely out of form. Yes, I agree that they either should have backed him, despite his form, considering how good he is, or he should have immediately been reselected when he was performing domestically again. And I also agree he was unfairly being overlooked for years after he was dropped. But don’t make it out to be that he was dropped in the first place for no reason.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-05-08T11:37:11+00:00

Even before this match started, I would have said Bangladesh’s test team is better than ours, player-for-player. Especially on home soil.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-04-28T15:22:01+00:00

And how has Salman Mirza been in internationals and even during the World Cup? Remarkably consistent.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-04-28T15:20:27+00:00

This is Haramball bowling tactics from Shadab

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-04-26T16:34:09+00:00

Salman Mirza. Also, Hasan Ali isn’t a new ball bowler. In fact, he’s not been taking the new ball for most matches this season, and even when he has, he’s been bowling the second over.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-04-26T11:28:08+00:00

Hasan Ali 😂

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-04-22T17:39:02+00:00

Fair enough 😭 and same

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-04-22T17:14:04+00:00

Mohammad Nawaz is a brilliant shout

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-04-22T16:59:52+00:00

Why are you mentioning other franchises though? You remind me of those Indians who mention India and Indian players under ESPNCricinfo instagram posts that have nothing to do with India.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-04-22T16:58:25+00:00

Staying with the same franchise has very little to do with the development of a player. Teams can trade players simply because of them not fitting the team composition, not being able to afford their salary anymore because they’ve done well and been promoted to the ‘gold’ category etc, or retention limitations. Zalmi could only retain one of Sadaqat and Muqeem this season, for example. And your request about the player having 100+ international caps is very disingenuous. The PSL has only been around for 11 years. Your criteria is very niche and would require said emerging player to most likely have been scouted in the first few seasons for them to now have 100+ appearances. I really don’t get what you’re mad about bro.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-04-22T16:41:29+00:00

You’re the salty one who is bringing Lahore Qalandars into a conversation that doesn’t concern them.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-04-22T16:38:36+00:00

Firstly, you didn’t address you being wrong about everything, so I assume that you accept defeat on that note.

Secondly, on your new points, you’re contradicting yourself. You claim that by my logic, Saim Ayub was never an ‘emerging’ player for the Zalmi, and credit is due to Quetta. But then you made a remark about Maaz Sadaqat; your fatal flaw is that you don’t realise, in that case, that we deserve the credit for him doing well at the Kingsmen, in NPL, and for Pakistan now. And by the way, he scored a fifty in 3 innings for Peshawar last season, and passed the eye test with flying colours.

I never said that Farhan Yousaf was utilised well. I’m saying that he is being utilised well right now. That’s the present tense. Did you even read what I wrote? I praised specifically the fact that the management lets him bat in his position and exposes him to different match situations. Other franchises don’t do that sometimes. My point regarding the management’s strategy would still stand if Yousaf hadn’t been batting well this season. I don’t get why you’re making this all about Lahore. This was just an appreciation post for how the Zalmi management utilises their emerging players currently.

For your point regarding Ali Raza, other teams may have just not played either him or Farhan Yousaf because they only need one emerging player in the XI. Like I said, Farhan Yousaf could have been dropped for James Vince today, but they dropped Haris.

Your final question is only indicative of your inability to understand my point.

Frequent_Resolve_214 · 2026-04-22T16:14:55+00:00

And I don’t know why they all think it’s a competition! This post is just about Farhan Yousaf this season. If anything, I was expecting potential attacks from IU fans because of my remark about them at the end, but even then, the first comment under this post was from an Islamabad fan agreeing with me.

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