“Will plan against Virat Kohli”: Babar Azam’s honest opinion on India-Pakistan T20 World Cup clash. cricket news

Pakistan captain Babar Azam said the team will plan its strategy against India’s star batsman Virat Kohli for the high-octane clash with the Men in Blue in this year’s ICC T20 World Cup in West Indies/USA. Babar made this statement ahead of his team’s T20I series against Ireland from March 10, which includes three T20Is to be played in Dublin. The much-awaited clash between the two arch-rivals will take place on June 9 in New York.

During the last T20 Cup encounter between these two sides in 2022, Virat played one of the most iconic innings in the format, smashing 82* with six fours and four sixes in just 53 balls during a tense run-chase of 160. Scored runs. At one time India’s score was 31/4.

Speaking at the media conference on Monday, Babar said that although the team is not planning against any one particular player, they will be planning against Virat, whom he called “one of the best players”.

“As a team, you always plan against different teams and according to their strengths. We don’t plan anything against one player. We plan for all 11 players. We need to adapt to the conditions in New York. There is not much information about it and we will plan accordingly.” He [Virat Kohli] He is one of the best players and we will plan against him also.

Virat has an exceptional record in T20Is against Pakistan. He has scored 488 runs in 10 matches at an average of 81.33 and a strike rate of over 123, which includes five half-centuries. His best score is 82*.

The schedule of Pakistan’s tour of Ireland and England before the T20 World Cup is as follows. India and Pakistan are in Group A along with Ireland, Canada and America in the T20 World Cup. Pakistan will start its campaign against America on June 6.

Ireland series: May 10: 1st T20I, Dublin; 12 May 2nd T20I, Dublin; 14 May: 3rd T20 match, Dublin

England Series: May 22: 1st T20I, Leeds; 25 May: 2nd T20 match, Birmingham; 28 May: 3rd T20 match, Cardiff; 30 May: 4th T20 match, London.

Pakistan team: Babar Azam (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Aamir, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Aga, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan.

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