Mohammad Amir's World Cup selection was throw into uncertainty after captain Sarfaraz Ahmed expressed concerns over the experienced left-arm pacer's inability to take wickets in One-day Internationals.

"When your main strike bowler is not taking wickets regularly obviously it causes concern to the captain," Sarfaraz told a television channel. Since the Champions Trophy final at the Oval in 2017 when he produced a match-winning spell of 3 for 16, Amir, 26, has not taken more than a wicket in 14 ODIs and has also gone without a wicket in nine of these matches. Even he has hit an average of around 85 per wicket in these 14 games and even his pace and strike rate has gone down in Test matches. The selectors are due to announce the Pakistan World Cup squad on April 18 and sources say that they are likely to announce 17 to 18 players to go to England on April 23.