Pakistan to rely on senior players against India, says Iqbal Qasim – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and hinted at relying on the senior players to perform well.
Pakistan recalled a number of seasoned players for the T20 series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Nazir-c64248 failed to make a big impression
on the tournament.
Some of the former cricketers criticised the selection committee for ignoring the young talent and called for the omission of the senior players.
While speaking to Pakpassion, the former left-arm spinner expressed that the selection committee cannot afford to take chances with new players in India because of the hype and pressure involved in the Indo-Pak encounters.
“I would prefer to play it safe in terms of selection. I don't think it would be wise to experiment too much with our selection for the tour of India,” said the chief selector.
The team for the tour of India will be announced at the end of the on-going Faysal Bank T20 Tournament 2012-13 in Lahore.
There are many young players coming through the ranks of domestic sport in the country, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haris-Sohail-c61503 consistently doing well at the first-class level. The senior players will have to deliver the goods in India; otherwise,
there would be a huge question-mark over their places in the squad.
“It's difficult to say whether it's the last chance for some of our squad. It all depends on how they perform. Fans and media will want the Pakistani team to perform well particularly the senior players,” the former cricketer added.
“We will be banking on our senior players to deliver and perform and if they don't in India, then naturally the media and fans start speculating about the futures of those senior players.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s tour of India includes three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a couple of T20s, starting with the first fixture at Bangalore on December 25.
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