Cricket fans can mark their calendars for the tenth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League, scheduled to take place from January 10 to February 2024. The stage is set for another exciting season, with Mohammad Rizwan’s retention adding to the anticipation of thrilling cricket action.

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have always been criticized for their strike rate in T20 cricket. Babar’s captaincy was also questioned recently. However, Pakistan has realized how important these two teams are after the first two T20 series of the Afghanistan series. Acting captain Shadab Khan thinks that the media and people of Pakistan will respect these two from now on. Resting regular captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) fielded a squad of youngsters who performed in the PSL for the three-match Twenty20 series against Afghanistan. The country’s cricket board said at the time that they wanted to give opportunities to youngsters in the team as part of their plans for the 2024 World Cup. And senior stars like Shaheen Shah Afridi and Fakhar Zaman along with Babar-Rizwan have been rested due to their busy schedule. However, many were worried that Babar and Rizwan might be dropped from the T20 team due to the strike rate issue. Before that, the PCB is walking the path of such a plan to find alternatives. But in the first two matches of the three-match series against Afghanistan, Pakistan is feeling the lack of Babar and Rizwan.

Pakistan’s batting order collapsed for just 92 runs in the first match. And in the second match, Tenetune collected 130. Afghans have confirmed the series by winning both matches. Acting captain Shadab faced the media after the series loss on Sunday (March 26). He did not forget to mention that the inexperienced batting order was responsible for such a bad loss against Afghanistan. Babar and Rizwan have brought up the topic of unnecessary criticism.

Shadab said, “Whether Babar and Rizwan play well or badly, people criticize them. There is always a sword on their neck with a strike rate. We wanted the youngsters who played well in PSL to come to international cricket. We thought they would play with a good strike rate. But the people of Pakistan will finally understand that experience is a big deal and our senior players have not got the respect they deserve in terms of performance. Hopefully, after this series, they will get more respect from the media and people.

Rizwan has been in great form in the ongoing PSL. So far, he has batted in 5 innings at a strike rate of 144.29 and an average of 109.66. There are three fifties next to the name with a century. For the second time in the recognized T20, Rizwan got a warm touch of three figures.

In 2021, he played an unbeaten inning of 104 runs in 64 balls against South Africa in Lahore with 7 sixes and 6 fours.

Rizwan started slowly in the opening against Karachi. At one time his run was 16 off 17 balls, and four was just one. Then he gave a little breath at the speed of the run. Fifty touched 42 balls in 5 fours.

After fifty, Rizwan became more aggressive. Shoaib Malik hit two fours. Later, he hit Amir Yameen for two consecutive fours and reached a run of 80.

India’s marquee batsman Suryakumar Yadav has hit 68 sixes this year. More sixes than any other year in the history of the format. The Indian batsman beat Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan to win the ICC T20 Cricketer of the Year award.England’s World Cup winner Sam Curran and Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raja are also in the queue. The ICC T20 Cricketer of the Year award winner had a great year. I have seen a great performance this year.

India’s Suryakumar Yadav played 31 matches and collected 1164 runs at an average of 46.56 and a strike rate of 187.43. Suryakumar has had a great year breaking several records and setting a benchmark in this format, which he has never done before. Yadav became the second-highest run-scorer in a year in T20I with 1164 runs at a strike rate of 187.43. Yadav hit 68 sixes in a year to become the most sixes in the history of the format. This Indian was the main batsman of the team throughout the year scoring two centuries and 9 half-centuries.

Yadav had his best performance in the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup in Australia, scoring three half-centuries in six innings and averaging around 60 runs in the tournament. Note that his strike rate was again 189.68. After scoring a century at the start of the year, Suryakumar continued his impressive run after various national tournaments, scoring his second T20I century in a two-team series in New Zealand. Yadav topped the MRF Tires ICC Men’s T20I with a career-high 890 rating points. Arguably, Yadav has had several standout performances throughout the year, memorable performances. He scored his maiden T20 century against England, arguably the best white-ball team of recent times at Nottingham, scoring 117 runs off 55 balls.

Chasing a target of 216 runs, Yadav led India from 31 for 3 with his brilliant performance and reduced the opposition’s target. But after he returned from the field, his hopes of capturing the famous victory turned into disappointment. Even though the team lost, he left with a touchable distance.

Mohammad Rizwan has been playing for Pakistan for a long time. He hasn’t been able to score big for a long time. Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has advised Rizwan to take a break from Test cricket.

Hafeez urged captain Babar Azam to consider the proposal. News from Cricket Pakistan.

Rizwan has been fighting in the same format for a long time. In 2022, he scored 401 runs in 8 Tests. The average was 30.84. As a result, Hafeez has suggested that Sarfraz Ahmed should replace Rizwan as the wicket-keeper and batting.

Hafeez said that the Pakistan Cricket Board and Babar should rest Rizwan if he does not perform well in this format. Sarfraz or anyone should replace him and use him. Hafeez believes that this will be good for the team.

He made this record during the match between Dhaka Dominators vs Comilla Victorians yesterday. Rizwan is playing for Comilla Victorians.

He scored 55 runs in 47 balls in the match. Rizwan hit four and three sixes.

The gap between the two teams is mainly created by Khushdil Shah of Comilla. He scored the fastest fifty of the tournament with devastating batting. Khushdil played an explosive inning of 64 runs in just 24 balls. He was accompanied by Mohammad Rizwan in the opening. Comilla reached 184 runs in the pair of two.

Babar Azam-Mohammad Rizwan is upset after losing the title to England. Meanwhile, Mohammad Rizwan gave a post on his Twitter after the match where he expresses the pleasure of his Lord (Allah). He also thanked the audience for supporting Pakistan.

Mohammad Rizwan wrote on his Twitter, Alhamdulillah, we were holding our heads high. We are always satisfied with Allah’s pleasure. We will dream with awake eyes and work hard for excellence if Allah wills. Thank you all for your unwavering support. All is God’s will.
It should be noted that after losing the toss in the final, Pakistan batted first and collected 137 runs for 8 wickets. In response, England won the match by scoring 138 runs with 6 balls and 5 wickets in hand. Along with that, the English team became the second team after the West Indies to win the T20 World Cup title twice.