Pakistan’s former all-rounder Shahid Afridi believes the Babar Azam-led facet can construct it to the overall of the after 2024 Males’s T20 International Cup, mentioning that the statuses for the mega tournament within the West Indies and america can swimsuit the staff. Pakistan received the Males’s T20 International Cup in 2009 in England underneath Younis Khan’s management. Additionally they have two runners-up finishes within the 2007 and 2022 editions of the showpiece tournament, aside from attaining the last-four degree in 2010, 2012, and 2021, respectively.
“I feel Pakistan should make the final. The reason is that the conditions (in the West Indies and the USA) suit our team. If we look at the spinners in our team, they are outstanding. They might not be in form but I know they will return in form. If we talk about fast bowling, it’s an incredible attack. In batting, we have great strength,” mentioned Afridi to ICC.
He’s additionally left excited about what Pakistan’s fast-bowling line-up can succeed in within the T20 International Cup. Left-arm fast-bowler Shaheen Afridi will spearhead the Pakistan year assault along Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abbas Afridi and Mohammad Amir.
“I think in any cricket team in the world, nobody has such a strong bowling line-up. All our four fast bowlers have a lot of skill and even the bowlers sitting on the bench like Abbas (Afridi)…has a lot of skill with a good slower ball.”
“If the players with such good skills enter this World Cup against world-class batters they will perform well. All the names will also have a huge responsibility over them,” he added.
Afridi additionally needs to look Pakistan’s batting line-up have a better accident fee within the festival. “The thing that bothers me is the strike rate of our batters, especially in between the seven to thirteen over phase. I hope that the strike rate improves in that phase. In terms of runs per over, eight or nine runs per over are needed but still Pakistan are my favourite.”
Afridi was once resistant to unmarried out one participant who would stock the important thing to Pakistan’s probabilities within the match. On the identical while, he needed to look Babar the facet from the entrance in his go back to the function because the Pakistan captain.
“All players in the team are important. But if you look at the performances in the recent past, Babar (Azam). (Mohammad) Rizwan, Fakhar (Zaman), Shaheen (Afridi), Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shadab (Khan) – all of them play an important role and will be key (for Pakistan) at the World Cup.”
“But if I had to pick one, I would pick the captain Babar Azam, because he is the leader. I want him to perform well, and make timely decisions which will take the team to victory,” he concluded.
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