Fawad Alam has decided to quit Pakistan cricket to get opportunities in the USA

Fawad Alam: Middle-order batter Fawad Alam has drawn curtains on his 15-year-long Pakistan career to play in the Minore League Cricket T20 tournament. Fawad is slated to represent Chicago Kingsmen in the T20 tournament as a local player. His move to the USA will also open the doors for him to feature in the Major League Cricket Tournament (MLC) going forward.

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Fawad is not the first player from Pakistan to make the decision

Fawad is not the first player from Pakistan to make the decision. Several players from the country including the likes of Sami Aslam, Hammad Azam, Mohammad Mohsin, and Saif Badar among others have already shifted to the USA in search of more and better opportunities.

Fawad’s international playing career for Pakistan started with the ODI format

Fawad’s international playing career for Pakistan started with the ODI format of the game. He played against Sri Lanka in May 2007 in Abu Dhabi. And he also made his T20I debut against Kenya in Nairobi on September 4, 2007.

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His Test debut came two years later when Pakistan squared off against Sri Lanka at the P Sara Oval in Colombo in July.

Opportunities were very few for Fawad in Pakistan

With the presence of batting stalwarts like Mohammad Yousuf (initially), Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, and Misbah-ul-Haq in Pakistan’s middle order in Tests. Opportunities were very few and far between for Fawad.

Fawad got more opportunities in the white-ball formats

Alam played 19 Tests for Pakistan and aggregated 1011 runs at an average of 38.88, including five centuries and two half-centuries. He got more opportunities in the white-ball formats with more games coming in ODI cricket.