Pakistan vs England Test series: 5 Players to watch out for

Pakistan vs England Test series: 5 Players to watch out for:  It is a festival of international cricket this October, and England’s tour of UAE is one of the series to watch out for. England has not played in UAE in 4 years, and there has been a complete revamp in their test side. Though still led by Alastair Cook, yesteryear’s prominent players including Graeme Swann and Kevin Pietersen are amongst the major absentees.

Whereas the Pakistan’s core batting unit, comprising mainly of Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan, are still kicking in spite of their age factor. Post a successful tour of Zimbabwe, Shoaib Malik makes it into the team to provide some extra stability to the middle order. The bowling unit, in spite the absence of their wrecker-in-chief in the 2011 series, Saeed Ajmal, have some incredible upstart bowling talents including Yasir Shah and experienced likes of Zulfiqar Babar and Wahab Riaz.

Going into the first test match of the three match series, which starts on 13th October, here are the 5 players to watch out for:

1. Younis Khan:

The 37-year-old veteran has been in the news for controversial reasons over the past month or so, in relation to PSL. But that barely makes any blot in his importance in the Test team. Just 18 runs shy of Miandad’s record for most Test runs for Pakistan, he will be eager to take the burden of the record away and focus on his batting. After a tremendous 2014 season wherein he averaged 66 in 9 Tests he played, he continued his form this year, playing an important role in the series victory down in Sri Lanka. Younis Khan is a beast in sub-continent conditions, and his wicket will have a huge value for the English bowlers.