05-02-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Nizakat wants to be Hong Kong match-winner after shedding captaincy strain
Published: 5:15pm, 5 Feb 2025
A 'more relaxed' Nizakat Khan said shedding captaincy duties would release him to win more matches for Hong Kong, as they prepare to start their critical Challenge League B campaign against Singapore on Thursday.
Khan made what he called the tough decision to end his three-year leadership reign following November's first Challenge League leg in Uganda.
In his opening two matches under successor Yasim Murtaza, and batting in his favourite No 4 spot, Khan contributed 84 and an unbeaten 42 against Uganda and Bahrain respectively as Hong Kong won a warm-up tri-series last week.
Khan said aspects of captaincy, including game planning, always thinking about where to fit players and 'making decisions that mean players are unhappy with you', were draining. Khan, seen here toasting a half-century as captain, said he had room to improve. Photo: Cricket Hong Kong, China
'The biggest challenge was keeping everyone together as a team, but they all respected me and listened to me,' Khan said.
