LAHORE: Newly-appointed Pakistan Test team captain Azhar Ali has said he would take every measure to lift the team’s performance and perform to a higher level.
Azhar Ali, during a press conference, said, “I will take every measure to lift the team’s performance and perform to a higher level to be an inspiration for the fellow colleagues.”
Azhar said that he, being appointed as a team captain was a big honour, “The board has rested confidence in me by assigning me the job of Test team captain.”
Azhar said, “There are a lot of challenges our team is facing at the moment and my main target is to improve the team’s Test ranking which is number seven at the moment.”
Speaking about the upcoming match with Australia, Azhar said, “The coming tour of Australia in which we will be playing two Test matches will have a lot of challenges and it is going to be the first Test of my captaincy.”
He added, “I look forward to this series with confidence and hope that we will be able to play good quality cricket in Australia.”
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Ali added that they would be finalising the squad for the Australia tour in the next two days.
Azhar said, “As a captain, I will strive to make Pakistan a Test team who would have the potential of serving the longest format of the game for quite a long time.”
Earlier on Friday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) removed Sarfaraz Ahmed as Test and T20I captain and appointed Ali and Babar Azam as captains.
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