Former Pakistan hockey team captain Mohammad Saqlain believes that the middle order batsmen of the national cricket team should play hockey to improve their hand-eye coordination.
Saqleen spoke during the first semi-final between Punjab Color and Punjab White during the ongoing CM Balochistan Gold Cup hockey tournament in Quetta on Sunday.
“Pakistan’s middle-order batsmen, who will go for the T20 World Cup, should play hockey to improve their hand-eye coordination,” Saqlain said.
"Pakistan's middle-order batters, who will go for #T20WorldCup, should play hockey in order to improve their hand-eye coordination."
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Tongue-in-cheek comment by ex-Pakistan captain Saqlain 😅
He added that ex-Pakistan captain @iRashidLatif68 was a great hockey player as well.
He further said that former Pakistani Rashid Latif was also a great hockey player.
It should be noted that Pakistan’s middle order has been under constant criticism for the past few months, due to their unbalanced performance with the bat.
Pakistan Squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: (Changes to the squad may be made till October 15 without the approval of the Event Technical Committee):
Babar Azam (Captain) (Central Punjab), Shadab Khan (Vice-Captain) (Northern), Asif Ali (Northern), Haider Ali (Northern), Haris Rauf (Northern), Iftikhar Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Khushdil Shah (Khyber). Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Hasnain (Sindh), Muhammad Nawaz (North), Muhammad Rizwan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Muhammad Wasim Jr. (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Naseem Shah (South Punjab), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Shan Masood (Balochistan). and Usman Qadir (Central Punjab).
Traveling Reserves: Fakhar Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Mohammad Haris (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Shahnawaz Dahani (Sindh).
