Former Pakistan stalwart Zaheer Abbas feels that the current Pakistan team needs to take batting lessons from their Indian counterparts about scoring in tough and pressure situations.
Zaheer Abbas, who was recently inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame for his batting achievements, was dubbed as the Asian Bradman as he averaged 44.79 and 47.62 in Tests and ODIs respectively. Abbas said that whenever team India has been in a spot of bother, some player has stood up and bailed them out of trouble.
“You look at how their (India’s) batsmen perform nowadays. Whenever the team is in trouble, somebody comes in and scores. This is what I want Pakistan to learn,” Zaheer Abbas said in a Youtube show called Cricket Baaz.
“They (India) have learned this from us. What we taught everyone has been picked up very well, but now it’s time we learn something from them. Gavaskar used to say that ‘you should always learn from the opposition too’,” Abbas added.
Abbas cited India opener Rohit Sharma’s example and said if a Pakistani player likes the Mumbai Indian skipper’s batting style then he should try to learn from his technique.
Abbas also revealed that during his playing days, he learned batting by watching the likes of Hanif Mohammad and Rohan Kanhai instead of training with them.
“If you say that Rohit Sharma is good, then you should learn from him. Watch him, see how plays, observe his technique. I used to watch and learn from Hanif Mohammad, Rohan Kanhai. I didn’t go and train with them, I just learned after observing their batting,” Zaheer Abbas said.
