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00:00Assalam-o-Alaikum, hello and welcome to Sports Room. I am your host, Najeeb-ul-Asnay.
00:04Ladies and gentlemen, there is only one thing going on in Pakistan Cricket right now,
00:07and that is the Champions Cup.
00:09Five teams will play in this and it will be a very exciting competition.
00:12It will be in a one-day format.
00:14And it has been a long time since we have heard that there is no talent backup in Pakistan.
00:19So, this event is very important for that.
00:22And from 12th to 29th September, Iqbal Stadium will be played in Faisalabad.
00:27What are the players in the teams and what excitement can we see?
00:30A report has been prepared in this regard.
00:32Come, let's take you to that.
00:33You saw the report, what a great team they are and they are decorated with stars.
00:37And the most exciting team in this is the Stallions.
00:40And the captain of the Stallions, Mohammad Haris, is with us right now.
00:43Let's talk to him.
00:44Haris, Assalam-o-Alaikum, welcome to Sports Room.
00:47Walaikum Assalam, thank you.
00:49Haris, as I said, this team is decorated with stars.
00:52How big a challenge is it to be the captain?
00:55What are you feeling?
00:56Well, I am very excited and I am already very happy.
01:00When Shoaib Bhai called me that we are making you the captain, I said, challenge accepted.
01:05And I am very happy, InshaAllah.
01:07I am very excited that we will try to deliver this team as much as we can.
01:12I want to deliver my experience in that way.
01:15Absolutely right.
01:16You have led the Pakistan team in the Shaheen's and Emerging Asia Cup.
01:20So, how much benefit did you get from that and how can you transfer that experience here?
01:25Yes, absolutely.
01:26It is very beneficial when you lead a team at an international level.
01:31Be it Pakistan's or Shaheen's or anyone else's.
01:33It is very beneficial.
01:34And I will try to apply my experience in this tournament and do my best for the Stallions.
01:41What do you think about the combination of the Stallions?
01:46Well, it is a very good combination.
01:48I think it is our best team.
01:52If you look at the top order and bowling line, I think it is the best team in the country.
01:59Alhamdulillah, it is a very good combination.
02:01You have two captains in your team, Shahan Masood and Babar Azam.
02:06So, it is challenging to lead them.
02:09And you will get to learn a lot from them.
02:11You can transfer your experience to them.
02:14So, how do you see this?
02:17Yes, I am very happy to play with both of them.
02:19I will play with Shahan Masood for the first time.
02:21And I have played with Babar Azam in Zalmi as well.
02:23So, as a wicketkeeper, I help him when he needs advice.
02:28So, it won't be a problem.
02:30I am excited to play with them.
02:31And they are the type of people who always help.
02:34Be it in captainship, batting or anywhere else.
02:37They always help.
02:39So, I think it will be fun with them.
02:41The Stallions have a rich history.
02:44The Stallions have a rich history.
02:46And they have achieved a lot.
02:49So, it is a challenge for you to lead them.
02:55Yes, every challenge is a challenge.
02:58So, we will try to keep their legacy alive.
03:01And we always try to keep the winning legacy alive.
03:04And we will try to keep the momentum of the Stallions.
03:09And we will try to keep the momentum of the Stallions.
03:16Shoaib Malik has been the captain of this team.
03:21And the Stallions have achieved a lot under his leadership.
03:25So, what do you think?
03:27What will be the benefit of having Shoaib Malik as a mentor?
03:32And how can he transfer his experience to you?
03:36Well, I have already played with him.
03:39And we have already had 2-3 practice sessions with him.
03:42So, it is very beneficial.
03:44As a mentor, I am learning a lot from him.
03:46Personally, I am very happy to work with him.
03:48He is giving us a free hand.
03:50He is giving us a free hand.
03:52So, I am very happy to play with him.
03:54So, I am very happy to play with him.
03:56And I am also learning a lot from him.
03:58And I am also learning a lot from him.
04:01As you said, he has already been the captain of the Stallions.
04:04So, he is telling me how to create an atmosphere for the Stallions.
04:09So, we will try to play with him in the upcoming tournaments.
04:14So, we will try to play with him in the upcoming tournaments.
04:16So, you have already been the captain of this team.
04:20So, you have already been the captain of this team.
04:23And he also understands modern cricket very well.
04:29Yes, he is very good.
04:31He has played modern cricket himself.
04:33And he knows how to play.
04:35So, the team has already received the message that what type of cricket we have to play.
04:39And we will accept the failures.
04:43This is the message we have received from the boys.
04:45So, as a mentor, you need to back your mentor and head coach.
04:49So, the players' ability comes out.
04:52We will try to support all the players we have played with.
04:57Haris, if we take a look at your team, there are a lot of young guns.
05:01I am seeing such great names.
05:03There is Obaid Shah.
05:05Then Yasir Khan, whose batting we saw in PSL for Multan Sultan.
05:09Apart from this, there is Mehran Mumtaz, Jahadad.
05:12So, when there are such great youngsters, the expectations increase a lot.
05:17How do you see this?
05:19Yes, absolutely.
05:20If you want to win a trophy or do something big, then the youngsters should be good.
05:26Almost all the youngsters are good.
05:28Apart from this, you have forgotten Shamil Hussain.
05:30He is a very talented player.
05:32Yasir Khan, Obaid Shah, Aamir Khan, Maaz Sadaqat.
05:36So, a very good team has been formed.
05:38Alhamdulillah, the mixture of youngsters and experience is very good.
05:41We have got a fix in the drop.
05:43So, Shoaib bhai gets the credit that he has given a very good fix.
05:47I am excited to see how they perform.
05:50Yesterday, many fans came to see the practice at Iqbal Stadium.
05:55They were very excited.
05:57Tell us a little about that.
05:59Because this ground has not held such a big event for a long time.
06:03How is the pitch? How are the preparations going on there?
06:08I am very happy.
06:09I came to Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad two years ago.
06:11When I came two years ago, I was playing a one-day match.
06:14At that time, there were not so many facilities.
06:16Now, we have facilitated a lot.
06:18The credit goes to the local administration of PCB.
06:21They have done a very good job.
06:23Dressing room, grounds, pitches.
06:25They have done everything very well in terms of facilities.
06:27And as you talked about the crowd.
06:29I salute the crowd.
06:33They come in huge numbers.
06:35They are standing on the roads.
06:36They are going on bikes with our buses.
06:38I think this happens not only with our team, but also with other teams.
06:42They come in practice sessions.
06:44Yesterday, there were about a thousand people in the practice session.
06:46They were supporting us a lot.
06:48I am very happy.
06:50Cricket should be played in a city where cricket has not been played.
06:53Because they deserve to watch cricket.
06:55They deserve to see their stars in front of them.
06:58I am very happy for the people of Faisalabad.
07:00I hope that when the matches start, there will be a full house in every match.
07:05Okay.
07:06Mohammad Haris is with us.
07:07Let's take a short commercial break here.
07:09Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back.
07:10Glad to have you back once again to Sports Room.
07:12We are in conversation with Mohammad Haris, captain of the Stallions.
07:15Haris, tell me.
07:17You just said that people are loving you a lot.
07:20And you are being welcomed very well by all the teams here.
07:23The amazing thing is that the Pakistan team is not doing well.
07:26So they are a little upset.
07:28When they start doing well, this love will increase even more.
07:31That's why the chairman is also giving a lot of importance to this event.
07:35He has named it Game Changer.
07:37Do you think this Champions Cup will prove to be a game changer for Pakistan cricket?
07:45Well, I think it will be.
07:47Because all the international players are available here.
07:51So in terms of quality, in terms of the players who are available here,
07:55I am personally very happy that all of them are available.
07:57I think this is the difference in international cricket.
07:59When we play domestically, if I am a batsman, we don't get those domestic bowlers.
08:04So here I am very happy that all those bowlers will be available.
08:07So whoever performs here, this is a big opportunity for every player.
08:11This is the domestic cup, this is the Champions One Day Cup.
08:13This is a very big opportunity for all of us who are participating in this.
08:17So everyone's goal is to do the best out of this.
08:20Because Pakistan cricket has to play for a long time in all three formats.
08:24So this is a good tournament.
08:26And I am happy that all the players are involved in such a big tournament.
08:31You said that all the stars are playing.
08:35The real aim is to find talent from this.
08:38So that young boys can play with you and learn.
08:41And they can showcase their skills.
08:44How do you see this?
08:47Yes, of course.
08:48When we talked about the captains and mentors,
08:51we said that we have to give a lot of chances to the youngsters and back them.
08:55So this is our effort.
08:57Not only for us, but for the rest of the teams as well.
08:59To give a lot of chances to the youngsters.
09:01To give them a chance to showcase their skills.
09:04And we will do the same.
09:06I hope that the rest of the teams will do the same.
09:08The youngsters who will play with the rest of the stars,
09:11they will get to learn a lot.
09:13A person sets a different goal for himself.
09:16You have to be the captain for the team.
09:18What have you thought about returning to the team?
09:21What do you want to achieve from this Champions Cup?
09:25It is very important.
09:26Because I have been out of the team for the past year.
09:28Being a wicket-keeper, being a batsman, being a captain,
09:32all three of them, my goal is to do my best.
09:34And to make a comeback in the team.
09:36For that, I have to do better.
09:37I have to do better in runs, in wicket-keeping.
09:39I have to do better in captainship as well.
09:41Only then will I be in the team.
09:42So this tournament is very important for me.
09:44And I will try to play in the position of the Pakistan team.
09:50So that I can make my place.
09:52Haris, don't give a traditional answer.
09:54Because all the teams are good.
09:56You have seen all the teams.
09:58Now tell me, according to you,
10:00which team do you think is dangerous?
10:02Which team do you think is the strongest?
10:05Our team is the strongest, Alhamdulillah.
10:08I think our team is the strongest.
10:10No, tell us about the opposition.
10:12Which team do you think will be more fun to play against?
10:17World's team, Muhammad Rezwan's team.
10:20I think they are very strong.
10:22We will have fun playing against them.
10:24Very good.
10:25Tell us, the mentors that PCP has appointed,
10:28they all have big names, vast experience.
10:30They are serving Pakistan.
10:32Shoaib Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Misbah Ul Haq,
10:34Waqar Yunus and Saklain Mushtaq.
10:37These are your five mentors.
10:39How much will you learn from them?
10:41And for every team,
10:43how important is it to have such big names?
10:47Well, it is very important.
10:49I have shared the dressing room with all of them.
10:52It makes me very happy.
10:54I talk to the boys too.
10:56They are very happy with this decision.
10:58I feel that what we are learning from our mentors,
11:01the rest will also learn a lot from their mentors.
11:04They also discuss during breakfast.
11:06The boys are happy with them.
11:08They are explaining their nature.
11:10I feel everyone is happy.
11:12We have met such mentors who are very helpful.
11:15You can talk to them.
11:17There is no hesitation.
11:20We were talking about Faisalabad and Iqbal Stadium.
11:23I will repeat that such a big event has not happened here for a long time.
11:27What is the expectation of the crowd from you?
11:30I was reading your statement.
11:32You said that you will entertain people on TV too.
11:35And those who will come here to watch,
11:37will also get to see very exciting cricket.
11:39What is the expectation of the crowd from you?
11:41The expectation from the crowd is that we will play the best cricket.
11:46The crowd always likes to see good cricket.
11:49We will try to do well in the one day.
11:52We will do well in the 350 or 340 cricket.
11:58The opposition team will also try to show the best fighting cricket.
12:04There will be no one-sided matches.
12:06My personal wish is that there will be no one-sided matches.
12:11We will try to fight.
12:13Whether we win or lose, we will try to fight.
12:15There is a debate that there is a lot of talent in Pakistan,
12:21but it is not seen properly.
12:24Will the Champions Cup be able to do this?
12:26Will we get the talent that we are looking for?
12:31Of course, because the quality has come now.
12:34Earlier it was quantity, now it is quality.
12:37We will try to get as much talent as possible.
12:42As I said, there are so many international stars available.
12:45The gap will be filled.
12:48Earlier, if a kid bowled in front of me,
12:51it would have been easier to perform.
12:53Now, if Shaheen or Naseem Shah bowls in front of me,
12:56it will be difficult.
12:58I will perform against them and the feeling will be different.
13:03We will see talent from this.
13:05I think this is a quality tournament.
13:08We will see talent from this.
13:10Will there be big scores?
13:12Or will there be a balance?
13:15The one who bowls well will get wickets.
13:18The one who stands well and plays well will get runs.
13:22Or do you think it will be batting-friendly?
13:27It will be batting-friendly.
13:29I saw the wickets of batting-friendly yesterday.
13:32Because of the dew as well.
13:34We did two practices at night.
13:36Dew also comes at night.
13:38Due to dew, the ball comes on the bat well.
13:40I think there will be wickets of 300+.
13:43Will there be scores of 300 plus?
13:46Yes.
13:47Best of luck, Haris.
13:49It will be fun. We are also excited.
13:51You are getting such a great opportunity.
13:54There are such big players in your team.
13:57Despite that, you are leading the team.
14:00You already have a mentor.
14:02You have a good rapport with him.
14:06Everything is going in your favor.
14:08Wish you very best of luck.
14:12One last thing.
14:14You recently got married.
14:16Congratulations.
14:19Are you married?
14:22I will get married from here.
14:25Take the trophy with you.
14:29Inshallah.
14:30Thank you so much for your time.
14:32The most exciting team of the Champions Cup is the Stallions.
14:37Their captain is Mohammad Haris.
14:39We spoke to Mohammad Haris about a lot of things.
14:42He is very hopeful that we will get a lot of young talent ahead of the Champions Cup.
14:48We talk about the back-up in Pakistan cricket.
14:51There is a shortage.
14:53It will be fulfilled.
14:54I hope you liked the program.
14:56Give your host Najeeb-ul-Hasnain your permission.
14:58Take care.
14:59Allah Hafiz.