the don Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Forget how it ended today. Just how bloody good is this guy in white ball cricket. Absolute superstar, every pundit is in awe of his skills. Quicker than Starc now too as he fills up. Gun bowler and great to watch. kirkutfan, Adamant, sandeep and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 I think he is being overused by Pakistan. An injury is around the corner if they don't manage his workload. Link to comment
cricketfan28 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 what is his record against left-handers ? Link to comment
the don Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, cricketfan28 said: what is his record against left-handers ? I think he has a better record against lefties. Improved immensely against the right handlers though. Link to comment
Texan Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Is he going to now also enact how Wade hit those hat-trick of sixes against him? helperononline, sandeep, Sgattick10 and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment
zen Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Loved his bowling in the powerplays. At the death, he can be taken for big runs ... If he maintains fitness and pace, while improving his death bowling, can become an international star! Link to comment
Try_Ball Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Afridi is definitely a top class bowler. Love watching his few overs but as Wade showed today and from what I've heard even in PSL he goes for a lot of runs. I think it all comes down to how you apply yourself to play him. The way Wade counter attacked him and hit those sixes just shows if you have a plan in mind Afridi can go for a lot of runs - India played him very poorly Jungnu, raki05, express bowling and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment
Adi_91 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, Try_Ball said: Afridi is definitely a top class bowler. Love watching his few overs but as Wade showed today and from what I've heard even in PSL he goes for a lot of runs. I think it all comes down to how you apply yourself to play him. The way Wade counter attacked him and hit those sixes just shows if you have a plan in mind Afridi can go for a lot of runs - India played him very poorly Giving credit where it's due. he picked Rohit off the first ball when any batsman is vulnerable. Got KL off a peach. Kohli's dismissal though was poor execution. raki05, SRT100 and Finer 1 2 Link to comment
Jay Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 18 minutes ago, Finer said: We missed Muhammad Amir too. Two left arm fast bowlers: deadly combination. Would have replaced Hassan Ali who was weak link throughout the tournament and even dropped the match today. Dhahani will come in Dhahani Shaheen Rauf Shadab Good for t20. Not good enough for odi though. Link to comment
Try_Ball Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, Adi_91 said: Giving credit where it's due. he picked Rohit off the first ball when any batsman is vulnerable. Got KL off a peach. Kohli's dismissal though was poor execution. Issue isn't him getting wickets. Problem is that no one attacked him or played him with any plan. No one in the Indian Team plays a good scoop shot and you cannot always play traditional shots against a good bowler because the field setting can often take you out. When batting against Bowlers like Afridi - you need to continue attacking even if you lose wickets at times SRT100, express bowling and Adi_91 1 2 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Try_Ball said: Issue isn't him getting wickets. Problem is that no one attacked him or played him with any plan. No one in the Indian Team plays a good scoop shot and you cannot always play traditional shots against a good bowler because the field setting can often take you out. When batting against Bowlers like Afridi - you need to continue attacking even if you lose wickets at times Kohli did step down and whacked him for six. India's problem vs left armers are only at the start. Once they get the hang of the conditions and survive they will play with ease. raki05 1 Link to comment
Try_Ball Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Kohli did step down and whacked him for six. India's problem vs left armers are only at the start. Once they get the hang of the conditions and survive they will play with ease. That was the only good shot against him. But overall Afridi was allowed to be all over India. Even in his last over - Pant/ Pandya whoever these so called Indian sloggers and match winners couldnt even put bat on ball in the end. Compare how Wade played vs Afridi compared to how Pant/Pandya played him and that's the difference. Had Pant and Pandya scored 3-4 sixes off Afridi in his 4th over - India could have reached possibly 170 odd Edited November 12, 2021 by Try_Ball raki05 1 Link to comment
cricketfan28 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 I think he is on all radars now .. people will figure out strategies against him except for tuk tuk. express bowling 1 Link to comment
Number Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 He is very good at the start. Those deliveries coming back into right handers are genuine threats even against very good righties. Signs of quality bowler even for ODIs and Tests. But I feel he is still vulnerable against good hitters in death overs. raki05 1 Link to comment
SK_IH Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Definitely very good but I have been really disappointed with his death bowling, not only yesterday but also in some of the minnow games. There may be two reasons either he is not good to react when attacked or he runs out of steam. If it's the latter he might remain just a T20 bowler, so need to up his game to be exciting in all formats. Also, Pakistan should limit his participation in different leagues, otherwise he will anyway run out of gas. raki05 1 Link to comment
Try_Ball Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Finer said: We missed Muhammad Amir too. Two left arm fast bowlers: deadly combination. Would have replaced Hassan Ali who was weak link throughout the tournament and even dropped the match today. Heard a bunch of guys with some stolen SIMs and multiple phones were missing him as well. Jungnu, Norman and raki05 3 Link to comment
sandeep Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 3 hours ago, the don said: Forget how it ended today. Just how bloody good is this guy in white ball cricket. Absolute superstar, every pundit is in awe of his skills. Quicker than Starc now too as he fills up. Gun bowler and great to watch. All it takes is a couple of tonty tonty wins for this guy to resume his 'shtick'. Watch him disappear for another multi-year exile down his hideyhole when the usual beatdowns start coming. Link to comment
ShoonyaSifar Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Try_Ball said: That was the only good shot against him. But overall Afridi was allowed to be all over India. Even in his last over - Pant/ Pandya whoever these so called Indian sloggers and match winners couldnt even put bat on ball in the end. Compare how Wade played vs Afridi compared to how Pant/Pandya played him and that's the difference. Had Pant and Pandya scored 3-4 sixes off Afridi in his 4th over - India could have reached possibly 170 odd I can understand your excitement to hype Pakistani players but did you even watch that match? Pant did not face Afridi at all and when Pandya batted vs him in the 19th over, Afridi went for 17 runs! Edited November 12, 2021 by ShoonyaSifar Norman, Jungnu and Axl100mph 3 Link to comment
Try_Ball Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said: I can understand your excitement to hype Pakistani players but did you even watch that match? Pant did not face Afridi at all and when Pandya batted vs him in the 19th over, Afridi went for 17 runs! Oh really, love to hear your explanation of why I would hype Pakistani players? If you're insecurity doesnt let you appreciate skills then that's your fragile self identity. When pandya was batting against Afridi - 1 wide, 5 byes and a no ball = that's 7 runs not scored off the bat. Out of the 10 runs, a good yorker from afridi nearly took out Pandya and he barely got the bat down to defend and it edged to the boundary. Rauf bowled lst over and they took 7 runs off thst which was even worse. 2 runs off 3 balls from pandya. Edited November 12, 2021 by Try_Ball Link to comment
Pollack Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, Try_Ball said: Oh really, love to hear your explanation of why I would hype Pakistani players? If you're insecurity doesnt let you appreciate skills then that's your fragile self identity. When pandya was batting against Afridi - 1 wide, 5 byes and a no ball = that's 7 runs not scored off the bat. Our of 10 runs, a good yorker from afridi nearly took out Pandya and he barely got the bet down to defend and it edged to the boundary. Rauf bowled lst over and they took 7 runs off thst which was even worse. 2 runs off 3 balls from pandya. It was all due to Pandya's aura. Shaheen Shah Afridi was afraid of Sir Don fraudman Harpic Kandya. Clarke, vvvslaxman, Try_Ball and 2 others 5 Link to comment
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