KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistan skipper
Babar Azam said Monday that
he hopes a seven-match series against England starting in Karachi this week
will help him return to his best scoring form, after a lean Asia Cup earlier
this month.
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The 27-year-old
managed just 68 runs in six games in the UAE, where Pakistan finished
runners-up to Sri Lanka.
England are on
their first tour of Pakistan for 17 years, in a series seen as part of the
build-up towards next month’s men’s
Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.
“I hope to
return to my best in this series... and it will be good if it happens before
the World Cup,” Azam told reporters on Monday.
The lean patch
saw Azam dethroned as the world’s top-rated T20I batsman, after ruling the
rankings for 1,155 days, relinquishing the title to his opening partner
Mohammad Rizwan last week.
Azam, who is
Pakistan’s top T20I run-getter with 2,754 runs in 80 games, said he keeps
things simple while batting.
“I think less
about failures when going through a bad patch,” said Azam. “As a batsman your
focus is to do your best to regain your form and it would be great to do that
before the World Cup.”
Azam was the
highest scorer in last year’s Twenty20 World Cup held in the
United Arab Emirates, with 303 runs in a tournament where Pakistan crashed out in the
semi-finals.
Azam said the
England series was a “big occasion”.
The matches will be held
in Karachi (September 22, 23, 25) and in Lahore (September 28, 30, and October
2).
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