Faisal Iqbal: “Future batting star Shahzaib Khan”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Faisal Iqbal has labelled up-and-coming batsman Shahzaib Khan as a “future batting star”.
Shahzaib has been grabbing highlines with his outstanding performances for the Pakistan Under-19 team.
Recently, he featured in the Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup and finished as the highest run-scorer with 336 runs in four matches, which included two centuries, at an average of 84.
He then played in the Champions T20 Cup and amassed 76 runs in five games for the Lions at an average of 19.
Considering the fact Shahzaib is just 19 years old, Faisal thinks he has a really bright future ahead of him.
“Future batting star Shahzaib Khan,” he said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The Pakistan team recently travelled to Australia and won the ODI series 2-1 before getting pummelled 3-0 in the T20Is.
They then went to Zimbabwe and came away with a 2-1 win in both the ODI and T20I series.
Following this, Pakistan toured South Africa and lost the T20I series 2-0 before rebounding to secure a 3-0 victory in the ODIs.
As for the two-Test series, the men in green were whitewashed 2-0.
Pakistan just finished facing the West Indies in a two-Test series in Multan, which ended as a 1-1 draw.
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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