Muhammad Wasim, the PCB’s head selector, has spoken out over Mohammad Amir’s future with the Pakistan cricket squad.
Mohammad Amir has not been considered for selection for Pakistan in recent years. The left-arm bowler made his final international appearance in August 2020, against England in a T20I.
A few months later, he declared his retirement from international cricket and rendered himself unavailable for selection.
Amir on the other hand, had insisted at the time that he would be eligible for consideration when the then-PCB management’s tenure ended.
It has been over a year since the management change, yet Amir has yet to return to the team. Earlier previous week, PCB chief selector Muhammad Wasim was asked about the renowned pacer’s future, following which he finally broke silence about Amir.
Wasim revealed that Amir has “taken retirement” from international cricket, and thus, he couldn’t be considered.
“My work is to select from players who are available for selection. Unfortunately, Mohammad Amir never made himself available in my tenure. He has taken retirement, so I never talked about him.
“When he is not available, what can I say. The rest, who are available, we do talk about them and consider them. But there is no such policy,” Wasim said on Pakistan journalist Hafiz Muhammad Imran’s channel.
After Pakistan’s T20 World Cup roster was selected last month, Mohammad Amir received a strong response from supporters when he tweeted, “chief selector ka cheap selection.” The tweet was an obvious jab at Muhammad Wasim, who was left out of the 15-man team.
Pakistan will resume to action on October 7 in the T20I tri-series against New Zealand and Bangladesh.
The Babar Azam-led squad will be looking to improve its middle-order performance after the batters failed to step up in Pakistan’s seven-match T20I series against England, which it lost 3-4.
On October 23, the team will kick off their T20 World Cup campaign against archrival India.