Pakistani cricket fans are very angry over the whitewash in the home Test series against Bangladesh. Not too hopeful, but I still think that the Pakistani team will not prove to be a success for England.
It has been our tradition that when no one takes any notice, suddenly such a performance comes out that everyone is surprised to see, do you know if it still happens, 2 years ago when the England team came to Pakistan. The pace attack was very strong led by James Anderson, now the new pacers have arrived, especially the absence of Mark Wood will benefit the Pakistani batsmen, he could not come due to injury, James Anderson retired. Later he became a bowling coach but these days he is playing golf tournaments in Scotland.
He will not be there to guide the bowlers during the first test, Ollie Robinson is no longer part of the squad, none of the current pacers have experience of playing red ball cricket in Pakistan, skipper Ben Stokes also participates in the first test. Doubtful, he will only be able to bat if he plays, but there are many good batsmen including Harry Brooke, Zach Crowley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, on the other hand Pakistani pacers are not in good form, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah. The former is not visible, but both are extremely talented, in which match a good performance will win the team, it is very hot in Multan these days, English cricketers have come here from cold weather.
It is not easy for them to adapt to the conditions. If there was a past era, Pakistan would have troubled England a lot through spinners. A lot of potential should be expressed, Pakistan’s batting against Bangladesh was also disappointing, but now surely the players will have to look at the shortcomings and focus on removing them which will have a positive effect, I especially. There are a lot of hopes on Babar Azam, it is true that he has not been performing well in recent times but now he is freed from the extra pressure of leading the white ball, it will also benefit him in Test cricket.
Babar now has a golden opportunity to focus only on his game, he should take advantage of this and score runs, this will be the last chance for Abdullah Shafiq to show his skills, he has not played well for a long time. See, if he doesn’t play a big innings in the first test too, the selectors will have no choice but to recall Imam-ul-Haq, Shaan Masood will also have to prove himself a good captain, he is under pressure due to 5 consecutive defeats. However, it is good that coach Jason Gillespie is fully supporting him, he has full faith in Shaun’s leadership skills, Shaun will have to perform well not only as a captain but also as a batsman.
Once he succeeds in doing so, the respect in the hearts of his teammates will also increase. The England team is famous for its aggressive style of play which they call baseball, Pakistan has Saeem Ayub such a cricketer. There are those who have the ability to dominate the rival bowlers with attacking cricket, Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha are also capable of playing big innings when needed. Pakistan’s preparations for the Test series cannot be called ideal. Instead the players should have been given a chance to play some red ball matches, well what happened can’t be changed, it should be expected that the team will play well, it is not yet known how the pitches will be made. .
If the spin pitch is made, we don’t seem to have any spinners who can disturb the rival batting more, on a favorable pitch for the pacers, their batsmen may face problems, it will be a difficult decision for the team management, victory in this series is Pakistan team. It is very important for the Champions Trophy to be held in the country next year. If the team plays well then fans will visit the stadium to watch the matches. The world is based on hope. We should also hope that the team does not disappoint in the series. will
