Islamabad
Batting legend Javed Miandad has urged young prolific batsman Babar Azam not to take any kind of pressure in the upcoming series against England, saying the Lahore-born cricketer was fully-capable of leading the Green-shirts. ‘You (Babar) are the king of cricket and people know you for that. You just don’t need to take any kind of pressure,’ Miandad said in a video on his YouTube channel. Miandad, who scored 8,832 runs in 124 Tests, was of the view that knowing English was not important to excel in the game. ‘Cricket is the only criteria for cricket, not English as there were many other countries in the world which doesn’t speak English. These types of statements can under-pressure the player. You (Babar) speak in Urdu and let someone translate,’ he said. It may be mentioned here that recently in a statement, former pacer Tanvir Ahmed had said that Babar needed to upgrade his personality by changing his dressing sense and improving his English. Miandad, who scored 7,381 runs in 233 ODIs, urged the people just to concentrate on their work instead of unnecessary things. ‘We are still caught in unnecessary things whereas the rest of the world has succeeded today just because of its focus on work,’ he said. He cited the example of Germany saying they prefer to speak their own language despite knowing English. ‘You go there (Germany) and see, no one will speak English,’ he said. —APP
