Skipper Shaheen Afridi Set To Downgrade Opener Babar Azam For New Zealand T20Is: Report

Pakistan are supposed to go for another initial pair in the T20 series in New Zealand with Muhammad Rizwan to accomplice youthful Saim Ayub rather than Babar Azam. As per reports from Auckland, the group the board had Rizwan and Saim batting in the nets against the new ball bowlers while Babar and Fakhar Zaman had their thumps against principally spinners in different nets. Babar and Rizwan have opened pretty effectively for Pakistan in the T20 design starting around 2021 yet evidently new commander Shaheen Shah Afridi, new superior execution mentor Yasir Arafat and the group chief Muhammad Hafeez are quick to evaluate a novel, new thing against New Zealand in the five-match series starting on January 12.

Their 150 or more runs unbeaten association assisted Pakistan with beating India without precedent for any World Cup game during the T20 WC in Dubai in 2021.

The 21-year Saim, who played 8 T20 internationals last year and made his Test debut in Sydney recently, is known for his hard hitting way of batting and the group the board accepts he and Rizwan can give the group quicker begins.

Babar is currently expected to bat at number three followed by Fakhar Zaman (himself an opener and hard hitting southpaw) , Azam Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed.

With Babar never again skipper in any organization, group insiders said the high profile batsmen had consented to bat one down after Shaheen and Hafeez addressed him.

Pakistan have commonly done well in the T20 design and played in the 2022 World T20 Cup last and furthermore made the Asia Cup T20 design last and World T20 Cup semi-finals in 2021.