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Originally Posted by Tiger444
Even though he hasn't quite done justice to his talent, the team management and selectors have also misused him. He mostly bats down the order as one of the last specialist batsmen in ODIs and doesn't bat in Tests. He should be batting up the order for both formats as he's a quality player and especially at a time where Pakistan is looking for quality young batsmen.
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although i agree he hasn't justified his talent he's still done very well in ODIs, an average of 38 (not that far off 39) after 76 matches is really good in ODIs and he's still only 23. even a quality player like sangakkara has only just brought his ODI average near to the 40 mark (now 39.99 but for many years he was around 36-38 range). agree he should bat a bit higher, he's proved to be reliable and as you said pakistan are looking for quality young batsmen.
as far as tests go, it's like i said, had they stuck with him all this time he probably would be averaging over 40 by now, still his average is 35 which isn't that bad.
strange, i just don't get why they haven't supported him.