Sachin is a Pakistani
- Thread starter Insomniac
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even Sachin would smile at that pic.
indiancricketer
International Coach
saisrini80 said:
Yup i completly agree with you saisrini... and plus why would indians wanna have AKTAR...ok he only has speed and no sense of line or lengh... I think he should work more on his line and lengh then Speed... thank god shoaib isn't an indian... but for wasim...Now thats a world class bowler... HE had Line and lengh With speed..Unlike shoaib Akthar
:indiancricketer said:
at that time when india had poor fast bowlers (only srinath was class; prasad was bad!), a bowler like wasim would have done good. anyways, now pathan is shaping up into another wasim.. he has swing. if only he can garner pace, he is truly world class
dayne
Club Cricketer
indiancricketer said:
lol, who offered shoaib akhtar in the 1st place..? forget about that, sachin is indian and is a fine batsmen, and shoaib is pakistani who is still gaining experience and moving up there with the greats.. i totally agree with Shailesh though in saying that sachin himself would have a rised smile on his face looking at that photo. it was a creative idea that has brought about so much controversy... i think everyone should just chill and look at the photo for what it is and what its intention was - a joke..!
saisrini80 said:
not sure about that... wasim was one of a kind, i dont think anyone could match his talent and abilities in left arm fast swing bowling.
m_vaughan
Chairman of Selectors
Nice photoshop work z_mario.
pathan might be shaping into another Wasim, but if he ever becomes half as successful as Waz, then he has a lot of work to do.
I dont think Pathan has the quicker ball which was such a successful weapon of Wasim's.
pathan might be shaping into another Wasim, but if he ever becomes half as successful as Waz, then he has a lot of work to do.
I dont think Pathan has the quicker ball which was such a successful weapon of Wasim's.
m_vaughan said:
Pathan has the swing.. He quite doesnt have that pace to match Wasim.. Thats what I said too. Hope he garners pace as now he would not be very effective without pace in South Africa or Australia where more reliance is on pace than swing!
sohum
Executive member
m_vaughan said:
Indian bowlers aren't that quick. The quickest Indian bowler was Zaheer Khan in the 2003 world cup when he bowled a ball at about 93 MPH. But those were the days. And on the topic of Pathan, he does have a quicker ball and he showed that in the Natwest Challenge when he got a couple of balls up at about 148 kph (about 91 MPH). Still not super-fast but could cause trouble when coupled with in-swing.
The point now for Pathan is to develop his pace (which he is now lacking completely) as he recuperates from his injury. He actually needs to start by getting his in-swing working. Then he can concentrate on pace and whatever else. He is 19 years old only (is that right?) so give him some time! Wasim himself has said that Pathan at 19 was better than he, Wasim, was at 19.
