Shan Masood opens up on Sarfaraz Ahmed's prohibition from the second Test

 

Pakistan Test skipper Shan Masood opened up on Monday about the avoidance of wicketkeeper-batter Sarfaraz Ahmed for the second Test against Australia.

 


Sarfaraz, who could score seven runs in the principal Test, has been supplanted by Mohammad Rizwan.

 

Talking in front of the Boxing Day Test, Masood said that it would be inappropriate to say that Sarfaraz has been "dropped".

 

"We needed to start a trend where we needed to remunerate individuals who have been playing red-ball reliably in homegrown cricket throughout recent years," Masood said during a public interview.

 

"You saw that with the determination of Khurram Shahzad and Aamer Jamal even though many individuals felt it was very unsafe putting two debutants out there. I think they dealt with themselves well and we need to give them credit because their most memorable trip to Australia was very good. The motivation to play Sarfaraz was essentially something similar. Individuals return to details and Rizwan midpoints very well in SENA. First and foremost, there's no rivalry between the two. They mean quite a bit to the group. Any rivalry they have is a sound contest. We understand what Rizwan has done however we gave Sarfaraz the advantage since he arrived at the midpoint of 56.50 on his last visit here in 2016. Indeed, that has been a long time but on the other hand, he's played red ball reliably in the Quaid-e-Azam prize over the most recent couple of years.

 

"Rizwan just came from the World Cup, a great deal of white ball cricket. Furthermore, he likewise had a hole in red-ball cricket since Sarfaraz took over from him for the New Zealand series. Sarfaraz had an exceptional exhibition there and Rizwan hadn't played a great deal of red-ball cricket. In this way, there was a strategy to it. He's been there, he played red-ball cricket. Karachi had an excellent season where he was the competition's MVP, and that permitted us to get a player like Rizwan into shape. Assuming I had it my way, I'd be in a perfect world like both to play yet that is unrealistic. Presently we think Rizwan is prepared and we can provide Saifi with that tad of crush to recover and come spirit."

 

Masood, who captained Pakistan without precedent for Perth, likewise shed light on his ally's misfortune during the initial Test.

 

"One Test is never a fair evaluation," he said. "You want time. You want somewhat additional time. You've proactively got a crew that has been playing Test cricket for some time. You need to take a gander at the homegrown design and the players accessible for red-ball cricket. A ton of things you want before you can kind of power that approach to playing.

 

"You want players to purchase in. We need to offer players more than adequate chance to become involved with how we need to play. There are a few things that we've said from our desire outside to play a more appealing brand of Test cricket. We did that in Sri Lanka. We obtained a few outcomes too. The test presently is to do it against the best groups in world cricket."