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00:00Welcome to Sports Room. I am your host, Najeeb Arasnain.
00:18Lahore's Qazafi Stadium is ready for the Champions Trophy after four months of hard work.
00:24Wazir Azam Shahbaz Sharif will start today.
00:27Nambar Gulugar, Ali Zafar, Arif Lohar and Aima Baig will perform.
00:31Entry is free for the fans.
00:33We have with us Sports Correspondent, Shahid Hashmi.
00:36Shahid Sahab, Assalam-o-Alaikum. Welcome to the show.
00:37Walaikum-as-salam.
00:38What an exciting season is about to begin.
00:40It is going to be a great event from tomorrow.
00:43And from tomorrow, we will see the tri-series.
00:45And from the tri-series, we will get to know where we are and how the preparations are going.
00:49And after that, the mega event, the Champions Trophy.
00:51How are you viewing it?
00:52It is a historic moment for Pakistan's cricket.
00:55And I am from the generation that covered the 1996 World Cup.
01:00And in this Qazafi Stadium, when it was renovated for the 1996 World Cup,
01:06I remember very well that we were going there and the police stopped us.
01:10We said that we are clean.
01:12They said, no, you are very clean inside.
01:15So, such incidents happened.
01:17But it is a historic moment for Pakistan's cricket.
01:20And we pray to Allah that Pakistan's cricket gets the chance to host international teams and international events.
01:32We should be so fit that we get 2-3 good tournaments in the next cycle.
01:36Absolutely, this is very important.
01:38This is a big challenge, InshaAllah.
01:40This will happen.
01:41And it was a big challenge.
01:42Everyone was saying that the stadium will not be ready.
01:46The Indian media had also started claiming that the Champions Trophy will be shifted from here.
01:50So, it was a big role.
01:52It was a very tough time.
01:53And all this work was done so quickly.
01:56Many people said, why did you do it so late?
01:59But all's well that ends well.
02:01A lot of resolve is needed.
02:02And in such a short time, in 117 days, work quickly.
02:07Chairman Mohsin Naqvi should be praised.
02:10In the beginning, everyone was worried.
02:12Whether it was a Pakistani journalist or a Pakistani media.
02:14Everyone was worried that whether it would be possible or not.
02:17ICC delegates were coming regularly for inspection.
02:21They also went to see.
02:22They also had a little doubt in their hearts.
02:26I don't know if it will be ready or not.
02:28But for all those workers for whom the chairman had lunch today.
02:32Salute to them.
02:34There is an engineer on the side of Karachi.
02:36Young man, Bilal.
02:37He was doing media talk yesterday.
02:39He said, I haven't been home for two months.
02:41My wife has forgotten my face.
02:43So, the hard work of these people, the resolve of these people, the determination of these people.
02:47The work that comes.
02:49And then the head of the team keeps looking at his team.
02:52Keep a check and balance.
02:54And the in-charge of infrastructure.
02:56All the people in the PCB.
02:58Even the people of the media.
02:59The people who give media briefs to the regular people.
03:03They tell everyone.
03:05Everyone has a very important role.
03:07Right now, our representative Shehzad Malik is with us.
03:12He will update us about the event and the festivities that will take place in Qazafi Stadium today.
03:20Yes, Shehzad.
03:21What is the update about the event?
03:23We told you that big star performers are coming.
03:26How is it going to be?
03:27Yes, a very big stage has been prepared.
03:32And the new flood lights are also being given laser equipment.
03:40And the latest lights are also being rehearsed.
03:45And the stage is ready.
03:46The time is given at 7 pm.
03:49The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Shehzad Sharif will come and inaugurate the new stadium.
03:59And the stadium is completely ready.
04:05And the capacity has also increased.
04:09And there is so much excitement.
04:10Tomorrow is the first match here.
04:12It is being inaugurated today.
04:13Tomorrow will be the first match of the tri-series.
04:16How are you seeing it?
04:17Yes, there is a lot of excitement.
04:19Tomorrow is the first match against Pakistan against New Zealand.
04:23As Rizwan said, this is a new stadium.
04:25It will be fun to play here.
04:28And we will see how the pitch behaves tomorrow.
04:32And there is a lot of excitement here.
04:35Okay, thank you very much.
04:36Shehzad Malik was with us and was updating us about today.
04:39Moving on.
04:40Mr. Mohsin Naqvi also said that the efforts of all the workers,
04:46the people who have given their full support,
04:49many people had doubts that it would not be possible.
04:51So what did he have to say?
04:52Let's show you that too.
04:54You people have made this stadium.
04:57You people deserve it.
04:58How the workers were living here, how they were working.
05:02But one good thing is that many of them have become our TikTokers.
05:06The TikTok accounts of our workers,
05:08the TikTok updates we used to get from them were not available anywhere.
05:11Today, the Prime Minister is coming in the evening.
05:13I would like to request him that those who have worked out of the way,
05:18announce the awards to all of them.
05:20The challenge was made for us.
05:22Many of our friends had challenged that this would not be possible.
05:26Allah's blessing was the greatest in this.
05:29Rizwan, Mashallah, is a very good intention, he is a captain.
05:31And I hope that under the leadership of Rizwan,
05:34we will definitely win this Champions Trophy.
05:36Yes, we talked about the challenges.
05:38And along with that, he gave the best wishes to the team.
05:40What would you say?
05:41Absolutely.
05:42Best wishes are made by everyone.
05:44Rizwan came.
05:45Rizwan also did a press conference today.
05:47His confidence and his faith is amazing.
05:51I remember very well, we went to a hotel in Karachi.
05:54And the team was going to Australia.
05:56So everyone asked how difficult it is to defeat Australia.
05:59So he said, if nothing happened before, will it never happen?
06:02It will happen.
06:03And he took that confidence and won 2-1 in Australia.
06:06Won 3-0 in South Africa.
06:08Which was a very big victory in South Africa's conditions.
06:11So he has confidence.
06:12He was asked about fast bowlers.
06:14But a very interesting situation came at that time.
06:18When Rizwan defended Fahim Ashraf's selection.
06:21He said, if you look at the stats of the last two years,
06:25Fahim Ashraf's average is 46.
06:27By mistake, he was told that his average is 46.
06:30His batting average is 10.
06:32Sanaullah is a very good commentator.
06:34He said that you might have given the wrong stats.
06:37So Rizwan might have had a slight idea.
06:41He will go and increase the stats on the group.
06:43What did you tell me about the stats?
06:4546 is his bowling average.
06:47The batting average is very low.
06:50But now the selection is done.
06:52Obviously, you didn't have many choices.
06:54Even Aamir Jamal didn't play so well.
06:57You brought him from the red ball.
07:00If you had to train him in the white ball,
07:02you needed different all-rounders.
07:04And you brought Irfan Niazi out.
07:06So you didn't have many choices.
07:08You don't have Ben Stokes.
07:10You will have to call Fahim Ashraf Ben Stokes.
07:12No, but the thing is, Mr. Shahid,
07:14there is a very thin line between confidence and overconfidence.
07:16One is that I have belief.
07:18I have the weapons with which I can win this war.
07:23But when you try to defend like this,
07:25you will only get 46.
07:27Obviously, it is difficult to defend Khushdil Shah and Fahim Ashraf.
07:31But if they are making it a yardstick
07:35that there are 5 for 7 in the Bangladesh Premier League,
07:37there are 3 wickets, 2 wickets,
07:39Khushdil Shah has big sixes,
07:41then it's okay.
07:43May God carry the momentum of the BPL performance.
07:48Both the players are not bad.
07:50But their past is not very successful.
07:54But there are not many options in Pakistan.
07:56From the last 3-4 years of cricket in Pakistan,
07:58the trend has been that good players come,
08:00they are talented and they go back.
08:02Okay, where they were asked the question of one opener,
08:06that who will be the other opener,
08:08they said the king will do it.
08:10And history is witness that whoever said this sentence,
08:12then it didn't go well.
08:14So because of this, I feel that
08:16this overconfidence is flowing a little.
08:18There is a big risk.
08:20Because you didn't keep another regular opener.
08:22Your best player is Babar Azam.
08:24Babar Azam has opened 2 one-day internationals in total.
08:27Against England in 2015.
08:29It's been 10 years.
08:31So if it was in your scheme of things,
08:34or you had to do it suddenly due to Saim Ayub's injury.
08:38So if you had done 1-2 matches earlier.
08:40This is my point.
08:42If you had to do it, you would have done it earlier.
08:44Babar Azam is a very big player.
08:46And if Babar Azam plays 35-36 overs out of 50,
08:50then it will give Pakistan a very good platform and score.
08:53But again, there is a risk.
08:55My point is, what was such a compulsion?
08:57You had the option that you would have given Imamul Haq.
09:01For these conditions, he also suits a lot.
09:03The average is also good.
09:05The centuries are also 9. Everything is there.
09:07And you want a batsman in the top of the order,
09:09in fact, in the top 6,
09:11who can anchor and go for 38-40-45 overs in all innings.
09:16So there was no better player than Imam.
09:18But maybe someone felt bad about Imam.
09:21They say there is a problem with his fitness.
09:24In the second test against West Indies,
09:26they were almost feeding him.
09:27Until a day earlier,
09:28those good journalists had given news,
09:31whose news is mostly reliable.
09:33And it was said that Imamul Haq is coming
09:35instead of Khurram Shehzad.
09:36But at the last moment, they changed that decision.
09:39And Kashif Ali also got a chance like Fahim Ashraf.
09:42Absolutely.
09:44Let's see what Rizwan had to say,
09:46and then we'll take a break.
09:48What does the condition demand?
09:50It doesn't matter if we go with 4 pacers,
09:52or 2 spinners,
09:54or if we have 7 batsmen in combination.
09:57What is the demand?
09:58Demand is of different kinds sometimes.
10:01Till now, Kazaabi Stadium is also new for us.
10:04We will go and see what the demand is.
10:07We will try according to that.
10:09Actually, there was a saying,
10:11the king will do it.
10:13So, this is the first thing.
10:15The second thing is,
10:17Sam Ayub,
10:19we all know that the performance he gave,
10:21and the condition he gave,
10:23and the conditions he gave against the bowlers,
10:25he was exceptional.
10:27Anyway, his shortcoming is in the team.
10:30Because he was such a package for Pakistan,
10:32that he could fit anywhere.
10:34If we look at his bowling,
10:36his fielding, his batting,
10:38there is a shortcoming in Pakistan.
10:40You can say that Pakistan has been disturbed.
10:44But,
10:46if we look at the demand that Allah wants from us,
10:50then our eyes should be big.
10:53We'll take a break here.
10:55Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back.
11:01Glad to have you back once again to Sports Room.
11:03Now, let's talk about the tri-series.
11:05The tri-series trophy has been announced.
11:07Both the teams,
11:09Pakistan and New Zealand,
11:11have come with a lot of preparation.
11:13Yes, this match will be watched at 2 o'clock tomorrow.
11:17And before that, we will have a transmission.
11:19So, watch that as well.
11:21Mr. Shahid, tell us,
11:23both the teams are fully prepared.
11:25And because there are no warm-up matches in this Champions Trophy,
11:29this is everything.
11:31You have to prepare for everything.
11:33How do you see both the squads,
11:35head-to-head?
11:37Pakistan has usually defeated New Zealand
11:39in the ICC events.
11:41Whether it's the World Cup,
11:43or the T20 World Cup semi-final,
11:45or the 2019 World Cup,
11:47or the 2023 World Cup.
11:49But, if we talk about the Champions Trophy,
11:51New Zealand has won all three matches.
11:53So, from the tri-series,
11:55all three teams will get a chance to prepare.
11:57Although, the South African team
11:59will change in the Champions Trophy.
12:01But, again,
12:03they will get a great warm-up.
12:05There are no warm-up matches, but they will get a warm-up.
12:07And New Zealand, especially,
12:09because they will play a match here from Pakistan,
12:11and their first match in the Champions Trophy
12:13will be from Pakistan.
12:15And they said that there will be a difference
12:17between Karachi and Lahore.
12:19There won't be much of a difference
12:21because when they were asked about the pitch,
12:23they said that there are only flat pitches in Pakistan.
12:25Of course, New Zealand and Australia
12:27are good for one day.
12:29Go and prepare yourself.
12:31And Pakistan has put in a lot of effort
12:33because Pakistan has made a ploy,
12:35a strategy to attack with a fast ball.
12:37Babar Azam will open.
12:39Khujdil Shah or
12:41Fahim Ashraf will get a chance.
12:43So, they will try these things here.
12:45They will try these things here.
12:47Here, we will know how successful Bangladesh is.
12:49Yes, that's right.
12:51And, along with that,
12:53there is a lot of debate about Babar Azam opening.
12:55The depth of your batting is not bad.
12:57Babar himself is not in such a good form.
12:59So, he will get a new number.
13:01But, Fakhar Zaman doesn't think like that.
13:03He says that Babar Azam's class
13:05can also play on the number.
13:07Let's see what Fakhar has to say.
13:09He is such a player that I don't think
13:11the number means anything to him
13:13because his class doesn't let you feel
13:15that you are lacking.
13:17And he makes runs easily.
13:19I hope he will do well in the opening
13:21and make things easy for me.
13:23Babar Azam's class was very good.
13:25And, I will try to make this
13:27championship memorable
13:29for me and for our team.
13:31I didn't have an injury.
13:3399% of the people thought
13:35the same thing happened.
13:37But, it wasn't like that.
13:39I had hyperthyroidism.
13:41I lost 10 kgs.
13:43My muscles were weak.
13:45It took me a long time to recover.
13:47The worst part was that
13:49I was diagnosed very late.
13:51You heard what Fakhar Zaman had to say.
13:53It is true that that championship
13:55was very memorable.
13:57He wants to make it memorable.
13:59That's all for today.
14:01Thank you, Mr. Shahid.
14:03Take care.
14:05Allah Hafiz.