Adoptability key to success in T20 Cup: Haroon

KARACHI: Adoptability and mental approach will be the keys to success in the inaugural Twenty20 Cricket World Cup to be held in South Africa in September, batting coach Haroon Rasheed said here on Tuesday.
“By moulding their game according to the situation, batsmen can prove more useful for the team in the shorter version of the game,” he said. Haroon strongly underlined the importance of all three areas of the game — batting, bowling and particularly fielding — in this exciting, innovative and spectacular Twenty20 format of the game. “Top fitness is very crucial in this brand of cricket,” he added.
In spite of Pakistan’s consistent batting failures, Haroon rated Pakistan as the front runner in the race for the title with hosts South Africa, Australia, England and the West Indies in the Twenty20 World Cup.
“We have got explosive batsmen like Salman Butt, Imran Nazir, Imran Farhat, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq. They all suite to this recently-launched brand of cricket,” he pointed.

Haroon also expressed the hope that with the contracts being awarded to players in domestic cricket by the PCB it will help and improve the current situation in the local setup.