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Former Pakistan cricketer Ramiz Raja has identified Pakistan’s next batting star after Babar Azam. According to Raja, this player has the talent to become the next Babar Azam or Virat Kohli of cricket.
‘‘Haider Ali has immense talent and has made a name for himself in his first season of PSL,’’ said Rameez Raja.
‘‘However, he needs to bring consistency in his performance and his ideal position is number three in the batting order. He has big quality shots in his armor and doesn’t need to improvise much as his power-hitting base is quite strong,’’ he added
‘‘Haider needs to follow the approach of Babar Azam and Virat Kohli. These two don’t improvise much as they have so much talent and rely mainly on conventional shots. Haider has a similar talent as Babar and Kohli, but just needs to work on his game awareness and play longer innings,’’ said Raja.
Haider Ali had an impressive PSL 2020, scoring 239 runs in 9 games. The tournament was postponed after the completion of the league stage due to the Covid-19 pandemic.