Pakistan’s T20 Series Against Bangladesh: A Look At Careers That Hang In Balance As The Green Shirts Prepare To Meet The Tigers At Home

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Pakistan’s T20 Series against Bangladesh begins tomorrow in Lahore. Hence, we look at careers that hang in balance as the green shirts prepare to meet the tigers at home.

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Babar Azam’s Career As Captain

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Babar Azam so far has lost all three matches that he has captained in the T20 format. So, the skipper really needs to secure a series win in order to justify his appointment to lead the men in green in the shortest format of the game. A series defeat on the other hand will put a lot of pressure on the 25 year old and he might as well struggle to retain captaincy from here on wards.  

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Comeback Boys Shoaib Malik And Mohd. Hafeez

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Senior all-rounders Shoaib Malik and Mohd. Hafeez are all set to stage a yet another comeback in the format. Hence, both need to deliver or else this can result in being the last international series that they ever play.

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Mohd. Rizwan

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Mohd. Rizwan has been terrific form in the Test and the ODI formats. The wicket-keeper batsman however, is yet to prove his worth in the T20s. Thus, a bad rubber either with the bat or gloves is likely to make way for Sarfraz Ahmed’s return in the series that follows next.

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Misbah-ul-Haq The Head Coach

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The head coach cum chief selector i.e. Misbah-ul-Haq has been criticized right, left and center for both his mind boggling selection policies as well as for his coaching methods. Thus, Pakistan are likely to see the back of him at least in limited overs cricket if favorable results don’t come during Pakistan’s T20 Series against Bangladesh.