Fans call for the inclusion of Fawad Alam in team

By Muhammad YaseenPublished On 05 Jan 2023

Twitter users in Pakistan have launched a trend named #FawadAlamExposed to protest the continued omission of the left-handed batsman from the national side.

While the ‘exposed’ trends are usually used to bring forward a celebrity’s misdoings, the Fawad Alam trend questions the way the middle-order batsman has been treated by the Pakistan Cricket Board’s selection committee.

I always have a faith on @iamfawadalam25 Performance feel really proud to see twitter today#FawadAlamExposed pic.twitter.com/Cv3brCJu1O

— Abdullah Azad (@Abdulla44788996) July 26, 2019

The Karachi-born cricketer is part of an elite group of players who scored more than 150 runs on their Test debut but has only three Tests to his name.

The 33-year-old has represented Pakistan in 38 ODIs and amassed 966 runs at an average of 40.25 with a high score of an unbeaten 114. Fawad made 345 runs in eight ODIs at an average of 69 in 2014—only Kane Williamson and AB de Villiers scored more at a better average—but was dropped for the 2015 World Cup that began in February of that year.

The batsman is a veteran in the first-class cricketer with 11,441 runs to his name with a high score of 296 at an average of 56.08, which is the highest for any Pakistani cricketer in history. For more latest news Pakistan, visit 9newshd.tv