Multan; Dec 9,222: In the second Test against Pakistan in the Multan Test match, the England team has been bowled out for 281 runs in their first innings.
Abrar Ahmed has taken 43 wickets in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season which is the most wickets of any bowler this year.
Interestingly, this season he took 40 wickets out of 43 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium at an average of 17.
Wizard spinner Sniper Abrar Ahmed, who made his debut for Pakistan in the Multan Test, gave the England batsmen trouble right from the start and took five wickets in the match before lunch.
Wizard spinner Abrar Ahmed dismissed seven players. Abrar is the 13th Pakistani bowler to take five or more wickets in a debut match.
As soon as the Pakistan team squad for the series against England was announced, Abrar Ahmed especially became the center of attention.
This is because he is not a traditional spinner but can do the leg break jig as well as the carrom ball.
Today he bowled out England’s top five aggressive batsmen with his mysterous spin, especially the carrom ball.
It should be noted that Pakistan’s management was heavily criticized for not including Abrar Ahmed in the Rawalpindi Test.
Abrar Ahmed took 43 wickets in this season’s Quaid-e-Azam Trophy the most wickets by any bowler that year and this performance led to his inclusion in the Pakistan team for the first time.
When Saqleen Mushtaq was asked a question in a press conference at Rawalpindi about giving priority to Zahid Mahmood over Abrar Ahmad, he said, “We wanted to do justice.” On one side, a boy (Zahid) who has been with the team for a year and came very close to playing in the team many times but did not get a chance.
He further said that ‘Abrar has performed well in domestic cricket but we did not want to break the line and fast track, someone, when a player has been waiting for a year. Zahid was on the waiting list, so we decided to do justice to him.
His five wickets included the wickets of Zach Crawley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Ollie Pope and Harry Brooke and all batsmen except Joe Root have scored a century in a Pindi Test.
At a time when Yasir Shah was out of form and Pakistan has tried other spinners including Nauman Ali, Abrar Ahmed’s inclusion in the Pakistan team and his excellent performance is certainly no less than a relief for the Pakistani team.
“Today is a very special day for me,” Abrar Ahmed, who made the first Test history for Pakistan in the Multan Test match, said.
“I worked hard for this day, I can’t express my happiness in words, I request all the fans to pray for the Pakistan team and for me.
Pakistan cricket team head coach Saqlain Mushtaq gave a Test cap to spinner Abrar Ahmed, who made his debut against England. On this occasion, Abrar Ahmed said that he will never disappoint with his performance.
24-year-old Abrar Ahmed’s father belongs to Shankyari KP while his mother belongs to Lahore.
The father has a transport job and the family has been living in Karachi for a long time.
Abrar Ahmed was born in Karachi, he started cricket with a tennis ball in his Jahangir Road Street.
Abrar Ahmed says ‘I was very naughty as a child. Being the youngest in the house has its pros and cons. If one brother did the work, the other had to do the work too, but I used to put my mother ahead to save myself.
Abrar Ahmed says, ‘My elder brothers were fond of cricket. They used to go and play in Nishtar Park and other fields; I used to go and sit there and watch them play.
“Then came the time when I was playing and my brothers were watching me.”
Like many young cricketers of Karachi, Abrar Ahmed’s early career is marked by the intervention of coach Muhammad Masroor, who saw the hidden talent in him and gave him an opportunity to play.
At the request of Mohammad Masroor, Rashid Latif also included Abrar Ahmed in his cricket academy.
Abrar Ahmed says, ‘I had heard that when you go to an academy and play, you have to pay fees etc. But my bowling at the district level was so good that at that time there were three or four cricketers like me. Who received seven thousand rupees every month from Rashid Latif Academy? Coach Mickey Arthur was also impressed by Abrar Ahmed’s excellent performance in domestic cricket.
Abrar Ahmed says ‘I played two matches for Karachi Kings in the 2017 Pakistan Super League, although I did not manage to take any wickets, my spell against Owen Morgan in the match against Peshawar Zalmi helped Mickey Arthur. , Kumar Sangakkara and Mahila Jayawardene were very impressed.
Unfortunately, I suffered a hairline fracture in my back and I was away from cricket for almost two years, but during that period Mickey Arthur paid close attention to me and put me in the National Cricket Academy for forty days to work on my fitness.
