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Karachi: Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam has said that the defeat was due to wickets falling from above, if someone had stood with Iftikhar, they could have won the match.
While giving a press conference after the defeat in the fifth and final ODI match against New Zealand, Babar Azam said that our plan was to end the series well, we could have played good cricket in the last match but our batting was poor, in the middle order we got no. There are some problems regarding
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Babar Azam said that overall the series against New Zealand was very good and there were many performances, in this series we adopted a rotation policy which was quite good, we tried different combinations in the team, we have also got an idea of our bench strength. .
Babar Azam said that I don’t know about being appointed captain for the World Cup, I am preparing for the World Cup, every match before the World Cup will be important, I don’t know anything about the captaincy until the World Cup, it is in our mind. Which 15 boys to take to the World Cup?
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Babar Azam said that we have been playing under Mickey Arthur’s management before, Mickey has supported us before, there are a lot of boys in this team who have been playing in the Champions Trophy. Having also been with the team, he knows things.
On a question about Imamul Haq’s tweet, Babar Azam said that he has not seen Imam’s tweet yet, there is no resentment in this team, everyone is united, this team is like a family, everyone trusts each other, I don’t think Imam The key tweet has nothing to do with the match, there is a strong unity in the team and all the players are like a family and there is a bond of trust between them.
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Babar Azam said that he was number one before one match, but if he comes down today, it doesn’t matter. Because of me, Iftikhar’s name has become Chacha. With the arrival of Iftikhar, this number of the middle order has improved. You can’t imagine this to any team. Whether it is weak or strong, you cannot take any team for granted.
Babar Azam said that Rizwan had said that it is his desire to play at 4, we will send the boys to the number according to the situation of the team, everyone plays for Pakistan, everyone wants to win Pakistan, not much time after Nawaz’s injury. I thought that Imad should be called, I think that the player should be given a full chance.
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