Yasir Arafat: “A year ago I picked Sufiyan Muqeem for the Sindh Premier League. I phoned him and he said he was injured. Nobody from PCB had been in touch to sort out his rehab or treatment”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Yasir Arafat said he picked spinner Sufiyan Muqeem for the Sindh Premier League a year ago.
During that time, Muqeem was injured and Yasir pointed out that no one from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) got in contact to “sort out his rehab or treatment”.
Yasir was incredibly disappointed, especially considering the 25-year-old has risen to stardom as of late.
“A year ago I picked Sufiyan Muqeem for the Sindh Premier League. I phoned him and he said he was injured. Nobody from PCB had been in touch to sort out his rehab or treatment,” he was quoted as saying by respected journalist Saj Sadiq on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Muqeem recently featured in Pakistan’s limited overs series against Australia and took two wickets in two T20Is at an average of 15.
In the T20I series against Zimbabwe, he picked up nine wickets in three games, which included a five-wicket haul, at an astounding average of 4.66.
As for Pakistan’s ongoing tour of South Africa, Muqeem picked one wicket in one T20I at an average of 53.
He also got the chance to play one ODI and did extremely well, taking four wickets at an average of 13.
Pakistan and South Africa will now face each other in a two-Test series, which starts on December 26 in Centurion.
Pakistan Squad for South Africa T20I Series: Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan (wicketkeeper)
Pakistan Squad for South Africa ODI Series: Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan (wicketkeeper)
Pakistan Squad for South Africa Test Series: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub and Salman Ali Agha
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