Pakistan spinner Usama Mir: “I was told that I wasn’t a part of the combination for the T20 World Cup”
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Pakistan spinner Usama Mir has revealed that he was told he wouldn’t get selected for the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Pakistan went with Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim and Abrar Ahmed as their frontline spinners, but it didn’t work out too well for them.
Shadab went wicketless in the four games he played, while Imad picked up three wickets, all of which came in the final group stage match against Ireland.
As for Abrar, he wasn’t used at all and could only watch on as the men in green were eliminated in the group stage of the tournament.
Mir was disappointed that he wasn’t picked, especially considering he was the highest wicket-taker in the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL) with 24 wickets in 12 games for the Multan Sultans at an average of 15.87 and an economy rate of 8.13.
“I was told that I wasn’t a part of the combination for the T20 World Cup,” the 28-year-old from Sialkot was quoted as saying by respected journalist Saj Sadiq on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Mir, Shadab and Imad were not selected for Pakistan’s ongoing two-match Test series against Bangladesh, but Abrar was included in the squad.
After not being included in the playing XI for the first Test, Abrar featured in the second Test and took one wicket.
Pakistan were beaten 2-0 by Bangladesh and will now take on England in a three-match Test series, which will be held from October 7 to 28.
Pakistan Squad for Bangladesh Test Series: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Hurraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Shaheen Shah Afridi
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