Mohammad Rizwan has been my role model since beginning of my cricket career, says Maaz Sadaqat

Mohammad Rizwan mere cricket career ki shuruat se hi mere role model rahe hain, Maaz Sadaqat ne kaha (Photo by Will Russell-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)

Maaz Sadaqat, jo ki 15 May 2005 ko paida hue ek young Pakistan all-rounder hain, unhone Mohammad Rizwan ko apne cricket career ka sabse bada guiding influence bataya hai.

Sadaqat ko professional cricket ki gehri samajh dene waalon mein Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed aur Sahibzada Farhan jaise senior players shamil the. Sadaqat ne in senior players ke tarikon aur unke mindset ko closely observe kiya aur use apni khud ki game development mein apply kiya.

‘Mohammad Rizwan mere cricket career ki shuruat se hi mere role model rahe hain,’ Sadaqat ne Batting with Bimal ke hawale se kaha.

Sadaqat ko Pakistan ki haal hi ki Test assignments ke liye select nahi kiya gaya hai. Woh West Indies ke khilaf do-Test matches ki series mein bhi absent the, jo ki 1-1 ki draw par khatam hui thi. Is young all-rounder ko England ke khilaf chal rahi teen-Test matches ki series se bhi bahar rakha gaya hai, jahan Pakistan 9 September ko Birmingham mein shuru hue teesre Test mein 2-0 se piche chal raha tha.

Sadaqat ne abhi tak Pakistan ke liye sirf 6 ODIs khele hain, lekin unhone domestic cricket ke har format mein pehle hi 1,000 se zyada runs bana liye hain. Wahin dusri taraf, Mohammad Rizwan ko England ke khilaf teesre Test ke liye Pakistan ke squad se bahar kar diya gaya hai, jabki unhone series ke pehle do matches mein sirf 12, 41, 7 aur 1 runs score kiye the.

Rizwan ne international formats mein 7,000 se zyada runs banaye hain aur white-ball cricket mein unka average 40 se upar ka hai. Unka domestic record bhi utna hi shaandar hai, jisme 7,000 se zyada first-class runs, 6,500 se zyada List A runs aur T20s mein 9,000 se zyada runs shamil hain.

Lord’s mein hue dusre Test mein Pakistan ki haar ke baad, Rizwan un saat players mein shamil the jinko ghar bhej diya gaya tha, aur unki jagah saat naye replacements laye gaye, jisme paanch uncapped Test players bhi shamil the.

Pakistan ne Lord’s ke dusre Test ke baad apne Test squad aur coaching structure mein bade badlav kiye. Pakistan Cricket Board ne red-ball head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed aur bowling coach Umar Gul ko hata kar unki jagah white-ball head coach Mike Hesson aur bowling coach Ashley Noffke ko team ke Test programme ko aage badhane ki zimmedari di. Yeh badlav board ki taraf se ek mushkil series ke dauran Test team ki performance ko fir se behtar karne ki koshish ko darshate hain.

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