Coach Mike Hesson and Babar Azam New Delhi: On Sunday, Pakistan announced a 17 -member group for the T20i triangular series in Sharjah and the Asian Cup in UAE and left Stalwarts Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. The decision emphasized the shift in the strategy, with selectors preferred by the aggressive dough of Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!Neither Babar nor Rizwan appeared in the T20 International since December 2024, when Pakistan faced South Africa. While both of them remain among the leading factories in the country, head coach Mike Hesson admitted that Babar was asked to focus specific aspects of his game to get back his place.
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“There is no doubt that Babar was asked to improve in some areas, especially against the rotation of AZ’s point of view,” Hesson told reporters at the team performance. “These are aspects that I know is working very hard at the moment.”
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Babar is ready to represent Adelaide Strikers in Velká Bash League at the end of this year, Hesson considers the opportunity to be essential for the dough tourist trail. “A player like Babar also has the opportunity to play in BBL and show improvements in these areas of T20 cricket. He is just a good player for us not to consider it,” emphasized the coach.As Hesson took the lead of the Pakistani white ball settings, the party showed the mixed results-the T20 series against Bangladesh and Western India has also suffered, but also suffered the defeat of the Bangladesh series. Even more worrying is that Western India has seen its first victory of the bilateral ODI series over Pakistan in 34 years. Meanwhile, Babar endured a slim run with a score of 47, 0 and 9 in that rubber.While he praised in the form of the trio Ayub, Farhan and Zaman, Hesson repeated that Babar’s quality could not be overlooked. “At the moment, the players we have performs exceptionally well. But Babar has every chance to return by developing his game.”Pakistan for the first time attacks the T20 triangular series including Afghanistan and SAE (29 – 7 – 7 – 7 – September in Sharjah) before heading to the Asia Cup (September 9 – 28 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi).
Pakistan Group for Asia Cup 2025
- Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Haris, Salman Ali Agha (Captain), Hasan Nawaz, Husain Talaat, Fey Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim, Salman Mirza, Salman Mirza, Salman Mirza Aliem, Haris Aliem, Haris Aliem, Haris Alio, Haris Ali, Haris Ali, Hasan Ali, Haris Aliem, Haris Ali, Haris Ali, Hasan Ali, Haris, Harian, Harian, Haris, Haris, Harian, Harian Ali, Haris Ali, Hasan Ali, Haris, Harian Alie, Haris Ali. Abar Ahmed.
