Sports: You have to believe in yourself to make history in Karachi Test, Babar Azam ! MAK NEWS-21

National team captain Babar Azam has expressed hope for Pakistan victory in the second Test match against Australia, saying that in order to...

National team captain Babar Azam has expressed hope for Pakistan victory in the second Test match against Australia, saying that in order to make history in the Karachi Test, one has to believe in oneself and if the batsmen have confidence in their abilities, they will Can achieve the goal.

 

National team captain Babar Azam says batsmen can achieve this if they have confidence in their abilities. Photo: AFP

According to the AFP news agency, Australia has given Pakistan a big target of 506 runs to win the second Test match of the series being played at the National Stadium in Karachi. The wickets were lost.

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However, after that Abdullah Shafiq was accompanied by captain Babar Azam and both of them batted brilliantly and scored 192 runs for the loss of 2 wickets at the end of the fourth day. There is hope.

On the fourth day of the match, the ball had started falling down on the wicket, while on the fifth day, there is a possibility of further breakdown, which will not be easy for the batsmen to score. However, the captain of the national team believes that if the batsman With confidence in their ability, they can achieve this goal.

After scoring a century in the second innings, Babar Azam said that the match is not over yet, we have to bat like this and believe in ourselves to make history.

It should be noted that no team has ever achieved such a big target in Test cricket and the record of achieving the biggest target of 418 runs is with the West Indies and they also did this feat against Australia.

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"Of course the team needed my century and my strategy was to build a partnership and Abdullah Shafiq and I were able to do that but we have to bat the same way on Wednesday," the captain said.

Australia also got a chance to take the third wicket in the second innings but Steve Smith, who was standing in the slip, failed to catch Abdullah on the individual score of 20 and he is now on the wicket with 71 runs.

"It's all part of the game," said Australian batting coach Michael de Venuto.

The batting coach said that the bounce in the wicket is uncertain so we will have to work hard tomorrow and it will be an interesting match.

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It should be noted that the first Test match of the series between Australia and Pakistan, which was visiting Pakistan for the first time after 1998, was drawn.