Pakistan skipper Babar Azam said Monday that he hopes a seven-match seriesagainst England link starting in Karachithis week will help him return to his best scoring form, after a lean AsiaCup earlier this month.
The 27-year-old managed just 68 runs in six games in the United ArabEmirates, where Pakistan finished runners-up to Sri Lanka.
England link are on their first tour ofPakistan for 17 years, in a series seen as part of the build-up towardsnext month’s men’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.
“I hope to return to my best in this series… and it will be good if ithappens before the World Cup,” Azam told reporters on Monday.
The lean patch saw Azam dethroned as the world’s top-rated T20I batsman,after ruling the rankings for 1,155 days, relinquishing the title to hisopening partner Mohammad Rizwan last week.
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Azam, who is Pakistan’s top T20I run-getter with 2,754 runs in 80 games,said he keeps things simple while battinglink.
“I think less about failures when going through a bad patch,” said Azam.”As a batsman your focus is to do your best to regain your form and itwould be great to do that before the World Cup.”
Azam was the highest scorer in last year’s Twenty20 World Cup held in theUnited Arab Emirates, with 303 runs in a tournament where Pakistan crashedout in the semi-finals.
