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    "title": "Mindboggling Experimentation - Javed Miandad",
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    "excerpt": "Former Pakistan player Javed Miandad criticized Pakistan team\u2019s tactics and wants specialists in the line-up.",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Former Pakistan player Javed Miandad criticized Pakistan&nbsp;team&rsquo;s tactics and&nbsp;wants specialists in the line-up.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">In big cricket matches, a team field its best playing XI and do not experiment. Unfortunately, Pakistan never remember this simple formula. The much-hyped match between&nbsp;Pakistan&nbsp;and&nbsp;India&nbsp;turned out to be an easy outing for the men in blue on a batting paradise in Adelaide.&nbsp;The 76-run emphatic victory&nbsp;lifted India&rsquo;s record to 6-0 against Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup and Pakistan might have to wait for another four years to break this jinx.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nIt was nothing but a mindboggling team selection that shocked millions of its fans around the world. What&#39;s the rocket science of promoting&nbsp;Younis Khan&nbsp;as an opener? What&#39;s the logic of leaving out specialist wicketkeeper&nbsp;Sarfraz Ahmedwhen he could also bat aggressively? It was like pushing the panic button before the start of an all-important event like the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nI do understand that Nasir Jamshed flew into Australia in place of an injured Mohammad Hafeez at the last-minute, but was he there to prove himself in a warm-up match against England or he was supposed to play in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nWicketkeeping is also a specialised job. Dozens of times we have seen&nbsp;Umar Akmal&nbsp;drop crucial catches in crunch matches at vital points. He didn&#39;t surprise me when he dropped centurion&nbsp;Virat Kohli&nbsp;behind the stumps.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nTo me, it seems Pakistan team management is confused where its strength lies. It wants to bat deep down to No.8 and also doesn&#39;t want to miss out on the sixth bowler. I am afraid that&#39;s not the right approach in big tournaments.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#008080;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">&quot;&nbsp;True, Pakistan lost the all-important toss, but that doesn&#39;t mean it should throw in the towel from the onset.&nbsp;&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nIndia, I must admit, did its homework brilliantly. The way&nbsp;Shikhar Dhawan&nbsp;built the innings with Kohli,&nbsp;Misbah-ul-Haqseemed to have virtually no plan against them. Both the India batsmen waited for the lose deliveries and even nullified all the much talked about pace and height of&nbsp;Mohammad Irfan. Perhaps the pressure of big game played on the mind of Irfan. He was warned twice for running onto the danger area and had no other option to bowl around the wicket. It simply took the bite out of his bowling.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/images\/gallery\/India_vs_Pakistan_ad_adelaide_.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 372px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 1px;\" \/><br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nBoth Kohli and Dhawan intelligently rotated the strike and had the left-hander not got run-out, Pakistan could have conceded another 30-40 runs. The century stand between Dhawan and Kohli gave Dhoni the luxury of keeping Pakistan at bay by promoting Suresh Raina ahead of Ajinkya Rahane as Pakistan bowlers couldn&#39;t adjust their line and length against right-left batting combination throughout the innings. Pakistan bowlers also bowled too short and on batting wickets, it&#39;s one of the worst choice of a fast bowler.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nPakistan team management also forgot that the brigade of India batting has done wonders against spinners all around the world. Pakistan fielded not one or two, but three spinners! Expecting leg-spinner Yasir Shah to come out and do wonders in only his second ODI, is perhaps asking too much. India batsmen looked at ease against him and the leggie was smashed for 60-odd runs in his eight overs!<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nRelying on the left-arm spin of&nbsp;Haris Sohail&nbsp;was another big gamble and against solid batting oppositions, he won&#39;t be effective at all on pitches in Australia and New Zealand.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/>\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The only positivity in Pakistan&#39;s bowling was the five-wicket haul of Sohail Khan, but it came at a time when 300 was always on the cards as Kohli had had done enough damage with his two century stands.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nDespite Misbah saying at the toss that Younis will open the innings, I was hoping Pakistan might tinker with its batting line-up after conceding 300 runs. I was expecting Shahid Afridi to open the innings with Ahmed Shehzad and look for some quick runs. But sadly, the team management didn&#39;t read the situation.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nIt&#39;s a fact Younis had been struggling in ODIs. The earlier we accept this cruel fact, the better it will be for Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. He is trying to find some unique technique to come into form and this led to his another early downfall when he gloved a short pitched delivery. If you are not an opener you tend to struggle against the new ball and if you are not in form,&nbsp;it only compounds your problems.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nPakistan was still in the match until the pressure of scoreboard ran onto Ahmed&#39;s mind and he played a rash stroke after doing all the hard work. Only a miracle could have got Pakistan through after Pakistan lost Umar Akmal and Sohaib Maqsood for noughts, and Misbah&#39;s 76 only reduced the margin of defeat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#008080;\">&quot;&nbsp;There were no demons in the wicket, but simply irresponsible shot selection cost Pakistan the match as it shuffled the batting order only to accommodate Younis.&nbsp;&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nIn a way it&#39;s good that Pakistan has got an early jitter in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. Remember, Pakistan lost three matches in a row in 1992, which also included defeat against India, before it came back strongly and lifted the trophy. Pressure should be now off from the shoulders of the Pakistan team and it should concentrate on its remaining five group matches.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nWhat it just needs is to field the right combination and look for specialists instead of accommodating players who are not in form! Remember Pakistan should come first and not the individuals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Source - ICC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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