LAHORE: Pakistan’s white-ball captain Babar Azam has commenced training briefly after his return from the United States of America (USA) where he led the national team in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.
According to the details, Babar started physical training at National Cricket Academy (NCA). The right-handed batter trained for two hours in the scorching heat in a bid to focus on his fitness.
Details further suggest that Babar Azam will start batting in the nets from Monday and is available for the upcoming home Test series against Bangladesh.
The star batter, however, will partake in Global T20 Canada 2024 where he will represent Vancouver Knights, prior to the Bangladesh Tests.
The fourth season of the GT20 will run from July 25 until August 11. The six-team tournament will be played at TD Cricket Arena in Brampton.
For the unversed, Babar Azam and the team have been under severe criticism following the team’s dismal campaign in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.
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Pakistan had a disastrous start to their campaign as they endured a shock loss against the USA in the Super Over as they failed to chase down the 19-run target.
Following the defeat against the USA, Pakistan succumbed to a frustrating six-run defeat against arch-rivals India.
The back-to-back defeats put Pakistan on the verge of an early exit from the tournament. The former champions got on the winning track when they registered a hard-fought seven-wicket victory over Canada to keep Super Eights hopes alive.
However, the USA’s match against Ireland was abandoned without a ball bowled due to persistent rain in Florida, resulting in Pakistan getting knocked out of the tournament as the USA progressed from Group A along with India.
Pakistan then edged past Ireland in another stiff challenge to bow out of the T20 World Cup 2024 with a win.