Pakistan batsman Asad Shafiq: “My job is to perform in domestic cricket and the rest is up to the selectors. I am always ready to play for the country”
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Pakistan batsman Asad Shafiq said all he can do right now is keep performing in domestic cricket and see if the national selectors pick him in the future.
Shafiq was especially impressive in the Pakistan Cup as he made 510 runs in 11 matches for Balochistan, which included two centuries and three fifties, at an average of 102 and a strike-rate of 104.72.
Even though he has not been picked for the tour of Sri Lanka, he has not given up hope of being recalled.
The 36-year-old last played international cricket in August 2020.
“My job is to perform in domestic cricket and the rest is up to the selectors. I am always ready to play for the country,” he told Samaa as quoted by Cricwick.
Pakistan are taking on Sri Lanka in the first Test in Galle right now.
The second Test will start on July 24 in Colombo.
Pakistan squad for Sri Lanka Tests:Â Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain, wicketkeeper), Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi, Shan Masood and Yasir Shah
Fawad alam and shan masood is far than him
Asad Shafique should get a chance as he failed in only one series and was dropped