Pakistan quick bowler Haris Rauf pulled out of the Test sequence towards Australia, driving chief selector Wahab Riaz to problem a warning to gamers to prioritise nationwide duties and any non-compliance will result in them getting sidelined. Riaz introduced an 18-member squad for the three Test sequence in Australia on Monday and mentioned Rauf wanted to make a sacrifice and play for Pakistan. “Two days back he (Haris) told us that he was available for the Test series and last night he said he had worries over his workload and fitness issues so he was not available,” mentioned Riaz.

The former quick bowler mentioned he together with Muhammad Hafeez, the newly-appointed Director of Pakistan group, had an in depth chat with Rauf.

“I and Hafeez spoke to him (Rauf) in detail and told him that both the captain and coach wanted him to play in Australia, as he was an impact bowler.

“We assured him that he would not bowl more then 10-12 overs in a day in Australia,” Riaz defined.

“We also spoke to the team physio and trainer and they said Rauf had no fitness issues and there would be no problem with him in Australia. As a centrally contracted player we felt he should have not taken a step back.” Riaz mentioned within the absence of some injured topline gamers, Rauf would have been useful Down Under.

“We felt that with Naseem (Shah), Muhammad Hasnain and Ehsanullah unavailable due to injuries, Rauf, if he wanted to play for Pakistan, should have made a sacrifice and played for the team,” mentioned Riaz.

Riaz made it clear that gamers who’re prepared to face up for the nation will likely be given choice in future in relation to group choice.

“Any player, no matter who he is or how big a player he is, if he is not giving priority to the Pakistan team then he will not feature in our future plans,” he added.

The former left-arm fast mentioned he wished to arrange a pool of fine standby gamers and never must depend upon simply 15-16 gamers as occurred earlier than the World Cup.

He mentioned extra younger gamers can be given publicity in T20 cricket in order that there can be extra gamers to select from for subsequent 12 months’s T20 World Cup.

Riaz mentioned Naseem Shah can be prepared to start out bowling once more at 50 to 60 % after three to 4 weeks.

“He is still in rehab recovering from his shoulder surgery.”

Pakistan squad for Australia sequence:Shan Masood (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi.

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