00:00For Bangladesh test series, there are three openers in Pakistan and one of them can be a combination of two.
00:07The openers are Imam, Saim and Abdullah.
00:10It can be a combination of Abdullah or Saim.
00:13It can be a combination of Saim or Imam.
00:15Or it can be a combination of Abdullah and Imam.
00:18By the way, my opinion is a little different.
00:21I think we will think about it later.
00:24First, I want to know your opinion.
00:26In your opinion, which opening combination can be in the test series?
00:29Imam, Abdullah, Saim.
00:32Which combination of these two?
00:33Or any other name that is in your mind.
00:35By the way, what happens in our country is that the openers who run domestically all year round,
00:40their turn comes very late or does not come at all.
00:43And a player comes from T20 one day and plays test cricket.
00:47We do not respect test cricket.
00:49We do not respect domestic cricket.
00:51So, brother, that's why that cricket does not respect us.
00:53And we keep losing.
00:56Now, I don't know where Saim Ayub came from and played in Australia in the test series.
01:01What is the need to play so soon?
01:03He has not yet been able to settle in T20 cricket.
01:05Nor has he played so much first-class cricket.
01:07And if someone tells you that I have been covering domestic cricket for the past 15 years.
01:12There is nothing hidden from me.
01:13Neither conditions, nor balls, nor venues.
01:15So, if someone tells you on a scorecard that Saim did double century and century in Qazafi Stadium.
01:20So, brother, even if a club cricketer does century there,
01:2498% matches have been drawn in Qazafi Stadium.
01:27Every second player does century in Qazafi Stadium in the first class.
01:30If you haven't seen it, then go and see the record.
01:32The runs there are not accepted.
01:34And the lowest quality tournament in the last 10-15 years,
01:40the whole season, was last year.
01:42So, you put his performances on the side.
01:46Now, you also know about Imamul Haq.
01:48When he came to the new team,
01:50he flopped badly in the difficult rounds.
01:52He also had a problem with the short ball.
01:53Where there is a little swing, the Imam has a problem.
01:58Abdullah Shafiq is a player who is technically a solid player.
02:02He is a good player.
02:03He is a very good player.
02:04He has also done runs.
02:06He has also won 100 matches for Pakistan.
02:08He struggled a little in Australia.
02:10But for the first time, as good a player as he is in Australia,
02:13many players go and struggle.
02:15Many big players have flopped in the world.
02:17So, I will say that Abdullah Shafiq is the best player.
02:20My opinion is a little different.
02:22I want to see the pair of Abdullah Shafiq and Mohammad Huraira.
02:25Yes, Mohammad Huraira, who is the nephew of Shoaib Malik,
02:28also played for Pakistan in the U19 World Cup.
02:30And he has done two or three amazing runs.
02:33He has topped two seasons.
02:34He is a great opener.
02:36So, I still think that how did Saim play before Huraira?
02:40Sahibzada Farhan has done a lot of runs.
02:43Huraira has done a lot of runs.
02:44So, Saim Ayub's entry in Test Cricket was beyond understanding.
02:47You think Test Cricket is a joke.
02:49In Australia, you are making Saim play against Australia.
02:52You are making him an opener.
02:53So, he is becoming a player.
02:55His talent is not bad.
02:56But he has not become a player yet.
02:58So, send him home.
02:59Let him play domestic cricket.
03:00When he will do runs in one or two seasons,
03:03then see his mistakes.
03:04When he will recover, then bring him.
03:07So, my choice is Mohammad Huraira.
03:09He is a great player from Sialkot.
03:11He is a great player.
03:12He is very beautiful.
03:13He has a good range of shots.
03:14He has a good temperament.
03:15And he has proved it.
03:16He has done runs in two seasons.
03:17What happens in one season?
03:18When you get a form, you do runs.
03:20But in two seasons, the player who is good,
03:22he does runs.
03:23So, Abdullah Shafiq is deserving.
03:24And Huraira and Shahan Basu will come in third.
03:27So, these are my choices.
03:29And I have told you the reason behind it.
03:31These are consistent performers.
03:34We are not talking about Saibzada Farhan.
03:36He has done runs for 3-4 seasons.
03:39He is not able to make a place for himself.
03:41But if you want to make a place,
03:42then bring Mohammad Huraira.
03:44By the way, I leave the choice to you.
03:46Technically, if you pick Farhan,
03:48he will come on merit.
03:49But I think Mohammad Huraira is technically more solid.
03:53So, if he comes,
03:54he will make a good pair with Abdullah.
03:56Abdullah is a very solid player.
03:58The special thing about Abdullah is that
04:00he plays very well on the spinner as well as fastball.
04:02He charges down the ground.
04:04And he plays well.
04:05So, he has a game.
04:07And if you settle down Huraira,
04:09you will have a good combination.
04:11Then you can also keep Farhan as a backup.
04:14If he gets injured or has a problem,
04:16then you can call him.
04:18So, there are choices.
04:19But the problem is that
04:20for many years,
04:21the domestic cricket performers
04:23were not given a chance like that.
04:25And we used to bring test cricket from T20
04:28in one day.
04:29And this is a very big problem
04:31that we did not do well in test cricket.
04:33Let me give you an example.
04:35You gave direct T20 cricket to Waseem Junior.
04:37You brought him to the test in one day.
04:39And when he did not play internationally
04:41in the first season of the first class,
04:42he did not play after that.
04:44You did the same thing with Harish Rove.
04:46You gave him test cricket all of a sudden.
04:48You did the same thing with many other players.
04:51So, the teams that are in the top 3
04:54in the world,
04:56they never joke with cricket
04:58that you do not have the first class experience.
05:00And they quietly give you test cricket from T20.
05:03Cricket is not a joke.
05:05If you make fun of cricket,
05:06cricket will make fun of you.
05:07So, professionalism is very important.
05:09Everything has a process.
05:11When you cheat the process,
05:13why did Pakistan struggle to cheat the process?
05:15What is the process?
05:16Recently, you cheated on fitness
05:18by coming down.
05:19You did not play genuine spinners
05:21in the last 2-3 World Cups.
05:23You played half-relu-type spinners
05:25with all-rounders.
05:26You got stuck with genuine spinners.
05:28You got stuck with half-teeter-half-batter
05:30type middle order batsmen.
05:32You do not have genuine T20 strikers.
05:35You made anchors an opener.
05:38Some anchors were good,
05:40but later they faced difficulties.
05:42So, you got stuck.
05:43So, follow the process.
05:45Follow the process in everything.
05:47When you follow the process,
05:48the results will always be better.
05:50I would like to know your opinion on this matter.
05:52Tell me in the comment section
05:54what do you think,
05:55which pair will be the best
05:56in test cricket
05:57in our upcoming series
05:58against Bangladesh.
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