Slamming the transfer of breaking the worldwide well-known opening pair of Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan following the workforce’s loss within the T20I collection in opposition to New Zealand, former Pakistan cricketer and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ramiz Raja requested the selectors what profit they gained out of it. In the continued T20I collection in opposition to Kiwis, Pakistan are trailing 3-0, with two video games to go. In the collection, Pakistan has been opening with new openers, Saim Ayub and Mohammed Rizwan, who’ve underperformed as a pair on this collection to date.

On his YouTube Channel, Raja voiced out, “So much pressure was created to break the opening pair of Babar and Rizwan. After breaking the opening partnership, which was evaluated based on the strike rate. When you bring in new players, they may perform well in leagues, but international cricket is a different beast where there is pressure, and the focus of the entire world is on you. You broke the opening pair that was famous worldwide.”

“Either you have a workshop of trained openers behind you who are gradually being introduced, when you have no other options. It takes time to form an opening pair. It is not an easy task. So, if you have a pair, and they consistently kept you in the field during matches, what benefit did you get after breaking it?,” he added.

He additionally stated that he backs each skipper, together with the present T20I skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi.

“The accusation made against me was that I backed Babar Azam. I support every captain because their role is to lead not just on the field during the game, but also extends to off the field as well,” said Raja.

Rizwan and Babar have the best runs as a pair in T20I historical past, scoring 2,779 runs at a median of 48.75, with 9 centuries and 11 fifty-run stands.

The fourth T20I between each the perimeters will happen on Friday at Christchurch.

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