Bangladesh vs Pakistan Abrar Ahmed: On one hand, Kavya Maran showered money on Pakistan’s mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed in The Hundred, on the other hand, the player got a big shock the very next day. Abrar Ahmed was out of the team in the second ODI against Bangladesh. In the match being played at Shere Bangla Stadium in Dhaka, captain Shaheen Afridi dropped Abrar from the team and gave a chance to Haris Rauf in the playing eleven. The question is, why did the Pakistani team drop the bowler who is considered a great wicket-taker from the playing eleven?
Reason for dropping Abrar Ahmed from the team
Abrar Ahmed is the lead spinner of the Pakistani team, yet he was dropped because the pitch of Shere Bangla Stadium is said to be good for pace bowling. Nahid Rana had taken five wickets in the last match on this pitch. In front of their devastating bowling, Pakistan team was bundled out for just 114 runs and Bangladesh chased this target in just 91 balls. Abrar Ahmed was badly beaten in that match and he gave away 25 runs in 3 overs. Seeing the nature of the pitch, in the second match, Shaheen dropped Abrar and gave a chance to Haris Rauf.
Let us tell you that Haris Rauf has been signed for Rs 2.3 crore in The Hundred auction. The big thing is that Indian team owner Kavya Maran bet on him. Kavya is the owner of Sunrisers Leeds. The issue of Kavya buying Abrar has been highlighted on social media and everyone is talking about her boycott.
Pakistan lost the toss again
In the second ODI, Pakistan captain Shaheen Afridi lost the toss and Bangladesh invited him to bat first.
Pakistan’s playing eleven- Sahibzada Farhan, Maaz Sadaqat, Shamil Hussain, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Agha, Hussain Talat, Abdul Samad, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr. and Haris Rauf.
Playing XI of Bangladesh- Saif Hasan, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Nazmul Hussain Shanto, Liton Das, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Tauhid Hridaya, Afif Hussain, Taskin Ahmed, Rishad Hussain, Mustafizur Rahman, Nahid Rana.