Pakistan chief selector Mohsin Khan claims to be the first one to recognise young talent
The Pakistan Cricket Board selection committee chief, Mohsin http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 on Thursday claimed to be the first-ever chief selector to give opportunities to young talent and select a new-look national team.
The former Pakistan batsman said that the former PCB selectors made claims about injecting fresh blood in the side but failed to do so properly.
“I think the present selection committee is the first one to properly work on a plan to blood new players and build a new team,” said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohsin-c77587 while talking to media reporters. “We have already taken this bold step of resting some senior players and sending
some new players to the West Indies with the consultation of the captain and coach.”
The 56-year-old former batsman expressed satisfaction over the performance of youngsters in the ongoing tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760. He however, urged the players to learn how to build innings after getting starts stressing that 30s and 40s are not enough to keep
a batsman going.
“I have played Test cricket and I know that if one wants to play cricket for a long time, 30s and 40s are not enough to keep you going. These new players need to learn to convert good starts into big scores,” insisted the former Test opener.
He asked the youngsters to get inspiration from legendary Pakistan batsmen like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Inzamam-ul-Haq-c64383, Mohammad Yousuf and learn how they used to convert good starts into big scores.
The selection committee chairman also dismissed the perception that he is a yes man to the PCB. He said that Pakistan were not the only country to have the system of paid selectors. He refused to believe that the selection decisions were not taken on merit.
Mohsin further explained that all the teams had to be approved by the Chairman of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board.
Mohsin said he himself had struggled hard to earn a place in the national team and as a selection committee chief, he would never think of ignoring merit. He said that he always tried to reward the potential performers.
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