The South Africa-bound Pakistan men’s national team will be joined by sevencricketers in the pre-departure camp, which commences at the GaddafiStadium on Friday, 19 March.
These players – Amad Butt, Faisal Akram, Khushdil Shah, Muhammad Imran,Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, and Zahid Mahmood – have been invited sothat the coaching staff continues to work on their development.
Being part of the pre-departure camp for the white-ball cricketers providesan opportunity for Shahnawaz and Zahid, who received maiden call-ups in theTest side last week, to find their rhythm before they embark on the journeyfor Zimbabwe with the Test players on 12 April.
Meanwhile, the men’s national selection committee has also invited AzamKhan and Sohaib Maqsood to the National High Performance Centre in Lahoreas the selectors continue to reward the top domestic performers and expandthe pool of players. The pair will work with the world-renowned NHPCcoaches.——————————
Following the departure of the white-ball squad for South Africa on 26March, the players who have been dropped from the national side but remainin consideration for the national team will also be invited to the NHPCwhere they will work on various physical and technical aspects of the game.
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*Chief selector Muhammad Wasim:*“The decision to invite these nine players,seven to work with the national team and two at the NHPC, is a continuationof our ambition to keep our elite cricketers in rhythm and provide them thedesired skill work so they are ready for the national side whenever theyare called up.
“Previously, we had conducted a camp of 25 players, who remain at theperiphery of the men’s side, during the Pakistan Super Leaguelink 6 with the same idea. I am certain thatthese players will benefit from the presence of top-quality coaches andthese off-season initiatives will help them enhance their skillset.”
