Shoriful Islam: “Babar is a tough challenge for Bangladesh. So, we have to take his wicket quickly. He is also my dream wicket. I will be very happy if I can get his wicket”
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Bangladesh left-arm pace bowler Shoriful Islam wanted to get Babar Azam as many times as possible in the recent two-match Test series as the Pakistan batsman was his “dream wicket”.
Shoriful knew that the 29-year-old would be one of the biggest threats to the Bangladesh team as he has a habit of scoring big runs.
Ultimately, the 23-year-old dismissed Azam once in the first innings of the first Test in Rawalpindi.
“Babar is a tough challenge for Bangladesh. So, we have to take his wicket quickly. He is also my dream wicket. I will be very happy if I can get his wicket,” he was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Shoriful, who only featured in the first Test, finished the two-match series with three wickets at an average of 32.33.
As for Azam, he scored 64 runs at an average of 16 as Pakistan went on to be whitewashed 2-0.
Next up for the men in green will be a three-match Test series against England, which will be played 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