- Pakistan cricket crew on Thursday kicked off its preparation for the primary Check in opposition to South Africa
- The 20-member squad skilled for almost 5 hours on the NSK
- A 2-0 win in opposition to South Africa would assist Pakistan leap from seventh to fifth place within the rating
KARACHI: Pakistan cricket crew on Thursday kicked off its preparation for the primary Check in opposition to South Africa on the Nationwide Stadium Karachi (NSK).
The 20-member squad skilled for almost 5 hours on the NSK as they goal to enhance their place within the Worldwide Cricket Council’s Check rating. A 2-0 win in opposition to South Africa would assist Pakistan leap from seventh to fifth place within the rating.
Pakistan’s teaching workers — Misbah-ul-Haq, Waqar Younis, and Younis Khan — have been joined by high-performance coaches Mohammad Yousuf and Saqlain Mushtaq on the coaching session to information the gamers forward of the two-match sequence.
The session began with normal coaching drills to heat up, adopted by catching apply earlier than intensified apply on the nets.
The gamers skilled in three teams on the sector, two nets devoted for batsmen to do knocking whereas one web was reworked right into a match state of affairs with wickets surrounded by slip fielders, wicket-keepers, and closed fielders to make it a digital match state of affairs.
In the course of the apply session, spin maestro Saqlain Mushtaq was seen working with spinners Yasir Shah, Sajid Khan, and Nauman Ali to assist them be taught the artwork to lure South African batsmen in the course of the upcoming sequence.
Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf, individually, labored with batsmen to assist them be taught the artwork of staying on the wicket for longer.
Pakistan selectors are prone to trim the 20 member squad into 16 within the subsequent two days. The primary Check between South Africa and Pakistan is scheduled to start on January 26 at Nationwide Stadium.
