Crisis on Safyaan Sharif’s visa (Photo-GETTY IMAGES)
Scotland has got entry in the T20 World Cup in place of Bangladesh, but a question mark has been raised on the entry of one of their players in India. The name of this player is Safyaan Sharif who is of Pakistani origin. The interesting thing is that Safyaan Sharif was born in England and he settled in Scotland at the age of 7, but his father is of Pakistani origin and mother is also British Pakistani. Cricket Scotland has given its response on the issue of Safyaan Sharif. He says that he is hopeful that Sharif will get entry into India on time.
Questions on the visa of this Scottish player
Cricket Scotland said on this issue that ICC and its board will together resolve the issue of Safyaan Sharif’s visa. However, as a precaution, Scotland has also applied for visas for two traveling reserve and three non-travelling reserve players.
Father sent him to Pakistan for training
Safyaan Sharif has played his entire cricket in Scotland but this player’s father sent him to Pakistan to learn the skill of fast bowling. Whereas Safyan learned in swing and out swing. This player made his international debut in 2011 at the age of just 20 and on the basis of his excellent performance, he also became Scotland’s best fast bowler. However, now it remains to be seen when this player will come to India and how he will perform on the pitches here.
Safyaan Sharif’s career
If Safyaan Sharif gets late due to visa issue, then Scotland will suffer a huge loss because this player is the best bowler of this team. Safyaan Sharif has taken 113 wickets in 90 ODI matches for Scotland. Apart from this, he has 85 wickets in his name in T20. Safyaan Sharif is one of the most successful fast bowlers of Scotland.
Scotland team for T20 World Cup: Richie Barrington (captain), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Oliver Davidson, Chris Greaves, Ehsaan, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyan Sharif, Mark Watt, Bradley Wheal.