Babar vows to deliver during Australia tour.

LAHORE -- Pakistan's newly-appointed captain Babar Azam has vowed his players will go for victory during the challenging Australia tour staring from next month.

Speaking at the press briefing here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday ahead of Pakistan's tour of Australia, Babar insisted that captaincy will not put him under any pressure and that he would like to emulate the likes of Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson in terms of balancing performance with leadership duties. 'The Australia tour would be challenging but we will play a positive brand of cricket regardless of the opposition.

'Every tour is tough and Australia is always a challenging place because of the extra bounce, but we will go for wins as we always do. I have toured Australia as skipper of Pakistan Under-19 (2012) and with the Pakistan team three years ago, so I have experience of those conditions,' he added.

Babar, who took over as Pakistan captain for the shortest format after Sarfraz Ahmed was removed from the T20 and Test roles, said he'll continue to open the batting in T20s, also stressed on the importance of having patience and backing those players who are not in the best of forms. 'There are players in our team, who have continued to perform. I don't think they should be kicked out of the side just because they haven't been able to hit those heights for four or five games.

'We should back them. If you look at Fakhar Zaman's innings in the T20 Cup against my side, he scored an unbeaten 82 off 54 to help KP beat Central Punjab by 7 wickets. You can see he's beginning to return to form. You could see the improvement in Shabab's bowling too.

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