Azhar, who is the most Test capped player now in the national team with 81 appearances, is said to have lost favour with a influential member of the cricket committee
Rizwan inflicted a superb stumping and grabbed a stunner in the abandoned T20I opener after Tom Banton's rampaging half-century knock.
Rizwan on Friday came to the rescue of the Pakistan side and helped them inch towards a respectable first-innings score in the ongoing second Test being played at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
HIGHLIGHTS England vs Pakistan, 2nd Test Day 2: Mohammad Rizwan has single-handedly kept Pakistan alive in the contest in a rain-curtailed day 2
The teams went off the field before tea because of the gloom, with Pakistan on 215-8, and reappeared for only another nine balls, during which Stuart Broad took his third wicket of the innings and the tourists moved to 223-9.
Pakistan's tour of England begins on July 30 with a three-match Test series. This will be followed by a three-match T20I series from August 29 to September 2.
Mohammad Rizwan said only Emad Wasim can answer why he was not given a chance in the team.
In the 46th over of Pakistan innings when Rizwan entered the crease, Paine greeted him saying he smells very nice.
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