BULAWAYO: Pakistan stand-in captain Salman Ali Agha on Thursday expressed satisfaction with his individual performance during the recently concluded three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe.
Agha, who scored 45 runs in two innings besides taking two wickets, shared that he wanted to score more runs but remained satisfied with his bowling and captaincy contributions.
“I would like to score more runs, but yes, I am happy to contribute bowling and as captain,” Agha said.
The all-rounder also praised the young talents, especially batting prodigy Saim Ayub and emerging spinner Sufiyan Muqeem, for putting up stellar performances during the white-ball tour of Zimbabwe.
“It’s been excellent; the way the young people arrived and how they presented their show was excellent”, said Agha.
“I think (Saim and Sufyan) have a long future ahead of them and will serve Pakistan for a long time. Saim has played three formats and is doing very well. and Sufyan; he came to Australia, did very well against them and here he is the man of the series; It’s excellent – they both have a long future,” he added.
Salman Ali Agha also commented on Pakistan’s busy schedule as after the white-ball tours of Australia and Zimbabwe respectively, the Green Shirts are all set to embark on an all-format tour of South Africa.
“It’s been a long time and we’re going to South Africa. There will be sore bodies, that’s what we want, that’s why we play cricket. We love this game and it doesn’t matter if it’s pain in the body”, he concluded.
For the unversed, Pakistan will tour South Africa for three matches each of the T20I and ODI series, followed by two Tests from December 10 to January 7, 2025.
