The Pavilion | PAKISTAN vs AFGHANISTAN (Mid-Match) Expert Analysis | 23 October 2023 | A Sports
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00:00 Hello and welcome to the pavilion.
00:06 I'm Fakhr-e-Anam.
00:07 You're watching A-Sports, 10-Sports and the ARY Zapp app.
00:10 And in the pavilion, I am joined by four Pakistani former captains.
00:14 I've got Shoaib Malik, Ms. Fawad Haq, Mohin Khan and Wasim Akram.
00:18 And with that, our most profound condolences to the family of Vishen Singh Bedi.
00:23 May his soul rest in peace and our prayers for his departed soul.
00:29 What a legend of left-hand spin bowling was he, Wasim?
00:32 I mean, Michael Atherton summed it up.
00:34 He was a godfather of left-hand spin bowling.
00:37 I've met him a lot.
00:39 When I was a young boy, he was with the team.
00:42 He was a manager as well.
00:43 He was a great guy.
00:44 His reputation in Indian cricket was right up there as a person on and off the field.
00:48 A great guy off the field as well.
00:50 So, condolences to the family.
00:52 Alright.
00:53 Now, let's get back to the game at hand.
00:56 That's Afghanistan versus Pakistan.
00:58 And just a few moments ago, Pakistan has finished their innings.
01:02 Pakistan has played 50 overs today.
01:04 And the scorecards are on your screen.
01:07 Pakistan has won the toss today.
01:09 Earlier, they decided to bat.
01:10 And this is how it's gone down.
01:12 Pakistan has put up 282 for the loss of 7 wickets.
01:15 They have 17 extra wickets.
01:16 But look at that.
01:17 Great innings that half century by Abdullah Shafiq.
01:20 58 of 75 balls with a strike rate of 77.33.
01:25 Abdul Azim, the captain, also contributing their big time today.
01:28 74 of 92 balls with a strike rate of 80.43.
01:32 But it was really the damage done by Shahdaab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed down at the bottom.
01:37 Shahdaab Khan scoring 48 of 38 balls.
01:40 And Iftikhar, 40 of 27 balls.
01:45 And with that, it is 282.
01:47 Now, bowling figures are not very interesting.
01:50 Of course, the spinners from the Afghanistan side have been really, really dominant here.
01:54 Especially Mohammad Nabi.
01:55 He has scored 10 overs with a great economy rate of 3.10.
01:59 And of course, Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmed also looking really good.
02:02 Noor Ahmed has come today.
02:03 He was added to the team.
02:05 He has won 3 wickets.
02:07 Let me open this conversation with Misbah.
02:10 Misbah, happy with the Pakistani batting there?
02:13 Absolutely.
02:14 I think the pitch and the way Afghanistan is bowling,
02:20 Pakistan has a great partnership at the top.
02:24 Both the partnerships were important at that time.
02:26 They have a base and Shahdaab and Iftikhar have finished it in a great way.
02:32 I think they have got the target that Pakistan wanted.
02:36 Now it's up to the fielding and bowling side.
02:39 How they bowl, under pressure, take early wickets.
02:43 Previously, we have seen that the new ball swings well here.
02:47 All the matches that have been played here.
02:49 I think it's up to the bowling and fielding.
02:52 Now Pakistan just defend this and get some confidence back after losing two games.
02:58 I think, Wasim, one of the important questions for Afghanistan is
03:02 are they a team good enough to chase this kind of a total on such a surface?
03:07 Look, anything can happen in cricket.
03:09 We all know that it's a game of unpredictability.
03:11 But if you look at the stats and experience, it's a very good total on a pitch like this.
03:16 We saw in the end, especially in the mid-overs, after 20-15 overs,
03:21 the ball started gripping, turning.
03:23 That's why Pakistan's score was stopped.
03:25 We have to praise Babar.
03:27 He played well with Abdullah Shafiq and got 50.
03:30 After that, the batting became difficult because of the pitch.
03:34 Yeah, yeah. It clearly looked like Mohin's pitch was not easy.
03:37 Especially when Babar was batting in the middle overs.
03:40 So, you know, it was becoming difficult to make big shots around the ground.
03:45 But Babar just kept the scoreboard going.
03:48 I think we should praise Babar here because he played a very important role.
03:53 Because if the wicket had fallen at that time, it would have been very difficult.
03:57 Eventually, no one was understanding the batsmen who were coming.
04:00 What we saw, what we saw technically,
04:04 no batsman was able to read.
04:06 You know, they were just playing by looking at the ball.
04:09 They were not looking at the ball's grip, whether it was a leg break or a googly.
04:13 I think if Babar had gone out and made a new bat, it would have been very difficult.
04:18 We saw that it was difficult for Saud too.
04:20 And the good step that was taken here,
04:22 from Iftikhar to Shadab.
04:25 You know, because Shadab plays better than Iftikhar.
04:29 So, I think that partnership of 70 runs was a very outstanding partnership.
04:34 And this will pay off for Pakistan.
04:36 And I think what Babar said, I understand.
04:39 In this situation, in these conditions, the way the run-up-ball gap,
04:43 the 30 overs in the middle, at the rate of 4.02,
04:47 the 30 overs we played for the spinners,
04:49 they were very economical.
04:51 But the way they were handled,
04:53 I think that's why we got a platform for the last 10 overs played by the batsmen.
04:59 Absolutely.
05:00 Shoaib, let me bring this to you now.
05:02 Was it outstanding bowling by the Afghanistan spinners
05:05 or was it the surface that made them look very, very difficult to play?
05:09 I think it's the surface and the bowling.
05:12 Because of both the things,
05:15 our batters didn't get runs freely.
05:19 But the smartness that was shown here,
05:21 especially Babar, he didn't panic.
05:24 He didn't see that his balls are more, the runs are less,
05:27 he didn't go towards the strike rate, he didn't see the modern day.
05:30 Yes, on a particular day, you had to play according to the conditions you had.
05:35 So he played like that.
05:37 And as Mohinbhai said, if he didn't play these innings, there could have been a problem.
05:41 Because the lower ones, they have Rizwan or Saud in them,
05:45 who play with a little strike rotation.
05:47 But the lower ones play with boundaries.
05:51 They got a set platform,
05:53 because of which we saw that Iftikhar played very good innings.
05:57 And with that, Shadab.
05:59 And it was a very good decision that Shadab was sent up by Iftikhar.
06:03 Iftikhar struggles a little against the wrist spinner.
06:06 He doesn't struggle against the finger spinner.
06:08 That too early on.
06:09 We saw that he hit a very good chikka to Rashid Khan.
06:13 One thing should definitely be mentioned here.
06:15 Okay, the surface is difficult.
06:17 But the under lights are a little better.
06:20 We saw that when India and Australia met.
06:22 But Pakistan, make sure to put in effort for every single run.
06:27 Because the more margins they win, the more advantage they will have at the end of the tournament.
06:32 It is very important to keep an eye on the net run rate.
06:34 Wasim, what happened with the Afghanistan bowlers in the death overs?
06:37 Because as soon as the spinners got off,
06:39 and as soon as they introduced their medium pacers,
06:42 the Pakistani batsmen started squeezing the runs out of them.
06:46 Yeah, I think credit to Pakistani batters.
06:49 They realized that it was difficult in the middle, as Shoaib said.
06:52 They were waiting for the last 8 or 7 overs to get the fast bowlers.
06:56 And of course, the main fast bowler, Farooqi, was asked to put in Noor.
07:01 So, they are not getting fast bowlers.
07:03 That's where the problem is with them.
07:05 They are lacking of fast bowlers.
07:06 Even youngsters might have them.
07:08 I haven't seen anyone in the recent past.
07:10 But overall, Azmatullah is a kind of a part-time bowler.
07:14 He went for 50 runs in his 5 overs.
07:16 10 and over, so that's not good enough at this level.
07:19 And Naveen Hulhaq apparently retiring after this World Cup.
07:23 That's what I read before the World Cup.
07:25 Bizarre decision.
07:26 He got 2 wickets of 52.
07:28 I think, if I give one advice to Afghanistan,
07:30 they need to invest in their fast bowlers.
07:33 Not just for now, for next 5 years.
07:35 Yeah, very true.
07:36 Today, Mujeeb and Rehman didn't get all the overs.
07:39 They only got 8 overs.
07:40 Why do you think the captain thought it was better to stop their overs?
07:45 I think Mujeeb has struggled.
07:47 He has leaked runs from the start.
07:49 He used to bowl really well in the start.
07:52 But today, he leaked runs in the first 3 overs.
07:55 No pressure was built.
07:56 And he didn't get a wicket in 8 overs.
08:00 Normally, they give a breakthrough.
08:02 And this is the biggest reason that the two main threats,
08:06 Mujeeb Rehman and Rashid Khan, played smartly in Pakistan.
08:10 They didn't get wickets.
08:12 And when they don't get wickets,
08:15 the panic button of Afghanistan is pressed.
08:18 No doubt, Noor Ahmed has taken wickets.
08:21 But when Rashid and he are wicketless,
08:23 and Mujeeb didn't bowl well in terms of economy,
08:27 that's the reason Pakistan has reached 282.
08:31 And I think this was the reason why they didn't get 2 overs.
08:35 The length is too much.
08:37 Half-crackers are too much.
08:38 Some balls have been missed from Pakistan.
08:41 They bowled outside, full-length balls,
08:43 they were off-line,
08:44 they didn't get the grip they were getting from the pitch.
08:49 But overall, I think I have corrected the point that
08:51 in the fast bowling department,
08:53 you are not able to bowl well from the top.
08:55 You can't get spinners to bowl in the end overs.
08:58 In the death, the fast bowlers have to bowl in the last 3-4 overs.
09:02 But if you are going 10-over, 12-over,
09:04 and you are bowling 3-4 wide balls,
09:07 I think that will be very difficult for your team.
09:10 Credit must be given to Abdullah Shafiq as well.
09:13 The analysis we are discussing about Mujeeb,
09:16 so we must give credit to Abdullah Shafiq,
09:19 early on batting as well.
09:21 He dealt Mujeeb very well.
09:23 The first threat for Pakistan, he dealt it very well.
09:27 Not only did he deal, he also made runs on it.
09:30 And today, he got 2 wickets in power play.
09:32 Interestingly, Ms. Ma has also said something,
09:34 that in death overs, you don't introduce spinners,
09:37 you play fast bowlers.
09:38 In your captaincy, you got Siklaiyan Mushtaq
09:40 to bowl in big death overs.
09:42 Siklaiyan was a different breed.
09:44 Nobody knew what he was doing.
09:46 The world didn't know that there was something else.
09:50 That was incredible to have a player like him in a team,
09:53 especially bowling last 4 overs from one end.
09:55 And every time he used to get a run,
09:57 he used to stop and stop, and he used to get wickets.
09:59 Like Saeed or Siklaiyan,
10:02 he is a very big weapon.
10:05 He was a trendsetter, an innovation.
10:10 When Siklaiyan came,
10:12 I think nobody knew what kind of game this was.
10:16 And Saeed was a player who used to bowl at a very high pace.
10:21 His pace was 90+ and the other player was a bouncer.
10:25 So it was difficult for him to play like that.
10:27 I think if there is a conventional spinner,
10:29 it becomes a little difficult for him to play at the end.
10:32 Even Rashid is doing it.
10:34 I think it's a small mistake.
10:37 Noor did a great bowling.
10:40 He could have stopped Noor's 2 overs for the end.
10:43 Because he knew that Mujeeb was not doing well.
10:45 So he could have got Mujeeb in the middle.
10:47 Umar Zahi was targeted by Pakistani batsmen.
10:50 Naveen was targeted because of his pace.
10:53 You know, the ball would have come to the middle or the bat.
10:55 It would have been 320.
10:56 If he had saved 2 overs, it would have been 320.
10:59 Noor did a great bowling.
11:01 I don't think so.
11:04 He is a mystery bowler.
11:06 No one could understand his grip and turn.
11:09 That's why he bowled a lot of bad balls in the middle.
11:12 Like Misma said, there were a lot of cut shots.
11:15 It's difficult to get a cut on a miss ball.
11:18 You could have glided towards the third.
11:21 But no one tried.
11:23 I can give you an example.
11:25 How could it have been 320?
11:27 It was a surprise.
11:31 He was hitting a 28 run over.
11:33 He was saying that there was no quality player like you.
11:37 Believe me, it was a surprise.
11:39 Leon came and Rashid had 2 overs.
11:42 He tried to make a single but it didn't work.
11:45 But when he went after Rashid Khan, he went back foot.
11:50 So all these mystery spinners, when they attack,
11:54 they look like a jinn.
11:57 But when they have to make the last overs,
12:00 the most hitter is the wrist spinner.
12:03 He is sitting in front of you.
12:05 Mostly right handers feel comfortable while hitting on the left side.
12:10 Mid on, wide, mid wicket.
12:12 Rashid's googly comes in and he will get hit.
12:15 Noor's googly is for right handers.
12:18 You can't hit him.
12:20 He has a lot of chances.
12:22 Sajid Ajmal and Nagi Bhai often get hit on the left side.
12:26 That's because the ball is far.
12:28 We will talk about this later.
12:30 You guys are stuck in the debate.
12:32 I can never debate with Mohit Bhai.
12:35 I am just guessing.
12:37 He has hit 28 runs in LPL.
12:40 That's why he is telling us.
12:42 We are going to talk about that.
12:43 Good luck to the Pakistani bowlers.
12:45 Now they have to defend their target.
12:46 And good luck to the Afghanistan batsmen.
12:48 And we will see you on the other side of this inning.
12:50 and ink.