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Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]
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JSRAW
on 24/10/2023, 03:57:50 UTC
⭐ Merited by Sithara007 (2)
If Afghan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi had a tactical mind in the death overs then Afghans could have been chasing 260 instead of 283, don't forget he under bowled Mujeeb.

Pakistan did deserve to lose this due to various reasons but seriously Babar is a bad leader and it shows on his post match events, this dude never takes responsibility and throws everyone under the bus.

Not sure whether Hashmatullah Shahidi did a mistake there. Mujeeb Ur Rahman was quite expensive yesterday, and three other spinners had already completed their full-quota of 10 overs (Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad Lakanwal). During the last few overs, Afghan captain went back to his two seamers (Naveen-ul-Haq and Azmatullah Omarzai), but it didn't worked out that well. Even then Naveen bowled a very good final over. Picked up the wickets of Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed, and conceded just 3 runs. I don't think Mujeeb would have done any better. BTW, Pakistan scored 58 runs in 4 overs prior to that (46th to 49th).
He should have finished Mujeeb's quota in the middle and maybe reserved a couple of overs of Rashid for the death. He could've complimented Naveen's effort at the back end.

Especially when everyone knows Ifti Chacha is ridiculously bad against spin and his SR is almost half when he faces spin and here we are talking about his match up with Ace spinner Rashid.