Pakistan captain Babar Azam referred to as on his facet to remain in excessive spirits because it begins its Twenty20 World Cup marketing campaign off the again of a poor run of kind.
Pakistan, T20 World Cup champion in 2009, has carried out effectively previously two editions of the competitors, reaching the semifinals in 2021 and dropping to England within the closing in 2022.
Nevertheless, its preparations for this yr’s match in america and West Indies have been removed from superb, with a sobering defeat by Eire in an eventual 2-1 sequence victory adopted by a 2-0 defeat by England in a rain-affected sequence.
“Effort is in our arms, however outcomes, we have no idea,” Babar mentioned in an episode of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) podcast launched on Sunday.
“How we current ourselves on the bottom, our physique language and the way we talk with one another will matter. We have to be constructive, so outcomes will come… Circumstances within the USA might pose challenges as we’re going there as a nationwide facet for the primary time. We’re within the means of collating numerous cricket and match-related data from gamers who’ve performed there, which can assist and help us in our preparations.”
Pakistan is in Group A of the World Cup and begins its marketing campaign towards host U.S. on June 6. It should then tackle archrival India in one of many occasion’s highly-anticipated matches three days later.
Pakistan and India have confronted one another seven instances on the T20 World Cup, with Pakistan profitable simply as soon as.
“An India-Pakistan match is at all times probably the most talked about; it’s mentioned an excessive amount of wherever you go on the earth,” Babar mentioned.
“The gamers get completely different vibes and pleasure. What’s going to occur is that everybody helps their nation, so the main target is on that match. The entire world is targeted on the day when the India-Pakistan match is held. Naturally, there will probably be nerves, however we have to preserve our focus, stick with the fundamentals and play simple cricket. It’s at all times a strain recreation; the extra you retain cool and calm, consider in your abilities and exhausting work, then issues get simpler.”