Srinagar: Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif has made a controversial remarks regarding Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and various other players of the team.
Asif during debate on X Space (Twitter) ridiculed Babar Azam and termed Agha Salman a waste and Hasan Ali product of lobby.
“I can bowl a maiden over to Babar Azam in T20 cricket even today, he cannot hit the ball if you bowl good deliveries to him,” said Mohammad Asif.
The 40-year-old also questioned the selection of all-rounder Agha Salman and called the player, “a waste of time”.
“I don’t consider Agha Salman as a player, he’s a waste of time. Even I can score the number of runs he scores. He only scores when Pakistan has already scored a lot of runs as a team,” Asif said.
While talking about the current pace attack of Pakistan, the former Pakistani fast bowler called the World Cup bound pacers as “average”.
“The bowlers selected in the World Cup squads are average, there is no one special”, the 40-year-old said.
Pakistan has announced a 15-member squad for the World Cup, starting on October 5 in India.
Pakistan Squad: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Abdullah Shafique, Faqar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-Ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Salman Agha, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usama Mir.