‘Afsos hota hai inki soch pe’: Basit Ali slams Pakistan selectors’ ‘all-pace attack’ approach for first Test | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Pakistan staff administration on Saturday surprisingly dropped leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed and uncapped batter Kamran Ghulam from the 17-man squad forward of the primary Take a look at in opposition to Bangladesh at dwelling and former cricketer Basit Ali is unimpressed with the selectors’ name.
Slamming the choice, a upset Basit stated {that a} real spinner ought to have been within the squad.
With the primary Take a look at scheduled to start from August 21, the PCB on Saturday introduced they’ll go along with an all-out tempo assault, releasing the one specialist spinner, Abrar and uncapped batter Kamran.
Rain is predicted through the first Take a look at and Shaheen Shah Afridi is anticipated to guide the assault with Naseem Shah, Mohammad Ali, Khurram Shehzad and Mir Hamza as the opposite quick bowling choices, beginning Wednesday.
Basit stated that the administration has didn’t learn the circumstances and a specialist spinner ought to have been included within the facet.

Launched Abrar and Kamran will play for Pakistan Shaheens in a four-day recreation in opposition to Bangladesh ‘A’ which begins in Islamabad on Tuesday.
The board stated the selectors needed Abrar to achieve some match observe forward of the second Take a look at, which begins from August 30.
Each Abrar and Kamran will rejoin Pakistan’s Take a look at squad forward of the second Take a look at match.
Pakistan final performed a Take a look at match with an all-pace assault through the dwelling collection in opposition to Sri Lanka in 2019.
All-rounder Salman Ali Agha is the one spin possibility now out there to Pakistan for the primary check.
The off-spinning all-rounder has bowled persistently in Take a look at matches since 2023 and picked up some essential wickets for Pakistan.