Former World Cup-winning star Shahid Afridi believes that the present Pakistani crew has all the things they should produce good leads to the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. He additionally suggested the crew to focus extra on the man-management as an alternative of the coaching periods as the present squad has required sufficient worldwide expertise.
The Pakistani crew have made an incredible comeback as top-of-the-line cricketing nations on this planet after some tough interval final decade. They’re ranked third in ICC rankings for ODI and T20I codecs. On the entrance of particular person performances, star gamers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan occupy the highest two spots in ICC T20I participant rankings. Afridi believes that the crew now have a formidable setup of gamers in each division with the required abilities and so they solely should be managed.
“The crew which is able to go for the 2022 World Cup in Australia has all of the required abilities, resembling bowling power, all-rounders together with gamers who can play attacking cricket. The pitches are additionally good in Australia so I’m hoping that this crew will produce consequence. The essential factor is man-management; teaching comes after that. The gamers have already performed worldwide cricket so it’s all about managing them,” Afridi instructed Pakistani media.
Pakistan reached the finals of the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 however misplaced to the arch-rivals India. The crew went on to win the second version of the World Cup in 2009, with Afridi being part of each the finals. He shared his ideas on how everybody supported captain Younis Khan to information them to glory in 2009.
“Seniors and captain performed a vital function in guaranteeing that the crew stays motivated regardless of a tricky begin. All of us supported Younis Khan, who was main the facet,” he added.
Pakistan are scheduled to face India on the Melbourne Cricket Stadium of their first match of the upcoming T20 World Cup. Pakistan recorded their first-ever World Cup win towards crew India within the group stage fixture however misplaced to Australia within the semi-finals conflict within the 2021 T20 World Cup.
