Former Pakistan cricketer and former PCB chairman Rameez Raja has recently raised the question to the selectors as to why they broke the opening pair of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan? Let us tell you, currently Pakistan is playing a five-match T20 series against New Zealand in their home country.

So far four matches have been played between the two teams and host New Zealand has won all four. The hosts are currently leading 4-0. Pakistan team has not yet got a good start in all the matches in this T20 series and this is the reason why the team is facing defeat.

The record of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan has been very good in opening T20. Together, both these players have scored 2779 runs at an average of above 48 in the opening matches, in which there are 9 century partnerships and 11 half-century partnerships.

Rameez Raja said on his official YouTube channel, ‘There was a lot of pressure to break the opening pair of Rizwan and Babar. Now that this opening partnership has broken, talks are taking place regarding the strike rate. You are giving opportunities to new players who have done well in the league but the pressure of playing in international cricket is very different and the focus of the whole world is on you. You broke the opening pair which was very famous all over the world.

Opening partnership takes time to build: Rameez Raja

The former Pakistan player further said, ‘Either you have an experienced opening batsman, then you can break the opening pair. It takes time to form an opening pair. This is not such an easy task. What benefit did you get by breaking the pair which has been performing consistently well for you?

Till now, the performance of Pakistan team has not been so good in the T20 series being played against New Zealand, but the team would definitely like to register victory in the remaining matches. Talking about New Zealand, all their players have performed brilliantly in this T20 series and have won the hearts of all the fans.