Chief selector Wasim, explains why he left Fawad off test team

• Muhammad Wasim, the Chief Selector for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
• Spoken out regarding the decision to bench middle-order batsman Fawad Alam for the next Test series against England

Fawad got 25 runs in his lone Test against Sri Lanka while managing 33 runs in four innings of three Tests earlier this year against Australia.

A combatant, Fawad Alam. After making a long-awaited return to the national team, he performed well, according to Wasim on the Geo News show “Score.”

However, he struggled in the previous three series, which is why Saud Shakeel was chosen, the man continued.

Even though Alam had a century on his Test debut in 2009, Pakistan cut him from the team after only two matches.

After more than ten years away from the national team, the left-hander finally made his long-awaited return during Pakistan’s tour of England in 2020.

In 19 Test matches over the course of his career, the 37-year-old has amassed 1011 runs at an average of 38.88 thanks to five hundreds and two fifty-plus scores.

Wasim also discussed England’s aggressive approach to Test cricket.

We will keep that in mind throughout the series because we are aware of how aggressively England plays cricket in Test matches as well.

Since cricket has changed, the Pakistani squad will also profit if they enhance their scoring rate, he continued.

The much awaited tour will see the England squad embark in Pakistan on November 27. The first Test is scheduled to start on December 1 in Rawalpindi.

There have been 12 previous matches at Rawalpindi, with the home team winning five and losing three. This will be England’s first Test match there.

On Friday, December 9, the second Test will be played in Multan, and on Saturday, December 17, the tour’s final Test will be played in Karachi at the National Stadium.

The 18-person squad for the Test series against England was named by Chief Selector Muhammad Wasim on Monday.

🚨 Our 18-player squad for the three-Test series against England 🚨#PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/NOXoTMPYDx

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Strong first-class performances have earned mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed and fast bowler Mohammad Ali their first-ever Test calls-ups.

Hasan Ali, a pacer, and Yasir Shah, a leg spinner, have both been let go from the team.

Pakistan Cricket team Test Squad

Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel, Shan Masood and Zahid Mehmood.