Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam says that the squad is excited for the tour of New Zealand, confident that the performance in New Zealand will be good, runs will not be scored only by Babar Azam.
The national squad will leave for New Zealand on the morning of November 23. The squad consists of 35 players and 20 officials. The squad also includes players and officials of Pakistan Shaheens.
While giving a press conference at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Babar Azam said that the Pakistan team is playing back-to-back series. I will play well and am excited for it.
Babar Azam said that our performance abroad has been good, Pakistan has played good cricket in England, the individual performance of young cricketers has also been good, our record in New Zealand has also been good, so we hope to play good cricket in New Zealand. will
He said that there is a new challenge because there is a new responsibility but there is no pressure on me, I will enjoy it, I have always tried to learn, I have learned a lot from Sarfaraz Ahmed and Azhar Ali. I have learned even while being the vice-captain, I will consult with Sarfaraz Ahmed and Azhar Ali, but the decision will be mine.
The captain of the national team said that I have always played with responsibility, now the effort is to take responsibility and continue to play well.
In response to the question regarding the grouping and pressure on himself in the presence of three captains in the team, Babar Azam said that there is nothing like that, all the players are very good, they support each other, we are a team group. There is no grouping, everyone tries to play well.
He admitted that playing overseas is always a challenge, will continue to be a challenge but it gives confidence that we have done well overseas and have played well in New Zealand in the past.
The captain of the national team said that you have to support young cricketers, every cricketer struggles, I struggled initially in Tests but Mickey Arthur encouraged me and said that I will definitely do well and so on. Happened, I started performing and the test also showed continuity.
Babar Azam said that scoring is the goal in every country, the same goal will be in New Zealand, the goal of scoring a century is in Australia, New Zealand and England, now in New Zealand I would like to score a century but every day. Babar Azam will not score, sometimes Azhar Ali will, sometimes Haris Sohail, it is not that everyone performs.
They said that when one is not performing, one needs to back it up, which is what we have to do.
Babar Azam said that I have been given confidence and freedom by the Cricket Board, there is no pressure that I will be removed soon.
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2024-08-14 22:03:39
