Mohammad Amir: “Brother, you have had fun for four years. No one is getting hurt if youngsters fail for four games. When you try new things, you need to give them time. It’s that simple”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has taken a subtle dig at wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan, saying he has “had fun for four years.”
Amir’s shot at Rizwan comes after the latter expressed his frustration at the decision to terminate his opening partnership with Babar Azam in T20Is.
The duo consistently scored runs at the top of the order, but were regularly criticised for their low strike-rates.
In the recent five-match T20I series against New Zealand, Rizwan opened the batting with explosive batsman Saim Ayub, who only managed to make 39 runs in four games at an average of 9.75 and a strike-rate of 130.
Weighing in on the issue, Amir urged Rizwan to give Ayub more time to prove himself as he is only 21 years old and hasn’t played a lot of international cricket.
bhai jaan khud 4 saal maze kiye hain bachon k 4 matches k failure se khuch hurt ni hwa jab different cheezen try ki jati hain un ko time dena parta hai bara simple hai 🤗.#PakistanCricket
— Mohammad Amir (@iamamirofficial) January 20, 2024
“Brother, you have had fun for four years. No one is getting hurt if youngsters fail for four games. When you try new things, you need to give them time. It’s that simple,” he was quoted as saying on X, formerly known as Twitter, by Cricket Pakistan.
Rizwan is now captaining the Multan Sultans in the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL), while Azam is in charge of the Peshawar Zalmi.
As for Amir, he is representing the Quetta Gladiators in PSL 9, which began on February 17.
Peshawar Zalmi Squad for PSL 9: Babar Azam (captain), Rovman Powell, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Asif Ali, Mohammad Haris, Aamer Jamal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Dan Mousley, Haseebullah Khan, Mohammad Zeeshan, Mehran Mumtaz, Luke Wood, Sufiyan Muqeem, Waqar Salamkheil, Arshad Iqbal, Gus Atkinson, Shamar Joseph
Multan Sultans Squad for PSL 9: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Iftikhar Ahmed, David Willey, Khushdil Shah, Usama Mir, Dawid Malan, Abbas Afridi, Reeza Hendricks, Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Khan, Mohammad Ali, Faisal Akram, Yasir Khan, Chris Jordan, Aftab Ibrahim, Johnson Charles, Mohammad Shehzad
Quetta Gladiators Squad for PSL 9: Rilee Rossouw (captain), Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sherfane Rutherford, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Wasim, Jason Roy, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammad Hasnain, Abrar Ahmed, Will Smeed, Saud Shakeel, Sajjad Ali, Usman Qadir, Omair Bin Yousuf, Adil Naz, Khawaja Nafay, Akeal Hosein, Sohail Khan, Laurie Evans, Bismillah Khan
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