Pakistan batsman Salman Ali Agha: “Initially I complained about batting at seven, but now I like it”
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Pakistan middle order batsman Salman Ali Agha has admitted that he initially complained about batting at number seven, but has since grown to love it.
Salman often finds himself batting with the tailenders, but has gained an immense amount of respect for being able to score big runs nonetheless.
During the recent two-Test series against Bangladesh, he scored 120 runs, which included a top score of 54, at an average of 40.
The 30-year-old had an even more impressive showing in the three-Test series against England, amassing 262 runs, which included a century and two fifties, at an average of 65.50.
“Initially I complained about batting at seven, but now I like it,” Salman told Sky Sports as quoted by PakPassion on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Salman was then in action in Pakistan’s white-ball series against Australia, which consisted of three ODIs and three T20Is.
He only batted once in the ODIs, scoring 12 runs, but Pakistan still ended up winning 2-1, which marked their first ODI series win in Australia since 2002.
In the T20I series, he mustered five runs at an average of 1.66.
Pakistan will now head to Zimbabwe to play three ODIs and three T20Is from November 24 to December 5.
Pakistan Squad for Australia ODI Series:Â 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:Â 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:Â 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:Â 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