NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s newly appointed limited-overs captain Mohammad Rizwan shared that he by no means actively sought the function. Following the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) newest management announcement, Rizwan has formally taken over from Babar Azam as Pakistan’s white-ball captain and can lead the crew within the upcoming three-match ODI and T20I sequence in opposition to Australia.
“I by no means desired or requested for captaincy. If it is granted by Allah, one should not refuse. I by no means sought captaincy (kabhi kaptaani nahin maangi),” Rizwan stated.
“Relating to the previous, everybody had their opinions on this. Even when Saifee was captain, I provided him ideas, and he did the identical for me. Now that I’ve turn into captain, all of the gamers might be captains for the crew. My focus might be that once I depart cricket, there might be extra captain materials prepared for the crew,” he added.
Pakistan are coming off a 2-1 Take a look at sequence win at dwelling in opposition to England and is about to face Australia in an ODI sequence beginning on November 4, adopted by three T20Is. The ODIs will happen in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth, whereas the T20Is might be hosted in Brisbane, Sydney, and Hobart.
Reflecting on his new function, Rizwan stated, “One in every of my needs is to see the Pakistan crew in the identical sort of environment that we had a few years in the past. We have been all with one another at any stage, whether or not issues have been working for us or not. Due to that, loads of issues labored in our favor again then.”
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“The identical issues are current now additionally. However the distinction is that we’ve extra younger expertise together with seniors, and we want that all of us as a crew gel collectively. It’s a bit tough when the seniors are enjoying and when the younger lot comes and takes time to grasp issues. I suppose in the course of the Australia sequence, we are going to regain the identical momentum that we had earlier,” he added.
