Mohammad Hafeez: “The best teams in the world play near 4 RPO (runs per over). If we don’t play at that pace, we can never compete with them. Shan realised that and applied that aggressive intent to his game”
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Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez has welcomed Test captain Shan Masood’s decision to play a more aggressive brand of cricket when batting.
Hafeez pointed out that the top teams in the world look to score at four runs per over, which is something Masood has also picked up on.
As a result, the 34-year-old has opted to take a more attacking approach so that Pakistan can be more competitive and put opposition teams under pressure.
“The best teams in the world play near 4 RPO (runs per over). If we don’t play at that pace, we can never compete with them. Shan realised that and applied that aggressive intent to his game,” Hafeez was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
In the recent three-match Test series against Australia, Masood scored 181 runs, which included two fifties, at an average of 30.16.
However, he didn’t feature in the five-match T20I series against New Zealand, which the men in green lost 4-1.
Masood will now captain the Karachi Kings in the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL), which begins on February 17.
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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