Mohammad Hafeez to play a key role in the ODI series, says Misbah-ul-Haq – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and feels that the all-rounder is at the top of his game at the present moment.
Hafeez, who was appointed as Pakistan’s T20 skipper earlier this year, performed exceptionally well in the recently-finished T20 series against the Men in Blue, scoring consecutive half-centuries to be named as the Player of the Series.
The cricketer from Sargodha averages less than 28 runs per innings in the 50-over format, which is not acceptable for a top-order batsman; however, the all-rounder has improved a lot recently and has been consistently doing well for
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 with the bat as well as with the ball.
Misbah is extremely impressed by Hafeez’s performance in the T20 series and feels that the opener looked in great form. The skipper expects his opening batsman to deliver the goods against the neighbouring country as getting off to
a good start is always important in an ODI innings.
“His contribution will be very important for us,” Misbah said. “It’s crucial for the openers to be in good form to set a solid base for the team. The confidence and the strike-rate with which Hafeez has played, is very commendable.
He’s middling the ball very well. He will play a key role for us in this series.”
Indo-Pak matches often lead to heated exchange of words between the players and one such scenario was witnessed in the first T20 at Bangalore, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566 shared an unpleasant moment and were later fined by the
match referee.
Misbah feels that the players must not get carried away with their emotions as the aggression should be translated into good showing instead.
“Your aggression should come to the fore in the form of your performance. If you want to show aggression, show it by bowling a 150kph delivery, scoring big runs, taking a brilliant catch or effecting a good run-out,” said the Pakistani
captain.
With the first ODI currently being played at Chennai, the second and the third fixtures will take place at Kolkata and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 respectively.
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