Shahid Afridi aiming to regain form in the ICC T20 Cup – Cricket News Update
Pakistan’s T20 specialist, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 and insisted that he would be aiming to regain his form after going through a lean patch in recent months.
Afridi, who could not feature in the T20s against Australia this month in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) due to an injury to his hand that he picked up in the fifth and final match of the one-day series said, “Whatmore is helping me out a lot and I know my batting will be equally important.”
Praising the captaincy of T20 skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898, the flamboyant all-rounder added, “He has done a good job and led the team well but we need the support and prayers of our people who must not be disappointed with the final T20 result.”
However, the status of Afridi’s injury is still unknown and his participation in Pakistan’s opening match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 on September 23 is hanging in balance.
Pakistan had a spectacular three-match T20 series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 earlier this month, where the Greens beat the Aussies by 2-1 in the absence of Afridi.
With a formidable T20 unit, Pakistan are among the top contenders for this year’s mega event and having won the tournament in 2009, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 would be aiming to get their hands on the title for the second time.
Meanwhile, former skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rashid-Latif-c84084 is of the opinion that the players should refrain from giving any statements and let their performance do the talking in the field.
“Everyone associated with the board and team needs to learn one lesson from the defeat that it is wise to be careful with your words and statements and let the team’s performance do the talking,” said the former wicketkeeper.
Skipper, Mohammad Hafeez, has expressed satisfaction over his squad’s preparations and is confident that Afridi will regain his form with the bat in the mega event, as Pakistan would be heavily depending on the all-rounder.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Razzaq-c41623 and Afridi, Pakistan have an explosive batting contingent which - if got going - would wreak havoc in the tournament.
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