Pakistan batsman Saud Shakeel: “There isn’t any grouping within the team, and the environment is quite good. The important thing is that now is the right time to deliver”
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Pakistan Test vice-captain Saud Shakeel has made it clear that there are no small groups forming within the national team.
Such speculation has been reported on for a long time and Shakeel dismissed it as false, saying the team environment “is quite good”.
He added that all the players are focused on a common goal – delivering strong performances and winning matches for the country.
“There isn’t any grouping within the team, and the environment is quite good. The important thing is that now is the right time to deliver,” Shakeel was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Shakeel recently featured in Pakistan’s two-Test series against Bangladesh and scored 159 runs, which included a top score of 141, at an average of 39.75.
He then took part in the Champions One-Day Cup, which was a domestic 50-over competition that took place in Faisalabad.
In four games for the Dolphins, he amassed 100 runs at an average of 25.
Currently, the 29-year-old is playing in Pakistan’s three-match Test series against England and has accumulated 146 runs in two games, which includes a top score of 82, at an average of 36.50.
The series is currently tied at 1-1 going into the third Test, which starts on October 24 in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan Squad for 2nd and 3rd Tests against England: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Mehran Mumtaz, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Hurraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Zahid Mahmood.
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