Hafeez should not open in T20s, thinks Sikander Bakht – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 should drop himself down the order for the upcoming two-match T20 series in India and urged the team management to start the innings with Nasir Jamshed and Ahmed Shehzad instead.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Akmal-c70122, the cricketer from Sargodha continued to open the innings throughout the tournament.
The Green Shirts have made some changes in their T20 squad for the upcoming tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ahmed-Shehzad-c42359, the right-handed opening batsman from Lahore has replaced Nazir, who failed to make an impression in the global event.
Bakht, who played 26 Tests and 27 One Day Internationals for Pakistan between 1976 and 1989, feels that the national team will benefit if the captain drops himself down the order and allows Jamshed and Shehzad to open the innings, as the duo helped Lahore http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 clinch the recently-concluded Faysal Bank T20 Tournament 2012-13.
“His style of batting did not suit T20 brand and Hafeez should bat down the order in the interest of the team,” he said. “We needed attacking batsmen at the top. I think http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-Jamshed-c78752 and Ahmed Shehzad should be opening the innings because both are firebrand cricketers who are ideally suited for T20 format.”
The former fast bowler believes that the skipper’s inability to rotate strike consistently puts additional burden on the middle-order batsmen.
“On the other hand, Hafeez’s cautious and steady style sometime put later batsmen under pressure which disturbs the rhythm and tempo of the team,” Sikander mentioned.
The former cricketer from Karachi also wants the team management to promote http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 in the batting order as the talented right-handed batsman should be allowed to build his innings.
“Umar is basically an attacking batsman and would be more productive if he is given a chance to move up” he added.
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