{"id":376822,"date":"2023-12-26T04:33:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T23:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=376822"},"modified":"2023-12-26T04:33:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T23:33:06","slug":"preferred-rizwan-over-sarfaraz-due-to-conditions-shan-masood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/preferred-rizwan-over-sarfaraz-due-to-conditions-shan-masood\/","title":{"rendered":"Preferred Rizwan over Sarfaraz due to conditions: Shan Masood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Islamabad<br \/>\nPakistan Test captain Shan Masood made it clear on Monday that wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan was preferred over Sarfaraz Ahmed due to the conditions for the second Test Australia in Melbourne.<br \/>\nAddressing a press conference, Masood said: \u201cSarfaraz Ahmed had been rested.\u201d Speaking about the conditions, the Pakistan skipper stated, \u201cWe did not play up to the mark cricket for the first two days in Perth, which led to our defeat.\u201d<br \/>\nHe said, \u201cThe Pakistan team have played very few Test matches. There is a need to adopt a positive mindset in a bid to outplay Australia on their shores.\u201d<br \/>\nMasood urged the need for the batters to change gears in terms of acceleration. He drew a line of demarcation between the domestic cricket circuit and Test cricket.<br \/>\n\u201cThere is a difference in Test cricket and the domestic cricket circuit in terms of the load,\u201d Masood said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood made it clear on Monday that wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan was preferred over Sarfaraz Ahmed due to the conditions for the second Test Australia in Melbourne. 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