Ex-Pakistan pacer Tanveer Ahmed has slammed the choice to incorporate allrounder Faheem Ashraf within the squad for the Champions Trophy 2025.
A number of together with legendary pacer Wasim Akram expressed their shock and dismay after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) introduced the return of the allrounder to the squad regardless of his failures in his earlier outings for the nationwide aspect.
“Faheem Ashraf is within the staff. I want him all one of the best. [He is] a proficient cricketer. However within the final 20 matches, his common bowling is 100 and his common batting is 9,” Akram mentioned on the time.
Now, Tanveer Ahmed echoed his views, saying that the allrounder was included regardless of his dismal efficiency in his final 20 ODI video games.
“He has simply 9 wickets within the final 20 innings. He has a mean of 10 in his final 34 innings and has come to the Pakistan squad,” the previous pacer mentioned throughout an look on a TV present.
His co-host then talked about that Faheem Ashraf’s efficiency in Listing A cricket in 2023-24 performed a task in his choice for the Champions Trophy 2025.
As per data, the allrounder scored 454 runs in 11 innings at a mean of 44 and took 19 wickets in 14 innings.
Nonetheless, Tanveer Ahmed was of the view that Faheem Ashraf’s stats in worldwide cricket mattered greater than his Listing A report.
The previous pacer asserted that opening batter Imam ul Haq and allrounder Aamer Jamal had been sidelined regardless of higher performances in home cricket.
It’s price noting right here that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on January 31 introduced the Pakistan squad for the upcoming tri-nation collection with New Zealand and South Africa and the Champions Trophy 2025.
Opening batter Fakhar Zaman made a return to the 15-member Pakistan squad alongside all-rounders Khushdil Shah and Faheem Ashraf and batter Saud Shakeel.