Mohammad Rizwan's game is over! (PC-PTI)
Pakistan's wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan now seems to be out of the ODI team after T20. The bad news for him is that he is not considered worthy of the ODI World Cup 2027. According to Pakistani media reports, wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan will not be selected in the three-match ODI series against Australia. Australia is going to play this ODI series in Lahore and Rawalpindi. The surprising thing is that despite the injuries of Sam Ayyub and Fakhar Zaman, Rizwan is not able to make a place in the team.
According to the report of Geo News, the selection committee, head coach Mike Hesson and captain Shaheen Afridi are choosing their team for the series. In this Rizwan It is not only difficult but impossible to get selected. Reports also show that after the decisions regarding T20 format, head coach Hesson is not in favor of including Rizwan in the ODI team. Rizwan's name is also not being considered for next year's ODI World Cup to be held in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
The interesting thing is that Rizwan's ODI record is good. This 33-year-old player has played 103 ODI matches for Pakistan, in which he has scored 2,979 runs at an average of 40.08, which includes four centuries and 19 half-centuries. Behind the wicket, he has taken 113 catches and made seven stumpings. Let us tell you that Rizwan had failed miserably in the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh this year. He had scored 58 runs in 3 matches.
If Mohammad Rizwan does not play, then Usman Khan can join the team in his place as the second wicketkeeper. By the way, the name of Mirza Saad Baig is also being discussed. Let us tell you that the Australian team will reach Islamabad on May 23 and the Pakistan team will start practice in Rawalpindi from May 22 and there will also be a practice match before the series. The ODI series between Pakistan and Australia will start from May 30. The second ODI will be on June 2 and the third ODI will be on June 4.
