A PCB official confirmed that the team management wanted to include the fast-bowler to bring depth into pace attack. PHOTO: PCB
The Pakistan team management has added young fast-bowler Bilawal Bhatti to the Test squad ahead of the series against Sri Lanka in the UAE.
Bhatti, who was a part of the One-Day International team, was not named in the 15-man Test squad that was initially announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) selection committee last week.
A PCB official confirmed that the team management wanted to include the fast-bowler to bring depth into pace attack. Pakistan already had four quicks – Umar Gul, Junaid Khan, Rahat Ali and Mohammad Talha – before Bhatti’s inclusion. The three-match Test series will start in Abu Dhabi on December 31.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 30th, 2013.
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