Published 12:40 IST, January 17th 2020

Mohammad Amir mocks PCB after Pakistan's T20I snub in cheeky tweet, deletes it later

Mohammad Amir, who has currently fallen out of favour with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), took a cheeky shot at the PCB after he was left out of the T20I squad.

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Pakistan speedster Mohammad Amir, who has currently fallen out of favour with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), took a cheeky shot at PCB after he was left out of T20I squad for upcoming home series against Bangladesh. Pakistan have lost 8 of ir last 9 T20I games, including 5 in a row after World Cup last year. This could be reason why Pakistan team manment has axed as many as 7 players who toured Australia last year.

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Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Amir, Asif Ali, Haris Sohail, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Irfan and Wahab Riaz are seven players who were axed from team. Pakistan also recalled experienced campaigners Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik into 15-man squad, while also naming three uncapped players - Ahsan Ali, Amad Butt and Haris Rauf.

Mohammad Amir, meanwhile, faced axe after his constant struggles in international cricket. During humiliating 3-0 loss at hands of a second-string Sri Lanka side, he mand to pick up just 3 wickets in 3 games. He went wicketless in first two games before picking three in final game. In Australia, he picked up just 1 wicket in three games.

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Yet, Pakistani cricket presenter Zainab Abbas expressed her shock on Twitter to t see Mohammad Amir in T20I squad against Bangladesh, pointing out his recent spell of 6-17 in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

In reply, Mohammad Amir wrote that reason behind his exclusion was his retirement from Test cricket before. It seems that Amir was taking a dig at PCB and former Pakistan players such as Shoaib Akhtar, who have criticised him for prioritising T20 tournaments around world than playing for country. Amir deleted tweet soon.