I think Pakistan should have tried one of the two talented batsmen Khurram Manzoor or Khalid Latif in the home series against South Africa and I would have liked to see one of these two picked for India series as well. Pakistan are just not banking on new young talent. They are trying out the same old players who have repeatedly failed to deliver.
Adnan Raza is 20 year old promising batsman. His stats are really good so far in his short career. STill too early to judge though. Here is his profile
I think Pakistan should have tried one of the two talented batsmen Khurram Manzoor or Khalid Latif in the home series against South Africa and I would have liked to see one of these two picked for India series as well. Pakistan are just not banking on new young talent. They are trying out the same old players who have repeatedly failed to deliver.
**At the meeting, the idea of making some changes in the team was also discussed. “Though the selectors have already announced the one-day squad, some of officials were of the opinion that the changes could be made even at this stage.” **
*Team for 1st ODI
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01 *Sohaib Malik ->Open the inning just like SA captain GC Smith
02 Younis Khan -> Mature player, should open with Malik
03 Shahid Afridi -> Waisted at 7th, take advantage at power play
04 Mohd Yousuf -> hope he clicks and score big.
05 +Kamran Akmal -> should use him as batsman, if failed replace him.
06 Misbah-ul-Haq -> hope he clicks and have good series
07 Fawad Alam -> hope he clicks and have good series
08 Sohail Tanver -> hope he clicks and have good series
09 Shoaib Akhtar -> hope he clicks and have good series
10 Umar Gul -> hope he clicks and have good series
11 Mohd Asif -> hope he clicks and have good series
Unfortauntely, like Khalid Latif did in the ODI series against SA. This time Fawad Alam will be carrying the drinks for all 5 matches. I dont see him being given a chance at all.