[MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION] what do you think of that top 7 with Amad Butt at 8
I agree with all the players you have mentioned by players like Sharjeel, Azhar, Amin & Saud are not sureties for 2019 worldcup yet.
Because it isn't easy for PCB to completely discard longterm investments like Salman Butt, Ahmed Shehzad & Umar Akmal especially last 2.
Many people point out Mudassar Nazar kicking Umar Akmal out of NCA once for indiscipline but when Mudassar was Director NCA than players like Ahmed Shehzad & Umar Akmal got developed under his leadership.
Also Fakhar & Sami are scoring lots of runs.
All of a sudden Azhar Ali, Ahmed Shehzad, Salman Butt, Sami Aslam, Khurram Manzoor, Fakhar Zaman & Sharjeel Khan are all competing for two spots in the team.
Out of them all Sharjeel is most aggressive, most daring, most brave & most powerful but the thing with him is that he cannot be consistent and needs alot of hard work on his fitness. But he is a match winner on his day and apart from Babar we don't have any matchwinner batsman in our ODI team.
Azhar Ali has made a decent comeback to Odi team but against Minnows. He is very limited player and will struggle alot on the English wickets. Yes I agree he should be given England series both as opener and as captain but sorry I find him to be a very very poor tactician & leader.
Since next worldcup is in England so anyone or both Amin & Saud will be part of Pakistan A squad for England. It will be golden oppurtunity for them. If they perform well in A tour and than become part of Odi or test squad and perform there than definitely they will be constantly in mind of selectors for 2019 worldcup since they will have advantage over other players in contention because of their experience of playing international cricket in England.
And yes fit again Haris Sohail will become part of the scheme provided he attains complete fitness.
In next 1 or 2 years players like Ahsan, Zeshan, Hasan Raza jnr, Raza Hasan will also be in contention.
If Raza Hasan fixes his personality than he can be a better allrounder than Nawaz & Imad. I saw his classy stylish technically correct maiden Fc ton in semifinal of QEA trophy and he played strokes all round the ground including c error drives, hooks, pulls & cuts of Pacers something I haven't seen in Imad & Nawaz.
Lastly Usama Mir, Mohammad Zahid junior & Altaf Ahmed Khan will also be in reckoning in next 2 years while Asghar will surely be part of atleast Pakistan Odi squad for England and possibly part of 19 membered test squad aswell.
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