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Follow UsPakistan’s new head coach Aaqib Javed has made ODIs his primary focus in his interim stint. To make sure that the team has consistency going forward to the ICC Champions Trophy, Aaqib said that they will have a settled 15 in the ODIs.
"Our main focus at the moment is on ODI cricket ahead of the Champions Trophy. You'll see a settled team in this format. You'll see changes in the T20I format,” Aaqib was quoted as saying to ESPN cricinfo.
However, he said that new people will get chances in the T20Is. “We plan to give new players chances in the Zimbabwe series. It is a message and opportunity for the new players to take the chances they've been given.
If you don't give new players chances, you'll never get the opportunity to improve your bench strength,” said the 52-year-old pacer.
Praising the new captain Mohammad Rizwan, Javed said, "Australia has never been an easy tour. When the team went, if we had said we were going to win the series, people would have thought it impossible.
Under the new captain [Mohammad Rizwan], they showed the world they could do it after 22 years [by winning 2-1]."
Talking about how he would handle criticism, Javed said that he is not new to all that.
"Criticism is inevitable and can be healthy. It is within a player's control whether people praise or criticise him. That also goes for the team. Criticism and praise all depend on your performance. I'll be the first one to accept criticism if merited,” he said.
Javed will begin his tenure with the white-ball tour of Zimbabwe, beginning November 24 in Zimbabwe.
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