Pakistan brings back Haris Rauf ahead of Ireland, England T20I series

Pakistan selectors on Thursday dropped legspinner Usama Mir ahead of the T20 series in Ireland and England Pacer Haris Rauf has received a call up ahead of the seriesPCB selectors Muhammad Yousuf Abdul Razzaq and Wahab Riaz while interacting with the media said that the squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 wont be picked based on the performances against Ireland and EnglandThe Green Shirts will clash with Ireland for the threematch series which is set to kick start on May 10 Later Pakistan will lock horns with England for four T20I matches The series against Englishmen will start on May 22 There are a few fitness issues with Muhammad Rizwan Haris Rauf Azam Khan and Irfan Khan Niazi but there has been a significant improvement in their fitness and we are confident they will play in the coming matches Wahab saidFollowing the series Wahab also answered the reason for recalling pacer Hasan AliAlso ReadIN PHOTOS IPL 2024 SRH vs RR Players to watch out forIf Haris is fit and performs well in coming matches he is our first choice He has started bowling but if he doesnt come through we have Hasan Ali said Wahab RiazPacer Haris Rauf was out of action since February when he got unfit during the Pakistan Super League Razzaq said that legspinner Usama has been dropped since Pakistan already has Shadab Khan and Abrar Ahmed in the squadYousuf insisted that the recent 22 result in the T20 series against a depleted New Zealand outfit was not a bad one It is true that New Zealand were missing some main players but it is also for the first time that we also fully implemented the rotation policy by trying out new players in the series he saidYousuf also said that they were pushing the players to be more innovative in playing their shots and admitted that some players came up short on that frontLook unless we are not ready to accept failure and move our batters will never be ready to adopt innovative stroke play he saidWahab Riaz also mentioned that he spoke to newly appointed head coach Gary Kirsten and they all agreed that they need to remove the feeling of insecurity and fear of failure from players mindsOur aim is to give them an environment where they can give their best and play fearlessly Wahab also said that selecting the playing eleven would remain the domain of the captain and the selectors would not interfere in that areaThe selectors also defended Babar Azams ability as a captainNo one is a born captain but from what we saw in the NZ series there was an improvement in his leadership and we are hopeful he will become better and he has captaincy experience We want to remain on the same page with him Razzaq saidSquad Babar Azam Captain Muhammad Rizwan Azam Khan Saim Ayub Fakhar Zaman Iftikhar Ahmed Irfan Khan Niazi Abrar Ahmed Hasan Ali Haris Rauf Shaheen Shah Afridi Muhammad Amir Imad Wasim Naseem Shah Shadab Khan Usman Khan Abbas Afridi and Agha Ali SalmanWith PTI Inputs