Misbah justifies selecting Usman Qadir over Zahid Mehmood for Zimbabwe series.

KARACHI -- Pakistan's head coach-cum-chief selector, Misbahul Haq, believes leg-spinner Usman Qadir has the potential to go on and become a better bowler. Misbah has opened up on his decision to pick Central Punjab's leg-spinner Usman Qadir ahead of Southern Punjab's Zahid Mehmood for the upcoming limited-overs home series against Zimbabwe. Misbah's decision to pick Usman over Zahid received backlash on social and conventional media, bearing in mind the latter's impressive performance with the ball, in crucial matches, during the recently concluded National Twenty20 Cup. Zahid claimed 12 wickets in nine matches at an economy rate of 8.51 and was instrumental in his team's run to the final of the event, while Qadir bagged 10 wickets in similar number of appearances. 'Zahid Mehmood is mature and has more control, at the moment, as compared to...