New Delhi: T20 World Cup 2022 is being played in Australia. In this tournament, a match was played between Pakistan and Zimbabwe (Pakistan vs Zimbabwe) on Thursday. Zimbabwe defeated Pakistan by winning this match by 1 run. After the defeat against Zimbabwe, many veteran players of Pakistan have slammed Babar Azam’s team fiercely. Now two former captains of the Pakistan team, Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram, have taken the class of captain Babar Azam. Both the players believe that Babar is adamant on opening, due to which the team is not able to experiment.
Waqar Younis said, ‘The easiest place to bat in T20 is the opening. You haven’t let anyone else play here in the last two years. I have already discussed this before Misbah-ul-Haq that why don’t you try something new? You have experimented with bowling, in batting we have experimented a lot with the middle order. But the openers remained the same and they batted 14-15 overs together.
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Waqar Younis further said, ‘Sometimes you give up your position as a captain and leader. For example, you can get Haider Ali to open, who has flopped in the middle order. We’ve never tried, so we’re struggling. We also lose because of the way he scores runs. Becoming No. 1 and No. 2 is not a big deal, the important thing is to score those runs and win for the team.
Wasim Akram further said, ‘All these things start from the top and at the top is your captain. It’s not right if your captain plays for himself. If your captain scores runs and allows other batsmen to play in their positions, then it proves that the captain of the team is ready to sacrifice himself for you. Babar has to learn these things.
Wasim Akram says, ‘I have lived like this with Babar in Karachi Kings. The team was going through a bad phase. So I requested him once or twice that please come to number 3, we will try to do something different. The opener was present in the team in the form of Martin Guptill. But Babar said he will not play down, you ask Sharjeel to bat at 3. Sharjeel is also a specialist opener. If a captain implements small things, then the team will also benefit.