Pakistan selection committee has always been under a lot of question marks. It has become a norm for the selection committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board to be under a lot of criticism for pursuing a diplomatic and double standard policy.
Now with the circumstances being so different while having some of the key players under suspension by the ICC over the spot-fixing scandal and the World Cup being just around the corner, is it yet another bold move by the selection committee? The answers
to such questions will be uncovered only in due time as the players who are selected will justify their selection based on performance.
Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik are dropped from the squad for the upcoming http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 tour after being in the probable list for Twenty20’s and some Test matches.
Muhammad Yousaf, the most senior campaigner in the Pakistan side has also not been picked and this can just be an indication towards the denouement of him from the international arena.
The “Integrity Committee” of the PCB did not give clearance for selection to Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal and no extended elaboration to the due cause behind the reason was given. Mohsin Hassan Khan, the chief selector said that the committee surveyed a
number of players but these two were not given the clearance.
Both the players have been out of the team since some time now. Kamran Akmal was not selected for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 tour because of carrying an injury but he had it operated and was fit for the Test series. Why wasn’t he included is again a question mark
on the selection committee. Shoaib Malik was dropped from the series due to a bad form and underperformance.
Both the players have been performing really well in the domestic arena ever since and yet fail to enter the international team. The critics of Kamran think he has some sort of involvement in the spot-fixing scandal but ICC cleared his name by sending him
a letter that he can play for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
Now with the substitute wicket keeper Zulqarnain Haider being out of the selection, the committee had no other option but to give a chance to Adnan Akmal.
According to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319, Muhammad Yousaf has not been picked because the committee has his fitness level under suspicion. They feel he is aged now and to maintain a fitness level up to the mark will be challenging for him on a crucial tour like the one
on hand for the World Cup campaign.
There have been a number of other interesting moves by the selection committee. They have included Ahmed Shahzad for the Twenty20 series who played well against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 on his debut. They have retained both the spinners, Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rehman
for the series and have dropped Kaneria who was part of the original squad.
As for the pace attack , Umar Gul , Sohail Tanvir , Tanvir Ahmad , Wahab Riaz (if fit) and Shoaib Akhtar for the Twenty20 have been selected.
The tour will begin with a warm-up game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766 scheduled to be played on 23 December.
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