Pakistan has announced its playing eleven for the second match of the series against England. After the defeat in the first test, the host team has taken some tough decisions by dropping players like Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi. Let us tell you that in the first Test of the series held in Multan, Pakistan had scored more than 550 in the first innings, but still it had to face defeat by an innings and 47 runs.
After Pakistan Cricket dropped Babar Azam from the remaining Tests of the series, the question remained as to who would replace him. This picture is now clear. Pakistan has included Kamran Ghulam in the playing eleven for the second test of the series. This will be the debut test of Kamran Ghulam. Apart from this, Pakistan has given a chance to three specialist spinners in the form of Noman Ali, Sajid Khan and Zahid Mahmood for the second test. None of them had played in the first Test. Abrar Ahmed, who has not yet recovered from the illness, has also been kept out.
Kamran Ghulam made his ODI debut for Pakistan in 2023 against New Zealand in Karachi. However, he did not get a chance to bat in the debut match. If we talk about Kamran Ghulam's first class figures, he has scored 4377 runs in 98 innings of 59 matches at an average of 49.17. During this period, 16 centuries and 20 half-centuries have come from his bat. Whereas in 94 List A matches, he has scored 3344 runs at an average of 42.32. If we talk about PSL, he has scored 419 runs in 21 matches.
The men's national selection committee has confirmed Pakistan's playing XI for the second Test against England, starting in Multan on Tuesday, 15 October.#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/WzLnC0lfYQ
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 14, 2024
Pakistan's playing eleven for the second test: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafiq, Shan Masood (captain), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel (VC), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Salman Ali Aga, Aamer Jamal, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Zahid. Mahmoud
After lengthy deliberations between Pakistan cricket team selectors Aleem Dar, Azhar Ali, and Aaqib Javed as well as captain Shan Masood, Jason Gillespie, chief curator Tony Hemming and PCB's director of international cricket operations Usman Wahala, four players were included in the squad. Changes were made.
Pakistan had a practice session on Monday and these seven discussed the pitch for about an hour. According to media reports, the selectors have asked the pitch curator to prepare a spin track where the spinners get help from the first day.
Pakistan has included only one fast bowler – Aamer Jamal, in its playing eleven, which means that at least one spinner will open the bowling from the other end. There is a possibility that Sajid Khan can play that role as he has already done it in the Sydney Test earlier this year.
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