da betobet： Nasim Ashraf has asked Shoaib Akhtar to prove his critics wrong with a forceful performance during the tour of India, which begins in November
Cricinfo staff26-Oct-2007
Shoaib Akhtar’s 13-match ban ends today when Pakistan play South Africa in the fourth ODI in Multan © AFP
Nasim Ashraf, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, has asked Shoaib Akhtar to fulfil his role as a senior player and prove his critics wrong with a forceful performance during the tour of India, which begins in the first week of November.National selector Saleem Jaffer, who followed Shoaib’s progress in a domestic match, cleared him for selection and the fast bowler was likely to be included in the squad for the five-ODI and three-Test series in India.”The tour of India is certainly the most important assignment for our team and is perhaps even more important than the World Cup,” Ashraf told the . “I expect that all the players, including Shoaib Akhtar, would be at their best behaviour and give 100%.”I hope that Shoaib will be a changed man on the tour of India,” Ashraf said. “It is his last chance and we all hope that this time he would not waste it. He also has a point to prove and should give his best to silence his critics who believe he is a spent force.”The fourth ODI between Pakistan and South Africa in Multan marks the end of Shoaib’s 13-match ban for a number of breaches of discipline, including a dressing-room spat with Mohammad Asif before the World Twenty20 in South Africa. He will be available for selection for the final ODI in Lahore on October 29.