Haris Sohail and Hammad Azam should not lose heart, says Iqbal Qasim – Cricket News Update
While defending Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Iqbal-Qasim-c76980, the chief selector of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has expressed that Hammad Azam and Haris Sohail should not lose heart and predicted a bright future of both
the youngsters.
The mega event will be played in Sri Lanka in Septmber/October, which is a tournament relished by the Green Shirts, being the only team of the world to have qualified for the semi-finals of all the three World T20s played so far.
The selectors included a number of young cricketers for the limited-overs portion of the Sri Lankan tour; however, all-rounder, Hammad Azam and left-handed batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haris-Sohail-c61503, returned home without getting an opportunity to showcase their skills.
Ironically, both of them have been dropped from the team, which has been announced for the World T20, much to the surprise of cricket fans.
Qasim, while talking to Pakpassion, said that the two cricketers are extremely talented and are the future of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 cricket. He expressed that the selectors tried the all-rounder from Attock (Azam) earlier in the year, but the team management
was not entirely happy with his performances.
“We have not set up a road block for these guys even though both didn't play in the series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. We gave the choice of Hammad Azam, but the captain and coach did not have confidence in Hammad,” Qasim said.
Seasoned all-rounder, Abdul Razzaq, has taken Hammad’s place in the team, preferred because of his recent performances in the Friends Life T20 Tournament in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
The former left-arm spinner is of the opinion that big players are required for big events and expects the experienced all-rounder to prove his worth at the global event.
The chief selector added, “Then I started looking at what http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Razzaq-c41623 was up to and his recent performances in England. I saw that he was amongst the top scorers in T20 games in England as well as being amongst the wickets. So he is really a man in form,
and again in pressure matches, it is experience that counts.”
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