

Just like fans of both sides, we, too, wait for this opportunity.
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How big a challenge is it?Ī/ Pakistan-India matches are always high-intensity ones with full of excitement. Q/ India and Pakistan kick off the campaign playing each other. Q/ Will you continue to open in the World Cup, considering the last-minute changes to the squad?Ī/ Most probably, I will open the innings. Inshah Allah, we will take confidence from these results and compete in this tournament.

We have been trying to do that in the last three-four series we are becoming more consistent in our performance. As captain, I want the team to perform consistently. One or two overs going bad can cost you the match. You cannot afford to relax at any time during a match. Q/ How satisfied are you with Pakistan’s preparations? The National T20 Cup was hastily put together after New Zealand and England cancelled their tours.Ī/ T20 is a format in which you have to perform consistently and win matches consistently. Azam, however, pointed out that playing in the UAE gave Pakistan an advantage in the tournament. He downplayed the significance of the India-Pakistan opening game in the World Cup. In an exclusive interview with THE WEEK, Azam, the world number two in T20I batting rankings, said Pakistan had become a more consistent team. He remains an oasis of quiet assuredness, much like his batting. Pakistan captain Babar Azam, however, appears unflustered despite the turmoil around him. And, just two days before the deadline of the submission of the final squad for the World Cup, Pakistan revamped its team, recalling former captains Shoaib Malik and Sarfaraz Ahmed, and batters Fakhar Zaman and Haider Ali.

The abrupt cancellation forced the Pakistan Cricket Board and its new chief, Rameez Raja, to hastily arrange a National T20 Cup, to give the T20I squad much-needed match practice. It had to deal with the cancellation of tours by New Zealand and England, upsetting its preparations for the T20I World Cup. PAKISTAN CRICKET IS going through yet another turbulent phase.
