‘Pakistan Will Win The Test Series Against England If…’, Former Cricketer Basit Ali Explains WHY

New Delhi: Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali believes that Pakistan should appoint Mohammad Rizwan as their new Test captain. He suggested that the Men in Green will beat England in their upcoming three-match home Test series if the keeper-batter is roped in for the leadership role because the Shan Masood-led side received criticism from all quarters for his or her poor performances at some point of the recently concluded two-match home Test series against Bangladesh. The Bangladeshi side completed a 2-zero whitewash, clinching their maiden Test series victory over Pakistan.

“Pakistan will win the Test series against England if Mohammad Rizwan is made the captain. You can be able to see a different Babar Azam at some point of the England series, alternatively the condition is that the captain should be Rizwan,” said Basit Ali.

It can be worth bringing up that Shan Masood replaced Babar Azam as Pakistan’s Test skipper after the latter handed over captaincy following the team’s group-stage exit on the 2023 ODI World Cup. However it, Masood had a dismal initiate to his stint, suffering 5 losses from as many matches.

Pakistan is currently lying on the penultimate position at some point of the World Test Championship standings with sixteen points and a percentage point of 19.05. They have got an opportunity of constructing amends by turning things around against England next month.

Basit Ali also spoke about England’s ace batter Joe Root’s impressive form in Test cricket. He identified that the 33-year-old has performed well against Sri Lanka over the years.

“If he scores a century against Pakistan, I won’t spare the bowlers” – Basit Ali on Joe Root.

The former cricketer mentioned that while Root’s up to the moment form has been hyped by the English media, the correct-handed batter won’t have the flexibility to surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of runs in Test cricket. Pointing out that the Pakistani bowlers would face his wrath if Root managed to hit a century at some point of the approaching series.

“Joe Root has always performed against Sri Lanka. The English media have been saying that Root will break Sachin Tendulkar’s record. He won’t break that record. If he scores a century against Pakistan, I won’t spare the bowlers. Tendulkar’s stature is different, he became a accurately big player,” said Basit Ali.

Contained in the last stumble upon Joe Root, performed underwhelmingly when England last toured Pakistan in 2022, he scored A hundred twenty five runs across 5 innings at a mean of 25.