All-rounder Salman Ali Agha says he’s excited by the prospect of serving as Pakistan’s sole spin possibility within the upcoming first check towards Bangladesh.
Pakistan’s solely specialist leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed was disregarded from the squad as Pakistan goals to arrange a green-top wicket to assist its quick bowlers within the first of two check matches beginning at Rawalpindi on Wednesday.
“I’m excited to take up this problem and I’m prepared for it,” Salman stated at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium forward of the staff’s coaching session on Sunday.
“Once I exit to bat, I solely suppose that I’m a batter. Equally, once I exit to bowl, I all the time take into consideration bowling.”
Rawalpindi will host each check matches within the sequence after the Pakistan Cricket Board moved the second check from Karachi because of the ongoing renovation work on the Nationwide Financial institution Stadium for subsequent 12 months’s ICC Champions Trophy.
Off-spinner Salman has picked up 12 wickets in 12 check matches and recently he has been bowling constantly in Take a look at matches. He bowled 76 overs and acquired three wickets over the last three-match sequence in Australia when Abrar picked up an damage forward of the sequence.
As a middle-order batter, Salman has scored 809 runs that embrace centuries towards New Zealand at Karachi and, his top-test rating, 132 not out towards Sri Lanka at Colombo final 12 months. He additionally scored two half centuries in Australia in a sequence that Pakistan misplaced 3-0.
“I did nicely in Australia,” he stated. “It’s (bowling) not a brand new function for me, I’ve no stress this time.”
The monsoon rains in Pakistan are anticipated to disrupt the primary check in Rawalpindi, however Salman stated the house staff will not be involved concerning the overcast situations and is concentrated on beating Bangladesh.
“Rain will not be in our management, we don’t suppose a lot about it,” he stated. “What we all know is that the situations should not new to us, and we all know it is going to assist our quick bowlers.”