Watch as Sarfaraz Ahmed engages in heated exchange with young Pakistani cricketer

Pakistan’s Sarfaraz Ahmed and Saud Shakeel engaged in a heated exchange during a training session in Canberra ahead of their four-day practice match against Australia’s President XI. Pakistan is in Australia for a three-Test series, with the first game scheduled to start in Perth on December 14. Prior to the series, Pakistan will play a four-day game at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, starting on Wednesday.

The controversy surrounding Pakistan’s tour began when no one came to pick them up from the airport, a video of which went viral. Now, on the eve of the curtain raiser, Sarfaraz and Saud were caught in a war of words during one of the practice sessions, and the video has also gone viral on social media.

Cricket Pakistan managed to decipher the conversation between Sarfaraz and Saud, who both play for Karachi in the domestic circuit. In the video, Shakeel was heard saying, “For how long will I continue to be of use to you?” To which Sarfaraz retorted, “You won’t be of any use to me. To begin with, I never instructed you to do anything. I never requested you to make a swap. I swapped with the person I intended to.” Shakeel countered, “You still made the swap, so I was beneficial to you.”

This is not the first incident involving Sarfaraz and Saud. A few days earlier, Sarfaraz had appealed for a timed-out dismissal against Saud Shakeel, who took a long time to come out to the middle. Upon realizing the situation, Saud hurriedly ran towards the middle and was eventually declared not out. This led to jubilant scenes at the Manuka Oval, with Pakistan players cheering and clapping at the funny incident.

The Pakistan squad for the Australia Tests includes Shan Masood (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel, and Shaheen Shah Afridi.

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