Mohammad Wasim Jr. ruled out of the ACC Asia Cup, Hassan Ali named as replacement

[MenInG]

Wasim ruled out of Asia Cup, Hasan named as replacement

Dubai, 26 August 2022:

Fast bowler Mohammad Wasim Jnr. has been ruled out of the ACC T20 Asia Cup due to a left side strain. He had picked up the injury while bowling in Pakistan’s practice session on Wednesday. The bowler was assessed by the team medical staff, and MRI scan in Dubai confirmed the diagnosis.

The findings were discussed with the PCB Medical Advisory Committee, while an independent review by a specialist physiotherapist was also sought. The medical team will closely monitor Wasim’s rehabilitation and his return to competitive cricket will be reassessed before the England tour to Pakistan.

Meanwhile, Hasan Ali, has been named as Wasim’s replacement, which is subject to the Event Technical Committee’s approval. As soon as the ETC approves Hasan as a replacement player, the bowler will depart for the UAE.

Hasan Ali was sought as a replacement player by the team management and the request was accepted by the chief selector. Hasan had been working on his bowling in the National High Performance Centre for the past three weeks and is presently in Rawalpindi, preparing for the National T20, which commences on 30 August.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Here we go again
Clearly pakistan need a leftie
This is last nail in the coffin for pak here a proper clown and match/wc ka mujrim selected again

 

[Savak]

Hassan Ali's recall without performances is a failure of our system. Getting sick and tired of Mohd Wasim now

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Total failure! Sack PCB management before WC.

 

[Villager6964]

Oh rabb Da khauf kar mohd Waseem.
Please kick this mohd Wasim guy out.
He is getting ridiculous day by day.

 

[anakwalajinn]

Suggestions of who else they could have selected instead of Hasan Ali?

 

[waheed_sofi]

Totally a Sensible decision.
Who should have been brought in Akif Or Wahab or who else..??
Naseem and Dhani are yet to make their debuts. Hasnain, is coming from Action Ban, so in a sort of he is also making his debut.
The one bowler who has some experience is Rauf, even he is not certain sure Faster, given his on and off performances.
Ideally, Hasan shouldn't have come in. He should have played Nat T20 Cup and regained his form and performance.
This is a big, pressure tournament, this is a fine safe decision and you won't want all your pacers Debutants.

 

[Asif321]

No left arm pacer . Which is indias weakness

 

[Rana]

Don’t get it. Is Wahab Riaz unavailable?

 

[TeymurBlake]

Clearly the think tank didn't think outside the box.

 

[Usman Chadda]

That’s two first choice bowlers missing from our team. Wasim, while expensive, had the knack of picking wickets. Hassan has been out of form for quite a long time now.

We are crippled big time. It’s like an audition for bench players this tournament

 

[Rana]

Hassan Ali should count his stars

He has a huge opportunity to save his career.

 

[Marooned]

Totally a Sensible decision.
Who should have been brought in Akif Or Wahab or who else..??
Naseem and Dhani are yet to make their debuts. Hasnain, is coming from Action Ban, so in a sort of he is also making his debut.
The one bowler who has some experience is Rauf, even he is not certain sure Faster, given his on and off performances.
Ideally, Hasan shouldn't have come in. He should have played Nat T20 Cup and regained his form and performance.
This is a big, pressure tournament, this is a fine safe decision and you won't want all your pacers Debutants.

What will his "experience" add to the team?
Experience of getting tonked, experience of dropping catches and matches.
Yeah, I'd rather gamble than turn to a proven matchloser par excellence.

 

[Marooned]

Suggestions of who else they could have selected instead of Hasan Ali?

Arshad Iqbal or Rumman Raees imo.

 

[Rana]

After all

Hassan did get the big wicket of SKY last time

That wicket was probably worth 50% of India’s match winning score that could have been that day

 

[Marooned]

I hope he doesn't somehow find his way to the playing XI.

Dahani should be in the playing XI over both him and Hasnain.

 

[Rana]

I hope he doesn't somehow find his way to the playing XI.

Dahani should be in the playing XI over both him and Hasnain.

I kind of feel sorry for Dahani and any other fringe pacer now.

Babar has a friend on the bench, Babar will prefer the friend in a time of need

 

[nextover666666]

Totally a Sensible decision.
Who should have been brought in Akif Or Wahab or who else..??
Naseem and Dhani are yet to make their debuts. Hasnain, is coming from Action Ban, so in a sort of he is also making his debut.
The one bowler who has some experience is Rauf, even he is not certain sure Faster, given his on and off performances.
Ideally, Hasan shouldn't have come in. He should have played Nat T20 Cup and regained his form and performance.
This is a big, pressure tournament, this is a fine safe decision and you won't want all your pacers Debutants.

Spot on, your right 100 percent.

Intially when i saw Hasan Ali name, i was oh lord not again lol, but that basically I thought more about it and it made sense who would you select for a tournament and to play big match vs india would be hard to get in akif, mir hamza, or even wahab.

Who know Hasan Ali might even do well. What is a sham is that Wasim JR could have been a x-factor player. One positive about Hasan Ali is he can hit some big shots, so he can come handy if needed be.

Will be interesting to see which pacers will be selected for the opening match vs India

If pak was selecting 3 paces, it seemed like they were going in the direction of ( rauf- naseem- wasim jr)

Now who would be selected, i think for india match Hasnain, is too raw with his new actions, and hasan ali is still not in good form, I think it would be ideal to have Dahani play this match. He looks like someone who would rise to the occasion.

 

[Marooned]

I kind of feel sorry for Dahani and any other fringe pacer now.

Babar has a friend on the bench, Babar will prefer the friend in a time of need

It honestly makes me sick. Babar must grow a spine and think like a captain.

 

[Saj]

I guess not many other options than Hassan Ali?

Smashes the theory that we have loads of pacers in Pakistan cricket.

 

[Marooned]

I guess not many other options than Hassan Ali?

Smashes the theory that we have loads of pacers in Pakistan cricket.

With due respect, that's nonsense.

There's zero sense to turn to a proven match loser. What is the definition of insanity again?

As for the options:

Arshad Iqbal
Khurram Shehzad
Rumman Raees
Mir Hamza
Waqas maqsood
Zaman khan
Salman Irshad

All of them better options than Hasan.

Personally, I wouldn't have taken Zaman or Irshad but absolutely no issue with the rest.

 

[Rana]

With due respect, that's nonsense.

There's zero sense to turn to a proven match loser. What is the definition of insanity again?

As for the options:

Arshad Iqbal
Khurram Shehzad
Rumman Raees
Mir Hamza
Waqas maqsood
Zaman khan
Salman Irshad

All of them better options than Hasan.

Personally, I wouldn't have taken Zaman or Irshad but absolutely no issue with the rest.

I totally forgot about Mir Hamza

He is so underrated by PCB and Babar

 

[gazza619]

Don’t get it. Is Wahab Riaz unavailable?

Oh plz. This is not a retired league.

 

[MuqaddarKaSikandar]

Are 3 pacers needed in UAE ?
Could have selected Imad Wasim - gone with 2 pacers and 3 spinners. Also Imad is a recognised batsman.

 

[waheed_sofi]

I totally forgot about Mir Hamza

He is so underrated by PCB and Babar

What underrated. He is still a domestic cricket level bowler. He has been exposed in new Domestic structure. What are his stats, post 2019, M22 W54 Avg ~37. Before that he was avg in 17 - 18s.
He is a fine Domestic Bowler and will probably play few Intl matches in future but not a world class or an Underrated bowler.
He is also not a t20 bowler, and has recently 1-2 years ago started playing t20 cricket regularly. First he needs to find his feet in Domestic t20 cricket, then we will consider him for Intl Cricket.
For the sake of Lefties, PCT shouldn't select any random pacer.
As far Raees is considered, his isn't fit enough to last a tournament, as stated by him in many interviews.
Asia Cup is not some Gully level tournament, where random one tournament or few match PSL or KPL wonder, players will be selected.
These tournaments require skilled, talented, fit and consistent performing players.
Easiest of the opponents in Asia Cup Afg or HK, are the tougher than the best teams of PSL or other Domestic leagues.
Remember, how Shaheen was smashed by Zazai in 2019 WC, when he was considered the best upcoming bowler in Pakistan at that time.

 

[waheed_sofi]

What will his "experience" add to the team?
Experience of getting tonked, experience of dropping catches and matches.
Yeah, I'd rather gamble than turn to a proven matchloser par excellence.

As far as I remember, Hasan Ali hasn't lost you any match.
I guess you are talking about WC Semis.
Pakistan lost that match because they didn't bowl well in the middle overs and scored very few runs in the last 2 overs, not Hasan Ali. It was a collective team failure.
It was your Shaheen best bowler in world Afridi, who was smashed by a 3rd grade wicketkeeper making his zillionth comeback to all parks. Where was his excellence, when he was getting smashed.
Hasans limited overs cricket performance has not been up to the mark and has fallen in the queue behind Shaheen, Shah, Dhani, Rauf, & Wasim, and was rightly dropped in first place earlier. With 2 frontline pacers, it is a sensible decision to select him and not some Random for the sake of Lefty pacer. He is still better than all the potential replacements mentioned.
His 2 wickets against Ind last WC were as crucial as others and were the difference between 170+ target and 152 target.

 

[Zaz]

Absurd selection Surely if you drop someone because a lack of form and performance you dont reselect him in the same squad because of an injury

The selectors are making a mockery here Howabout giving someone else a go Hasan Ali has been a serial bottler lately How many chances is he gonna get

 

[Anis Shivani]

There goes the Asia Cup! -- if they play him.

 

[cricketAXEpert]

I hope he doesn't somehow find his way to the playing XI.

Dahani should be in the playing XI over both him and Hasnain.

Dahani should be the first choice, however he is always (unfairly) held back for some reason . But they will find an excuse to play Hasan Ali by calling him an All rounder .

 

[world cup captain]

Absurd selection Surely if you drop someone because a lack of form and performance you dont reselect him in the same squad because of an injury

The selectors are making a mockery here Howabout giving someone else a go Hasan Ali has been a serial bottler lately How many chances is he gonna get

Can you name another suitable replacement? Rather than bashing the selectors, provide a reasonable solution.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

With due respect, that's nonsense.

There's zero sense to turn to a proven match loser. What is the definition of insanity again?

As for the options:

Arshad Iqbal
Khurram Shehzad
Rumman Raees
Mir Hamza
Waqas maqsood
Zaman khan
Salman Irshad

All of them better options than Hasan.

Personally, I wouldn't have taken Zaman or Irshad but absolutely no issue with the rest.

Rumman hasn't been the same bowler since his return. Before his injury, he was definitely among our top 3 t20 pacers. But like with so many players before him, he was wasted by management on the basis of personal bias.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

How lucky is Hasan seriously. I wish I was this lucky.

I just hope they don't open the bowling with Hasan. Otherwise he can lose us the game singlehandedly.

 

[Titan24]

Well I hope few sessions with Umar Rasheed have done him and his rhythm some good.

 

[Ryw]

Not a bad choice, he can bowl 140 kph, can hit some quick runs with bat. Perfect for T20 's

 

[Mp812]

Pacers are dime a dozen in Pakistan and Ali gets recalled . why why?

 

[Shafi]

Indian batsmen should take advantage of this and try to target 60-80 runs in his 4 overs. Once they smashing him, Hasan can not stop them because he is mentally weak player.

 

[Major]

Good decision. Rather than going with a newbie i would prefer hasan ali. Not as good but would be better than any other newbie in the system.

However, i do believe that preferance should be given to dhani and naseem

 

[Major]

I guess not many other options than Hassan Ali?

Smashes the theory that we have loads of pacers in Pakistan cricket.

Its not the right timing to bring in a newbie pacer now.

Hasnain, naseem and dhani are new bowlers. With no shaheen and even waseem jr being out, having a newbie debutant bowler is a big risk.

Yes hasan ali is going for runs and he was rightly dropped. But when we are two pacers short than thr decision isnt wrong as after asia cup we going for world t20.

Had it been normal cricket foxture with no wt20 than maybe a newbie could had been tried.

Think about it, if we dont select hasan ali now, your main bowler leading the attack would be harris rauf.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Ouch, huge blow for Pakistan. Down Shaheen & Wasim... I hope both get healthy for the WC though.

As for Hasan Ali, I'm not sure why people are surprised he's been brought back, they're down 2 fast bowlers and their most experienced bowler prior to that was like Rauf. There's not exactly many other options either. Maybe Faheem would have made sense on these UAE pitches.

I am guessing Naseem/Rauf/Dahani get the first crack together and its up to Naseem & Dahani to make themselves a main stay in the XI now.

 

[shamaan]

Suggestions of who else they could have selected instead of Hasan Ali?

Arshad Iqbal

 

[shamaan]

Can you name another suitable replacement? Rather than bashing the selectors, provide a reasonable solution.

People on this thread have already mentioned names.

 

[shamaan]

This is not good enough from Wasim a player who has been dropped has now been brought back into the squad haven't Pakistan got any replacements barring Hassan Ali !

 

[jattafridi]

Why hasan Ali no performance still get selected

I am expecting 4 overs 54 runs 0 wickets and atleast 2 drop catches

 

[Zaz]

People are going on about his "experience" but what good is that when hes been lousy for years now

Experience counts for nothing if for games on end you are gettinf smashed all over the place day in day out

He should be nowhere near the team at the moment no mstter hoe depleted pakistans stocks are

This selection makes no sense

 

[Marooned]

As far as I remember, Hasan Ali hasn't lost you any match.
I guess you are talking about WC Semis.
Pakistan lost that match because they didn't bowl well in the middle overs and scored very few runs in the last 2 overs, not Hasan Ali. It was a collective team failure.
It was your Shaheen best bowler in world Afridi, who was smashed by a 3rd grade wicketkeeper making his zillionth comeback to all parks. Where was his excellence, when he was getting smashed.
Hasans limited overs cricket performance has not been up to the mark and has fallen in the queue behind Shaheen, Shah, Dhani, Rauf, & Wasim, and was rightly dropped in first place earlier. With 2 frontline pacers, it is a sensible decision to select him and not some Random for the sake of Lefty pacer. He is still better than all the potential replacements mentioned.
His 2 wickets against Ind last WC were as crucial as others and were the difference between 170+ target and 152 target.

Well then you don't remember very well.

Spare me this cliched tripe. Equation was 45 from 24. Hasan and Rouf went for 25 in 2 overs. That's where the match was finished and done.

Shaheen had to defend 20 from 12 vs 2 set batsmen. That's always going to be chased. Like 99% of times...
Shaheen still duely created a chance which obviously Hasan had to drop.
This cliched narrative about Shaheen losing us that match is sheer nonsense.

The names I mentioned are not just random names thrown around. There are reasons worth trying for each one of them. I'd rather try one of them than go with a known failure, who every opposition will be salivating at the prospect of.

 

[Marooned]

People are going on about his "experience" but what good is that when hes been lousy for years now

Experience counts for nothing if for games on end you are gettinf smashed all over the place day in day out

He should be nowhere near the team at the moment no mstter hoe depleted pakistans stocks are

This selection makes no sense

Exactly. And then we have clueless people defending the decision hoping to appear smart.

 

[Marooned]

Its not the right timing to bring in a newbie pacer now.

Hasnain, naseem and dhani are new bowlers. With no shaheen and even waseem jr being out, having a newbie debutant bowler is a big risk.

Yes hasan ali is going for runs and he was rightly dropped. But when we are two pacers short than thr decision isnt wrong as after asia cup we going for world t20.

Had it been normal cricket foxture with no wt20 than maybe a newbie could had been tried.

Think about it, if we dont select hasan ali now, your main bowler leading the attack would be harris rauf.

Yeah, so what you are saying is it's better Hasan "leads" the attack rather than Rouf?

There's a reason Hasan wasn't in the team but Rouf was.

The "big risk" you speak of turns to a certainty when Hasan plays.

 

[MenInG]

So we are, where we are. What next?

Hassan Ali not trained with the squad, for all we know has been watching Netflix and we are expecting him to sit on plane, come to the UAE and win games?

Surely he is out of the India clash.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

So we are, where we are. What next?

Hassan Ali not trained with the squad, for all we know has been watching Netflix and we are expecting him to sit on plane, come to the UAE and win games?

Surely he is out of the India clash.

It's quite obvious that he won't play majority of the games. They even sent Hasnain as a replacement ahead of Hasan. Pakistan have 5 seamers in the squad.

I expect Haris, Naseem, Dahani, Hasnain to be rotated and maybe even 3rd spinner Usman Qadir to play ahead of Hasan.

 

[Marooned]

It's quite obvious that he won't play majority of the games. They even sent Hasnain as a replacement ahead of Hasan. Pakistan have 5 seamers in the squad.

I expect Haris, Naseem, Dahani, Hasnain to be rotated and maybe even 3rd spinner Usman Qadir to play ahead of Hasan.

Let's hope you are right.

He gets ridiculous backing from babar.

 

[hitthestump]

I like how Pakistan fans think we have Wasim and Waqar sitting in domestics waiting to spring up at a moments notice.

A long list of (mediocre) debutants have been listed. In an India vs Pakistan match you want to send in a player who's never played before. Are you guys even thinking this through?

 

[Major]

Yeah, so what you are saying is it's better Hasan "leads" the attack rather than Rouf?

There's a reason Hasan wasn't in the team but Rouf was.

The "big risk" you speak of turns to a certainty when Hasan plays.

At this point, an unknown bowler cant be picked

 

[Shafi]

At this point, an unknown bowler cant be picked

So you prefer proven failure than unknown better (?) bowler? I will be surprised if Indian batsmen fail to score 50-60+ runs from Hasan's 4 overs. Hasan every over balls at least 3 hit me balls where Pant/Rohit can score at least 12. Next 3 balls they can score 3-5 runs.

 

[Shafi]

I like how Pakistan fans think we have Wasim and Waqar sitting in domestics waiting to spring up at a moments notice.

A long list of (mediocre) debutants have been listed. In an India vs Pakistan match you want to send in a player who's never played before. Are you guys even thinking this through?

Or you want to send someone experienced who crumble under pressure and let opposition score heavily. By your logic Azhar, Kamran and Shafiq has lots of experience and can replace Fakhar, Rizwan...

 

[Major]

So you prefer proven failure than unknown better (?) bowler? I will be surprised if Indian batsmen fail to score 50-60+ runs from Hasan's 4 overs. Hasan every over balls at least 3 hit me balls where Pant/Rohit can score at least 12. Next 3 balls they can score 3-5 runs.

You want a debutant to be thrown in? Especially when dhani and naseem are still pretty raw?

Hasan might be going for runs but if all others are injured than he has to be added. You cannt choose raw unproven players because the argument you presenting can be associated with raw players aswell.

Hasan ali has been added after two players got injured not before

 

[Major]

Or you want to send someone experienced who crumble under pressure and let opposition score heavily. By your logic Azhar, Kamran and Shafiq has lots of experience and can replace Fakhar, Rizwan...

You are failing to understand the situation and just throwing illogical arguments. If we had a younger bowler on stand by and ready to be given a debut hasan would not had been added.

 

[Zaz]

You want a debutant to be thrown in? Especially when dhani and naseem are still pretty raw?

Hasan might be going for runs but if all others are injured than he has to be added. You cannt choose raw unproven players because the argument you presenting can be associated with raw players aswell.

Hasan ali has been added after two players got injured not before

Why does he have to be added when hes going for runs literally every game? What logic is this

You dont seem to understand his experience counts for nothing when every game hes innocuous and being taken to the cleaners

A newbie cannot do any worse than hasan ali has been At least the opposition will have something different to deal with

Everyone knows the type of bowling hasan ali brings to the table and this is someone whos expensive and crumbles under pressure

 

[Nasty Naz]

Why does he have to be added when hes going for runs literally every game? What logic is this

You dont seem to understand his experience counts for nothing when every game hes innocuous and being taken to the cleaners

A newbie cannot do any worse than hasan ali has been At least the opposition will have something different to deal with

Everyone knows the type of bowling hasan ali brings to the table and this is someone whos expensive and crumbles under pressure

Must have crumbled his way into the CT win and being the best bowler in 2017. Incredible after his comeback too.

I get that it's cool to hate on Hasan Ali and pretend like he's a scrub or something but he's still been decent in his T20 career and can make a difference with his bat at the end too.

Personally, I think it would have just made more sense to bring back Imad instead of another pacer all together just to have another option in the PP if needed.

 

[MenInG]

Fast-bowler Hasan Ali has joined the Pakistan squad in Dubai while Team management has decided to keep Mohammad Wasim Jnr along with the squad where he will complete his Rehab.

 

[Shafi]

Mr. Fighter is back!!!! Opposition teams must be crying not to include him in the main team.

 

[Zaz]

Must have crumbled his way into the CT win and being the best bowler in 2017. Incredible after his comeback too.

I get that it's cool to hate on Hasan Ali and pretend like he's a scrub or something but he's still been decent in his T20 career and can make a difference with his bat at the end too.

Personally, I think it would have just made more sense to bring back Imad instead of another pacer all together just to have another option in the PP if needed.

Dont tell me what hes done 5 years back Its the recent history n now im interested

The fact is hes been poor since a good 2-3 years Ive no confidence that he will do the job under pressure anymore and this isnt based on one series but a relatively lenghthy period of time now His pace is down and line and lengths are all over the place

Hes seen as a weak link in the pace attack and thus should be nowhere near the team until he can sort himself out

 

[Wahid1234]

Badly missed wasim jr today missed his big hitting presence at the end. Defo need him back before World Cup