ICC T20 World Cup 2022: Ex-Pakistan Cricketer Bazid Khan Highlights Major Concerns Ahead Of The Marquee Tournament

With less than a month remaining for the T20 World Cup in Australia, almost all the teams have named their squads for the ICC tournament, slated for next month. Asia Cup 2022 finalists, Pakistan will host England at home as a preparatory campaign prior to the marquee event.

Echoing the same lines, former Pakistan cricketer Bazid Khan spoke about the Men in Green’s journey in Asia Cup, the problems they need to address in the series against England and how their recently-announced debatable squad is shaping up.

Bazid Khan is wary of Pakistan’s top order and bowlers for death overs

Speaking exclusively to Hindustan Times, the 41-year-old said, “It was a patchy Asia Cup for Pakistan. Look at the games that Pakistan played, that match against Afghanistan, it was improbable that they would have won in that fashion. Their only convincing performance was against Hong Kong. They had tough games against India.

“I felt Pakistan sort of rode their luck to the final but then Sri Lanka were just too good in those two games. Few questions still unanswered after that Asia Cup – the top three, who will bowl in the death overs,” he added.

Bazid Khan shares his views on Pakistan’s ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Squad

“It’s a decent squad. The bowling obviously jumps at you because you got pace and you got the spinners in form as well. The only issue you would have though is that if Fakhar would have been in the team or have someone who would have been dynamic at the top of the order, but they are sticking to what they know.”

He concluded saying, “If Babar and Rizwan can address the batting issue and make sure that even if they lose wickets it doesn’t matter because you have to trust your middle order as well. The middle-order isn’t as bad as people make it out to seem because they do not get enough opportunities. But the few opportunities they do get they somehow manage to perform.”