Shoaib Mohammad raises doubts about Taufeeq Umar’s place in the Test team – Cricket News Update
The former Pakistani opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taufeeq-Umar-c92889 and feels that the left-handed batsman would have to work extremely hard in order to retain his place in the Test side.
Taufeeq came through the ranks of junior cricket in Pakistan and represented his country at the under-16 and under-19 level before breaking in the national team in 2001. Since then, the left-handed opener has performed exceptionally well on occasions but still he failed to cement his place in the team because of several issues.
The batsman from Lahore made a comeback in the national team last year in the series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 earlier this year a double hundred against Sri Lanka in the recently concluded Test series.
However, Shoaib, who belongs to the great ‘Mohammad family’ of Pakistan cricket, feels that Taufeeq was lucky to have played on batting pitches like UAE, where the batsman can get out only through a mistake and bowlers have no chance there.
“To be very honest, I have my doubts. Like I said earlier, this was a blessing in disguise as he got a series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in a series played in the UAE. The wickets are not so difficult, until and unless you make them yourself and then you are bound to pay the price,” he said.
There are a number of budding opening batsmen coming through the domestic cricket of Pakistan, like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khurram-Manzoor-c71388 and some others. In this scenario, Shoaib believes that Taufeeq would have to work hard and perform consistently; otherwise one poor series can cost him his place in the Test team.
“I’m sure he has to work a lot harder to stay in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013,” Shoaib added.
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