Pakistan big-hitter Mohammad Haris: “Opening the batting is the easiest job in T20 cricket. Even I can score 50 runs while opening”
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Pakistan big-hitting batsman Mohammad Haris has claimed that “opening the batting is the easiest job in T20 cricket”.
He feels it is so unchallenging that he can even score 50 runs – a feat he has yet to do in T20Is.
So far, Haris has represented Pakistan in nine T20Is and amassed 126 runs at an average of 14.
As for his overall T20 career, the 23-year-old from Peshawar has made 1,932 runs in 90 matches, which includes 11 half-centuries, at an average of 23.
“Opening the batting is the easiest job in T20 cricket. Even I can score 50 runs while opening,” he was quoted as saying by journalist Farid Khan on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Haris was not selected for Pakistan’s two-Test series against Bangladesh, which they lost 2-0, or the three-Test series against England, which the men in green won 2-1.
He also wasn’t picked for the limited overs tour of Australia, which consisted of three ODIs and three T20Is.
Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1 but lost the T20I series 3-0.
Next up for the men in green will be a tour of Zimbabwe, where they will play three ODIs and three T20Is from November 24 to December 5.
Pakistan Squad for Australia ODI Series: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Pakistan Squad for Australia T20I Series: Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Usman Khan
Pakistan Squad for Zimbabwe ODI Series: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tayyab Tahir
Pakistan Squad for Zimbabwe T20I Series: Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan
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