Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has sought the assistance of Shannon Younger, the famend Australian power-hitting coach, to reinvent his T20 expertise after an underwhelming marketing campaign within the just-concluded World Cup.
Babar made 120 runs from 4 matches at a strike charge of 101, as Pakistan bowed out of the ICC showpiece even with out getting into the Tremendous Eights.
Babar met Younger, who coached Australia’s Glenn Maxwell and Jake Fraser-McGurk, and mentioned with him the important expertise required to execute energy pictures efficiently in T20 format.
The assembly occurred in Lahore the place Younger is on a personal go to.
Younger has been credited with mentoring plenty of Australian gamers and enhancing their power-hitting expertise.
The younger batting sensation McGurk had set the 2024 version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) alight along with his range-hitting whereas enjoying for the Delhi Capitals.
Babar has typically been criticised for his low strike-rate and incapacity to often hit sixes within the shortest format and after 123 T20Is he has a strike charge of 129.
The 29-year-old was eliminated as captain of all codecs final 12 months after Pakistan did not qualify for the semifinals of the 50-over World Cup in India.
However he was reinstated as captain within the white ball codecs forward of the T20 World Cup rather than Shaheen Shah Afridi.