Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed on Tuesday said he is concerned at the wicket-less spell of his strike bowler Mohammad Aamir, as his side geared up to take on arch-rivals India in the Asia Cup.
Left-arm pacer Aamir has not been amongst the wickets in recent times and his skipper was asked about it in the pre-match press conference.
"I am concerned but I don't think wickets itself are a reflection of performance. Take for example, India pacer (Mohammad) Shami's case in England. He bowled well but couldn't get wickets. I have spoken to him (Aamir) and told him that he is our strike bowler and has to pick wickets too. Hope he does that against India," Sarfraz told reporters.
When asked about the challenge of playing in the extreme weather conditions, he said, "It is difficult in this weather and it should have been even for all the teams. I don't know what the ACC thought behind the schedule. I have not spoken to anyone about it."
Pakistan kicked off their campaign with a comprehensive win over Hong Kong, but India are going to be a different ball game altogether.
Sarfraz refused to call the game India's batting versus Pakistan's bowling.
"India might have prepared for our bowling, we have planned for their bowling too. We are prepared and will execute our plans in match. I don't think it's India's batting versus our bowling, we have good batting too.
"They have got back-to-back matches but their schedule has started later than others. They would be under pressure because their performance coming into this tournament was not good."