Mohammad Rizwan: “He is a very talented and exceptional player. Unfortunately, he was injured in the last couple of years”
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Pakistan white-ball captain Mohammad Rizwan has called mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed “a very talented and exceptional player”.
He also expressed his delight at the fact that Abrar has managed to overcome all the injuries he suffered over the last few years.
Abrar recently featured in Pakistan’s limited overs series against Zimbabwe and took six wickets in two ODIs at an average of 13.
As for the three-match T20I series, he finished with four wickets in two games at an average of 12.25.
During the tour of South Africa, he began by picking up three wickets in two T20Is at an average of 22.
In the three ODIs that followed, Abrar claimed four wickets in two games at an average of 20.
“He is a very talented and exceptional player. Unfortunately, he was injured in the last couple of years,” Rizwan was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Pakistan are now taking on the West Indies in a two-Test series and Abrar snapped up five wickets in the 1st Test in Multan, which the men in green won by 127 runs.
The 2nd Test got underway on January 25 in Multan and Abrar has taken two wickets.
Pakistan Squad for West Indies Test Series: 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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