Pakistan cricket Board has been announced Test squad for home series against Sri Lanka Azhar Ali retains captain of test team while Fawad Alam returns after 10 years in the Pak national team.
Team Announcement was done by Misbah-ul-Haq , chief selector and head coach of the Pakistan team, he said at the press conference that after 10 years a test series is playing in Pakistan the home test series against Sri Lanka , Our focus is on the Sri Lankan series. we are trying to get back team on the winning track somehow.
More about himself Misbah-ul-Haq says that there are spreading One Man Show talks about me are wrong. The general impression is that I make decisions alone. that is not at all
Many things have been seen in the meetings there are 6 selectors who are watching the players closely.
The Chief Selector said that didn't make much changes in the team against Sri Lanka just Two changes have been made, Fawad Alam has been added to the team instead of Iftikhar Ahmed. Fawad Alam has been consistently performing for the past 6 years in First Class Cricket.
Left-handed batsman Fawad Alam last played a Test match against New Zealand in Dunedin in 2009. He made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in July 2009,
Fawad Alam scored 12,222 runs in a 16-years first-class career with average of 56.84.
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Musa Khan is not on the playing eleven but will remain with the team.
More described that "At that time, our bowling is our problem," he said , because 2 senior players have left the test format.
Chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq told the press conference: "We think we have made a match-winning team and have given a lot of consultation to the selection of the team.
He said that Test cricket is being restored after 10 years in Pakistan. The results of Pak-Sri Lanka series will be important for the World Test Championship.
Team Squad Against Sri Lanka
Announcing National Test squad, he said that Azhar Ali will captain the national test team against Sri Lanka. Fawad Alam has also been added to the national squad.
He said that Azhar Ali, Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sean Masood, Yasir Shah, Usman Shinwari are part of the squad. In addition, Harris Sohail, Imamul Haq, Imran Khan and Kashif Bhatti are also included the test team.
"We basically selected 3 openers," he said there can't be a better selection where your 2 players are sitting,I am honestly trying to fix something who kept saying whatever he can say He said, "I have no magic wand that everything will be alright once." Also he added Changes were made where necessary we are playing Test cricket after a short and long break, have played tough conditions in Australia. next 4 Test matches are very important to get upper place in the Test Championship.