Babar Azam: “You’ll see our planning in this series [against England] but yes, we can make one or so changes according to the conditions or what is required. But, mostly I’ll be batting at one down”
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Pakistan white-ball captain Babar Azam has confirmed that he will mostly be batting at number three in the upcoming 2024 T20 World Cup.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Babar has been batting at number three for [the] last seven to eight years. There will be nothing new for Babar to bat at number three in T20s”
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Former Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez feels limited overs captain Babar Azam should bat at number three in T20Is as it is nothing new for him.
Shadab Khan: “I have played one down and two down in the PSL and that’s where I think I am most comfortable. But I’m also fine with being used as a floater”
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Pakistan spin-bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan said he prefers to bat at number three or four in T20Is as that is where he feels “most comfortable.”
Babar Azam: “If I was asked individually, I wasn’t satisfied with the decision to bat at [the] one down position. However, I did that for Pakistan”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has admitted that he “wasn’t satisfied with the decision” he made to bat at number three in T20Is.
Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman: “I am now comfortable playing as one down”
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Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman said he is comfortable batting at number three in T20 Internationals.
Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood: “the management showed faith and sent me up the order, particularly when I started batting number three, that helped turn things around”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood said he started succeeding after being given a chance to bat at number three.
Mohammad Rizwan on Sohaib Maqsood: “The thing which brought him in the limelight was the fact that we made him bat higher in the batting order”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan said Sohaib Maqsood was able to steal the spotlight in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) since he was given a chance to bat in the top order.
Moin Khan on Sarfaraz Ahmed: “I think he needs to promote himself in the batting order by opening or coming at one down, like Mohammad Rizwan”
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Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan said wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed must promote himself up the batting order.
Kamran Akmal: “It is important that he opens or plays one-down in ODI cricket, however Babar (Azam) is settled at one-down”
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Kamran Akmal said fellow Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan should open the batting in ODIs.
Haider Ali: “Opening and 1 down”
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Pakistan batsman Haider Ali has said that he either wants to open the batting or come in at number three.
