Ahead of Pakistan's upcoming match against New Zealand, the 35th match of the ongoing ODI World Cup at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday, the 'Men in Green' sweated it out, putting in the hard yards in the nets.
In the latest episode of Hockey Te Charcha, a podcast series launched by Hockey India, Indian Junior Men's Team Coach C R Kumar spoke about their preparations for the ongoing 11th Sultan Of Johor Cup 2023 as well as the upcoming FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup 2023.
Australia and Netherlands will lock horns against each other at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Australia is back in top four after wins over Sri Lanka and Pakistan and had earlier registered losses to India and South Africa. Netherlands on the other hand, is at seventh with a win over South Afric
This decision comes after Suné Luus stepped down from her role as the team's interim captain and due to the unavailability of the vice-captain, Chloe Tryon, for the Pakistan series.
In spite of Pakistan taking a 3-0 lead in their ODI series against New Zealand on home soil, the left-hander has stressed the need to keep the group consistent, considering the scale of matches and the little time to prepare for their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 campaign in India.
Pakistan's middle order has consistently failed to build on the foundation laid down by the top order. The batters between Nos. 4 and No. 7 have averaged 26.9, which is slightly lower than the West Indies, whose middle-order batters average 26.2.
Rizwan had extremely meagre returns batting at No.5, scoring just 106 runs in 6 games at an average of 17.66. However, the 30-year-old seems to have gotten a grip on his new role with match-winning contributions in both games against New Zealand.
A riveting T20I series saw New Zealand come from 0-2 behind to level the series with the fourth match washed out after a hailstorm in Rawalpindi. The competitive series paves way to the five-match ODI series that begins in Rawalpindi on Thursday with the second match also set to be played at
Rohit Sharma with four T20I hundreds tops the list with five other batters, including Babar now, on three hundreds. Notably, both Babar and Rohit have 33 scores of fifty or more in T20Is, second only to Virat Kohli, who has 38 such scores.