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Originally Posted by al Furqaan
That is true. But that may not have anything to do with our actual ability. Pakistan are a big draw side even though their demographics are nearly identical to ours. They have over the years produced very marketable players and their seam attack has always been competant even when not extraordinary. Same with India and their batting lineup.
Unless we produce a few real gems of players, we will suffer the same fate as Sri Lanka or New Zealand, at best. That is, we'll be a competitive side, at time superior but still lacking respect and treated just a tad better than a minnow. At worst we'll be as we are.
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I think you need history and exciting players. Even when PAK was losing quite regularly to AUS and WI, they still had exciting players (Majeed, Sadiq, Asif Iqbal, etc). Then came Imran and Miandad; winning followed. The rest is history.
We have one exciting player (Shakib) and another is almost there (Nasir). I don't know whether Tamim will ever be the player he is capable of. He is not a disappointment like someone we all love, but he has not reached the level he should have. However, we have a few exciting youngsters. Will they fulfill their promise? If they do, we could become a big draw.