Former Cricketer Yasir Arafat's analysis on Rizwan's captaincy
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00:00Yasir, this series has aroused some interest.
00:03Because when Pakistan was going on a tour of Australia,
00:06we felt that we had no chance here.
00:10At least, that's how it is in the One Day Series.
00:12And our legendary cricketers were saying the same.
00:16Waseem Akram had said that he had absolute clarity
00:19that if Pakistan wins even one match,
00:20then you can consider it an achievement.
00:24But in the first match, when we went so close,
00:26it felt like Pakistan had won, but the Cummins were in the way.
00:30What would you say?
00:33Waseem Akram also said the same thing.
00:36He said that Pakistan's performances are going on in the recent past.
00:40We have never done so well in the past in teams like Australia.
00:46He said that based on that.
00:48Absolutely.
00:48He didn't say anything like that.
00:50As far as yesterday's match was concerned,
00:52it surprised everyone.
00:54In a way, you can see that Rizwan was the captain.
00:58There were some positives in that.
00:59Obviously, the way we were playing cricket,
01:01it was obvious.
01:03But in my opinion, the positives were in the lower order,
01:06like in the first five minutes,
01:08when the ball was out, it was in the lower order.
01:10The way he came and ran,
01:12Nafeem, Shaheen,
01:14and Niazi, Irfan Niazi.
01:17He did a very good sliding.
01:18And these were the positives.
01:20And then, we saw Harish's wicket-taking ability.
01:23Obviously, he ran.
01:24But because of his wicket-taking ability,
01:26Pakistan came back to the match.
01:28The two positives that you mentioned,
01:31I'll come to the first one.
01:33This is a fluke.
01:35You cannot expect batter number nine to score for you.
01:39And this disease in Pakistan's batting,
01:42there's no cure for it.
01:44Out of 203, 40 runs are of batter number nine.
01:49That means you can't even bat 150.
01:51And playing against a team like Australia,
01:54this is a very small total.
01:57So, we have to strengthen our batting in some way.
02:00And on the other hand,
02:02you mentioned Harish Rauf's wicket-taking ability.
02:04And obviously, wicket-takers score a lot of runs.
02:08But the fact that they become run machines,
02:10that's also a problem.
02:11So, tell us about both of them.
02:14Look, this is a mindset.
02:16If you look at Pakistan's...
02:19Even our commentators say that you should take some time.
02:25You should be selfish for your runs.
02:27If you talk at the junior level,
02:30you can tell the kids to take some time on the wicket.
02:35But the way you play cricket,
02:37it's an attacking phase.
02:39For example, Australia,
02:41although they lost in the first half,
02:43they dominated you.
02:45They attacked you in the first half.
02:47They lost two wickets in the first half.
02:49But you can see that the rest of the players lost in the same way.
02:52We scored 35 runs in 10 overs.
02:53We won two wickets.
02:55And they scored 60 runs in the same way.
02:58And if you have to change this mindset,
03:01you have to upgrade your players' ability.
03:04You have to upskill them.
03:05And these are small things.
03:07If you have a mindset of a batsman,
03:10when you intend to set a boundary,
03:13if you don't find a boundary somehow,
03:15and if you have a good ball,
03:16you have to rotate it.
03:18We played a lot of dot balls in this match.
03:21Our top bowlers and batsmen played a lot of dot balls.
03:24These are small things.
03:25You have to improve them.
03:26And this is what international cricket is all about.
03:29The less mistakes you make,
03:30the more successful you are.
03:32The interesting thing is that you're saying
03:34that you're being taught to take time on the wicket.
03:37We're taking time, but we're not stopping.
03:40You're saying that 162 balls were played by Pakistan in dot.
03:45More than half of the balls were played in dot.
03:49This is the responsibility of our top bowlers and batsmen.
03:52And you've given a good example.
03:53If you look at our two players,
03:56especially Rizwan and Niazi,
04:01I think that with their wickets,
04:04if they play a shot,
04:06Niazi played a reverse shot,
04:08you'll get a maximum of 30 runs.
04:09You'll get a run when the fielders are standing.
04:11You've hit a wrong shot on that.
04:13When you have the ability to hit in front,
04:16you can use your feet.
04:18Similarly, Rizwan played a one-handed shot
04:21where you could get a maximum of one run.
04:24So, you shouldn't take such risks.
04:25You should apply yourself a little
04:28and show some responsibility.
04:30When you've played so many balls,
04:31and you've stayed on the wicket for so long,
04:33you should play at least 50 hours.