Pakistan's team management has rested left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi for the Sydney Test. Many are surprised not to see him in the XI. Pakistan's two legendary pacers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis criticized the decision to rest him. 

Wasim told Fox Cricket, "Straight after this there are five T20s in New Zealand, and Shaheen's the captain. But T20 cricket, who cares? I understand, it's there for entertainment and it's there for financial gain for cricket boards, for players, but cricketers should know that Test cricket is the ultimate.”

Wasim thinks that this decision is not of the team management, it is Shaheen's decision alone. Shaheen's decision to keep himself fit for the five-match T20I series against New Zealand. Wasim did not like giving more priority to T20 cricket than Tests.   

Wasim added, "If we talk about what happened 20 years ago in this Test in Sydney, nobody knows what happened last night in T20. That's the difference. These guys have to understand and learn, if you want to be a great of the game or do you want to be a millionaire. You can become both but with a little more sense."

Resting Shaheen seemed ridiculous to Waqar also. Waqar said, "That's a real shocker for me because I was expecting him to be a part of this Test match because he looked good in the previous match. He started feeling like the old Shaheen Afridi and started to swing the ball and the pace was getting better."