Pakistan add http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahzaib-Hasan-c2488, Wahab Riaz to limited overs squad
The Pakistani squad for the ODIs and the T20Is against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 has been surprisingly bolstered by the addition of two more players on Monday. Shahzaib Hasan, a 20-year-old opening batsman, and fast
bowler Wahab Riaz were also included in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 squad for the series against South Africa. Pakistan play South Africa in two T20Is and five ODIs in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. This also means that the Pakistani squad now has 17 members.
This is not the first surprising move associated with the selection for the series against South Africa. Already, the appointment of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 as the captain of the side has seen criticism come the selectors’
way while the choosing of the limited overs team without inputs from coach Waqar Younis has also been controversial. Surprisingly, the Pakistan Cricket Board had not even named the captain of the side till after 24 hours of announcing the squad and hence did
not have the captain having a say in the matter.
According to the chief selector Mohsin http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319, Hasan and Riaz had been selected on the basis of their excellent form in the Faysal Bank domestic Twenty20 competition that concluded last week.
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Riaz was also a part of the Pakistani squad in the series against England and was one of those who were questioned by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 Yard for his alleged role in the spot-fixing scandal. No charges were brought
against him. He had made his debut in the third Test at the Oval in place of Umar Gul and his five-wicket haul was instrumental in the side winning the game.
In the domestic T20 tournament, he scalped ten wickets at an average of 7.70 and a stingy economy-rate of 4.12.
On the other hand, Shahzaib made 281 runs in the four matches that he played in to help his side Karachi get to the final of the tournament.
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