Previous Pakistan pace greats Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis censured the choice to rest quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi in the third and last Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), with Akram advance notice players to choose if they have any desire to be the greats of their game or a mogul by playing T20 cricket. After Pakistan lost the series 2-0, Shaheen has been refreshed from the last Test at Sydney, which is likewise Australia opener David Warner’s goodbye Test.
Wasim guaranteed that choice “had nothing to do with the administration” and was “exclusively [Shaheen’s] choice”. He cautioned players to choose “to be an extraordinary of the game or would you like to be a tycoon” while focusing on designs.
“Straight after this there are five T20s in New Zealand, and Shaheen’s the chief,” Wasim said on Fox Cricket as cited by ESPNCricinfo.
“In any case, T20 cricket, what difference does it make? I get it, it is there for diversion and it is there for monetary benefit for cricket sheets, for players, yet cricketers ought to realize that Test cricket is a definitive.”
“On the off chance that we discuss what happened a long time back in this Test in Sydney, no one understands what happened the previous evening in T20. That is the distinction. These folks need to comprehend and learn, if you need to be an extraordinary of the game or would you like to be a tycoon. You can become both yet with just the right amount of more sense,” he closed.
Waqar was likewise shocked with the choice, saying that Shaheen’s nonattendance “made him snicker” and he anticipated that he should play since he was solid in the second Test with his swing and speed.
“That is a genuine stunner for me since I was anticipating that he should be a piece of this Test match since he great searched in the past match. He began feeling like the old Shaheen Afridi and began to swing the ball and the speed was improving,” he said.
Shaheen’s responsibility was a worry for Pakistan after two Tests as he was driving an exhausted, unpracticed speed bowling line-up without a lead spinner. He bowled very nearly 100 overs, only four balls shy of it. The second most active bowler of the series has been Australian spinner Nathan Lyon, who has bowled very nearly 30 overs not exactly Shaheen.
Shaheen’s responsibility over a wide period has been unsettling for Pakistan since he took on more obligation in white-ball cricket. He is the captain of Pakistan Super Association (PSL) side Lahore Qalandars and has likewise inked an arrangement of three years with the Global Association T20 (ILT20) last year.
Shaheen will likewise start his rule as T20I chief with five-match series against New Zealand this month, only five days after the third Test. Notwithstanding investing such a lot of energy out because of injury, just eight pacers have bowled more than Shaheen since July 2022.
Pacer Naseem Shah is harmed, while Haris Rauf likewise made himself inaccessible for Tests, rather playing for Melbourne Stars in the Enormous Slam Association (BBL).
