"Will Keep Challenging Him...": Pakistan's New Cricket Director On Babar Azam

22.04.2023 - 11:19 sports.ndtv.com

Pakistan's new team director Mickey Arthur has no doubt that captain Babar Azam will become a legend of the game and feels the country is capable of winning world cups and top rankings across formats.

Arthur, who signed a one-year contract with the Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday, was asked about backing Babar when he was the team's head coach between 2016 and 2019. "What impressed me most were his hands, the speed of his hands.

When Grant Bradburn first told me look at this guy in the nets, I was amazed. I had never seen such hand speed and a talent like him, and the key was to give him opportunities to succeed," Arthur said. "I knew he was going to become a key part of the team.

I believe he is the number one batsman right now and he is a wonderful, wonderful talent. I still think he has room for improvement.

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