Yaar Imad bhai, why don’t you play for Pakistan again? There is such a great form, there is no fitness problem, then why not take back the retirement.
A few months ago when Shaheen Shah Afridi said these words to Imad Wasim, he smiled and shrugged it off, but Shaheen has a habit of not giving up when he decides to complete a task and keeps trying It’s not that he and Imad are close friends, but Shaheen as a captain felt that this cricketer can prove to be important for my team, so I have to bring him back. I strengthened my case by performing well.
Now with Shaheen, the voices raised for his return also increased, PCB looked confused at first, but then someone said that God willing, if the performance of the team is not good, all the debris will fall on the authorities. A good player was present and he was not invited, meanwhile Shaheen continued to talk to Imad on the phone, finally this stage reached a point when he was invited to Lahore for a meeting.
When Imad sat in front of COO Salman Naseer and Chief Selector Wahab Riaz, he must have felt a sense of satisfaction because his stand had won, he wanted to play on his own terms and now the PCB officials themselves called him. , since Imad had to be brought back in any case and he himself wanted the same so there was no discussion etc. in the meeting, Imad could have got the top category of central contract on the basis of seniority but he refused it.
The reason for his retirement was the NOCs of the leagues, the opportunities to play for Pakistan were limited, in such a situation the leagues were the main source of income, but the board’s policy regarding the permit would have come in, now he is free from the contract. The condition of two leagues in a year will be avoided, but this will not be a good example, tomorrow Babar, Rizwan etc. can also say that we don’t want a contract, then PCB will only focus on children. Well, it is better to make a standard policy regarding the leagues, which is then strictly followed, not that a cricketer should play in the third or fourth league when a big personality calls.
Call back the unrecommended player, Khair Imad’s return will be useful for the team. Looking back, if a new player had performed well, would anyone have missed Imad?
Now the World Cup is around the corner, we will need quality spinners on the West Indian pitches, in such a situation Imad can be useful for the team, many people are comparing Imad’s case with Aamir that they should also be brought back, in fact both. As the cases differ, Amir left Pakistan cricket for British citizenship, having informed fellow players of his intentions long before his self-imposed retirement.
His plan is to participate in the IPL as a British player. Fortunately, Amir’s departure did not affect the Pakistani team. He was brought back after pleading, despite serving a prison sentence in the match-fixing case, Pakistan honored him and gave him a chance to represent the team again.
There was an element of sympathy for him in the hearts of ordinary fans, but since Amir regained his footing, he disliked his green passport and decided to settle in the UK. There is no shortage of fans who want to see him in the World Cup squad. Yes, Aamir himself has also hinted in this regard in a social media post, but there will be no benefit from his return, even if he is brought, whose place will he feed.
We should move forward but unfortunately new talent is not emerging at the pace of the past, no player like Shadab Khan emerged from PSL, if a youngster performed well in the recent event, media and social media. After the sky and the earth were united in his praise, he was crushed under the burden of poor expectations, we should give the new talent a chance to perform consistently and then definitely compare with the great cricketers. Mohsin Naqvi has announced the new selection committee, let’s see how successful the selectors are in finding talent.
Still a new experiment has been done, 7 members but there is no chief, by the way, if Wahab Riaz was made the chief selector while Muhammad Yusuf was, then there would be talk. That’s why everyone has been given the position of selector, by the way, the closer they are to the chairman, whether it is written in their name or not, then they will be the chief. The chairman also announced the restoration of Haris Rauf’s central contract. The real loss was to Lahore Qalandars, the confidence of the team was shaken before the first match, later Haris got injured, Arbab Akhtar should not play with the career of any player in the circle of his ego.
Imad is back, Haris’ contract has been restored, it shows that the board is closing the gap, which is good, it should benefit the team, the team reached the final in the last T20 World Cup. She will win the trophy this time, big stories about Mohsen Speed keep coming in the media, let’s see if she can show excellence in cricket too.
