Yasir Hameed: “Irfan Niazi needs to play T20 at the moment”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Yasir Hameed wants to see batsman Irfan Khan retained in the national team as he believes the 22-year-old should be playing T20I cricket.
Irfan has seen an increasing number of chances come his way lately, during which he has shown great promise.
During the three-match ODI series against Australia, he only batted once and scored 22 runs.
In the T20Is, he finished with 47 runs at an average of 23.50.
Irfan then travelled to Zimbabwe with the men in green and began by making 10 runs in the three-match ODI series at an average of five.
He subsequently played in two T20Is, but batted just once, hammering an unbeaten 27.
Pakistan are now touring South Africa and Irfan amassed 31 runs in two T20Is at an average of 15.50.
He followed it up with 16 runs in two ODIs at an average of eight.
Given what he has done so far, Hameed wants to see the Mianwali native get more opportunities in T20I cricket as he feels the youngster could be a useful asset.
“Irfan Niazi needs to play T20 at the moment,” he said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Pakistan are now taking on the West Indies in a two-Test series, which they lead 1-0 after winning the 1st Test in Multan by 127 runs.
The 2nd Test got underway on January 25 in Multan.
Pakistan Squad for West Indies Test Series:Â Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Kashif Ali, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Noman Ali, Rohail Nazir (wicketkeeper), Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha
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