Mohammad Hafeez has religious response to surprise exclusion from Pakistan's T20I team

Pakistan all-rounder Mohamm Hafeez was left out from country's T20I squ against South Africa because he would t meet Pakistan Cricket Board's deline for players to enter a bio-secure bubble. Hafeez, who is t among PCB's centrally contracted players, is currently playing in Abu Dhabi T10 League 2021 in United Arab Emirates.

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Mohamm Hafeez responds philosophically to his exclusion from T20I squ

Hafeez h asked PCB to allow him to join team directly in Lahore after Abu Dhabi T10 League 2021 is done and dusted. However, PCB was amant that all players h to be in team's bubble by Feb. 3 ahe of three-match T20I series against Proteas. According to Pakistan vs South Africa schedule, three-match T20I series is set to get underway on February 11 in Lahore with final two games set to be played at same venue on February 13 and 14.

Hafeez h me his mind to return after his stint T10 League gets over which was unacceptable to PCB. board's chief selector Wasim Khan said that  scenario is as such that every player has to join bio bubble on February 3 and if a player can’t do so, it means he is unavailable. w, Hafeez has reacted on being left out of Pakistan T20I squ.

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Pakistan veteran took to Twitter and posted a photo of Pakistan T20I squ for series against South Africa. He put a rar philosophical caption to describe his situation. Here is tweet -

absence of Hafeez can prove decisive as has been in sensational form in shortest format of game this year. At of 40, Hafeez is defying all odds and is still at top of his game. 40-year old was world’s leing T20I cricketer last year, scoring 415 runs in 10 matches at an aver of 83 and a strike rate of 152.57.

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Mohamm Hafeez career stats

Hafeez career stats include 55 Tests, 218 ODIs and 99 T20Is he has played in a career spanning over 17 years. right-hander has 3652 Test runs, 6614 ODI runs and 2323 T20I runs to his name. Hafeez has scored 21 hundreds and 64 fifties in his international career.

Pakistan squ for T20Is vs South Africa

Babar Azam (Captain), Haider Ali, Khushdil Shah, Hussain Talat, Danish Aziz, Asif Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohamm Nawaz, Zafar Gohar, Faheem Ashraf, Aamer Yamin, Am Butt, Mohamm Rizwan, Safaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohamm Hasnain, Hasan Ali, Usman Qir, Zahid Mehmood.

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SOURCE: AP