ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi is pleased with theentry of senior fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz in his team’sWorld Cup squad, as the teenager believes that the duo would add muchneeded experience to the otherwise young bowling line.
“It’s very good to have them in the squad,” said Afridi, quoted *PCB*.“They are very senior and experienced players. They have played a lot ofcricket around the world and for Pakistan. It’s good for me, as this is myfirst World Cup, to have very senior players alongside me in the bowlingattack”.
Afridi would be making his World Cup debut alongside fellow debutantsbowling partners Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan and Mohammad Hasnain.
Speaking about the ODI series against England, which Pakistan lost 4-0mainly owing to their laclustre bowling display, Afridi admitted that itwas ‘a tough series’ but added that the series provided them with muchneeded preparation for the World Cup.
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“It was a tough series for our team. We were playing against the number oneside in the world at home. But we learnt a lot and it was good preparationbecause the big stage is coming,” he said.
With the second warm-up match against Bangladesh washed out, Pakistan wouldbegin their World Cup campaign with the first match against the West Indieson May 31.
