Wasim Akram: “Do you think I have so much time that I will call and tell Mohammad Wasim to pick certain players? I don’t have time”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has denied calling chief selector Mohammad Wasim and telling him which players to pick for the tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Wasim noted that he doesn’t have that much time and is not involved with the Pakistan team or Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in any way whatsoever.
He added that “if I have so much influence, then I would say well done to me!”
“Do you think I have so much time that I will call and tell Mohammad Wasim to pick certain players? I don’t have time man. I am not involved with [the] Pakistan team or Pakistan Cricket Board, so I have nothing to do with it. If I have so much influence, then I would say well done to me!” Wasim was quoted as saying by PakPassion.
Pakistan will play three ODIs and four T20 Internationals against South Africa before heading to Zimbabwe for two Tests and three T20 Internationals.
Pakistan will depart for South Africa on March 26 and the tour will commence on April 2 and conclude on April 16. The ODI series will be played first.
The men in green will then head to Zimbabwe on April 17, but the dates for the matches have yet to be confirmed.
However, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) noted that the national team will travel back to Lahore from Bulawayo on May 12.
Pakistan’s Test Squad: Babar Azam (capt), Imran Butt, Abid Ali, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Tabish Khan, Hasan Ali, Shahnawaz Dhani, Nauman Ali, Zahid Mahmood, Sajid Khan.
Pakistan’s ODI Squad: Babar Azam (capt), Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Haider Ali, Danish Aziz, Saud Shakeel, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Usman Qadir, Hasan Ali.
Pakistan’s T20 Squad: Babar Azam (capt), Shadab Khan, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Haider Ali, Danish Aziz, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Usman Qadir, Hasan Ali, Arshad Iqbal.
My opinion is that SARFARAZ is still great wicketkepper
no trust in whatever wasim akram says. zero credibility. 🙂