Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammed Rizwan on Monday revealed that he would bat at quantity 4 as an alternative of his present place, quantity 5 within the ODIs, with which he isn’t happy however is doing for the sake of his facet. Speaking on the press convention earlier than the third ODI in opposition to New Zealand, a candid Mohammad Rizwan revealed his most well-liked batting place within the 50-over format. Rizwan has performed a vital position in Pakistan being 2-0 up within the five-match ODI collection in opposition to New Zealand. In each video games, the hosts had been tasked with chasing and Rizwan remained unbeaten every time to information his crew house.

Batting at No.5, Rizwan calmly stroked a 34-ball 42* whereas chasing 289 to win within the first ODI and adopted it up with an unbeaten half-century (54* off 41) as Pakistan hunted down a strong goal of 337 within the subsequent match.

However, the ever-so-candid Rizwan revealed that he was not happy to be batting at No.5 and would slightly bat at No.4, including that he’s blissful to sacrifice his place for the sake of the crew.

“If you ask me honestly, I am not happy batting at number five [in ODIs], because I want to bat at number four,” Rizwan mentioned on the press convention as quoted by ICC.

“But it is not important that I get what I want. The captain and coach will do what they like. It is my own wish to bat at number four. But I have not complained to anyone. I have been sacrificing for the last 15 or 16 years and still not complaining. We are ready to do what the captain and coach ask us to do.”

The wicketkeeper batter has at all times been a crew man, evidenced by the truth that he has performed in all center and lower-order positions in ODIs, proper from No.4 to No.8. Having made his debut in 2015, Rizwan began off at No.6 however has established himself within the crew, he made the No.4 spot his personal since 2019.

Prior to the collection, Rizwan had extraordinarily meagre returns batting at No.5, scoring simply 106 runs in 6 video games at a mean of 17.66. However, the 30-year-old appears to have gotten a grip on his new position with match-winning contributions in each video games in opposition to New Zealand.

At quantity 4 in ODIs, he has scored 135 runs in six matches and 5 innings at a mean of 33.75, with a century. He has been extremely profitable as the primary batter, scoring 463 at a mean of 51.44 in 14 matches with 4 half-centuries and a strike price of over 87.

Despite being 2-0 up, Pakistan can not afford to be complacent within the five-match ODI collection. The hosts had been in an identical place within the T20I collection in Rawalpindi earlier than New Zealand mounted an excellent comeback to stage the collection 2-2.

The motion now shifts to Karachi and in accordance with Rizwan, the crew is eager to wrap up the collection and never have a repeat of the T20Is.

“Every game is important to us,” Rizwan famous. “We want to forget the past, the good and the bad. The conditions and requirements in Rawalpindi were different. We will assess and adapt [to the conditions of Karachi] and look to win the series. That will be our focus,” concluded the batter.