Ramiz Raja: “I guess overall Naseem Shah is the player who performed really well as a bowler as well as a batter”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja believes fast bowler Naseem Shah was the only bright spot in the team’s dismal 2024 T20 World Cup campaign.
Naseem took five wickets in three matches at an average of 14.20 and an economy rate of 5.91.
Ramiz admitted he was impressed with the 21-year-old’s batting in Pakistan’s clash against India, where he made an unbeaten 10 off four balls.
“There isn’t any strong point in the tournament. Naseem Shah, I believe, performed well as a bowler because he’s naturally a hard-length bowler, and his batting was also good against India. I guess overall Naseem Shah is the player who performed really well as a bowler as well as a batter. Rest of the players were just fine,” he was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Pakistan lost their first two T20 World Cup games against the United States of America and India before bouncing back to take down Canada and Ireland.
Even though they triumphed in their last two group stage matches, the men in green were unable to advance to the Super Eights.
Pakistan Squad for 2024 T20 World Cup: Babar Azam (capt), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan (wk), Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Abbas Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed