File picture of Babar Azam.© AFP
The Pakistan cricket workforce goes by a lean patch and so is the case with its star cricketer Babar Azam. The batter has didn’t make it rely within the red-ball format previously one and a half yr or so. It was in December 2022 when Babar scored 161 in opposition to New Zealand in a Check and since then, he has struggled to get runs beneath his belt. Babar has scored solely 320 runs in his final 15 innings. His poor efficiency within the format has seen the participant getting quite a lot of flak. Amid the continued criticism of the star batter, Pakistan all-rounder Salman Ali Agha has come out in defence of the participant.
“Babar Azam is a world-class participant. As a cricketer, you undergo these phases. He has scored constantly all through the final 5 years. Quickly, we are going to see him scoring huge runs for Pakistan once more,” mentioned Agha within the press convention after the tip of play on Day 1 within the second Check in opposition to Sri Lanka.
In the meantime, Afgha additionally identified that the critics must also give attention to the remainder of the workforce, actually highlighting {that a} single member couldn’t be held accountable for the workforce’s poor efficiency.
“As a cricketer, you have got such phases in your life. There are 10 different gamers within the workforce, so you must give attention to them. It is tremendous if he is struggling. He’ll return to scoring huge runs very quickly,” he added.
Within the first Check of the continued two-match collection, Bangladesh scripted historical past earlier this month because the aspect registered its first-ever Check win over Pakistan. The Bangla Tigers handed a 10-wicket defeat to Shan Masood and co. to register the huge first of their cricket historical past.
Within the two innings of the primary Check in opposition to Bangladesh, Babar scored 0 and 22. The followers on social media lashed out on the former Pakistan captain for his failure.
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