Shan Masood: “He is practicing for hours in the nets and has great fitness”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has hailed batsman Babar Azam’s exceptional fitness levels as he practices in the nets for hours.
Azam is trying to get back into form after experiencing a dip for the past couple of months, where he has failed to score runs consistently.
Additionally, when he does make encouraging starts, he has failed to convert them into big scores.
Despite this, Masood is confident the 29-year-old’s hard work will pay off down the line.
“He is practicing for hours in the nets and has great fitness,” he was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Azam recently scored 126 runs in Pakistan’s three-match Test series at an average of 21.
He then proceeded to make 213 runs, which included three fifties, at an average of 42.60 and a strike-rate of 142 in the five-match T20I series against New Zealand.
Azam will now captain the Peshawar Zalmi in the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL), while Masood will lead the Karachi Kings.
PSL 9 will be played from February 17 to March 18 in four cities – Lahore, Multan, Karachi and Rawalpindi.
Peshawar Zalmi Squad for PSL 9: Babar Azam (captain), Rovman Powell, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Mohammad Haris, Aamir Jamal, Khurram Shahzad (partially available), Arshad Iqbal, Haseebullah, Gus Atkinson (partially available), Asif Ali, Naveen-ul-Haq (reserved), Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Dan Mousley, Mohammad Zeeshan, Waqar Salamkheil, Mehran Mumtaz, Luke Wood, Sufyan Muqeem, Shamar Joseph
Karachi Kings Squad for PSL 9: Shan Masood (captain), James Vince, Hasan Ali, Shoaib Malik, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mir Hamza, Muhammad Akhlaq, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Kieron Pollard (partially available), Zahid Mehmood, Daniel Sams, Mohammad Nawaz, Tim Seifert (reserved), Mohammad Amir Khan, Anwar Ali, Arafat Minhas, Sirajuddin, Saad Baig, Jamie Overton, Leus Du Plooy, Mohammad Rohid
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