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Up to date: Aug 25, 2022 18:58 IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 25 (ANI): Pakistan cricket batting coach Mohammed Yousuf mentioned on Thursday that star batter Babar Azam is taking part in distinctive cricket in the intervening time, each as a participant and captain of his facet.
Azam has been in a positive type in 2022. He’s the world’s main batter in ODI and T20I codecs whereas he’s within the third spot within the Take a look at rankings. Throughout all codecs this 12 months, Azam has performed 15 matches and has scored 1,406 runs in 19 innings at a median of 78.11. His finest particular person rating is 196. 5 centuries and ten half-centuries have come out of his willow this 12 months.
“Babar Azam has been displaying everybody for the previous two-three years that he’s a giant participant and performs even higher in strain conditions. A participant turns into large when he performs effectively underneath strain. He’s on a path in the direction of turning into nice within the sport. The best way he’s batting in all codecs, that too with the duty of captaincy, is an achievement. Even the staff responds to him effectively. As a participant and as a captain, he’s taking part in distinctive cricket,” mentioned Yousuf at a press convention.
Forward of his staff’s high-octane conflict with Pakistan, the batting coach mentioned that the staff isn’t that exact match solely, however specializing in successful the Asia Cup.
India will begin its marketing campaign with a giant contest in opposition to Pakistan on August 28.
Yousuf mentioned that the follow session of Pakistani gamers was extraordinarily good and gamers toiled exhausting regardless of the warmth.
“It’s sizzling and humid. However they’re professionals. They practiced actually exhausting. In fact, they’re people, they may really feel warmth and weak point. However they’re having fun with it,” he added.
The Asian Cricket Council’s marquee occasion returns after a four-year interval with the 2022 version of the Males’s Asia Cup. Being performed within the T20 format, throughout two venues. Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium will host 9 video games together with the ultimate, whereas Sharjah Cricket Stadium will host 4 video games, ranging from August 27 by September 11.
Defending champions India are additionally essentially the most profitable staff, having gained the trophy seven occasions. Whereas the final version of the event was held in an ODI format, this version will function the T20 format.
Listed here are the squads:
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. (ANI)