Says the players always challenge and compete with each other in domestic cricket like in international matches
\n Islamabad
\nPakistan\u2019s cricket team captain Babar Azam has termed the National T20 Cup an opportunity for the team to prepare for the T20 World Cup.
\nIn a video message shared by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on their Twitter handle, Azam said that the quality of cricket was very good in the last audition matches played by the team.
\n\u201cAll our national team players participate and play well,\u201d said Azam.
\nHe went on to say that the team will avail this opportunity presented by the National T20 Cup and \u201ctry to utilise it as much as they can as it will be in the team\u2019s favour\u201d.
\n\u201cWe try to support our own team and implement what is the best for our teams but in the field we always challenge and compete with each other like in international matches,\u201d said Azam.
\nThe cricketer said that he and his competitor, Shaheen Shah Afridi, will try to play good cricket at their respective ends.
\nTalking about the players participating in the upcoming National T20 Cup, he said that \u201cthe team consists of some of the leading T20 performers and the results will be in our favour\u201d.
\nHe invited cricket lovers to Rawalpindi and watch matches live from the ground to support the players and teams.
\nOn Monday, PCB issued the schedule for the National T20 2021-22 matches that are scheduled to take place from September 23 to October 13.
\nAs per the schedule, the 18 Rawalpindi-leg matches, which were earlier planned for Multan, will now be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium till October 3, while Gaddafi Stadium will remain the venue of the remaining 15 matches that will commence on October 6.
\nThe National T20 Cup is a fiercely contested and highly entertaining tournament. It not only provides opportunities to cricketers to stake claims on the national side, but leading performers get a chance to be included in the PSL Player Draft and then picked up by the franchises.
\nIt will be Babar Azam versus Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan versus Shadab Khan, Sharjeel Khan versus Naseem Shah, Fakhar Zaman versus Shahnawaz Dahani and Hasan Ali versus Imam-ul-Haq during the matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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