Former Pakistan cricketer-turned-commentator, Ramiz Raja, believes that Pakistan needs to improve in couple of areas inorder to become a successful T20I side.

While speaking on his official YouTube channel, after Pakistan’s win in the first T20I against South Africa in Lahore, Raja stressed on the importance of higher run-rate in powerplay overs and introducing players who are accustomed to playing in the sub-continent.

“Pakistan needs to add more power in the powerplay overs because our record is the worst in the first six overs,” said Raja.

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It must be noted that Pakistan have the lowest powerplay run-rate in T20Is since 2019 (6.97).

“Secondly, I think Pakistan needs to add batsmen in the side who have the ability to give impetus to the batting in sub-continent conditions bearing in mind the fact that the next T20 World Cup is in the sub-c0ntinent,” he added.

The remaining two matches will be played on Saturday and Sunday, also in Lahore, as the teams continue their preparations for the T20 World Cup later this year in India.