Rashid Latif: “It was Fawad’s right to play, if not in the first Test, then he should have been [picked] in the second Test in Karachi as he could have resolved [the] middle order issues”
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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif believes that veteran batsman Fawad Alam needs to be in the Test team.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “As regards to Fawad, the idea is to make sure we don’t play him just for the sake of it, hopefully he will get a chance [later]”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has made it clear that veteran batsman Fawad Alam won’t be picked “just for the sake of it”.
Azhar Ali: “We will utilise him wherever we feel we need him. At the moment, we are continuing with our team but Fawad is in our plans, that’s why he is in the squad”
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Pakistan captain Azhar Ali has said that the national team will “utilise” Fawad Alam “wherever we feel we need him”.
Shoaib Akhtar: “No possible justification of not playing Fawad Alam in both the Test matches. He is in form. Playing domestic season so well. Unfair”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar was less than impressed with the fact that batsman Fawad Alam was not included in the playing XI for the second Test against Sri Lanka in Karachi.
