Babar Azam says ‘Imran Khan is my role model as a captain’

Pakistan cricket team’s skipper Babar Azam said in a statement that Imran Khan is his role model as a captain and he is trying to follow in his footsteps the way he built the Pakistani team during his captaincy tenure.

Captain Babar Azam “Imran Khan is my role model as a captain and I try to follow his footsteps the way he built the Team Pakistan in his captaincy tenure” #PAKvWI

— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) May 28, 2022

Ahead of the Pakistan-West Indies series, Babar Azam was quoted by journalist Arfa Feroz Zake, “You’ve to give regular chances to players to bring consistency in the team and you can see consistency in Pakistan. Number one players in ICC rankings give motivation to other teammates. There’s alot of unity in Pakistan. My aim is to make Pakistan number 1 in the world”

Babar Azam “You’ve to give regular chances to players to bring consistency in the team and you can see consistency in Pakistan. Number one players in ICC rankings give motivation to other teammates. There’s alot of unity in Pakistan. My aim is to make Pakistan #1 in the world”

— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) May 28, 2022

“My cover drive is a natural shot in my gameplay but I’ve worked hard on it. Cover drive was my favorite shot since beginning but I’ve practiced almost ten years to excel and bring improvement in it.”

“We usually restrict ourselves to our past achievements which is totally wrong. We should forget whatever happened or achieved in the past and plan and prepare ourselves how improvements could be brought in the future”

“I heard some opinions claiming that captaincy would effect my batting but I plan both as two different things in cricket. This is something which is learnt with the passage of time. I never thought of both together and always planned captaincy and batting separately.”

“My competition is with myself and I make efforts to bring improvement in my gameplay everyday. You can’t bat with a similar approach everyday hence a cricketer has to keep himself in a learning process. My aim to bring perfection in my cricket.”

“Bad days are part of a cricketer’s career but one has to be mentally tough to overcome such days. Negative thoughts are natural but I keep myself calm and try to work harder in such situation. My aim is give such performances which leads your team to win matches.”

“Due to covid fastbowlers cant use saliva on the ball which minimizes swing factor. No saliva allowed means ball will not get help to swing. The sweat does not helps as much as saliva to swing the ball. ICC should review its decision as we have overcome coronavirus.”

The journalist said that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) commence main camp for ODI series against West Indies from June 1 onwards but the camp has been shifted from Rawalpindi to Lahore. The camp will include 16 member squad of Pakistan including players featuring in county championship.

The Pakistani skipper said, “We had planned to play competitive cricket and give tough time to every team in recent T20 WorldCup 2021 & the same planning we will implement in upcoming T20 WorldCup 2022 in Australia. I’m hopeful Pakistan will play good cricket in upnext T20 WorldCup 2022”

“India and Pakistan cricket match is always historic which is enjoyed by every cricket fan in the world. Even we cricketers also enjoy Indo-Pak encounter. Win or loose is a part of game. What we believe in is to give 100% effort against India in T20 WorldCup 2022.”

“We can try Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz in toporder in whiteball formats to bring stability in the midorder as they have played in toporder during Pakistan Super League (PSL) aswell.”

“Pakistan is famous to unearth fastbowlers in every era. Naseem Shah is also in our back up plans for whiteball formats as he bowled exceptionally well in test cricket. There is difficulty in selection of fastbowlers sometimes due to immense talented options available”