Fawad Alam has been traveling along the Pakistan team since last two years now but is yet to cement his place in the side. This is not because of his bad performance, but lack of confidence of captains and coaches on his immense abilities.
This boy from Karachi is in 24th year of his life and is arguably the most talented and gifted player of Pakistan in the domestic circuit but his talent has not been utilized by Pakistan on a regular basis.
Fawad Alam, son of former first-class cricketer Tariq Alam, has been amongst the leading run getter in the domestic level for Pakistan for quite a while.
He was selected in the Pakistan team for the first time in 2007 against Srilanka in Abu Dhabi after Pakistan’s humiliating first round World Cup exit in the Caribbean.
He featured in the last One day International but was unlucky to get out for a first ball duck against Dilhara Fernando who took a splendid catch on his own bowling.
Fawad was then selected for inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa. He could only feature in one game against New Zealand in the semi-final where he picked two crucial wickets.
Since then, Fawad has been in and out of the side.
Though his stats show that he is a very talented player. Whenever he has been given a chance to represent his country, he has proved his talent.
Who can forget those 23 runs in just eight balls including 3 sixes against Sri Lanka in Canada which snatched the victory away from the Sri Lankans when Pakistan was completely down and out?
In Asia cup, he came to rescue Pakistan when they were crumbling against the minnows Hong Kong and played a sensible innings of 63 not out to play a crucial part in Pakistan’s victory but unfortuunately on the basis of a bad spell of bowling against storming Indian batting lineup in the next match, he was dropped from the side for rest of the series even though his batting didn’t come in that match.
He may not be the strongest boundary hitter around but his sweet timing and strike rotation is his strength. In recent RBS domestic T20 tournament, he made 2 half-centuries in two innings including 70 off just 36 balls without hitting any six.
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