Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan has put his weight behind captain Babar Azam and has said that his scoring-rate in the T20Is isn’t really a cause of concern for the team.
"We've never felt an issue with Babar's strike rate," Rizwan said. "When he goes big he generally has a strike rate over 140. People talk about our strike rate but do remember we chased down 200, just the two of us, so our strike rate can't be that bad. There was an issue with the middle order, but we have more personnel coming in, so hopefully that should be resolved now." Rizwan provided his opinion on a much-debated topic.
The right-hander who led Multan Sultans to the Pakistan Super League title win further talked about the batting and said that the top-order is pretty sorted while some tweak is required in the middle-order.
"We don't have any issue in the top order. We're all settled in our positions, and the only problems we had were in our middle order,” Rizwan added.
The wicket-keeper batsman also hailed Babar Azam for his captaincy skills. “Babar is one of the leading captains right now, and if you look at our past series, he's made some brilliant decisions,” Rizwan said.
Pakistan are slated to play three ODIs and as many T20Is against England slated to begin on July 8.