Pakistan batsman Saud Shakeel: “I don’t like batting against spinners at all. Although my average against spin is great… I don’t really like it”
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Pakistan Test vice-captain Saud Shakeel has admitted that he hates batting against spinners even though he is good at it.
He noted that his average against spinners is “great”, but still despises facing such bowlers.
Shakeel has become an integral part of Pakistan’s batting line-up and has brought much-needed stability to the middle order, which used to be a major problem for the men in green.
In the two-Test series against Bangladesh, he amassed 159 runs, which included a top score of 141, at an average of 39.75.
The 29-year-old from Karachi followed that up with 280 runs in three Tests against England, which included a century and a fifty, at an average of 56.
“I don’t like batting against spinners at all. Although my average against spin is great… I don’t really like it,” Shakeel was quoted as saying by PakPassion on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Pakistan are currently involved in a limited overs series against Australia and won the ODI leg 2-1.
However, they have already lost the ongoing three-match T20I series as Australia hold a 2-0 lead going into the third match on November 18 in Hobart.
Following this, Pakistan will head to Zimbabwe to play three ODIs and three T20Is from November 24 to December 5.
Pakistan Squad for Australia ODI Series: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Pakistan Squad for Australia T20I Series: Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Usman Khan
Pakistan Squad for Zimbabwe ODI Series: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tayyab Tahir
Pakistan Squad for Zimbabwe T20I Series: Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan
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