The final phase of the Pakistan cricket team’s preparations for a very important cricket season begins tomorrow when the Pakistan cricket team under the leadership of Babar Azam enters the Mahinda Rajapakse International Stadium to play the first ODI against Afghanistan.
The second ODI of the series will be played on August 24 in Hambantota and the third ODI in Colombo on August 26.
The Pakistani cricket team, which has to play the Asia Cup and then the World Cup, this year has won the ODI series against New Zealand by four to one and the Test series against Sri Lanka by two to zero. Although Afghanistan have never beaten Pakistan in the ODI format, they have beaten Bangladesh 2-1 before this series.
Captain Babar Azam while talking to PCB Digital said that all the players are enjoying each other as a unit. There are a few new faces in the team who we wish would rise to the challenge.
“Most of the boys have played in different leagues but when you wear the star of Pakistan, it’s a different feeling,” he said. .
Pakistan’s recent ODI record has been better than all other teams, having won 13 out of 17 ODIs since the start of 2022. In May this year, he topped the ICC ODI world rankings for the first time, and if he wins all three ODIs against Afghanistan, he will return to the top spot in the ODI world rankings, Babar Azam. Pakistan team has won 17 out of 26 ODIs under the captaincy of
Babar Azam says that our focus is on our preparations as we have to play two big events Asia Cup and World Cup in the coming days, currently he is focusing on the series against Afghanistan, such a series before the big events. Since we are playing in Asian conditions, it will help us to get the rhythm and keep the lead.
He said that there are some good players in the Afghanistan team and the fans will get to see good cricket in this series, some good players have been added to the squad, Faheem Ashraf has been in and out but he has performed well in recent days. What’s more, his presence as an all-rounder will definitely add stability to the team.
Babar Azam says Tayyab Tahir has done well in the Emerging Asia Cup and Saud Shakeel in the Test series against Sri Lanka. This is a welcome development for Pakistan cricket.
Babar Azam says that his players are taking this series as a challenge to show match-winning performance, every player is eager to show match-winning performance, it can be estimated from the fact that various players in recent times Having won man of the match awards, if you perform in big tournaments, it boosts the morale of the team and the individual player.
He says that the presence of Iftikhar Ahmed and Salman Ali Agha has boosted the middle order batting, our top order batting is already set, our spin bowling has strengthened, we have Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf. The in-form pace attack is there, the bowlers win big tournaments and I trust them to win us big tournaments.
Babar Azam says that my message to all the players has always been to believe in yourself and try to give 100 percent performance on the field.
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