More than my own performance, I now have to work for the team: Captain
news desk
islamabad
Pakistan’s limited-overs captain Babar Azam said on Saturday that he wishes to adopt iconic cricketer Imran Khan’s style of leadership that he exhibited during his cricket days.
Azam said that the cricketer-turned-PM always favoured aggressive style of play and instilled confidence in his younger teammates.
“When players are praised, they get the courage [to perform well],” the superstar batsman said, adding that “when players are relaxed they deliver better performance.”
Azam further said that now he is the skipper, he thinks less of his own self and cares more about the team’s larger interest.
“More than my own performance, I now have to work for the team,” he said, adding that he also tries to encourage his team members and take their input for devising team plans.
The captain expressed hope that he, along with the team, plan on taking the Pakistan cricket team to the top in ICC rankings.
Azam is currently with the national contingent in England where they are scheduled to play a Test and T20I series in August.
Second group of Pakistan cricketers reach Worcestershire
The second group of Pakistan cricketers – including Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan and Wahab Riaz – reached Manchester.
The players were then taken to Worcestershire via bus and will integrate with the side after testing negative for COVID-19 in the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) testing programme.
Leg-spinner Shadab Khan had said before departing for England that it was tough time for him when he first tested positive for coronavirus but he was sure that this hard time would be over soon. He said he was happy when he tested negative for the pandemic.
Let it be known that the six cricketers were among the ten players who had initially tested positive for coronavirus, however, their results came negative twice afterwards when retested on June 26 and 29.
Pakistan are scheduled to face England in three Tests and as many Twenty20 Internationals. The first Test is scheduled from July 30 to August 3.
