New Zealand head coach Gary Stead on Sunday said the decision to cancel the tour of Pakistan was 바카라out of our hands바카라 and backed his players to treat their upcoming T20 World Cup opener against the Asian nation like any other match despite the angry remarks by PCB chief Ramiz Raja. (More Cricket News)
Recently, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) abandoned its men바카라s team바카라s tour of Pakistan just before the start of the first ODI citing a security threat, leaving the host nation disappointed as well as angry. 바카라That decision was out of our hands,바카라 Stead was quoted as saying by stuff.co.nz.
The players are currently in Dubai, one of the venues for the upcoming World Cup, which will be hosed in the UAE and Oman. 바카라... Guys are now in Dubai and getting ready, and there바카라s the IPL that they can have a good look at, which in many ways is good preparation for them as well,바카라 Stead added.
He said the five players who were meant to be playing in a five-match T20 series in Pakistan have begun training under batting coach Thilan Samaraweera in the UAE, where nine other squad members and travelling reserve Adam Milne are playing in the IIPL 2021.
바카라I think they바카라re okay. It was obviously unsettling and disappointing what happened in Pakistan and we certainly feel for the Pakistan cricket fraternity and fans,바카라 Stead said. In the run-up to the World Cup, New Zealand have warm-up matches lined up against Australia on October 18, and England two days later, before their opener against Pakistan in Sharjah on October 27.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja said the only way to overcome this disappointment is to become the world's best by beating the other nations, including New Zealand in the T20 World Cup, two days after their opener against arch-rival India. Raja had warned that the Black Caps will 바카라hear from us바카라 in the ICC.
바카라We had one team in our target, our neighbours (India), now add two more teams, New Zealand and England,바카라 Raja had said, referring to England바카라s withdrawal from a tour next month soon after New Zealand바카라s departure.
Stead, however, backed his team to shut out the hype and noise around the recent pullout when it plays Pakistan in the mega-event. 바카라Certainly, being that it's Pakistan, people will hype that up, but for us it's no different to any other match we play against them,바카라 Stead said.
At the last T20 World Cup in India in 2016, Kane Williamson바카라s side lost to England in the semifinals and this time have a tough group including Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and two other qualifiers.
