Asif Iqbal wants http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-c90628 Tanvir to be omitted from the playing-11 – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 and called for the left-arm fast bowler’s exclusion from the playing-11.
Tanvir, having done well during Pakistan’s tour of Sri Lanka earlier this year and also in the inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), was considered to be Mohammad Hafeez’s main weapon in the mega event.
The cricketer from Rawalpindi however, has been a massive disappointment, failing to make an impression during the warm-up games as well as in the two group matches.
On top of that, the 27-year-old cricketer is a huge liability on the field, dropping a sitter against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 and conceding some extra runs in almost every match.
While talking to Pakpassion, the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 skipper expressed his amusement over the team management’s persistence with the left-armer.
"So far whatever he has done, the criticism is justified because of the way he has bowled and the way he has fielded. I am surprised that he has been given the opportunity to play in the first place," Iqbal believes.
Tanvir, having done well at the domestic level, was drafted in Pakistan’s squad for the ICC World T20 2012 in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Akhtar-c90080, who was sent back home on disciplinary grounds.
Due to an unorthodox bowling action, the left-arm pacer troubled a number of batsmen but over the years he has been extremely inconsistent.
Iqbal feels that the Green Shirts have a number of all-rounders in their squad, who can role their arm over whenever required; hence, advocating Tanvir’s elimination from the playing-11.
"Pakistan has got so many good all-round cricketers in the team, you have Hafeez himself, then you have got http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604.
I think that should be more than enough in T20s because they are only bowling 4 overs each."
Pakistan are going to play their Super 8 fixtures at Colombo, which may prompt them to include a spinner (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Raza-Hasan-c84407) in place of Tanvir.
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