Pakistan team Director Mickey Arthur has recently termed the national side skipper Babar Azam “a wonderful talent”, adding that there is still room for the skipper to “keep improving”.
Speaking at a press conference at the Pindi Stadium in Rawalpindi on Thursday, Arthur — who was accompanied by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) defacto Chairman Najam Sethi and PCB Director Domestic Haroon Rasheed — said: “I firmly believe that Babar is a wonderful talent and I still think he’s got room to keep improving and I will keep challenging him to get better and better because he’s going to be a legend of the game.”
Terming his turn to the national side a “privilege”, Arthur said he was very attached to Pakistan and its cricket team.
“It’s a privilege for me to come back and work hard to improve the team. Hopefully, win the World Cup and be No 1 in all formats of the game,” he said.
In response to a question, Arthur said there is no such thing as online coaching.
He added that he had kept tabs on Pakistan over the years and knew “exactly what they are thinking and what they need to be successful”.
Mickey said he had an incredible support staff and he would work to ensure that the team got the best possible coaches available.
“I’m giving them a very clear path and direction, I looked at the team, the talent in that dressing room is second to none,” he said.
He further shared that there were some “seriously talented players” in the team.
“I don’t want to name them as the challenge is to keep them getting better, keep pushing them, to become better players and match winners for Pakistan.
“As a team evolves you need to have those young players pushing the senior players for places and that’s when you create a healthy environment and I think we have that at the moment,” the director said.
