Pakistan have announced a 20-member squad for the T20 series against South Africa, while veteran Mohammad Hafeez, who failed to make the cut, has responded.
In a statement on the social networking site Twitter, Hafeez quoted a Qur’anic verse and translation.
“God is with those who are patient,” he said in response to the names of the team announced against South Africa.
Earlier, chief selector Wasim Khan had announced a 20-member squad for the three-match T20 series against South Africa, which did not include Fakhruzzaman, Emad Wasim and Shadab Khan, apart from Muhammad Hafeez, who had done well in the previous series. has been.
The chief selector said in a press conference today that there was no question about Hafeez’s performance but he did not reveal his availability to enter the squad’s biosecure environment on February 3.
إِنَّ اللّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ ٢:١٥٣
— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) January 31, 2021
“Indeed ALLAH is with the patient” pic.twitter.com/ff1VLMpmwv
The statement said that the squad along with the officials will enter the biosecure bubble from Wednesday, February 3, while the players in the Test series will be part of this bubble at the end of the second test match.
Former national team captain Mohammad Hafeez, 40, was the best batsman in the series against New Zealand and could not complete a century by just one run in a match.
According to the report, Mohammad Hafeez has scored 502 runs in the last 12 T20 Internationals with a strike rate of 153 at an average of 100.40.
It should be noted that Pakistan had won the first Test against South Africa at the National Stadium Karachi and the second Test match between the two teams will start on February 4 in Rawalpindi. In the first Test, the Pakistan team defeated South Africa by 7 wickets. Was
The T20 series against South Africa will start on February 11, followed by the second match on February 13 and the third on February 14.
Babar Azam (captain), Amir Yameen, Ahmed Butt, Asif Ali, Danish Aziz, Fahim Ashraf, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hassan Ali, Hussain Talat, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdal Shah, in the squad announced by Chief Selector Wasim Khan. Muhammad Hasnain, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Rizwan, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Qadir, Zafar Gohar and Zahid Mahmood.