Pakistan Team Captain Babar Azam and opener Imam-ul-Haq returned totraining today with the two picking up their bats after 12 days of rest.

The PCB shared a video of the cricketers practicing during the team’s netsession ahead of the first test match against New Zealand.

“We are hopeful that Babar will be fit for [the] second Test,”Misbah-ul-Haq was quoted as saying by website *Cricinfo*.

“He started gripping the bat today and practicing with a tennis ball. Youcan’t really predict much with injuries like that but I just hope he getsbetter in five or six days and he has about eight days or so to get ready,which would be a big boost for us,” said the Pakistan team coach.