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Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz have returned to Pakistan's squad for next month's one-day international series against the West Indies, selectors said on Monday. Shadab, 23, and the 28-year-old Nawaz were part of Pakistan's Twenty20 series against the West Indies in December but have since been out of action with injury.
Pakistan Cricket Board will adopt a new policy for its centrally contracted players from July 1 with the new contracts being given out for two different formats instead of the existing one contract mechanism. An official in the board told PTI on Saturday that contracts will be given out for red ball and white ball formats. "Essentially players who represent and perform for the country in both formats will be given separate red ball and white ball contacts meaning they will earn two retainers instead of the existing one," he said.
Jasprit Bumrah and Shaheen Shah Afridi are two of the modern-day great pacers and whenever they have the ball in hand, the batters cannot breathe easy. Both bowlers have the capability of making their sides win on their own and these two are the vital cogs of their respective teams' bowling attacks. Former Pakistan pacer Aaqib Javed, however, has said that Bumrah has "fewer threatening performances" than Shaheen and the latter's graph is on the rise.
Rashid Khan has left an indelible mark on the Indian Premier League (IPL) ever since the Afghanistan cricket team star started playing in the T20 franchise league from 2017. After starting his IPL career for SunRisers Hyderabad, Khan is currently playing for Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2022 but batters are yet found their way out of his spin web. After GT's match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Mumbai on Saturday, Khan has 101 wickets in 83 matches at a strike-rate of 19.60. His economy of 6.35 RPO is also awesome.
Currently captaining the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) franchise in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, KL Rahul overtook prolific run-getter Virat Kohli to become the fastest Indian to 6000 T20 runs. Looking at the overall tally, Rahul achieved the feat in third-fastest time, behind West Indies batter Chris Gayle and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam. Rahul achieved this milestone during his knock of 30 runs off 24 balls for LSG vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL 2022 on Tuesday.
Former South Africa pacer Dale Steyn held a Q&A session on microblogging site Twitter on Thursday and was asked about the best batter across formats among current players. Responding to the question, the legendary pacer named Pakistan captain Babar Azam. "Who's the best batsman across all formats currently in your opinion?" a user asked him. "Maybe Babar? He's pretty darn good," Steyn wrote in his reply. Babar is currently the No.1 ranked batter in ODIs and T20 Internationals (T20Is), and fifth in Test rankings.
Former Australian star all-rounder Shane Watson has rated the "fab 5" batters in world cricket right now in cricket's longest format. While the official ICC rankings take into account the performance of players in matches played in a particular time period and ranks them accordingly, there is always an unofficial list of batters, who have dominated the game over a period of time.
Rated by many as one of the best batters in modern-day cricket, Babar Azam was on the receiving end of special praise from former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif. Speaking on YouTube, Latif rated Babar ahead of former Pakistan greats like Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram and Inzamam-ul-Haq. The 53-year-old also went on to label Azam as "the Bradman and Lara of this era". "I had tweeted back in 2019. We were on the tour of England. I had written everyone's name whom I had played with - Miandad, Wasim, Waqar, Inzamam, Yousuf, Younus, Saqlain. But he is ahead of them all. I am talking about a long time ago. He's obviously become a big player since", he said.