Former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ramiz Raja picked Pakistan’s openers for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 which will probably be performed within the West Indies and america from June 1.
Raja, who served because the Chairman PCB for 2 years, believes that Pakistan ought to revert their opening pair to skipper Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan after teen Saim Ayub did not ship within the five-match T20I collection in opposition to New Zealand.
Saim, 21, performed as an opener alongside Babar within the collection however did not carry out in any of the matches. The left-hander, who is taken into account an aggressive batter, scored solely 57 runs in 4 innings at a 14.25 common and 129.54 strike price.
Babar and Rizwan performed as openers for over two years earlier than they had been disbanded when Mohammad Hafeez was appointed as Workforce Director final 12 months. Raja said that it’s time to deliver again the 2 again as they’re a “tried and examined” mixture.
Raja mentioned that whereas Saim’s expertise can’t be doubted, he’s missing confidence and expertise which is stopping him from enjoying huge innings for his nation.
“Our opening pair is unsettled, he [Saim] performs along with his method within the first two matches, then if he flops he tries to vary his method within the third match which makes issues even harder for him. He’ll get extra confidence with extra success he achieves. Babar was like that within the preliminary years, he had the expertise however he lacked confidence and expertise,” Ramiz mentioned on his YouTube channel.
He then added that the opening pair of Babar and Rizwan is “protected” and that is what they need to go along with within the World Cup.
“Pakistan ought to open with Babar and Rizwan. I really feel that it’s their finest probability. My suggestion is that the Pakistan group ought to use the expertise that they at the moment have in the very best manner. Put the mixture that offers you partnership, and takes the match to an finish,” he added.
“Babar and Rizwan opening is a protected choice it’s a tried and examined mixture. As of now, Pakistan lose a few wickets within the opening two-three overs which does not enable momentum to construct.”
