\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt Babar\u2019s been asked to improve in some areas,\u201d says coach Mike Hesson
\n LAHORE
\nFormer captain Babar Azam has been told to improve his batting against spin and boost his overall strike rate to be considered for Twenty20 Internationals, coach Mike Hesson said.
\nBabar is the national team\u2019s batting mainstay in other formats but has not played a T20 International since their tour of South Africa late last year.
\nThe 30-year-old could not find a place in the Pakistan squad for the Asia Cup next month as the team management showed faith in rising players such as Sahibzada Farhan.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt Babar\u2019s been asked to improve in some areas around taking on spin and in terms of his strike rate,\u201d Hesson said of the top-order batter who has a modest strike rate of 129 in T20 Internationals.
\n\u201cThose are things he\u2019s working really hard on. But at the moment the players we have, have done exceptionally well.
\n\u201cSahibzada Farhan has played six games and won three player-of-the-match awards.\u201d
\nBabar should use the Big Bash League in Australia to improve his 20-overs batting and stage a comeback, Hesson said.
\n\u201cA player like Babar has an opportunity to play in the BBL and show he\u2019s improving in those areas in T20s. He\u2019s too good a player not to consider,\u201d he said.
\nPakistan will begin their Asia Cup Group A campaign against Oman in Dubai on September 12 before meeting arch-rivals India at the same venue two days later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt Babar\u2019s been asked to improve in some areas,\u201d says coach Mike Hesson LAHORE Former captain Babar Azam has been told to improve his batting against spin and boost his overall strike rate to be considered for Twenty20 Internationals, coach Mike Hesson said. Babar is the national team\u2019s batting mainstay in other formats […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-497594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n