Pakistan will look to play modern-day cricket in South Africa: Babar Azam

Pakistan will undertake a “modern day” strategy within the upcoming ODI collection in opposition to South Africa and look to place 300 plus totals by ending with a flourish, captain Babar Azam mentioned on Thursday.
Pakistan will play three ODIs and 4 T20Is in opposition to hosts South Africa, beginning with the primary one-dayer in Centurion on Friday.
“We are trying to play ‘modern-day cricket’ for the upcoming event. We will try to gain the necessary points through the series against South Africa. We will start strong. If our finishers fire, we can reach a total above 300,” Babar, who leads Pakistan in all three codecs, instructed a digital press convention.
“The key to getting 300 plus scores is finishing with a flurry in our innings. We haven’t played a lot of ODIs since the World Cup so we are also making a fresh start with a modern day approach.”
The Pakistan skipper additionally talked about sustaining momentum and mentioned his group had been working arduous on enhancing its energy hitting functionality.
“The players are learning. It is also about taking responsibility. Contributions from the top four are always vital. We will also have to rotate the strike. Fakhar Zaman, Imamul Haq and Mohammad Rizwan are in great form and we will see the difference,” he added.
He promised to attempt to play fearless cricket and check out some mixtures for longer durations to see which one works.
Babar mentioned Pakistan’s edge was its bowling which had the capability to limit groups to totals below 300.
He mentioned the coaches had been working arduous with the decrease order batsmen and allrounders in order that they might end sturdy in ODIs and T20s as effectively with larger strike charges.
Babar additionally mentioned that pacer Hasan Ali was one hundred pc match and obtainable for choice as was former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed.
“We will decide the playing XI after looking at the pitch. Every player has a particular role in the team so we will put out a balanced combination,” he added.