After more than a decade of being overlooked by national selectors, batsman Fawad Alam was made part of Pakistan's national Test squad that was announced on Saturday for the upcoming Test matches against Bangladesh.
The batsman, who has a 40-plus batting average in both Tests and ODIs, was also included in the squad for the Test series against Sri Lanka last year, but did not make it to the final team. It remains to be seen if he will be included in the playing 11 in the upcoming Tests.
He played his last international Test match in November 2009. Though his international numbers are rare, his domestic statistics are outstanding which has led spectators to question why selectors have refused to include him in the national team.