Sohail Tanvir will be replacing Akhtar in the Twenty20 Championship. So anyone has seen this guy playing?
Re: Sohail Tanvir as Akhtar's replacement
This guy just got 4 wickets against Australia A in Sheikhupura.
Re: Sohail Tanvir as Akhtar’s replacement
Uncapped Tanvir to replace Akhtar at T20 Worlds
Pakistan have asked for rookie all-rounder Sohail Tanvir to replace Shoaib Akhtar for the Twenty20 world championships starting here on Tuesday.
Pakistan have picked 22-year-old Tanvir as Akhtar’s replacement and have applied to the International Cricket Council for approval, team sources told AFP on Saturday.
Tanvir, who hails from Rawalpindi, has yet to play an international match but has taken 65 wickets in 19 first-class games over the last three years.
A left-arm seamer and left-handed batsman, Tanvir also has a first-class century to his credit and is regarded as one of Pakistan’s most promising juniors.
Sohail Tanvir replaces Shoaib in squad
Cricinfo staff
Sohail Tanvir, a Rawalpindi allrounder, has been called up to the Pakistan Twenty20 squad as a replacement to Shoaib Akhtar, who was sent home from South Africa after being involved in a dressing-room scuffle with team-mate Mohammad Asif.
The ICC’s technical committee approved Tanvir as a replacement for Shoaib on the basis of “exceptional circumstances”. A statement released by the ICC cited the following reasons for the approval: “the incident and disciplinary action taken by the Pakistan board is not related to the matches in the event; the tournament has not commenced; and there is a precedent to support the replacement.”
Tanvir, 22, who bowls left-arm medium-fast, played only two matches for the Rawalpindi Rams in Pakistan’s domestic Twenty20 tournament in the last season. He has scored 84 runs and taken no wickets in the 10 Twenty20 games he has played in the last three years. But he impressed national selectors in a series of training camps and practice matches over the summer and was said to be close to a place in the original squad. He is highly-rated by Aaqib Javed, coach at the National Cricket Academy, who says his wrong-foot action and pace are deceptive.
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