Asif Ali, the Pakistan powerhouse said he deserves a proper chance to show what he is capable of doing with the bat. The batsman also asked the selectors to trust him and let him play on a regular basis.
The Pakistan batsman said since he bats in the middle order and is usually expected to score quick runs, he will likely perform two times out of 10. He added that his average will also be around 25.
Asif Ali Wants Selectors To Give Him A Proper Chance
Asif Ali pointed out that many of the world’s top middle-order batsmen, such as Australia’s Glenn Maxwell, England’s Jos Buttler, and the West Indies’ Andre Russell, will have similar statistics as they bat in the middle order.
In Mar 2018, the batsman was named to Pakistan’s T20I squad for their series against the West Indies. He made his T20I debut against the West Indies on 1 April 2018. He made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe on 13 July 2018. In May 2019, he was named in Pakistan’s squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) named their final fifteen-man squad for the tournament.
He has played 20 ODIs and 29 T20Is scoring 382 and 344 runs respectively averaging less than 30 in both formats.
“If you trust someone then give him a proper chance,” he told Cricwick as quoted by Cricket Pakistan.
His average is a mere 16.38 in T20Is and 25.46 in ODIs. But his List A average is better-30.55 and his T20 average is also higher-24.98. He has 2 first-class, 4 List A, and 1 T20 ton.
Asif Ali Represented Islamabad United In PSL 2021
Asif Ali recently represented Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and scored 224 runs in 12 matches, which included a top score of 75, at an average of 28, and a strike rate of 167.16. Despite his solid campaign, the 29-year-old was not picked for Pakistan’s upcoming tours of England and the West Indies.
Given he is 29 years old and has a strike rate above 140 in 198 T20s, it is surprising that Asif Ali wasn’t selected on a constant basis to the Pakistan national side, as much of Pakistan’s struggles in T20 and ODI cricket are due to the lack of firepower in the death overs.
Pakistan batsman Asif Ali’s daughter, who suffered from stage four cancer, died in a hospital in the United States just before the 2019 World Cup started. Following the death of his daughter, Asif Ali returned to Pakistan after her death but rejoined the national team camp in England for the 2019 World Cup, following the last rites of his daughter – Dua Fatima, who passed away while battling stage IV cancer.