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Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf has revealed his pick among the international cricket formats to help ease the increasingly packed international cricket schedule.
A few months earlier, the pacer expressed a desire to play in the longest format of the game for Pakistan amid scrutiny around his reluctance to play Test cricket.
The notion of his reluctance in playing Test matches has persisted since he withdrew from the 2023 Australia series due to concerns about fitness and workload management.
Following his withdrawal, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) terminated his central contract in February 2024, thereby disallowing him from participating in any overseas league.
Haris Rauf has made only one appearance for Pakistan in Test matches, playing against England in Rawalpindi in 2022. However, he was injured just after bowling 13 overs in the first innings. Since then, he has not been part of Pakistan’s red ball plans.
Now, Haris Rauf has revealed that he wants to be dropped from the international calendar to manage his schedule.
“I would drop the Test format,” he said with a smile when asked about which version of the game he would remove to ease the cricket calendar.
The right-arm pacer also outlined his future goals for the Pakistan team in the next decade, stating, “I want to win at least two ICC events in the next 10 years.”
For the unversed, Haris Rauf is out of Pakistan’s upcoming tour of Bangladesh. The pacer is set to undergo rehab after sustaining an injury during the ongoing Major League Cricket (MLC) held in the United States of America (USA).
He was the second-highest taker in the tournament before an injury ruled him out of the Playoffs of the tournament. Playing for the San Francisco Unicorns, he picked up 17 wickets at an impressive average of 15.05 in eight innings.
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