Former Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis speaks during a press conference in Lahore on March 11, 2016. PHOTO: AFP
In a tweet, Waqar revealed his preferred line-up of contemporary players, which includes three players from Australia and England each, as well as two cricketers from India. However, the former pacer only picked one player from Pakistan, South Africa and Bangladesh respectively, with New Zealand’s Martin Guptill as the twelfth man.
The 44-year-old selected left-arm bowler Mohammad Amir as the lone representative from the Men in Green.
Warner..Rohit..Kohli..AB..Smith(c)
— Waqar Younis (@waqyounis99) September 3, 2016
Buttler..Stokes..Moin..Starc..M Amir..
Mustafizur..12th.M Guptil. My modern day ODI #World12 you agree ?
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Waqar, who was a vocal advocate for Amir’s return to international cricket following the spot-fixing controversy of 2010, oversaw the early stages of the young pacer’s comeback.
Joining Amir in the pace attack are fellow left-armers Mitchell Starc and Mustafizur Rahman.
Other players in the squad include David Warner, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, and Moeen Ali. However, Twitter users were quick to point out notable names which Waqar omitted from his squad.
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One household name which the former coach did not include was of England batsman Joe Root.
https://twitter.com/WakasRahman/status/772030990734680065
I think rohit won't be fitting in this playing XI; root is in fantastic form n he can replace ro-hit.
— Danish Lalani (@danishlalani) September 3, 2016
Joe Root instead of Rohit...!
— Sarfraz Ahmad (@sarfrazrandhawa) September 3, 2016
why not root? He is more consistent i guess
— Sam Khan (@Samkhan_fm) September 3, 2016
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Others also pointed out how India’s limited overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was left out as well.
No Dhoni @waqyounis99 😂
— Soni Raj Singh (@SRKkiSoni) September 3, 2016
@SRKswarrior1 Dhoni 😒
— Harshit (@cricketharshit) September 3, 2016
And even though many agreed on the overall outlook of the playing eleven, the inclusion of Sharma was a point of contention, with suggestions of replacing him with New Zealand’s Kane Williamson or South Africa’s Hashim Amla.
https://twitter.com/manzoor2599/status/772046230700437504
Williamson in place of rohit
— mohid pirzada (@PirzadaMohid) September 3, 2016
The rest looks good
why rohit ...why not amla....but your team is nice world eleven....
— waqar haider (@whaiderr25) September 4, 2016
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