Coach Intikhab Alam identified batting as the key area for improvement as a 17-member Pakistan squad minus Younus Khan flew to New Zealand early Sunday to play a three-match Test series.
Younus opted to sit out the New Zealand tour and hand the captaincy to Mohammad Yousuf after his side's one-day series defeat in Abu Dhabi last week, saying he wanted to rest after suffering poor batting form.
Yet it was not only him, the batsmen faltering badly in the one-day series which New Zealand won 2-1. Pakistan won the two-match Twenty20 series 2-0 here on Friday.
