Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Previous Pakistan chief and prestigious analyst Ramiz Raja has distinguished the greatest issue the Men in Green need to defeat prior to entering the two most expected cricket occasions, Asia Cup 2023 and ICC World Cup 2023.
The ex-cricketer accepts Pakistan's hitters need to work on their abilities to handle turn bowling on Asian pitches.
It should be noticed that the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and the World Cup in India will both be played in turn well disposed conditions.
"Pakistan is confronting issues against turn bowling and this is the kind of thing they need to fix in front of the Asia Cup and World Cup since they will be played in comparable circumstances," Raja said on his YouTube channel.
"In the event that we don't determine this issue, we will find it truly difficult to advance in a competition.
"Maybe the Pakistan players resembled a hare that freezes when before a vehicle's headlights."
Raja likewise said that the public group depends vigorously on captain Babar Azam, who was excused for a duck in the main ODI.
"The Pakistan group is vigorously dependent on Babar Azam, be it Test cricket, ODIs or T20Is. He stands out as truly newsworthy in any event, when he is excused for a duck," he said.
Pakistan won the primary ODI on Tuesday in Hambantota by 142 pursues a five-wicket pull by pacer Haris Rauf.
The second match of the series will be played at a similar setting tomorrow.
Crews
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Haris (wk), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi.
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Shahidullah, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Mohammad Saleem Safi and Wafadar Momand.
