ICC World Cup 2019: 5 reasons why Pakistan can win the tournament

#3 Spin threat

Shadab Khan can get the breakthroughs in middle overs

Successful one-day teams like England and India rely on their spinners to get the wickets in the middle overs. While England has Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali performing that role, India has two world-class spinners in Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal. Pakistan too possesses handy spin options in the form of Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim.

Wasim plays T20 leagues around the world and has a handful of experience of bowling in the crunch situations. He does the containing job to perfection and has a staggering economy rate of fewer than 5 runs per over in ODIs.

Shadab Khan, on the other hand, is a wicket-taking option and can fetch you the much-needed breakthroughs in the middle overs. He has a very well disguised googly up his sleeve and can outfox the batsmen with his variations. Pakistan also has some handy part-time spinners in Hafeez and Malik.