The captaincy becomes easy when the players and team supports you: Babar Azam

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Pakistani Skipper Babar Azam has hinted to go on with the winning combination of the first Test in the second game against South Africa beginning Thursday at the Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi, saying but the final call on the Playing XI would depend on the conditions on the day.

“We are also seeing the same thing, but the final verdict on the Playing XI will be finalized after seeing the pitch, weather and conditions. You never know what the conditions will be on day as it was also cloudy today,” he said in a virtual press conference on Wednesday. Babar said the team prepared very well during the practice sessions and the players were high in morale after winning the first Test against South Africa.

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“The way we played the first match we will try to perform the same in the second. We will not take South African team easy as we know they can bounce back,”

To a question, he said he was enjoying the Test captaincy saying the players and team were supporting him.

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“The captaincy becomes easy when the players and team supports you. We will stick to the same plan and focus and hopefully will win the second test,”

The prolific batsman said he feels four seamers cannot be played in the second Test.

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“We will plan by keeping in mind the five day game and the combination best for the team will be played,”

Babar said he would be missing the Rawalpindi crowd which gave him so much love and honour when he scored a 143 in the Test match against Bangladesh last year. “When I was going to the wicket from the dressing room, the crowd cheered and backed me. You get a lot of confidence from it as it helps you performing better. Keep supporting and backing us. Unfortunately we cannot see you but you can,” he said.

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