Former Cricketer Yasir Arafat's analysis on Rizwan's captaincy

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00:00Yasir, this series has aroused some interest.

00:03Because when Pakistan was going on a tour of Australia,

00:06we felt that we had no chance here.

00:10At least, that's how it is in the One Day Series.

00:12And our legendary cricketers were saying the same.

00:16Waseem Akram had said that he had absolute clarity

00:19that if Pakistan wins even one match,

00:20then you can consider it an achievement.

00:24But in the first match, when we went so close,

00:26it felt like Pakistan had won, but the Cummins were in the way.

00:30What would you say?

00:33Waseem Akram also said the same thing.

00:36He said that Pakistan's performances are going on in the recent past.

00:40We have never done so well in the past in teams like Australia.

00:46He said that based on that.

00:48Absolutely.

00:48He didn't say anything like that.

00:50As far as yesterday's match was concerned,

00:52it surprised everyone.

00:54In a way, you can see that Rizwan was the captain.

00:58There were some positives in that.

00:59Obviously, the way we were playing cricket,

01:01it was obvious.

01:03But in my opinion, the positives were in the lower order,

01:06like in the first five minutes,

01:08when the ball was out, it was in the lower order.

01:10The way he came and ran,

01:12Nafeem, Shaheen,

01:14and Niazi, Irfan Niazi.

01:17He did a very good sliding.

01:18And these were the positives.

01:20And then, we saw Harish's wicket-taking ability.

01:23Obviously, he ran.

01:24But because of his wicket-taking ability,

01:26Pakistan came back to the match.

01:28The two positives that you mentioned,

01:31I'll come to the first one.

01:33This is a fluke.

01:35You cannot expect batter number nine to score for you.

01:39And this disease in Pakistan's batting,

01:42there's no cure for it.

01:44Out of 203, 40 runs are of batter number nine.

01:49That means you can't even bat 150.

01:51And playing against a team like Australia,

01:54this is a very small total.

01:57So, we have to strengthen our batting in some way.

02:00And on the other hand,

02:02you mentioned Harish Rauf's wicket-taking ability.

02:04And obviously, wicket-takers score a lot of runs.

02:08But the fact that they become run machines,

02:10that's also a problem.

02:11So, tell us about both of them.

02:14Look, this is a mindset.

02:16If you look at Pakistan's...

02:19Even our commentators say that you should take some time.

02:25You should be selfish for your runs.

02:27If you talk at the junior level,

02:30you can tell the kids to take some time on the wicket.

02:35But the way you play cricket,

02:37it's an attacking phase.

02:39For example, Australia,

02:41although they lost in the first half,

02:43they dominated you.

02:45They attacked you in the first half.

02:47They lost two wickets in the first half.

02:49But you can see that the rest of the players lost in the same way.

02:52We scored 35 runs in 10 overs.

02:53We won two wickets.

02:55And they scored 60 runs in the same way.

02:58And if you have to change this mindset,

03:01you have to upgrade your players' ability.

03:04You have to upskill them.

03:05And these are small things.

03:07If you have a mindset of a batsman,

03:10when you intend to set a boundary,

03:13if you don't find a boundary somehow,

03:15and if you have a good ball,

03:16you have to rotate it.

03:18We played a lot of dot balls in this match.

03:21Our top bowlers and batsmen played a lot of dot balls.

03:24These are small things.

03:25You have to improve them.

03:26And this is what international cricket is all about.

03:29The less mistakes you make,

03:30the more successful you are.

03:32The interesting thing is that you're saying

03:34that you're being taught to take time on the wicket.

03:37We're taking time, but we're not stopping.

03:40You're saying that 162 balls were played by Pakistan in dot.

03:45More than half of the balls were played in dot.

03:49This is the responsibility of our top bowlers and batsmen.

03:52And you've given a good example.

03:53If you look at our two players,

03:56especially Rizwan and Niazi,

04:01I think that with their wickets,

04:04if they play a shot,

04:06Niazi played a reverse shot,

04:08you'll get a maximum of 30 runs.

04:09You'll get a run when the fielders are standing.

04:11You've hit a wrong shot on that.

04:13When you have the ability to hit in front,

04:16you can use your feet.

04:18Similarly, Rizwan played a one-handed shot

04:21where you could get a maximum of one run.

04:24So, you shouldn't take such risks.

04:25You should apply yourself a little

04:28and show some responsibility.

04:30When you've played so many balls,

04:31and you've stayed on the wicket for so long,

04:33you should play at least 50 hours.

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