Sohaib Maqsood: “[The] most talented T20 opening batter in Pakistan I would say by far [is] Hasan Nawaz”
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Veteran batsman Sohaib Maqsood believes Hasan Nawaz is the “most talented T20 opening batter in Pakistan”.
Nawaz has yet to make his international debut, but has featured in 21 T20s to date and scored 492 runs at an average of 23.42 and a strike-rate of 131.20,
Most recently, the 22-year-old from Islamabad was in action in the Champions T20 Cup and finished as the second-highest run-scorer with 312 runs in nine games for the Lions, which included two fifties, at an average of 34.66 and a strike-rate of 142.46.
“[The] most talented T20 opening batter in Pakistan I would say by far [is] Hasan Nawaz,” Maqsood said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The Pakistan team recently travelled to Australia and won the ODI series 2-1 before being thumped 3-0 in the T20Is.
They then went to Zimbabwe and triumphed 2-1 in both the ODI and T20I series.
Pakistan just got done touring South Africa and lost the T20I series 2-0 before bouncing back to claim a 3-0 victory in the ODIs.
As for the two-Test series, the Proteas whitewashed the men in green 2-0.
Pakistan Squad for South Africa T20I Series: Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan (wicketkeeper)
Pakistan Squad for South Africa ODI Series: Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan (wicketkeeper)
Pakistan Squad for South Africa Test Series: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub and Salman Ali Agha
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