Things are coming together: Pakistan T20I captain Salman Agha on life after Babar, Rizwan

Dubai [UAE], September 9 (ANI): Pakistan T20I skipper Salman Ali Agha broke the soundlessness astir playing the format without the nation's batting bigwigs Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam. He feels things are falling successful spot arsenic they stay excited to diagnostic astatine the Asia Cup and strive for occurrence by executing their marque of cricket.

Babar and Rizwan, the astir palmy opening brace for Pakistan but often lampooned for their unhurried attack successful the bustling T20I format, person been axed from the setup since past December. After Mike Hesson assumed the relation of the white-ball caput coach, speculations had been rife astir the stalwart duo's return.

Despite the power successful management, Babar and Rizwan's instrumentality remains successful the waiting zone. With Hesson astatine the helm, Pakistan has engineered 10 wins retired of 14 appearances and claimed the Tri Series against Afghanistan and the UAE successful Sharjah connected Sunday.

'It's been good. We are playing precise bully cricket. Last, I think, astir 4 months ago, we person won 3 bid retired of four.So we are doing truly good arsenic a team. And astatine the aforesaid time, we are precise excited. For astir of us, it's going to beryllium the archetypal large tourney similar that,' Salman said during the captains' property conference, up of their run opener connected Sunday against Oman.

'I deliberation we're playing bully cricket. We started that a fewer months ago, similar 4 oregon 5 months agone and present I deliberation things are coming together. And arsenic a team, I deliberation we're playing bully cricket, and we are looking guardant to this tourney arsenic well. And everyone is precise excited,' helium added.

In the discourse of the tournament, India has been deemed the favourite to clinch the crown. Salman debunked the conception and cited the turbulent quality of the format. According to the Pakistani skipper, since the destiny of the contention tin alteration successful a azygous over, cipher tin beryllium earmarked arsenic favourites.

'Don't deliberation anyone is simply a favourite successful T20Is. In 1 implicit oregon two, the crippled tin change. The Tri-Nation Series was a mentation for the Asia Cup. The thought was to triumph that tournament. If we did not triumph it, we inactive had to travel present and play bully cricket,' helium added.

Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufyan Moqim. (ANI)