Sports Room | Najeeb-ul-Husnain | ARY News | 2nd January 2025
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00:00Hello and welcome to Sports Room, I am your host Najeeb ul-Husnain.
00:22It is a mission to equalise the series against South Africa.
00:26Preparations are in full swing for Pakistan and Cape Town.
00:30Fast bowler Amir Jamal is to be dropped in the second test match.
00:34And Mir Hamza can return.
00:36All matches will be shown live on A-Sports. Details in this report.
00:40The history could not be made in the Centurion.
00:42Will it be made in Cape Town?
00:43The second test for Pakistan will be a test to save the series.
00:47South Africa cannot lose the series now.
00:49Pakistan cannot win.
00:51But the host can stop the team from winning.
00:54And for this, the players have worked hard.
01:01And after a defeat in the Centurion,
01:04the downer Salman Ali Agha is determined to win in Cape Town.
01:07It was a game like it can go anywhere.
01:09I think Rabada and Jansan played really well.
01:11Confident to beat them in this game.
01:12Our morale is still very high because we beat them in ODI.
01:15For the second test, Mir Hamza will be replaced by Amir Jamal.
01:19On the ground of history, Pakistan only drew a series in 1998.
01:24After which they lost four series in a row.
01:26The record is not good even in Newlands Stadium.
01:29Pakistan has played four matches so far.
01:31They have not won a single match.
01:32If they save the series, it will end on a draw.
01:36You have seen the report.
01:37Now the option to win this series is gone.
01:39Because it is a series of two matches.
01:40We have lost one.
01:41We got that chance.
01:43But we could not capitalize on it.
01:45Now to equalize this series, it is very important to win the match.
01:49I have with me in the studio, our sports correspondent,
01:51Mr. Shahid Hashmi.
01:52Mr. Shahid, greetings.
01:53Welcome to the show.
01:54Our history in Cape Town is not so good.
01:57In fact, it is very bad.
01:58We never win.
01:59And the series that we drew,
02:02that was also in 1998.
02:04So a long time has passed.
02:06After that, four series have been played.
02:08All four have lost.
02:09I mean, we could not win.
02:10Cape Town is also a fast pitch.
02:12If you look at Newlands on Monday,
02:15Pakistan's lowest is 43.
02:17It is the same.
02:18So it is a fast pitch.
02:20But I am a little surprised
02:22about South Africa's squad.
02:24Because they have already qualified for the World Test Championship final.
02:29Bosh is out.
02:31De Zorze is out.
02:32And Dane Patterson.
02:34He is making three changes.
02:35And he has brought a spinner.
02:36Maharaj has fit.
02:38So he is bringing Maharaj.
02:39Vayan Mulder, who is their all-rounder,
02:42has come.
02:43And the 18-19-year-old left-arm fast bowler,
02:45who made his debut in Wanda, Mapakha,
02:48has come.
02:49That is, the left-arm fast bowler has also come.
02:50The left-arm spinner has also come.
02:52In the last test match, Pakistan only got 16 balls from Saim Ayub.
02:57Salman Agha was Pakistan's front-line spinner until last year.
03:04In the last test, he did not get a chance to score a single ball.
03:06Now he has brought Maharaj.
03:07This means that something will happen for Maharaj in that pitch
03:11when he brings him.
03:12And Pakistan is a little surprised because
03:15Aamir Jamal gives a little option of batting.
03:17He made 28 and 18 in the last test match.
03:20Although, they were less.
03:22If he had scored 40-45 in the second inning instead of 18,
03:25then Pakistan would have benefited a lot.
03:27He is a better batsman than him.
03:29If he is bringing Mir Hamza in his place,
03:30according to me, Naseem Shah should have been rested.
03:33Naseem Shah could have been rested,
03:35but Aamir Jamal is a bowling all-rounder.
03:37We will have to see this too.
03:39You didn't let him bowl that much.
03:42This happens when you have four fast bowlers,
03:44you have a lot of options.
03:45You have one bowler,
03:46from one end, you have 17 overs,
03:48or 15 overs.
03:49From one end, on the last day,
03:50Abbas has continuously bowled.
03:52On the first day, he bowled 4 overs on the third day.
03:54The next day, he bowled 15.3 overs on the trot,
03:57which is a lot.
03:58Is Mir Hamza playing?
03:59Now it seems that Mir Hamza is playing.
04:01Until the team doesn't come,
04:03I don't believe in Mir Hamza.
04:04He will come.
04:05He should come by this evening
04:06because it is a test match from tomorrow.
04:07And this is a good tradition.
04:09Even though Gillespie did a lot of bad things,
04:12he created a tradition that
04:14a day before the test match,
04:15our team gets announced.
04:16So, it's good that the players know
04:18that if you tell someone during the toss,
04:20I don't know if they are mentally prepared or not.
04:23If you tell them a day before,
04:24it is beneficial that you know
04:26which 11 o'clock is yours.
04:27Absolutely right.
04:28Okay, tell me,
04:28what you are saying that
04:29there might be something for the spinner,
04:31this can also be a strategy.
04:33The strategy is that
04:34we have reached the World Test Championship.
04:37Let's try them and see
04:38who can be more suitable for that.
04:41It's a good opportunity to check the bench.
04:44This point is also correct.
04:46And this can also be a strategy.
04:47Because there is a lot of criticism on South Africa
04:50that they played without Australia,
04:52without England,
04:53and reached the World Test Championship final.
04:55They had a very light route
04:57in this World Test Championship.
04:59Their home series was from India,
05:01Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
05:03All three are Asian teams.
05:05One is the only team in Sri Lanka
05:07that has won the series in South Africa.
05:09Pakistan has never won.
05:10India has done the same.
05:11So, they got these three easy opponents in their country.
05:15They didn't get such difficult opponents outside as well.
05:17They got Bangladesh,
05:18who they routed in both the test matches.
05:21They got New Zealand,
05:22who lost 2-0 in the New Zealand series.
05:24But they sent all the new players
05:26because of their SA20.
05:28Only one of them played in the first test match,
05:31that was Dan Patterson,
05:32he was also out.
05:32He was also out.
05:33So, it's good that they have an easy route.
05:36Last year,
05:37the route to Pakistan was also very easy.
05:38We didn't avail it.
05:40We had an opportunity there.
05:42We are going down gradually.
05:44We don't like the World Test Championship.
05:466th, 7th,
05:48and till now it's 8th, 7th,
05:509th, we will swing on this.
05:52The West Indies series will define where we finish.
05:54It is very important that we bat well.
05:56Our problem is that
05:58we are 40-50-60 runs behind the par score.
06:03So, that's why we get trapped.
06:05What should we do for that?
06:06There are two problems.
06:07First, we are not making many runs in the first inning.
06:11This is the problem of the first inning with India.
06:133 tests for New Zealand,
06:154 tests for Australia.
06:16In the first inning,
06:17they have a very low score.
06:18They have a score of 200+.
06:20That is a big problem.
06:22Secondly, when the gain is 40-50 overs,
06:26all the test matches that we are losing in South Africa,
06:29we are out by 30-40 overs.
06:32But after 30-40 overs,
06:33as soon as the gain is old,
06:35we give a lot of runs to the tail-enders and their middle-all.
06:38In the last test match,
06:39we caught them at 191 for 7.
06:42From there, we got 110 runs on the last three wickets.
06:46And this problem is going on.
06:48In the Bangladesh series,
06:49it is constantly going on with Pakistan
06:51that as soon as the gain is 30-40 overs old,
06:53we don't get out again.
06:54In the last test match,
06:56the whole thing went wrong in the first inning.
06:58You got out at 213.
06:59After that, you got 88 runs on two wickets.
07:03Despite that,
07:04the lead in the first inning,
07:0590 runs,
07:06was not a very heavy lead.
07:07If it was a 150-plus lead,
07:08then I would have accepted
07:09that 150-plus would have put psychological pressure on you.
07:1290 runs,
07:13you think that it is under 100.
07:14We will make 30-30 runs little by little.
07:17And Shahan Masood and Saim Ayub
07:20made a good 28-28 run.
07:23That you had a platform set for the middle-order
07:26that the new gain was spoiled.
07:28But the Pakistan wickets that fell suddenly,
07:30Salman Agha disappointed us
07:32in this test match.
07:33Rizwan disappointed us.
07:35Salman Agha is a better player than him.
07:37Aamir Jamal is better than him.
07:39Then there were a few runs at the bottom.
07:41But again, 148.
07:42It was not such a big total.
07:43It was such a small total.
07:44The thing is,
07:45the way South Africa was struggling,
07:47you would have easily won the match at 200.
07:49So, that is the problem of 50-60.
07:52Sau Shakeel's form is great.
07:55He played in the 84th inning.
07:57Because of that,
07:58he came on the 6th best career number in the ICC ranking.
08:00This is also very good.
08:01In the test,
08:02Sau Shakeel is doing very well.
08:03Surprisingly,
08:04he got him out of the 1-day.
08:06He did not do so badly in the World Cup in 1-day.
08:08He got him out of the 1-day.
08:10We always say this in the test.
08:11Most of the experts say this.
08:13That the test and 1-day are very close.
08:15You must give that format to those players
08:17who play well in the test and play long innings.
08:19So, 50 overs does not mean
08:21that you get out in 32-33 overs.
08:23You need players who play 50 overs.
08:25And this is a quality in Sau Shakeel.
08:27In the last test,
08:29he played very well in the 84th inning.
08:31If he had played 100 overs,
08:33it would have been a match-defining 100.
08:35Babar Azam's bad form is going on.
08:37He has played 50 overs.
08:39But 50 is not enough.
08:41Because your main player
08:43will have to score big.
08:45He is also struggling.
08:47For big names,
08:49the end of the year is not bad.
08:51Yes, you can see.
08:53Kaine Williamson and Joe Root
08:55are out.
08:57Kaine Williamson played 100-100.
08:59But he scored 100 in the end.
09:01Yes, he scored 100 in the end.
09:03According to me, Babar Azam has the data.
09:05And he is not getting the signal.
09:07As soon as he gets the signal in the data,
09:09he will do better.
09:11He knows that his T20 position,
09:13although he has played 700 runs
09:15in the last year
09:17and he is also in the shortlist of the ICC.
09:19But he knows that
09:21if he is strong in the white ball,
09:23he will perform well in the test.
09:25If he has scored 50 after 19 innings,
09:27he will score 100 in the next test match.
09:29I hope he gets a good signal.
09:31Yes, he should get a good signal.
09:33It is a very important match for Pakistan.
09:35As I told you in the beginning of the year,
09:37to save this series in Cape Town,
09:39it is very important to win the match.
09:41I have told you the record.
09:43Let's see what happens.
09:45On the other hand,
09:47the competition between India and Australia
09:49is that India cannot win the series.
09:51They have to equalize.
09:54It is almost impossible.
09:56The rest of the WTC final
09:58depends on this test match.
10:00Along with that,
10:02the future of many senior players
10:04will also depend on this test match.
10:06The situation is very simple.
10:08India has to win this match.
10:10They have to pray that Sri Lanka
10:12gets the whitewash.
10:14Then they will get this chance.
10:16The second team, Australia,
10:18is the easiest and favorite.
10:20They have to win one match out of three.
10:22Sri Lanka has to pray
10:24that India comes there
10:26and they win both the matches.
10:28Then they will get a chance.
10:30If Australia wins the Sydney test,
10:32the story will end.
10:34India is in the position
10:36that Pakistan is in.
10:38If someone else wins,
10:40we go in.
10:42If someone else loses,
10:44we go to the semi-final.
10:46India is in our position.
10:48One more thing that is bad
10:50about Gautam Gambhir's press conference
10:52is that he is a bit irritated.
10:54He said in the dressing room
10:56that he will not
10:58spoil the team's plan
11:00in the name of a natural game.
11:02In a win, no coach
11:04will use hard words
11:06or attack
11:08or criticize his players.
11:10But if you lose,
11:12and the big players
11:14are not scoring,
11:16and questions are raised
11:19then the coach is as good
11:21as his team.
11:23What will Hikmat Amli change?
11:25He is achieving his fastballers.
11:27One bowler is outstanding
11:29but the other bowler is not supporting him.
11:31The other is in his batting.
11:33He has serious problems.
11:35His two main players Rohit Sharma
11:37and Virat Kohli are not running.
11:39I would like to ask you a question
11:41that I have seen on social media
11:43and other news channels
11:45that these two players
11:47are being criticized a lot.
11:49Have you forgotten
11:51how much they have served in the past?
11:53This time comes on the players
11:55and every athlete.
11:57There is a phenomenon
11:59that is Elite Performance
12:01Deficiency Syndrome.
12:03EPDC.
12:05When it starts decreasing
12:07where there is intent
12:09there is hesitation.
12:11If Virat Kohli has intent
12:13then he will hit the ball
12:15but his intent
12:17is changing in hesitation.
12:19When there are big players
12:21they have to develop
12:23themselves in that environment
12:25and become a part of it.
12:27They don't have to give up.
12:29If they give up
12:31then it is a career loss.
12:33Before going to the break
12:35I would like to ask you a question
12:37because Rohit Sharma is such a king
12:39that people forget that
12:41his performance outside India
12:43and he has only 2 outings
12:45against England and West Indies
12:47and 10 in India.
12:49His average in Australia
12:51is very bad
12:53and in South Africa
12:55his average is 15-16
12:57and in Australia
12:59his average is 100.
13:01Does this pressure
13:03come on him
13:05that he is never
13:07in the test grades
13:09or in the list of good players?
13:12Rohit Sharma will be Rohit Sharma's
13:14successor.
13:16Either he will try
13:18some other opener
13:20like Eeswaran
13:22who played with Australia
13:24but he couldn't score
13:26otherwise he would have been
13:28a part of the squad.
13:30Rohit Sharma's move
13:32has come.
13:34If there is more tension
13:36then we will hear
13:38a big news during this test match.
13:40We will continue our discussion
13:42after a break.
14:10We will continue our discussion
14:12after a break.
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16:04He is already 38.
16:06He is already 38.
16:08He is already 38.
16:10He has a option and Mixwini has said
16:12He has a option and Mixwini has said
16:14that he is in Ousmane Khaouja's spot.
16:16that he is in Ousmane Khaouja's spot.
16:18They have removed Mitch Marsh
16:20and brought in Webster.
16:22He is a very good domestic cricket performer.
16:24He is tall and can bowl.
16:26Mitch Marsh has disappointed us.
16:28He only makes runs against Pakistan
16:30when he is released from jail.
16:32He did 50 and lost the test match.
16:35And that's when the series turned in Australia's favour.
16:38So, Bob Webster is a good bowler. He has a good backup.
16:42Although he doesn't have much backup in batting.
16:45But he has a good backup in all-rounders and fast bowlers.
16:48And if Mitch Marsh and Cameron Green were fit,
16:51they wouldn't have come close to winning the test match.
16:54Absolutely right.
16:55Talking about Australia,
16:57former all-rounder Shane Watson said
17:00India shouldn't travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy.
17:04It's a very unfortunate thing.
17:06And he said that wherever these two teams play,
17:09the excitement increases a lot.
17:11And it's a fun competition for the fans.
17:13Let's see what he had to say.
17:27It's unfortunate that things have worked out that way, for sure.
17:30But there's no doubt that what everyone loves watching
17:34is the India-Pakistan games.
17:37Whenever they come together, whether it's an ICC event,
17:41it is a really special time
17:43because we've got a sense of what's on the line.
17:48We know from Australian cricket's perspective
17:51how it is playing against our arch-rivals England.
17:54So to know how big a rivalry it is between India and Pakistan
17:58is always something special.
18:00No cricket fan wants to miss that game.
18:03Shane Watson has said some great things.
18:05He understands cricket very well.
18:07What would you say?
18:08He coaches in the IPL.
18:10He coached in Pakistan too.
18:12He played with the Quetta Gladiators.
18:14So he has an idea, the whole world has an idea
18:16that India-Pakistan is such a competition.
18:18And Pakistan will have to think about
18:21how well our team will perform against India.
18:24This competition will be even more heated up.
18:26Before the T20 World Cup, when I was talking to Sunil Gavaskar,
18:30he said that he wasn't enjoying Pakistan-India competition.
18:33He was enjoying India-Australia competition.
18:36I pray to God that Pakistan wins the Champions Trophy match on 23rd February.
18:40Because in the Champions Trophy, we still have a record against India.
18:43That's great.
18:44And on top of that, our one-day team is also looking very settled.
18:47Before we go, I want to talk to you about the registration of PSL overseas players.
18:53As you know, the drafting will be on 11th January.
18:56And there are big names coming forward.
18:58Tim Southey and David Warner's name is looking very exciting.
19:01What do you think?
19:02David Warner is obviously a very big name.
19:04And this time, the Pakistan Cricket Board has taken a wise decision
19:08to keep him in the window of the IPL.
19:10So that we get the players who are not going to the IPL.
19:13And if good big players come, the stakes of PSL will also be high.
19:16Thank you very much.
19:17Shahid is with us.
19:18Shahid is going for Umrah.
19:19So Shahid, congratulations to you.
19:21And may God accept your worship.
19:24That's all for today's program.
19:26Give your host, Najeeb-ul-Hasnain, permission.
19:28Take care of yourself.
19:29Allah Hafiz.
19:46Allah Hafiz.