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Out of Box Suggestions for Team Selection for Mother of All Matches..!

Rationale

1. Since the Adelaide oval is a small ground, even a score of 350+ will not be a safe score.

2. Good fielding will be the difference between victory and defeat.

3. Bowling penetration will ultimately decide the outcome of the match. Hence, Pakistan must repeat must play with 5 frontline bowlers.

4. Harris Sohail comes in into the team as a batting all rounder; and as a sixth bowler leaving no place for Sarfraz in the playing eleven.

5. Umer Akmal should also play as a wicket keeper.

6. Younis Khan has been coming very early (on many occasions) as a one down. Now he should be asked to open the innings with Ahmad Shahzad, which is necessary, because of the very weak fielding abilities of Nasir Jamshed. Keeping in view that at the most, only 4 players are allowed during the non-power play overs, our team can not enter into the field, even with a SINGLE weak fielder.

7. As such, the batting order of the 6 regular batsmen is proposed as following:

– Ahmad Shahzad
– Younis Khan
– Shoaib Maqsood
– Misbah ul Haq
– Harris Sohail
– Umer Akmal

8. The following 5 bowlers may be played against India.

– Muhammad Irfan
– Rahat Ali
– Ehsan Adil
– Shahid Afridi
– Yasir Shah

9. Wahab Riaz and Sohail Khan have been omitted, due to the reason that Rahat Ali and Ehsan Adil are better choices available amongst the available resources.

10. The reasons for exclusion of Nasir Jamshed and Sarfraz Ahmad have already been explained above.

11. The suggested final line up is given as below:

– Ahmad Shahzad
– Younis Khan
– Shoaib Maqsood
– Misbah ul Haq
– Harris Sohail
– Umer Akmal
– Shahid Afridi
– Rahat Ali
– Yasir Shah
– Ehsan Adil
– Muhammad Irfan

Left outs

– Nasir Jamshed
– Sarfraz Ahmad
– Wahab Riaz
– Sohail Khan

Second Option:

– If Younis Khan is to be dropped for his past batting failures then:

a). Sarfraz Ahmad can be included as a 6th batsman and he can open the innings with Ahmad Shahzad, if we are batting first.

b). Misbah, Harris Sohail or Shahid Afridi may open the innings, in case India bats first, because wicket keeper needs some rest, after strenuous ODI keeping stint.

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World Cup : Indian PM Narendra Modi wishes each Indian cricket team member on Twitter…

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/top-stories/World-Cup-Narendra-Modi-wishes-each-Indian-cricket-team-member-on-Twitter/articleshow/46216675.cms

Sat Feb 14 (50 ovs) 22:00 GMT
(prev day) | 11:00 local 03:00 PKT
1st Match, Pool A – New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Hagley Oval, Christchurch

LIVE Cloudy11° C Sat Feb 14 (50 ovs) 03:30 GMT | 14:30 local 08:30 PKT
2nd Match, Pool A – Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground

LIVE D/N AM Thunderstorms20 – 30° C Sun Feb 15 (50 ovs) 01:00 GMT | 14:00 local 06:00 PKT
3rd Match, Pool B – South Africa v Zimbabwe
Seddon Park, Hamilton

LIVE D/N Partly Cloudy13 – 25° C Sun Feb 15 (50 ovs) 03:30 GMT | 14:00 local 08:30 PKT
4th Match, Pool B – India v Pakistan
Adelaide Oval
LIVE D/N

In reply to the 4 Twitter messages of the Indian PM Mr. Narendra Modi I sent the following message:

My Twitter message to the Indian PM and the Afghan President:

@nayyarahmad: @narendramodi @ashrafghani Sir, why not allow the spirit of the game to unite the SAARC region and all SAARC government leaders jointly witness the ODI WC final in Melbourne on 29 March, 2015?

4 Twitter messages of Indian PM:

1. @narendramodi: Spoke to President @ashrafghani, PM Sheikh Hasina, PM Nawaz Sharif & President Sirisena. Conveyed my best wishes for the Cricket World Cup.

2. @narendramodi: 5 SAARC Nations are playing & are excited about the World Cup.Am sure WC will celebrate sportsman spirit & will be a treat for sports lovers.

3. @narendramodi: Cricket connects people in our region & promotes goodwill. Hope players from SAARC region play with passion & bring laurels to the region.

4. @narendramodi: Would be sending our new Foreign Secretary on a SAARC Yatra soon to further strengthen our ties.

My Twitter message to the President of the United States..!

@nayyarahmad: @BarackObama Look Mr. President where India is moving under Modi & u ignored to visit Pakistan…always…http://t.co/j5L3ew7eM0