Head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and Waqar Younis termed Babar Azam’s unfitness as disappointing

National cricket team’s head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis have termed Babar Azam’s unfitness as disappointing.

Misbah-ul-Haq, the head coach of the national cricket team in Queenstown, New Zealand, says that injuries are a part of any professional sports. It is very disappointing for a talented player like Babar Azam to be out of the T20 International series due to injury. This is a great opportunity for other young players in the squad to showcase their talents.

Misbah-ul-Haq said that he has spoken to Babar Azam, he is very sad to be out of the T20I series as he was looking forward to full focus and the start of the T20I series. We still have a lot of cricket ahead of us and we are hopeful that he will be fit again soon.

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Misbah-ul-Haq said that the medical team is also continuously evaluating Shadab Khan’s injury and we are hopeful that he will be available for us for the T20 International series, but we will not take any risk while making a decision in this regard.

On the other hand, bowling coach Waqar Younis has also called Babar Azam’s injury a setback for the team, while talking to Queenstown via video link, the bowling coach said that injuries are a part of the game, but before the series, the sudden injury of the captain will affect the team. There is a shock, Babar is one of the best batsmen in the world and has been performing consistently for Pakistan, so there is a shock.

Waqar Younis said that there are no ideal conditions for the preparations of the series, everything has been affected due to Corona, better preparation in the available time and Kiwis will try their best to compete, the bowling is balanced for the series against New Zealand. Yes, there is room for improvement in the batting.