Making a comeback is never easy, says Taufeeq Umar – Cricket News Update
Pakistani Test opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taufeeq-Umar-c92889, has claimed that a player is more under pressure while making a comeback at the International level as compared to making his debut at the highest stage of the game.
The left-handed opening batsman has had a stop-start career so far, even though he has done exceedingly well in the longer version of the sport. Umar faced a knee injury at the peak of his career, which hampered his batting form as well.
However, the left-hander made a comeback in the national team for the series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE). Since then, he has re-established his place in the Test side and performed brilliantly in the Test series’ against
the Proteas, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
The cricketer from Lahore is also a part of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 at UAE and he has started the series in a magnificent manner by scoring a hundred in the first Test at Abu Dhabi. At the close of play on day two of
the Abu Dhabi Test, the left-hander was unbeaten on 109 runs and looked set to score many more.
Taufeeq was very happy after scoring a ton for Pakistan and gave the credit to his captain, Misbah ul Haq, former coach Waqar Younis and the interim coach of the national team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohsin-Hasan-Khan-c77595 for giving him immense confidence.
He said, "When you do a comeback, you have more pressure on you than your debut. A century always gives you confidence and I am happy at that. I am more focused now and with the help of coaches http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 and captain Misbah-ul Haq I have
performed well and hopefully carry on the good work."
Taufeeq is generally regarded as a Test specialist because of his inability to score quick runs in limited overs format of the game. However, he established a couple of century partnerships with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 to put Pakistan in command.
"We had to spend time at the wicket and the key was the partnerships which you need in Tests. Hafeez and me first with a 100 plus partnership and then with Azhar another. We keep going like this tomorrow as well," Taufeeq added.
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