KT Exclusive: Ramiz Raja wants a genuine spinner for Pakistan's match against Australia

The 1992 World Cup winner says Australia are slight favourites, and Pakistan will need to drop one of their out-of-form spin-bowling all-rounders

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00:00 Pakistan vs Australia, well both teams need to win and both teams need a kind of a mental

00:06 lift also. Now Pakistan have actually won two matches out of three but their heavy defeat

00:11 against India has got to cause some mental scarring, especially when they play against

00:17 Australia because not only will they have to look after the mental scarring but also

00:21 to get out of this mental block against Australia. What do they need to do? Well they need to

00:27 include a proper spinner because the two all-round spinners have not really done the job and

00:32 Babaraza need wickets in the middle phase of the innings. Also their approach, it's

00:36 being termed as a bit timid and shy so they need to go out there and express themselves

00:41 and not worry about winning or losing the game. Australia on the other hand, well they've

00:47 got the bowling, Zampa produced four wickets in the last game and looked good, Maxwell

00:52 has done a fabulous job as the other spinner but the batting, the middle order has got

00:57 to click. So Warner has got to find some form and Smith and also Labushin. But overall I'm

01:06 sure the five-time world champions will look at this competition, at this challenge as

01:11 an opportunity. So they know that Pakistan will be a little bit on the back foot but

01:16 also like Pakistan, Australia need to play fearlessly. Who will win this? Now I think

01:24 Australia have got a 60-40% chance of winning this but I'm just hoping for this time I'm

01:31 proved wrong.

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