{"id":2749,"date":"2020-12-14T12:59:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T12:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2020-12-14T12:59:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T12:59:16","slug":"waqar-terms-babars-ouster-a-major-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/waqar-terms-babars-ouster-a-major-setback\/","title":{"rendered":"Waqar terms Babar\u2019s ouster \u2018a major setback\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LAHORE-Pakistan cricket team bowling coach Waqar Younis has termed the ouster of top batsman and captain, Babar Azam from the upcoming T20 series in New Zealand as a major setback for the national team.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waqar said this during a virtual media talk on Sunday and admitted that Babar\u2019s absence will have an impact on Pakistan\u2019s chances of winning the three-match series against the hosts. \u201cThere is no doubt that Babar is one of the best players in the world now in any format. So it is a major setback for us. Other teams are scared of him. It is unfortunate that his injury happened at the wrong time, just at the stroke of the series starting.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Babar sustained the injury on his right thumb at Queenstown during Pakistan team\u2019s practice session. Waqar, however, insisted that such things were part and parcel of the sport and it is now an opportunity for others to step up and make use of the opportunities. Waqar said that with Babar not available, the management will have to shuffle the batting order and revisit the combinations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that the players are gradually getting back to normal cricket after their long quarantine period in Christchurch. \u201cThe quarantine has hampered the team\u2019s preparations. I know the circumstances are not normal for us due to Covid-19 and teams are facing problems on tours, but we all have got to deal with this and it is our job to get the best out of players,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE-Pakistan cricket team bowling coach Waqar Younis has termed the ouster of top batsman and captain, Babar Azam from the upcoming T20 series in New Zealand as a major setback for the national team.&nbsp; Waqar said this during a virtual media talk on Sunday and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1881,1882,1879],"class_list":["post-2749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-sports-news","tag-babars-ouster","tag-major-setback","tag-waqar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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