New Delhi: A coach can be as good as the players and captain of his team, believes Pakistan’s interim white-ball head coach and senior selector Aaqib Javed.
Javed has taken over as the coach of Pakistan’s ODI and T20 squads till the Champions Trophy, to be held in February-March next year.
But he believes the scope of coaches in limited in teams and it is upto the players and captain to produce results.
“I have been coaching for the last 20 years and a coach can only help in creating a good environment to a certain extent, sending a clear and loud message what type of cricket should be played and helping players in preparations. But, in the end, results are achieved by the captain and players on the field,” Javed said on Wednesday, as quoted by PTI.
The former quick also dismissed suggestions that Pakistan Cricket Board’s selection committee selection committee wants to phase out star batter Babar Azam and some other players from the T20 team.
“Look, cricket is not about individuals. In the end whatever we do as selectors, the idea is for Pakistan to win. How Babar batted in Australia everybody saw. We are not targeting anyone. We know that Babar, (Mohammad) Rizwan, Fakhar (Zaman) have loads of experience and have delivered in the past.
“But, right now, we are focussing on the Champions Trophy and one-day squad. We are keeping it open because we have to close our ODI side soon.”
Javed added that Pakistan will give opportunities to fresh talent in order to create a larger pool of players to increase options for the senior team.
“T20 is a different brand, you have to be aggressive from the start. In ODIs, you get a few overs to settle down and it is closer to Test matches.
“But, I think, more than strike rate what our players are behind (in) is game awareness even in T20s. Conditions and pitches vary all the time and our players have to develop more game awareness. The strike rate comes later.”
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