Pakistan announces Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka, Umar Akmal dropped – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 from the squad.
Akmal scored a hundred on his Test debut, but since then, he has failed to make a huge impression in the longer version of the sport. He has been doing exceedingly well in limited overs cricket and is more than likely to retain his place once the limited
overs squad is announced.
Pakistan gave opportunities to a number of young and emerging players in the series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691 are back for the series against the Islanders.
Chief Selector of PCB, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 and claimed that he has been observing the performances of the players in all the three formats of the game.
He said, “Sri Lanka are tough opponents and the squad has been selected accordingly. We have picked the best from the pool of players available. We closely monitor performance at both levels and we’ve also managed to form a good backup of players because
of our policy of injecting new blood in the team.”
While talking about the exclusion of Umar Akmal from the squad, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohsin-c77587 admitted that the young batsman is an extremely talented one but he needs to develop a better temperament. The Chief Selector has advised Umar to play more first-class cricket and claim
the Test spot by performances in domestic cricket and limited overs International cricket.
“No doubt he’s a talented player but he’s hasn’t been performing well in the longer version. In Tests, Umar is required to play long innings so we have advised him to play domestic cricket and learn to bat for long,” the Chief Selector added.
Squad: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037
Standby players: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Shah-c98252
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