ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s test captain Azhar Ali reveals batting plan for 2ndtest against Australia.
Test captain Azhar Ali has explained star batsman Babar Azam’s recent marchup the batting order, which is set to go up another notch higher in theupcoming second and final Test against Australia.
Babar, who opens the batting for Pakistan in the two shorter formats, usedto bat at number six in Tests under former head coach Mickey Arthur.
He was promoted from sixth to fifth in the first Test against Australialast week, and rumour has it that in the final Test he would bat at numberfour.
Azhar says that Babar’s rise up the order was a part of the plan and thathe was not assigned a lower slot because of any doubts in his ability.
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“We all know how talented Babar Azam is. He has performed well in Tests aswell in the recent past. He is improving all the time. The previousmanagement had assigned him a lower number in the batting order so that hegot started [in the longest former] but no one had any doubts in hisability,” the skipper told Pakistan Cricket Board’s podcast.
“But now we are thinking to promote him up the order gradually. We all knowhow good he is but we also need to keep him at a position where he keeps onscoring.”
Azhar further said that despite Pakistan’s innings defeat in the seriesopener, “neither me nor the team management has any doubt in the ability ofthe players.”
