LAHORE Sep 26 (Online): Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam said that I have more confidence in my team than myself, these players made the team number one and they will win the matches.
I am going to the World Cup as a captain, I will try to bring the trophy, ‘There is no pressure to play for the first time in India, the mistake that happened in the Asia Cup will not be repeated in the World Cup, the best option after Naseem Shah was Hasan Ali.
Before leaving for India to participate in the ICC ODI World Cup, Babar Azam said in a press conference on Tuesday that these same players have made Pakistan number one, I know who fights for me and for the team.
Regarding the World Cup, Babar Azam said, ‘There is no pressure to play for the first time in India, we know about the conditions, we have tried to get information from former cricketers, we are fully prepared for the World Cup, we will try to do well as a team. Will try our best to show best performance. The nation is requested to pray for the success of the Pakistani team.
He said that first I joined the 2019 World Cup as a player, I am honored to be playing as a captain this time, because of these guys we have become number one, I am not convinced of many changes in the team. “We didn’t play well in the two Asia Cup matches. Fielding was lacking. We need to improve. Every match doesn’t have the same mistake. If you cover one mistake, another one comes.”
Babar Azam said about Naseem Shah’s injury, ‘He will be missed in the World Cup, we will miss him a lot, the way he used to bowl with Shaheen, he gave us a different vibe, he was the best choice after Naseem.
The national captain said that ‘Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq, in consultation with coach Micky Arthur, selected Hasan Ali because he also has experience, can’t say yet who will bowl with Shaheen, this is the message to the national team. We have been doing it before and we have to do it now, our focus is not on one match but on all, from 2019 we are playing eight to nine players together.
Talking about the performance of vice-captain Shadab Khan, he said that I have spoken about Shadab’s performance. Shadab Khan is a big player, hopefully he will perform well in the World Cup. Whenever a player does well, everyone said well, but only we give confidence on bad performance.
The national captain added that ‘our spinners are very good, I admit they have not performed but it is not that they are not good, it is not easy to play in Pakistani team, they are good then they are in the team’.
Regarding the central contract, Babar Azam said that the visas have come and we are leaving, the central contract is being discussed and the issues will be resolved soon, PCB has always thought well of the players, this time it will be good too. ‘.
On this occasion, the journalist asked that former cricketer Hashim Amla has declared Pakistan as a semi-finalist team, where do you see yourself in the World Cup? Babar replied that you have taken us down to number 4, God willing we will be number one in the World Cup.
When asked about the news of a fight in the dressing room with the fast bowler of the national team, Shaheen Shah, he said that all the players respect me. When a match is lost by a narrow margin, a lot of things go on in the meeting, but it is wrong to make a big deal out of it as a fight.
Babar Azam added, “The love between me and Shaheen is like that between family members.”
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