Rana Naved confident about Sialkot Stallions’ chances in the domestic T20 – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 Stallions’ fast bowler, believes that his side is strong enough to defend their title in the on-going Faysal Bank T20 Tournament 2012-13 and expressed that all the players are at the top of their game
at the moment.
The Stallions are considered to be one of the strongest domestic teams in Pakistan, especially in the shortest format of the sport, having won the national T20 tournament numerous times since 2005.
Under the inspirational leadership of former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 captain, Shoaib Malik, Sialkot qualified for this year’s Champions League T20 2012, played in South Africa, and became the country’s first team to take part in the illustrious event.
While speaking exclusively to Pakpassion, the discarded Pakistan all-rounder expressed that his team is high on confidence and will carry on with their form in the competition at Lahore.
“Sialkot Stallions is one of the best teams – we have recently come back after participating in the Champions League in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 so we have a good combination of players and our confidence is high,” said the cricketer from Sheikhupura.
Naved expressed that the Sialkot players have performed exceptionally well in the President’s Trophy, with the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Nazir-c64248 scoring a lot of runs in the four-day format.
He mentioned, “We intend to keep this momentum going in this tournament. Our players have also played well in the recently concluded First Class season so the confidence is high and there are no real worries.”
Some of the analysts believe that Lahore http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wahab-Riaz-c95839, Ahmed
Shehzad and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961.
However, Naved is not fazed and said that his team will put in a lot of hard work in the tournament, without worrying too much about the results.
“We will continue to play to the best of our ability as we always do. We will play positively and play to win – the rest is not in our hands,” Rana added.
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