Pakistan's young gun Naseem Shah rings warning bells for England ahead of Test series

With Pakistani authorities giving a go-ahead to national team to tour England in July, young speedster Naseem Shah has already cautioned visitors to t underestimate him. 17-year-old has stated that it would be a big loss for England if y treat him like a 'small kid.' young gun made his debut against Australia last year and is youngest to pick a five-wicket haul in Tests. 

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Shah stated that does t matter but his bowling does. He added that he only kws Joe Root amongst entire English team. Shah is likely to pair with Shaheen Afridi, however, veteran pacer Wahab Riaz has also made himself available for test squad. 

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Shah picks his dream wickets 

In an interview with Pakistan's sports website, Shah went on to pick his dream targets - batsmen whose wicket he would like to pick in international cricket. young gun started with England's test skipper Joe Root as his first target followed by India's ace opener Rohit Sharma, who has been widely regarded as best white-ball batsman across globe, at present. At last, Shah picked Australia's Steve Smith, who is number-one ranked ICC Test batsman, as his third dream wicket. Surprisingly, Shah snubbed Virat Kohli, whom he has stated that he does t fear to bowl. 

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Pakistan tour of England 2020

1992 World Cup winners will be touring England for a three-match Test series that will be followed by a three-match T20I series from July 30 to September 2, 2020. Meanwhile, PCB  also anunced that spin legend Mushtaq Ahmed has been named as bowling coach for upcoming tour while former captain as well as batting great Younis Khan has been appointed as batting coach.

PCB had said that taking into account COVID-19 outlook in Pakistan in coming weeks, operational and logistical matters as well observation that keeping players in a safe and secure environment would remain a challenge, which is why PCB decided t to hold a training camp prior to ir departure for England. Instead, PCB asked ECB to prepare an itinerary which allows Pakistan team to reach London early in June. squad was originally scheduled to land in UK on July 6.

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