ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam press conference over testseries against Bangladesh at the home ground.
Pakistan’s ace batsman Babar Azam on Sunday said Pakistan cricket team wasmissing the home crowd for almost a decade as the cheer up the team membersget when come in the ground build up their confidence.
Addressing a press conference at Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi after the thirdday’s play, he said to play in front of the home crowd was always veryspecial and “I especially gain confidence through the cheer I get in theground.” Babar lauded Naseem Shah for his performance on the day saying, “Ireally enjoy the youngster’s second spell.”
“He bowls exactly like the plan we give to him for the match,” he added.Babar who deems to perform like Former great Younis Khan in future said healways try to give his 100 percent in the match.
“The more hard work we put in, the more reward we get.” To a question, hesaid he was optimistic that Yasir Shah would regain his form and performbetter.
He said the Rawalpindi crowd had been outstanding and the wicket andoutfield was also excellent. “The crowd of Rawalpindi has been verysupportive whether the team is bowling or batting,” he said.
He praised Shan Masood for his batting and said he also performed well inthe match against Sri Lanka. Babar said he always try to stick to his gamewhether its Test, ODI or Twenty20.
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“The Bangladesh bowlers looked prepared for me well as they were bowling meon the off-stump and not giving me room,” he said. He said he gained moreconfidence on his batting after the South Africa tour and managed to coverthis 30 and 40s into 100s.
To a question, he said he got a lot of confidence when people compare himwith Indian batsman Virat Kholi and tried to be consistent in hisperformance in every game.
He said he was honoured to receive the ICC ODI team of 2019 cap from formercaptain and Pakistan’s first ODI centurion, Majid Khan.
Bangladesh cricketer Tamim Iqbal said, “we all make mistakes and that iswhy we are in this type of situation in the match. I should have playedlonger as I’m the senior batsman.
If we hadn’t made mistakes we would have been in a much better situation,”he said. To a question, he said, “we thought we handed Naseem Shah verywell before he had the hattrick.”
