My Suggested Team..!

I gave my team as below, on 9th February, 2016 and the PCB selectors announced national team on 10th February, 2016.

The following players may be considered for the Pakistani Squad.
1. Muhammad Hafeez (Captain and opening batsman).
2. Awais Zia (Most hard hitting left handed swashbuckling opening batsman in the country, who can take the attack to the opposition and turn the tables in the first 6 power play overs).
3. Baber Azam (He is an all rounder and excellent fielder who can also confidently open the innings, if required).
4. Sharjeal Khan (He has the advantage of being a hard hitting left handed batsman, who can also open the innings).
5. Umar Akmal (Vice Captain. He must not be sent below one down. Also the standby wicket keeper).
6. Sarfraz Ahmad (Wicket keeper. He must not bat below two down).
7. Imad Wasim (One of the best all rounder in the country, who is an excellent fielder, as well).
8. Anwar Ali (All rounder and an excellent world class fielder. He can also be used as an opening batsman as per requirement of the situation).
9. Zulfiquar Baber (Best turner of the ball. Left arm spinner).
10. Muhammad Nawaz (An extremely promising 22 years All rounder, basically a left handed orthodox spinner and LH batsman).
11. Zafar Gohar (21 years young very agile in the field, slow left arm orthodox and reasonably reliable left handed batsman).
12. Shahid Afridi (He deserves inclusion in the team on the basis of his spin bowling and his excellent track record against the Indian team).
13. Muhammad Amir (Highly talented LH pacer. An asset for any team in the world).
14. Junaid Khan (Left arm pacer, who has recently rediscovered his magic. Extremely talented player).
15. Bilawal Bhatti (Right arm pacer who can bat reasonably; well fit for the T20 format. Moreover T20 game is not Wahab Riaz’s cup of tea and BB is more fitter than Umar Gul, as well. Further, BB is preferred over Muhammad Irfan, due to Irfan’s poor fielding abilities and below Muhallah level teams batting abilities).
We should not be afraid to repose trust in the young generation players named above; and also not be shy of changing the captain at this late hour, because even Australia has today, changed its T20 leadership for the T20 World Cup, by replacing Smith with Finch.
Best of luck for the Pakistani cricketers.

Official Pakistani Squad:

Shahid Afridi
Mohammad Hafeez
Shoaib Malik
Mohammad Irfan
Rumman Raees
Wahab Riaz
Mohammad Nawaz
Babar Azam
Iftikhar Ahmed
Mohammad Amir
Umar Akmal
Sarfraz Ahmed
Imad Wasim
Anwar Ali
Khurram Manzoor

In my team there were no places for:

Shoaib Malik
Muhammad Irfan
Rumman Raees
Iftikhar Ahmad
Khurram Manzoor

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