Mohammad Hafeez: “I called Imad Wasim myself and said that he is in my plans for [the] Pakistan team and he should serve Pakistan cricket”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez revealed that he spoke to left-arm spinner Imad Wasim and told him that “he is in my plans for [the] Pakistan team.”
Just days after Hafeez informed Imad about this, the 35-year-old decided to retire from international cricket.
For Hafeez, this came as a big shock as he wanted to utilise the veteran spinner’s skills going forward.
“I called Imad Wasim myself and said that he is in my plans for [the] Pakistan team and he should serve Pakistan cricket,” he was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Pakistan are now playing a three-match Test series against Australia and find themselves 2-0 down after losing the first Test in Perth by 360 runs and the second Test in Melbourne by 79 runs.
The third Test will get underway on January 3 in Sydney.
Pakistan Squad for Australia Test Series: Shan Masood (captain), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Nawaz and Shaheen Shah Afridi