Fakhar Zaman: “Babar’s individual performance is also good which is a moral booster for every player in the team”
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Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman said it is a “morale booster” for everyone in the team to see captain Babar Azam performing so well.
In the T20 World Cup, Azam broke the record for the most runs scored by a batsman in their maiden T20 World Cup appearance.
The 27-year-old amassed 303 runs in six games, which included four fifties, at an average of 60.60 and a strike-rate of 126.25.
As for the three-match T20 series against Bangladesh, he mustered 27 runs at an average of nine and a strike-rate of 67.50.
“Babar’s individual performance is also good which is a morale booster for every player in the team,” Zaman was quoted as saying by A-Sports.
Azam scored 10 and 13 not out in the first Test against Bangladesh, which Pakistan won by eight wickets.
The second Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh will begin on Saturday in Dhaka.
Pakistan squad for Bangladesh Test series: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Abdullah Shafique, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Bilal Asif, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi, Zahid Mahmood