{"id":10627,"date":"2022-09-12T14:02:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T14:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=10627"},"modified":"2022-09-12T14:02:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T14:02:53","slug":"saqlain-backs-babar-rizwan-after-asia-cup-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/saqlain-backs-babar-rizwan-after-asia-cup-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Saqlain backs Babar &#038; Rizwan after Asia Cup loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saqlain backs Babar &amp; Rizwan after Asia Cup loss. Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq dismissed concerns about captain <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/babarazam258\">Babar Azam<\/a>\u2019s form and found nothing wrong with opener Mohammad Rizwan\u2019s batting approach after their loss to Sri Lanka in Sunday\u2019s Asia Cup final in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Babar, currently the second ranked Twenty20 (T20) batsman in the world behind team mate Rizwan, managed only 68 runs in six innings and his form would be a concern ahead of the 20-overs World Cup in Australia beginning next month.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/icc-t20i-raking-rizwan-dethrones-babar-azam-to-become-top-batter.html\">ICC T20I raking: Rizwan dethrones Babar Azam to become top batter<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If someone looks at his batting, you\u2019d just say he\u2019s unlucky, especially the way he\u2019s getting out,&#8221; Saqlain said after their 23-run defeat by Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s just a patch. If you look at the rankings, he\u2019s (among the) top in T20 International and in ODIs. It\u2019s just been bad luck. The way he\u2019s training and playing it\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His work ethic is top notch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Babar\u2019s opening partner Rizwan topscored for Pakistan with 55 off 49 balls in Sunday\u2019s final but his traditional approach to batting appeared ill-suited for the 20-overs format.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every team and player have their own style and methods,&#8221; former test spinner Saqlain said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s not compulsory that you do what the rest of the world is doing &#8230; His approach is not wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Saqlain also dismissed suggestions of a left-right opening combination of Fakhar Zaman with either Babar or Rizwan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you keep shuffling, it sends a message that you don\u2019t trust them,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You need to give them time. It\u2019s not good to shuffle a lot. It sends a wrong message.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saqlain backs Babar &amp; Rizwan after Asia Cup loss. Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq dismissed concerns about captain Babar Azam\u2019s form and found nothing wrong with opener Mohammad Rizwan\u2019s batting approach after their loss to Sri Lanka in Sunday\u2019s Asia Cup final in Dubai. Babar, currently the second ranked Twenty20 (T20) batsman in the world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":10628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6581,694,1252,4102,301,138,364],"class_list":["post-10627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-asia-cup-2022","tag-babar-azam","tag-mohammad-rizwan","tag-saqlain-mushtaq","tag-icc","tag-pakistan","tag-pcb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}