Mohammad Hafeez has expressed concern about the exclusion of Shaheen Afridi from the Odi de Pakistan team for the next New Zealand tour. The former Pakistan captain also questioned the decision of the national selectors to put aside one of the most experienced pacemakers in the country, Shaheen Afridi.
Aphridi, currently occupied the ninth place in the ranking of Bowler Odi ICC, has been a key part of Pakistan’s rhythm attack for years, but was surprisingly omitted from the Odi team for the next three -game hate series against New Zealand after a poor ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign.
Mohammad Hafeez questions the omission of Shaheen Afridi of the Odi de Pakistan team
Mohammad Hafeez said Aphridi was first removed from the test team and is now overlooking Odi while asking questions about his role in the Pakistan Cricket team. The former director of the Pakistan team admitted that Shaheen’s recent performances may not have been at his best, but leaving him aside completely instead of helping him recover the form is a hard decision.
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As cited by Cricket Pakistan, Mohammad Hafeez said: “First, Shaheen Afridi is abandoned from the test team, and the reason is being rested. But Shaheen himself says: ‘I’m not resting; They have dropped me. Yes, it has not been working well in hate, and failure is a different problem, but this is not the right approach. First, he was removed from the tests, after hate, what exactly is the role of Shaheen Afridi now? “
Recently, the PCB announced the Odi and T20i squads for the New Zealand tour, scheduled from March 16 to April 5. The team has some great changes, with Shaheen and Haris Rauf disappeared from the Odi team, while Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have been left out of the T20I team. However, Aphridi has managed to find a place in the T20I team for the five -game series in New Zealand.
The poor 2025 trophy campaign of the 2025 Shaheen Aphridi ICC Trophy leads to his deserte
Shaheen could not deliver at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. In the group of the group against New Zealand in Karachi, the Pacera Star gave 68 races in 10 overs without taking a wickt, with an economy rate of 6.80. His performance against India in Dubai was also disappointing, since he admitted 72 races and took only two WICKETS in his eight overs at an economic rate of 9.25.
Meanwhile, Shoaib Akhtar recently said that Pakistan’s Cricket is fighting because he lacks models to follow for the next generation. This comment did not sit well with Hafeez, who shot by questioning the legacy of the players of the 1990s.
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The heroes of the 1990s left nothing to Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez
Hafeez in the game in Hai Show in PTV Sport: “I am a great admirer of those who played in the 1990s, but when it comes to Legacy, they left nothing to Pakistan. They did not win an ICC event. As stars, as players, they were the mega superstar. But then they could not inspire us by winning a CPI event.
He added: “The idolatra people today to Babar Azam, and that is because even if they did not play a great hand in our victory of the 2017 Champions Trophy, I was there. Then, that thing about winning CPI events, these the superstars of the 1990s could not do, with due respect for their talents.”
