Asia Cup 2018: Imad Wasim reacts after failing the yo-yo test

The Asia Cup 2018 is all set to start from the 15th of September in the United Arab Emirates. India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan made the direct entry whereas UAE and Hong Kong are fighting for the final qualifying place in the Asia Cup qualifier final. India will enter the tournament as the defending champions.

All the directly qualified teams announced their respective squads for the tournament. Pakistan, yesterday announced the 16-man squad for the tourney. There are some interesting exclusions in the squad. One of them is Imad Wasim. The all-rounder reportedly failed the yo-yo test. The fitness test is mandatory for any player to make it to the squad. Pakistan have kept their yo-yo benchmark as 17.4 and the all-rounder missed it by 0.2.

Pakistan will play their first game of the tournament on 16th of September against the Qualifier. They will be led by Sarfraz Ahmed. The team is coming on the back of an impressive victories against Zimbabwe. Their batsmen and bowlers seem to be in brilliant form. Fakhar Zaman bashed a double in the series and their bowlers too did a decent job.

After missing out on making it to the Asia Cup squad, Imad Wasim took to Twitter to assure that he will be back soon in the reckoning. He tweeted, “Unfortunately i will miss the Asia cup  due to my fitness….IA will work on it and get back to my best soon…wish team Pakistan goodluck for Asia cup…”

Here’s his tweet

Unfortunately i will miss the Asia cup due to my fitness….IA will work on it and get back to my best soon…wish team Pakistan 🇵🇰 goodluck for Asia cup…#BringItHome #PakistanZindabad

— Imad Wasim (@simadwasim) September 4, 2018

Yo-yo fitness test

Yo-yo test is a compulsory fitness test followed by most of the cricketing boards to test the fitness of an individual. The test’s results help the athlete in performing well on the field. Indian team has set the yo-yo benchmark as 16.1. Players like Ambati Rayudu failed the test but went on to clear it later.

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