Pakistan’s prolific leg-spinner Yasir Shah has expressed a wish to play against Indian captain Virat Kohli and make a return to the national ODI and T20I squads. Yasir recently became the fastest spinner and the second-fastest bowler ever to take 150 wickets in Test cricket. The 31-year-old grabbed Kusal Mendis’ wicket during his career’s 27th Test in Abu Dhabi against Sri Lanka to reach the landmark.<\/p>\n
Last year, Yasir became the fastest Asian cricketer to reach 100 Test wickets during his side’s series against West Indies, surpassing Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.<\/p>\n
He now needs just 35 wickets more in seven matches to become the fastest bowler to take 200 wickets.<\/p>\n
Yasir revealed he was working on his googly and, therefore, was hoping to achieve the record.<\/p>\n
“I try to perform in every match I play for my country and I am very hopeful to become the fastest to get 200 Test wickets,” the Dawn quoted Yasir, as saying.<\/p>\n
The leg-spinner, who last played an ODI against England in 2016, also expressed his desire to make a comeback and put up a good performance for his side.<\/p>\n
“I am going for Big Bash, and hopefully I will perform well and make a comeback in the national squad,” said Yasir, who recently played in his second match for SNGPL in Quaid-i-Azam Trophy.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Yasir also lauded the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for making fitness of players a priority and was particularly satisfied with the introduction of the yo-yo test.<\/p>\n
“I have come from Swabi and did not have many facilities for fitness. Therefore, I couldn’t achieve the set target but later, when I gave the fitness test, I cleared it,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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