Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
- 44,825
Mohammad Rizwan at a presser:
[Sarfaraz always used to talk to the bowlers - why dont you do that also?]
“It was different for Sarfaraz as he had been captain for last few years; You cant hear me as the microphone is not near me but I am always speaking in Pashto - infact so much that Ajju Bhai (Azhar Ali) says that please speak in Urdu so that I can also understand; So I do speak to the bowlers in Pashto, to all of Shaheen Shah , Naseem Shah and Yasir Shah; I dont need to run up to them but I speak to them from a distance in Pashto and they do understand; We have Babar and Asad in the slips so we do advise the captain and even Shan Masood advises us so we have a good atmosphere going in the team”
[All players seem to be not too sad whilst people in Pakistan are very depressed about the match/series]
“If we could share a video of us in tears with our people, then they would know how depressed we all are as well; But we cannot be like that as that would make us look like cowards; Our management wants us to not take this [current situation] in a bad way as we do feel sad and angry inside us, instead they want us to be courageous; We are all very sad from inside but we dont show that to everyone”
[What advice would you give to the batsmen in this final innings]
“Play without any inhibitions [Khul kay khelo]!”
“Test cricket has many phases and you need to go through them; One phase is when you need to play with a dead bat; there is one phase when you have to score runs; there are times when you have pressure after fall of 2-3 wickets where you have to stay calm; and there is one phase where you end up with a century to your name; We will have to go through all these phases now; This is Test cricket where there is pressure on you - this isnt like club cricket; We bounced back from 25/4 and we will have a good innings in front of us now - I feel it will be tough for them to do 150 or so in the last innings [if we can get a lead]”
[Do you feel you have done enough to convince everyone that you are the number one keeper in Tests for Pakistan]
“Definitely when you get a chance to play, you perform for Pakistan because its your duty to do so; But this performances is not enough for me as this is just the start of my Test career, Inshallah I wish to perform like this again when I am given the chance; if you ask me about my innings today, I will say that it was one under difficult conditions and I learnt a lot from it”
[What was it like batting alongside Azhar today]
“If you watch his innings, it was a superb innings; It was all due to his head position which he worked on a lot - if you see his last few innings, his head was going down so England got his wicket; But now, he worked on this issue and we saw the kind of shots he played today and the way he covered up; It was a beautiful and fighting innings for Pakistan”
[Sarfaraz always used to talk to the bowlers - why dont you do that also?]
“It was different for Sarfaraz as he had been captain for last few years; You cant hear me as the microphone is not near me but I am always speaking in Pashto - infact so much that Ajju Bhai (Azhar Ali) says that please speak in Urdu so that I can also understand; So I do speak to the bowlers in Pashto, to all of Shaheen Shah , Naseem Shah and Yasir Shah; I dont need to run up to them but I speak to them from a distance in Pashto and they do understand; We have Babar and Asad in the slips so we do advise the captain and even Shan Masood advises us so we have a good atmosphere going in the team”
[All players seem to be not too sad whilst people in Pakistan are very depressed about the match/series]
“If we could share a video of us in tears with our people, then they would know how depressed we all are as well; But we cannot be like that as that would make us look like cowards; Our management wants us to not take this [current situation] in a bad way as we do feel sad and angry inside us, instead they want us to be courageous; We are all very sad from inside but we dont show that to everyone”
[What advice would you give to the batsmen in this final innings]
“Play without any inhibitions [Khul kay khelo]!”
“Test cricket has many phases and you need to go through them; One phase is when you need to play with a dead bat; there is one phase when you have to score runs; there are times when you have pressure after fall of 2-3 wickets where you have to stay calm; and there is one phase where you end up with a century to your name; We will have to go through all these phases now; This is Test cricket where there is pressure on you - this isnt like club cricket; We bounced back from 25/4 and we will have a good innings in front of us now - I feel it will be tough for them to do 150 or so in the last innings [if we can get a lead]”
[Do you feel you have done enough to convince everyone that you are the number one keeper in Tests for Pakistan]
“Definitely when you get a chance to play, you perform for Pakistan because its your duty to do so; But this performances is not enough for me as this is just the start of my Test career, Inshallah I wish to perform like this again when I am given the chance; if you ask me about my innings today, I will say that it was one under difficult conditions and I learnt a lot from it”
[What was it like batting alongside Azhar today]
“If you watch his innings, it was a superb innings; It was all due to his head position which he worked on a lot - if you see his last few innings, his head was going down so England got his wicket; But now, he worked on this issue and we saw the kind of shots he played today and the way he covered up; It was a beautiful and fighting innings for Pakistan”
