Mohammad Yousaf says Babar Azam is a big player and performs even better in pressure situations
Pakistan cricket batting mentor Mohammed Yousuf said on Thursday that star hitter Babar Azam is playing exceptional cricket right now, both as a player and skipper of his side. Azam has been in fine form in 2022.
Pakistan cricket batting mentor Mohammed Yousuf said on Thursday that star hitter Babar Azam is playing exceptional cricket right now, both as a player and skipper of his side. Azam has been in fine form in 2022.
He is the world’s No. 1 Player in an ODI and a T20I format while he is in the third spot in the Test rankings. Across all formats this year, Azam has played 15 matches and has scored 1,406 runs in 19 innings at an average of 78.11.
His best individual score is 196. Five centuries and ten half-centuries have emerged from his willow this year.
“Babar Azam has been showing everyone for the past two three years that he is a big player and performs even better in pressure situations. A player becomes big when he performs well under pressure. He is on a path toward becoming great in the game. The way he is batting in all formats, that too with the responsibility of captaincy, is an achievement. Even the team responds to him well. As a player and as a captain, he is playing exceptional cricket,”
said Yousuf at a press conference.
The group stage high-octane clash between Pakistan and India will be played on August 28 in Dubai. Mohammad Yusuf said that the side is not looking at that particular match only, but focusing on winning the Asia Cup.
Yousuf said that the training session of Pakistani players was very great and players worked hard despite the heat.
“It is hot and humid. But they are professionals. They practiced hard. Of course, they are humans, and they will feel heat and weakness. But they are enjoying it,”
he added.
Asia Cup will begin on August 27 in UAE while the opening game of the mega event will be played between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. The fans are eagerly waiting for the tournament high-octane clash between Pakistan and India. All eyes will be on Babar Azam and Virat Kohli’s forms.
Defending Champions India is the best team, having won the trophy seven times. The last edition of the tournament was played in an ODI format while this time the tournament will be played in the T20I format.
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (C), Shadab Khan (VC) Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani and Usman Qadir.