http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Iqbal-Qasim-c76980: Yousuf is not under consideration for India tour – Cricket news Update
Senior http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Yousuf-c77465’s limited-overs international career appears to be all but over after PCB chief selector Iqbal Qasim confirmed that the out of favour middle-order batsman would not be considered for selection for this month’s tour of India.
"Yousuf is not under consideration for the tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750," Qasim shared when asked during a media interaction about the team selection for the forthcoming ODI and T20 series against the archrivals, India.
"As far as Yousuf is concerned we are not sure about his form and fitness right now and he will not be considered for the Indian tour," the former Test spinner added further.
Yousuf, a veteran of 90 Tests and 288 One Day Internationals, has been out of the national setup since 2010. His last international appearance for Pakistan was a One Day International against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in Dubai, in November 2010. Since then, the veteran middle-order batsman has not been considered for national selection due to various reasons, primarily form and fitness.
The 38-year-old right-handed batsman has also expressed his desire to return to international cricket time and again, but the national selectors have asked him to prove himself in domestic cricket first.
The veteran middle-order batsman also missed the previous domestic season and this makes his case weaker for selection in the national team. After missing the country’s premier first-class tournament, the President’s trophy, Yousuf was recently named as the skipper of the Lahore http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898, shortly before the first match, and only featured in one of their three games so far.
Pakistan is scheduled to tour India in late December to play two T20 Internationals and three One Day Internationals against the hosts. This will be the first bilateral series between the nemeses in five years. Cricketing relations between the two sub-continental cricketing giants have been on hold since the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 terror attacks in November 2008.
The series kick starts with a T20I in Bangalore on December 25. The second T20 International in Ahmedabad (December 27), will be followed by three ODI affairs in Chennai, Kolkata and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780.
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