Mohammad Rizwan reveals reason behind his stellar form

Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan, who has been in stellar form in international cricket since 2020, has revealed the reason behind the change in his fortunes.

Rizwan said that a change in his batting position proved to be the turning point of his career.

“I always enjoyed batting but unfortunately couldn’t perform well in this department at the start of my international career, but change in batting order has favored me a lot. Current team management has shown their confidence by promoting my batting order and I tried to capitalise it well,” said Rizwan while talking to PCB Digital.

He also stated that tips from former and current Pakistan cricketers were extremely helpful in improving his hard-hitting abilities.

“At the start of my international career, no one believed that I could hit long sixes but off course I worked on my hard hitting ability,” he said. “I was fortunate enough to get tips from Mohammad Hafeez, Mushtaq Ahmed and Shahid Afridi. Once Ramiz Raja was walking beside the nets and he asked me to keep the head still, which helped me a lot.”

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He is also preparing adequately for the upcoming limited-overs series against England.

“I have worked really hard on my batting and wicket-keeping skills before the tour of England last year. In England, the conditions were tough and the red ball swings late, so to get command over it, you have to work extra hard on it,” he said.

“In white-ball cricket, English conditions are favorable to score runs on board. If you stay longer on the wicket, you will get more out of it. I have worked on it and will try to implement this in the forthcoming series,” he concluded.