Atiq-uz-Zaman: “Haseebullah is not a T20 player yet. What did he achieve in domestic T20? Play him in ODIs”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Atiq-uz-Zaman believes batsman Haseebullah Khan “is not a T20 player yet” and should instead play ODI cricket.
Haseebullah has represented his country in three T20Is and mustered 36 runs at an average of 12.
In regards to his ODI career, he has only played one game, which came during Pakistan’s recent tour of Zimbabwe, but was dismissed for a second-ball duck.
Despite failing to impress in his ODI debut, Atiq wants to see the 21-year-old from Pishin get more opportunities in 50-over cricket.
“Haseebullah is not a T20 player yet. What did he achieve in domestic T20s? Play him in ODIs,” he said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Pakistan recently travelled to Australia and won the ODI series 2-1 before being demolished 3-0 in the T20Is.
After this, they went to Zimbabwe and triumphed 2-1 in both the ODI and T20I series.
The men in green then headed to South Africa and lost the T20I series 2-0 before fighting back to secure a 3-0 victory in the ODIs.
As for the two-Test series, the Proteas triumphed 2-0.
Next up for Pakistan will be a two-Test series against the West Indies, which will be held in Karachi and Multan from January 16 to 28.
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