Abu Dhabi: Pakistan cricket batting coach Mohammed Yousuf mentioned on Thursday that star batter Babar Azam is enjoying distinctive cricket in the mean 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 yr, Azam has performed 15 matches and has scored 1,406 runs in 19 innings at a mean of 78.11. His finest particular person rating is 196. 5 centuries and ten half-centuries have come out of his willow this yr. “Babar Azam has been displaying everybody for the previous two-three years that he’s an enormous participant and performs even higher in stress conditions. A participant turns into massive when he performs properly beneath stress. He’s on a path in direction of turning into nice within the sport. The way in which he’s batting in all codecs, that too with the accountability of captaincy, is an achievement. Even the crew responds to him properly. As a participant and as a captain, he’s enjoying distinctive cricket,” mentioned Yousuf at a press convention.
Forward of his crew’s high-octane conflict with Pakistan, the batting coach mentioned that the crew is just not taking a look at that individual match solely, however specializing in successful the Asia Cup.
India will begin its marketing campaign with an enormous contest in opposition to Pakistan on August 28.
Yousuf mentioned that the observe session of Pakistani gamers was extraordinarily good and gamers toiled laborious regardless of the warmth.
“It’s sizzling and humid. However they’re professionals. They practiced actually laborious. After all, they’re people, they are going to 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 probably the most profitable crew, having gained the trophy seven instances. Whereas the final version of the match was held in an ODI format, this version will characteristic 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.
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