Waqar stated on Star Sports: "Pakistan’s success has come when Shaheen really picks up early wickets and over the years, he’s done it many times and he’s got the capacity, capability, but at the moment he’s trying too hard. He’s just falling all over the place, you know, bowling on the pads, outside the off stump he’s tried around the wicket over the wicket, nothing really worked for him, and I’m sure he will even sit back with Morne Morkel.

"They’ll in all probability work out what goes mistaken. I feel there could be some motion downside. What if he’s carrying any niggle or something? If he can repair this concern and with that left arm ball coming in, , early doorways.

"You know, against India, we'll be needing his services at the most because he has done it against India a few matches previously, so he's an important member of the team."