Babar Azam hopes Haris Rauf, Ahsan Ali will make their debuts tomorrow
Babar Azam said Pak team is well prepared for series and all the players are in good physical trim
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan’s T20I captain Babar Azam on Thursday while expressing hope to perform well against Bangladesh said that batsman Ahsan Ali and fast-bowler Haris Rauf can make their debuts tomorrow.
Addressing a press conference in Lahore on Thursday, he said that he is looking forward to the international debuts of batsman Ahsan Ali and fast-bowler Haris Rauf.
The T20 captain said that his aim is to win three T20 international match series against Bangladesh and retain his team’s status of World Champions. “It is a very important series for us and definitely we will be going all-out to produce desired results at our homeground to retain our number one status as the World T20 Champions,” he said.
The home captain said his young and talented side is eager to take on a tough challenge of the touring side in a decent way. “Bangladesh team is a blend of senior and juniors and it has the ability to beat any opposing team and if you look at the composition of our team it has young blood in the ranks with Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi adding fire in our pace attack,” he said.
Babar Azam said Pak team is well prepared for the series and all the players are in good physical trim and right frame of mind to showcase their talent.
To a question he said he anticipates that wicket will be slow and the ball will also be coming slow and the final combination of the team will be announced keeping in view the playing conditions and the nature of the wicket.
Regarding the recall of veterans duo of Shoaib Malik and Muhammad Hafeez he said he put up his suggestion before the team management to consider both of the players and he was thankful that he suggestion was duly considered.
“Shoaib and Hafeez are very talented players and their presence will infuse confidence in the team besides it will be a big way of learning for me as a captain,” said Babar Azam in a candid way.
“We will be giving them (Shoaib and Hafeez) fair chance in all the three matches in view of their standing and expertise in the game,” he added.
Babar said he has come long way to lead the side after starting as a ball picker at the same arena about 13 years ago and it is a memorable moment in his career and life to captain the side at the famous Gaddafi Stadium.
