Babar Azam in a press convention© AFP
The cricketing buzz all throughout the globe is generally centered across the India vs Pakistan conflict within the Asia Cup, with the 2 giants all set to square-off on September 02. Pakistan and India aren’t simply the 2 favourites to undergo from their group but in addition touted as the 2 sides who may face one another within the ultimate of the continental occasion. Talking of the Indo-Pak conflict on Saturday, former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq feels the workforce must stick with its workforce, even when it loses the match towards India.
Calling Pakistan’s line-up one of the crucial balanced within the Asia Cup, Razzaq feels skipper Babar Azam and the workforce administration must again the gamers absolutely even when the India match produces an unfavourable consequence.
“See, the present Pakistan XI is well-balanced. You’ve got correct batters and all-rounders in middle-order. You’ve got full energy in tempo and spin assault. You’ve got all the things. You must have the identical workforce, that is the very best mixture. Even when we lose the match towards India, you should not be altering the present workforce. That is the very best workforce we’ve got,” Razzaq said on GEO Super.
Pakistan have already gained one among their matches within the Asia Cup, defeating debutants Nepal within the opener. Within the match, whereas skipper Babar Azam scored 151 runs, middle-order batter Iftikhar Ahmed additionally registered a century. Wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan produced a effective cameo of 44 runs off 50 balls.
With the ball, Shadab Khan was the celebrity for Pakistan, bagging 4 wickets for simply 27 runs in 6.4 overs. Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi claimed two wickets every towards Nepal.
After setting a goal of 343 runs for Nepal to chase, Pakistan managed to bowl them out for simply 104 runs, therefore securing a monumental 238-run win.
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