Pakistani Cricker Anwar Ali Interview On His Good Performance In T20 Subscribe For More Leatest news Updates,Dramas, Talk shows,Sports News,India Pakistan Hot News And For Much more Intertainment So Dont Forget To Subscribe Must SUBSCRIBEa Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi feels people who are questioning the decision to rest wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed for the T20 series in Sri Lanka have a narrow vision. “What can I say to such people who say that Sarfaraz was not played because of some conspiracy against him. I would just say they all have a ‘Choti Soch’,” Afridi said in Karachi on Wednesday. He was in particular referring to former captain and senior batsman Muhammad Yousuf, who had claimed that Sarfaraz was not played because Afridi saw him as a threat to his captaincy in the T20 format. Chief selector Haroon Rasheed also said on Wednesday that since Sarfaraz was the future of Pakistan cricket and they were around a dozen T20 matches before the World Cup next year, they were thinking about appointing him captain for a few matches. Afridi said he had also read the news and called up the chief selector. “I asked him about his statement about the captaincy and he explained he was referring to making Sarfaraz captain for the Pakistan A team series,” the flamboyant allrounder said. The wicketkeeper’s exclusion from the T20 series caused a big uproar in Pakistan cricket circles forcing the chairman of the cricket board and chief selector to state they would talk to Afridi and head coach Waqar Younis to find out the reasons for not playing Sarfaraz in the just concludec series. Afridi said the decision to rest Sarfaraz was part of a plan to test our some of the newer players. “Sarfaraz is an established performer now who can bat comfortably at any position and he is tried and tested, so we want to try out some of the new players before the World T20 Cup that is all,” he said. “There is no conspiracy or any such thing behind not playing Sarfaraz as we also felt it would be good to give him rest after a long tour in Sri Lanka,” Afridi said. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/no-conspiracy-behind-not-playing-sarfaraz-ahmed-in-t20is-says-shahid-afridi Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi on Wednesday lashed out at a section of media for criticising him over the decision to drop in-form wicket-keeper/batsman Sarfraz Ahmed in the recently held T20 series in Sri Lanka. Sarfraz for the last year or so has been in great form both as wicket-keeper and batsman. Therefore, axing him from the two T20s against top-ranked Sri Lanka astonished many fans and critics, and the decision was criticised on several media platforms. Moreover, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan and the Board’s executive committee chief Najam Sethi have also questioned and sought explanation from the national touring team management, of which Afridi is also part, for dropping Sarfraz. “I have learned that [some] people who analyse and comment on cricket in media are very narrow-minded. We rested Sarfraz [for the Sri Lanka T20s] only to experiment with other players,” Afridi told reporters here. Skipper insists gloveman was dropped to experiment ahead of World T20. However, there is a general feeling that since 28-year-old Sarfraz is the vice-captain of national ODI and T20 sides, he should be part of the decision-makers and therefore must be picked in top matches in order to start building a synergy and more importantly to bring the team leadership at the same wavelength. National selection committee chief Haroon Rasheed has reportedly told a newspaper recently that Sarfraz would be given chance to captain the T20 side in international matches leading up to the World T20. Afridi, however, dispelled that impression, saying Haroon meant that Sarfraz would be given chance in side matches and would be groomed as future skipper. The swashbuckling all-rounder also tried to consolidate his stance, saying that he never ran after captaincy, rather captaincy had followed him and there was no case of him fighting for securing captaincy. Meanwhile, Afridi lauded young all-rounder Anwar Ali, who played well in the recent Sri Lanka ODI series besides inspiring Pakistan to a thrilling one-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the second T20 with a whirlwind 17-ball 46. Afridi also praised legendary Wasim Akram for supervising a fast bowlers’ camp in Karachi, emphasising “such programmes would certainly help find and groom talented young bowlers”. In jest, Afridi said: “[Some of] our former batsmen only want to coach the national side, which is a lucrative affair, and are not interested in exploring talent as Wasim is doing. “So, he should be hailed for doing a very good and important job.”

• published: 07 Aug 2015
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