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Tigers’ batting more mature than Pakistan: Aaqib Javed


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Published : 27 Jun 2020 07:41 PM | Updated : 05 Sep 2020 09:31 PM

During the 1990s, Pakistan had a fearsome bowling unit. With the likes of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, the Asian giants were a feared opposition because of their bowling. One more bowler who had an impressive spell with the Pakistan team back then was Aaqib Javed. 

According to the former Pakistani pacer, Bangladesh’s batting unit is more mature than Pakistan’s.

“At the moment, if you compare the Bangladesh batting with Pakistan, you can see that they are not behind. Sometimes they look more mature and seems to have more options in their batting line up than the Pakistan side,” said Aaqib as quoted by Cricket Pakistan.

Javed recalled the time when in the 90s and early 2000s, Bangladesh wasn’t the best team.  He pointed out that the investments made by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) into their national academy have helped them bring out the best cricketers. 

He credited Bangladesh’s development programs which have helped the cricket to grow drastically in recent times.

“I still remember the time when we use to play with Bangladesh. It was mostly one-sided at that time but recently, Bangladesh has come out with really talented players who actually made their mark at the highest level.The reason behind this is that Bangladesh was very consistent in their development side. 

They have a very good and consistent development plan under their national academy.  

If I compare Bangladesh’s progress with Pakistan, I think, Bangladesh has achieved more in their limited resources than Pakistan,” headded.