CHRISTCHURCH: Pakistan Cricket team’s captain Babar Azam on Thursday said tri-series featuring New Zealand and Bangladesh would assist Pakistan’s preparation of T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in Australia in mid-October.
“No team is easy in T20 International cricket,” Babar said “New Zealand’s team has proved to be a tough opponent in home conditions.”
Babar stated that here the conditions are quite similar to Australia. So, it would help us prepare better before playing the T20 World Cup on bouncy Aussie pitches.
“Against England, we tried different combinations, so we could gauge our strengths and weaknesses.” Babar added.
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Earlier, the shiny trophy for the T20I tri-series between Pakistan, Bangladesh and the hosts New Zealand was unveiled on Wednesday as the three teams are set to compete from October 7 to 14.
The captains of the competing teams unveiled the triangular series trophy as Babar Azam of Pakistan, Kane Williamson of New Zealand, and Nurul Hasan of Bangladesh posed with it.
On Friday, Pakistan and Bangladesh will play the first game of the tri-series. All the matches of the series will be played at Hagley Oval.
The tri-nation series is anticipated to instill much-needed confidence in the competing teams before the massive event, the ICC men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, which begins on October 16.
