Asia Cup 2012

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An exciting series is underway on March 18 : Pakistan vs India.

Today's news:

India's Asia Cup squad
MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virat Kohli (vice-capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwary, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Ashok Dinda
Out : Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Parthiv Patel
In: Yusuf Pathan, Ashok Dinda

 

[Super Falcon]

this is going to happpen again in upcoming asia cup this time pakistan should make sure that we win against india and also against sri lanka before what happen in asia cup we just loose one game and india also but we had to sit outside srilankans are benefitting from it they are loosing against india in asia cup to stop pakistan qualify for final becozz they know the deadly force is coming so they like to play final against india and they won almost 4 last asia cup we need to beat india and srilanka

 

[Baby Leone]

this is going to happpen again in upcoming asia cup this time pakistan should make sure that we win against india and also against sri lanka before what happen in asia cup we just loose one game and india also but we had to sit outside srilankans are benefitting from it they are loosing against india in asia cup to stop pakistan qualify for final becozz they know the deadly force is coming so they like to play final against india and they won almost 4 last asia cup we need to beat india and srilanka

we will beat both am damm sure as its not happening in india...

 

[Super Falcon]

pakistan squad probabbles

Misbah ul Haq
Younis Khan
Shahid Afridi
Azhar mahmood
Naseer jamshed
Saeed Ajmal
Umar gul
Mohammad Hafeez
Kamran akmal
Mohammad Sami
Asad Shafiq
Azhar Ali
Umar Akmal
Imran Nazir
Hammad Azam

 

[Rahil khan]

pakistan squad probabbles

Misbah ul Haq
Younis Khan
Shahid Afridi
Azhar mahmood
Naseer jamshed
Saeed Ajmal
Umar gul
Mohammad Hafeez
Kamran akmal
Mohammad Sami
Asad Shafiq
Azhar Ali
Umar Akmal
Imran Nazir
Hammad Azam

Azhar Mahmood and Hammad Azam are in same category of all rounders. But young Hammad Azam is a furious pinch hitter like Razzaq. So in my opinion Hammad Azam will be preferred. And i feel career for Kamran Akmal is over. He is probably 29-30 right now and he never improved his wicket keeping....of course can never forget that Sydney test in which he dropped Hussy thrice... But i don't understand why they are ignoring Wahab Riaz? He is such a strong man capable of bowling over 140 km/hr and that's what we need right now. Umer Gul, Wahab Riaz, Muhammad Sami, can become a ethal combination along with Saeed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi....

 

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This was announced and finalized today:

Pakistan squad for Asia Cup
Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Umar Akmal, Hammad Azam, Asad Shafiq, Shahid Afridi, Azhar Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema, Wahab Riaz.
In: Nasir Jamshed, Sarfraz Ahmed.
Out: Shoaib Malik, Imran Farhat, Adnan Akmal.
Reserves: Ahmed Shehzad, Rahat Ali, Bilawal Bhatti, Afaq Rahim.

This is poor selection. Why the heck did they pick Sarfraz? This man cannot bat.
Also i think Imran Nazir should have been included.in the squad at least and Ahmed Shehzad should be brought up as a opener.

 

[zip]

Srilanka will win all the way

 

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Junaid Khan out of Asia Cup

Junaid Khan, the Pakistan fast bowler, who sustained a knee injury during the recently-concluded England series, will not be available for the Asia Cup when the new selection committee chaired by Iqbal Qasim sits tomorrow to pick the squad. PCB sources have indicated that Junaid is likely to be out of action for three weeks.

ESPNcricinfo understands that Junaid picked up the injury during training ahead of the second Twenty20 in Dubai. MRI scans revealed a fracture of the patella. Junaid had played a total of three matches on the tour - one Test, one ODI and one Twenty20 - and accounted for just one wicket.

Junaid, 21, who graduated from the same Under-19 batch that Mohammad Amir came from, is also a left-arm fast bowler but his fledgling career has been hurt by injuries in the last few months. Incidentally Junaid was picked for the England series after he had freshly recovered from the abdominal tear he picked during the ODI series against Sri Lanka last year, which ruled him out for six weeks.

Wow we are just playing only 2-3 fast bowlers now...

 

[Shivani Malhotra]

I am not really happy with our bowling..dont know why Umesh yadav is not in ? but am sure that our lads ll take care of Pakistani team.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Sri Lanka is favorite in Asia cup.
Pakistan Batting is already very weak and still they added sarfraz ahmed as wicket keeper.Very pathetic decision.
This is only our Bowling which we always rely.

 

[Edevelop]

Sri Lanka is favorite in Asia cup.
Pakistan Batting is already very weak and still they added sarfraz ahmed as wicket keeper.Very pathetic decision.
This is only our Bowling which we always rely.

We rely on Spin bowling... India and Sri Lanka play Spin very well. This is NOT needed because the pitches in Bangaldesh are not like UAE

Fast bowling is almost none... Having seamers was important because Indian players (Tendulkar, Ghambir, Sharma, Raina, Pathans) piss when they see our average pace at 140+

 

[W.11]

This was announced and finalized today:

Pakistan squad for Asia Cup
Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Umar Akmal, Hammad Azam, Asad Shafiq, Shahid Afridi, Azhar Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema, Wahab Riaz.
In: Nasir Jamshed, Sarfraz Ahmed.
Out: Shoaib Malik, Imran Farhat, Adnan Akmal.
Reserves: Ahmed Shehzad, Rahat Ali, Bilawal Bhatti, Afaq Rahim.

This is poor selection. Why the heck did they pick Sarfraz? This man cannot bat.
Also i think Imran Nazir should have been included.in the squad at least and Ahmed Shehzad should be brought up as a opener.

how come poor selection for sarfaraz?? how do youknow he cant bat, have you checked his domestic record??

and really imran nazir?? did you check his ODI record?? average of 24.61

source: Imran Nazir | Pakistan Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

sarfaraz his a good wicket keeper,his average is 43.22 in domestic, lets see if you can argue

 

[Rafael]

If anybody is looking for results, please see below:

Bangladesh < Pakistan < India < Srilanka.

This is how it will go. No need to watch and boil your blood over it.

 

[Invincible INDIAN]

We rely on Spin bowling... India and Sri Lanka play Spin very well. This is NOT needed because the pitches in Bangaldesh are not like UAE

Fast bowling is almost none... Having seamers was important because Indian players (Tendulkar, Ghambir, Sharma, Raina, Pathans) piss when they see our average pace at 140+

 

[Hyde]

we need a proper wicket keeper who could also bat like a professional batsmen

I liked the inclusion of Nasir Jamshed and hopefully he would have learnt from his earlier mistakes and become a lethal part of this team in future

Its about time when we might need to find replacement for Asad Shafiq as well... he hasn't been consistent in his performance and we cannot rely upon him