If I were captain, Fawad Alam would be in my Test team: Younis Khan

KARACHI: Former batting awesome Younis Khan has advocated the since a long time ago overlooked Fawad Alam, saying that the all-rounder would have been in his Test group on the off chance that he were chief.

Deploring the nonstop non-choice of the all-rounder, Younis said unfortunately that Fawad has been rejected from Pakistan's Test squad for the up and coming England and Ireland visits in spite of performing reliably in household cricket.

"He is unfortunate that, regardless of scoring [massive runs] in top of the line cricket, he is being disregarded," said the previous batsman, who resigned in 2017 in the wake of turning into the main Pakistani to score 10,000+ Test runs.

Communicating his reservation at the 16-part Pakistan Test squad declared for the visits one month from now, Younis brought up that even experienced groups have battled wide open to the harshe elements, wet states of Ireland and England.

"When we visited England in 2016 under Misbah's captainship, we [managed to draw] yet didn't win the arrangement," the cricketer included, that the more youthful group, drove by Sarfraz Ahmed, could battle in the English conditions.

As indicated by Younis, there is no legitimacy to the feedback that frequently encompasses Fawad Alam's batting method. "I decline to trust it," he stated, bringing up that each player performs with his specific method.

He reviewed that numerous individuals figured he would flop in England and Australia. Be that as it may, Younis demonstrated them amiss with a batting normal of 50.63 of every 6 Tests he played in Australia, and 50.52 out of 9 Tests in England.

To the extent the age factor is worried, for him, it's only a number. "It is inappropriate to [make age an excuse] to choose somebody's profession," he said.

Fawad Alam is 32 years of age, with the greater part of his years spent sitting tight for an opportunity to play in the national side.

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Misbah played for Pakistan till he was 42 years of age, and he himself played till the age of 39, Younis stated, calling attention to that age was never an obstacle in his execution and records.

The veteran commented that the mentor, selectors and skipper ought to dependably settle on choices in the more extensive interests of the group. Expecting that any one individual's supposition is right, does not yield any advantage when you're a mentor, selector or chief, Younis included.