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"I want to get to #1 in the ODI rankings and be the best one-day batsman in the world" : Babar Azam

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Bobby beta pehlay fifty tou buna lein iss tourney mein :danish
 
He will score more more and more he will score runs the Pakistani beast

Babars on fire your bowlers are terrified
 
Talk is always cheap, doing it and demonstrating it in the field is the real deal.
 
I hope you have the discipline to put in the hard work required for such a feat. You are consistent with your training no matter whether you are feeling on top or bottom.

Dream and ambitions are good but if they are not followed by a concrete plan than they are just wishful thinking.
 
keep dreaming dude. Lol at number 1. there is a big difference between you and Kohli, root, abdv, etc., when it comes to class and talent. good luck with your dream.
 
I am not going to lie but Bobby's been looking like a noob for a good part of this tourney. Hope he delivers in the all important Final Tomorrow Inshallah.....
 
Most of the posts so far have been appalling. Don't worry about his personal life, mind your own business. He is 22 years old and our best ODI bat. He will come good. He hasn't been at his best in this tournament but he had made two scores of 40 not out and guided us home.
 
A brilliant opportunity for him tomorrow. He has been batting in the Hafeez/Shehzad/Azhar mode in this tournament, and it is time for him to get out of his shell. It is also quite interesting to note that he has repeated claimed that his favourite batsman is de Villiers (a poor role model though) and he has tried to emulate him, but he seems to have had zero influence on his batting style and technique.
 
thehub said:
keep dreaming dude. Lol at number 1. there is a big difference between you and Kohli, root, abdv, etc., when it comes to class and talent. good luck with your dream.
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Who said you have to be in the class of kohli and co. to be number 1 in ODIs? You just need to have a string of good scores over a year or so. Babar is already number 8 in the rankings at 22 years of age.
 
Mamoon said:
A brilliant opportunity for him tomorrow. He has been batting in the Hafeez/Shehzad/Azhar mode in this tournament, and it is time for him to get out of his shell. It is also quite interesting to note that he has repeated claimed that his favourite batsman is de Villiers (a poor role model though) and he has tried to emulate him, but he seems to have had zero influence on his batting style and technique.
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In the England game he didnt bat like MoHa and shehzad. Infact he batted with Intent and first time looked like a top ODI batsman. Leave alone bowling, fakhar and other positives, Babar azam's intent was the biggest positive for me from that game against England.
 
It's funny how people want to discount his innings against England but not discount his innings vs SL.
The requirements were the same when he walked out to bat in both games.??!! Less runs needed against England but their bowling is a million times better than SL

That leaves the other 2 innings . 1 success n 1 failure.

Sunday is a big day for the kid. Get behind him!!
 
SarfiBabarHaris said:
what did Kohli , Smith, Root , abdv achieved at 22?
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don't bring age here dude.. Babar is not going to be credited extra runs just because he is younger than kohli. he is not saying he wants to be number 1 under 22 yr category. he is competing for all age. stop giving that age excuse. even if you talk about age, he is not a teen ager anymore.
 
Amazing batsman. Have supported him since he came to the scene. He was so impressive in his u19 World Cup matches, always knew he would come good.

Go out there and score yaar. Will hopefully get a century on Sunday, but it will be in a losing cause.
 
Did anyone even bother reading the interview?

I find his answer to be pretty sensible. Read his answer on comparing him with Viral Kohli. It seems like Baber isn't all too deluded. Hopefully.

Though his answers regarding the akmal brother did gave me stomach ache but I guess that is his experience and you can't take it away from him.
 
Madplayer said:
In the England game he didnt bat like MoHa and shehzad. Infact he batted with Intent and first time looked like a top ODI batsman. Leave alone bowling, fakhar and other positives, Babar azam's intent was the biggest positive for me from that game against England.
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In the England game, Hafeez didn't bat like Hafeez either, and showed a lot of intent. I won't look too much into the performance of the batsmen in that game. Fakhar did what he normally does, but Azhar's innings would have been a match-losing one in a high-scoring game. He appeared sensible and calculative because the target was very small.

By the time Babar and Hafeez came to the crease, England were completely deflated and the bowlers were bowling pies. Even a tail-ender would have struck a few crisp boundaries at that time. For me, there were no positives as far as batting is concerned except for the fact that Fakhar struck another 50 at a high SR.
 
Yousaf had probably 10 centuries in ODIs and 9 were in first innings iirc.

Babar needs to turn up in second innings. #1 is flawed if one can construct a chase.

He has talent and opportunities. Need to discard that monkey off his shoulders.
 
Mamoon said:
In the England game, Hafeez didn't bat like Hafeez either, and showed a lot of intent. I won't look too much into the performance of the batsmen in that game. Fakhar did what he normally does, but Azhar's innings would have been a match-losing one in a high-scoring game. He appeared sensible and calculative because the target was very small.

By the time Babar and Hafeez came to the crease, England were completely deflated and the bowlers were bowling pies. Even a tail-ender would have struck a few crisp boundaries at that time. For me, there were no positives as far as batting is concerned except for the fact that Fakhar struck another 50 at a high SR.
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True about hafeez. He looked beastly too but he should have been out like his usual self only for butler to miss the stumping. I think both him and Babar have been given a bashing by Mickey and hence the intent at the crease.
 
Madplayer said:
True about hafeez. He looked beastly too but he should have been out like his usual self only for butler to miss the stumping. I think both him and Babar have been given a bashing by Mickey and hence the intent at the crease.
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The final will tell us if it was a shift in intent or simply batting against a dejected bowling unit under zero pressure. Under normal circumstances, Hafeez would have dead-batted the next delivery instead of lofting it for six. Regardless of what he does tomorrow, he has to go after the Champions Trophy. However, he needs to realize that he is a much better batsman when he is attacking.
 
The best thing is our youngsters are experiencing success and a ICC tourney final early in their careers.

I am more concentrated on our WC19 build up. He should aim to be firing on all cylinders as a 50+ avg batter by then.
 
thehub said:
keep dreaming dude. Lol at number 1. there is a big difference between you and Kohli, root, abdv, etc., when it comes to class and talent. good luck with your dream.
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Babar is talking about developing into a #1 ranked batsman.

At the age of 22, Kohli was not the same batsman he is right now. He worked hard on his craft and turned into an ODI beast.

The same can apply to Babar if he puts in the time.

Babar is 22, while Kohli is 28. Comparing them on "class" or "talent" when there's a six year age gap doesn't make a lot of sense especially when batsman hit their prime closer to their late 20s.
 
Our best batsman. Watch him reach highs no Pakistani batsman has ever reached
 
Mamoon said:
The final will tell us if it was a shift in intent or simply batting against a dejected bowling unit under zero pressure. Under normal circumstances, Hafeez would have dead-batted the next delivery instead of lofting it for six. Regardless of what he does tomorrow, he has to go after the Champions Trophy. However, he needs to realize that he is a much better batsman when he is attacking.
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I think Babar has suffered strike rotation issue. He needs to be more active at the crease and rotate strike which is key to success. He has been finding it difficult to time the ball and has looked edgy, Would have been better for Babar to make a better game plan and try to look for singles when he finds it difficult to score runs, And once he gets set I think then he might be in better position to play some shots.
 
Hamza_ said:
I think Babar has suffered strike rotation issue. He needs to be more active at the crease and rotate strike which is key to success. He has been finding it difficult to time the ball and has looked edgy, Would have been better for Babar to make a better game plan and try to look for singles when he finds it difficult to score runs, And once he gets set I think then he might be in better position to play some shots.
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Yes he is not looking for enough singles. He is not in great form and thus, is not timing the ball as well as he normally does. As a result, he is playing far too many dot balls. He needs to go back to his basics and build his innings on strike rotation. He has the temperament to score big and is a run machine when in form. He will score a hundred if he gets the first 40-50 runs out of the way.
 
No one says he wants to be a failed batsman, you need to prove it and not talk.
 
babar is best batsman and amir is the best bowler

this is the kind of mentality which has sunk pakistani team to be honest
 
Mamoon said:
A brilliant opportunity for him tomorrow. He has been batting in the Hafeez/Shehzad/Azhar mode in this tournament, and it is time for him to get out of his shell. It is also quite interesting to note that he has repeated claimed that his favourite batsman is de Villiers (a poor role model though) and he has tried to emulate him, but he seems to have had zero influence on his batting style and technique.
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Well, he can always hope to become poor man's choker-in-chief -- nothing wrong in that!
 
A fantastic prospect. Had a disappointing tournament so far. But against England he showed intent and signs of returning to orm.

Need a big innings from him tommorow.
 
Babar has potential and done fine so far in his career. I found nothing wrong with what he said.

Two soft dismissals in this tournament and two not outs in winning chase sort of a mixed bag

He has the talent alright but whether he has the mental setup will know on sunday

Good luck to him
 
Mamoon said:
A brilliant opportunity for him tomorrow. He has been batting in the Hafeez/Shehzad/Azhar mode in this tournament, and it is time for him to get out of his shell. It is also quite interesting to note that he has repeated claimed that his favourite batsman is de Villiers (a poor role model though) and he has tried to emulate him, but he seems to have had zero influence on his batting style and technique.
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Wait just a minute! How is AB a poor role model?
 
Great interview.

Babar has been my favorite Pakistani batsman ever since he debuted. He does have some SR problems but the guy is only 22. Nobody is a finished article at 22. In a few years if he works hard and applies himself he can become a much better batter. Not that he already isn't by Pakistani ODI standards.

6th ODI Ton against India coming up!
 
The first answer is a little scary

Hopefully Babar realizes the Akmals had serious flaws- both in their games and their characters.. he needs to be significantly better
 
moghul said:
No one says he wants to be a failed batsman, you need to prove it and not talk.
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So he should be banned from giving interviews now? If someone is asked a question they are obviously going to reply not keep there mouth shut, I thought that was common sense.
 
I didn't know he had Akmal genes in him. Let's hope he manages to suppress those.

Jokes aside, he's a good batsman but he has flaws and he needs to work on them. If he does everything that Akmal and Shehzad didn't, then I have high hopes for him.

If anything I'm more impressed with this Fakhar Zaman kid.
 
Brodipet_baadshah said:
Wish more nd more 5 match odi nd 3 match test series with windies, banglas, zimboks, irish, afghans, dutch...etc
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Firstly tell me how many players are scoring hundreds and scoring truckloads of runs against top 5 teams at 22?

Secondly his record against the top 5 teams is as follows -

Matches - 19
Runs - 765
Ave - 47.81
SR - 85.28
100's - 1
50's - 5

So please do some research and check if what your are referring towards is correct. Yes his record against WI is beastly but even without the bottom 4 teams he still averages in the high 40's with a SR in the mid 80's. So he has shown that he has immense talent and yes he hasn't done great in this tournament but tell me how many batsman in there first ICC tournament and in their early 20's have set an ICC tournament on fire. By all means you have your own choice to hate Babar but please do not say that he can not score against top teams while he has certainly proven he can.
 
Rafay Shafiq said:
He does nothing in chase.
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Okay we can check that as well.

Stats for 2nd innings

Innings - 16
Runs - 545
Ave - 42
SR - 82
50+ - 4

Not amazing in the 2nd innings by any means but this is Team Pakistan let's not forget. He has done very well in a couple of chases, yes he is not great while chasing and his performances in the first innings far outweigh those in the second, but then again come on the kid is just 22 FGS!

How many batsman in the world were finished articles at 22, we all know he has places to improve but he has ample time to do that.
 
Babar is me of the best young batsman around and has a very high ceiling if he works hard on his game and maintains a good attitude.
 
So I am not saying Babar is better than any of these players but lets compare Babar to some other players when they were at the same number of innings, just to show no one is a finished article in their first 30 innings! Stats are against top 5 Teams - (AUS,ENG,IND,NZ,SA) and since some of the players play for those teams we will include Pakistan.

Babar Azam -
Innings - 19
Runs - 765
Ave - 48
SR - 85
100's - 1
50's - 5

Virat Kohli -
Innings - 6
Runs - 162
Ave - 27
SR - 72
50's - 1

AB de Villiers
Innings - 23
Runs - 701
Ave - 35
SR - 84
50's - 5

Joe Root
Innings - 21
Runs - 701
Ave - 34
SR - 75
50's - 4

Kane Williamson
Innings - 11
Runs - 273
Ave - 27
SR - 60
50's - 1

Steve Smith
Innings - 21
Runs - 561
Ave - 31
SR - 84
100's - 1
50's - 1

So as you can see no one was a perfect player in there first 30 odd innings but they got better and so can Babar. Note: I am not saying Babar is better than any of these players or will be, these guy are proven performers for their respective teams. All I am saying is Babar can become a great bat if he works hard.
 
The other players put in the hard work. They didnt just magically become better. It's no guarantee you will get better with age.

He has to put in the hard work. And I am very skeptical if he has the self discipline to do so. Not just because he is related to akmal Brothers put also we as a nation rarely put in the hard work.

We don't have a culture of appreciating hard work.
 
He has zero power play. I see him more lik manjraker of 90s. Imho India's fringe players like Samson, pandey, toward, Nair,etc are far better talent than him.
 
So much negativity in this thread. What do you guys want him to say "I aspire to be top 20 but nothing more" ?
 
thehub said:
He has zero power play. I see him more lik manjraker of 90s. Imho India's fringe players like Samson, pandey, toward, Nair,etc are far better talent than him.
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Yeah that is why those fringe players average over 50 at 90 SR after touring AUS/NZ/ENG

Typical Indian shooting from his hip

:salute :salute
 
Syed1 said:
Yeah that is why those fringe players average over 50 at 90 SR after touring AUS/NZ/ENG

Typical Indian shooting from his hip

:salute :salute
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When you have poor teammates, you will shine. Average among the worse.
 
CadPakFan said:
Big words from a guy who hasn't got a fifty for the entire tournament.
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More like, big words from a person who doesn't realize people can have bad form. It's his very first ICC tournament and why do you expect for him to set the world on fire? Yes he has had a poor tournament but before this he had 5 hundred in 10 matches. Also he has scored to 30 not outs while chasing. So try again.
 
Love some of the reactions here. People expecting a 22 year old to emulate the likes of Kohli, Smith, Root will all be disappointed. To be fair, other than a couple of soft dismissals, Bobby has looked in decent nick. Due for a big one tomorrow.
 
Sirris said:
The other players put in the hard work. They didnt just magically become better. It's no guarantee you will get better with age.

He has to put in the hard work. And I am very skeptical if he has the self discipline to do so. Not just because he is related to akmal Brothers put also we as a nation rarely put in the hard work.

We don't have a culture of appreciating hard work.
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You can't just assume he won't put hard work in because he is related to Akmal's or Pakistan don't do very good at that. You have to see how he has done so far and if you look he has performed very well against almost all teams. Babar can and will in put in the hard yards. Why? We have a new coach and team management that is much more aware of the standards required at international level and he looks like a hard working guy. You can also see Pakistan is putting in much more work on fitness and fielding which is eveident. So if we actually look at the present scenario and not what pakistan has done historically then you will realize times have changed. You can already tell babar has worked on his temperment, because if you look back to when he debuted he was getting out to many times after scoring a 30's and 40's. Since the WI series in UAE he has improved that and now bats with much more temprement.

So there is all the evidence to suggest that Babar will improve.
 
MeanAndGreen said:
Love some of the reactions here. People expecting a 22 year old to emulate the likes of Kohli, Smith, Root will all be disappointed. To be fair, other than a couple of soft dismissals, Bobby has looked in decent nick. Due for a big one tomorrow.
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I don't think anyone is saying he will emulate Kohli or any of those guys at this age. Most people are saying that if he works hard and fixes his flaws he can become just as good as him.
 
thehub said:
He has zero power play. I see him more lik manjraker of 90s. Imho India's fringe players like Samson, pandey, toward, Nair,etc are far better talent than him.
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Once again, :facepalm: and you expect him to be the perfect batsman at just 22? He has time if he works he can imrpobe his power hitting play. Even in his short career he has shown the ability to hit once set.
 
thehub said:
He has zero power play. I see him more lik manjraker of 90s. Imho India's fringe players like Samson, pandey, toward, Nair,etc are far better talent than him.
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If cricket was all about power-play we'd have body builders wielding the bat.

This guy is a class act, he's delivered in almost every ODI series he has played; which includes tours of NZL and AUS. Yes, he is still in early stages of development but comparing him with Manjrekar of the 90s is a joke.
 
QalandarFan said:
Once again, :facepalm: and you expect him to be the perfect batsman at just 22? He has time if he works he can imrpobe his power hitting play. Even in his short career he has shown the ability to hit once set.
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Crazy the hate this kid gets. It seems that on PakPassion your either Kohli or your Shehzad. He is in the early stages of his development and he hasn't showed any signs of having a poor attitude either - we need to be patient.
 
Cricketfan2016 said:
Leta the bat do the work and be consistent :afridi

I want to be President of USA... how easy was that
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No context in what you are saying whatsoever. Unless you have met the requirements. Registered with the federal election commission. Participated in and won the primary elections, caucuses, and delegates. Then I would understand what you were saying a bit more but even then there is nothing wrong with what Babar said. He was simply asked a question and he replied. It's called an interview, did you even read it because nothing he said was arrogant.
 
MeanAndGreen said:
Crazy the hate this kid gets. It seems that on PakPassion your either Kohli or your Shehzad. He is in the early stages of his development and he hasn't showed any signs of having a poor attitude either - we need to be patient.
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This somebody who actually understands, everyone on here is making things up that make absloutley no sense.
 
Syed1 said:
Yeah that is why those fringe players average over 50 at 90 SR after touring AUS/NZ/ENG

Typical Indian shooting from his hip

:salute :salute
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hardly any noticeable innings.. he played slowly at one end.. he never cared about match situation. always plays on his pace.. towards the end score quickly to get the strike rate to 90.

btw those fringe players that I mentioned did not get a chance to play international games. not sure why you are talking about average here. anyone with decent talent can score runs like him these days, pitches are flat. all you need to do is not to worry about match situation and think about scoring 100.

btw you cried and told me not to quote. what you are doing here?
 
QalandarFan said:
Excuse me? Average? Would you like to explain that a bit better?
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He made lots of soft runs during the WI tour which has made the stats skewed. He made bulk of the runs there. And to be frank, WI is a minnow right now. So those centuries shouldn't be judge as the height of elegance.

And he could it because, he was the best among the average pak batsman.
 
Itachi said:
He made lots of soft runs during the WI tour which has made the stats skewed. He made bulk of the runs there. And to be frank, WI is a minnow right now. So those centuries shouldn't be judge as the height of elegance.

And he could it because, he was the best among the average pak batsman.
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Yeah he scored soft runs against WI, that is why he averages 72 against NZ and 54 against AUS



:salute
 
QalandarFan said:
Once again, :facepalm: and you expect him to be the perfect batsman at just 22? He has time if he works he can imrpobe his power hitting play. Even in his short career he has shown the ability to hit once set.
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he may or may not become great batsman in the future. at present, I don't see anything special. that's all I wanted to say. he needs to play for the team and try to influence the result.
 
Syed1 said:
Yeah he scored soft runs against WI, that is why he averages 72 against NZ and 54 against AUS

:salute
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Pitches are flat in NZ and Aus, he hasn't yet scored against the WI of the 80s. :sree

Pakistanis seem to have a lot of expectations of Babar but it seems others are on a completely different level, expecting him to be a complete world-beater at the age of 22 after having played 30 matches.
 
Syed1 said:
Yeah he scored soft runs against WI, that is why he averages 72 against NZ and 54 against AUS



:salute
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lol at 54 against Aus. absolutely useless runs. chasing 350+, he was playing at 70% strike rate most of his innings and scored century. not even a single innings in Aus was really helping Pakistan. accept the fact that he has scored most of his runs against windies.
 
Itachi said:
He made lots of soft runs during the WI tour which has made the stats skewed. He made bulk of the runs there. And to be frank, WI is a minnow right now. So those centuries shouldn't be judge as the height of elegance.

And he could it because, he was the best among the average pak batsman.
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Just because his WI performance outshines the rest of his performances doesn't mean he hasn't done much. Look he averages 48 at SR of 85 against top 5 teams.

Please explain to me how you would like a 22 year old who is fairly new to play? Scoring clutch hundreds? Btw you can look at a couple of his knocks like the 90 odd against NZ, on a green track with wickets tumbling he played a great knock. Or then against NZ in the ODI where he scored 83 batting first at over a run a Ball. Then there is the run a ball 64 he scored against England chasing. You can't expect him to perform with the likes of Kohli already. He needs to be given time once he has played a decent number of matches then start comparing him with top players. He has so far only played 30 matches!
 
Syed1 said:
Yeah he scored soft runs against WI, that is why he averages 72 against NZ and 54 against AUS



:salute
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His posts suggest that Babar has already played 100 ODI's and should be winning Pakistan games consistently. Even that hundred against WI in the second ODI recently was not soft those were hard runs on a difficult pitch.
 
thehub said:
lol at 54 against Aus. absolutely useless runs. chasing 350+, he was playing at 70% strike rate most of his innings and scored century. not even a single innings in Aus was really helping Pakistan. accept the fact that he has scored most of his runs against windies.
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Playing against a class, full-strength NZL outfit for the first time in NZL as a 20 year old he scored 62 and 83 at better than a run a ball. Against England in the UAE (again as a 20 year old part of a dire batting line-up), he averaged 47 at 94. In the ODI series against England last year, he repetitively got starts - including a counterattacking cameo at Lords coming in at 2-3 - and as a result, earnt promotion to the No.3 batting position. As you can see, despite a incredibly low sample size - he doesn't average 54 and isn't ranked No.7 in the rankings just because of a charitable West Indies side. He's been prolific thereafter against WI and AUS.

Yes, after being promoted to No.3 Babar has changed as a batsman. His first 20-40 runs are accumulated a lower strike rate and thats a reflection of his batting position and the batsman around him. All the top batsman in world cricket accumulate for their first 40 runs then slowly start to change gears. Thats where Babar is rightfully being criticised and he is aware of this shortcoming. However, name me 1 player that was the all-round batsman at age 22.

He has areas where he needs to develop (late innings acceleration and chasing) but to say his innings are useless and only against the WI is garbage.
 
The fact that this guy is even being compared with Virat Kohli right now is the height of idiocy.
 
Pakistan fans are by far the most fickle I've seen. I still remember some of the people calling Sharjeel a C-grade leg-side hack and Hassan a midget trundler before the Australia series. Absolutely pathetic judgement of talent. No wonder all the decent young players we've had over the last 15 years have gone down the drain.
 
thehub said:
lol at 54 against Aus. absolutely useless runs. chasing 350+, he was playing at 70% strike rate most of his innings and scored century. not even a single innings in Aus was really helping Pakistan. accept the fact that he has scored most of his runs against windies.
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Again you don't seem to understand, what part of he is 22 and has time to improve does not make sense to you. Obviusoly he is no world beater at 22 but has time to improve.

There is no point in arguing with you since you just seem to be very stubborn and anti-babar no problems it your statements don't effect how talented he actually is the whole world knows he is talented and if he works hard to improve his flaws he'll be a great player. I'd rather believe actual cricketing experts then your flawed logic, and I'm sure most people would agree.
 
MeanAndGreen said:
Playing against a class, full-strength NZL outfit for the first time in NZL as a 20 year old he scored 62 and 83 at better than a run a ball. Against England in the UAE (again as a 20 year old part of a dire batting line-up), he averaged 47 at 94. In the ODI series against England last year, he repetitively got starts - including a counterattacking cameo at Lords coming in at 2-3 - and as a result, earnt promotion to the No.3 batting position. As you can see, despite a incredibly low sample size - he doesn't average 54 and isn't ranked No.7 in the rankings just because of a charitable West Indies side. He's been prolific thereafter against WI and AUS.

Yes, after being promoted to No.3 Babar has changed as a batsman. His first 20-40 runs are accumulated a lower strike rate and thats a reflection of his batting position and the batsman around him. All the top batsman in world cricket accumulate for their first 40 runs then slowly start to change gears. Thats where Babar is rightfully being criticised and he is aware of this shortcoming. However, name me 1 player that was the all-round batsman at age 22.

He has areas where he needs to develop (late innings acceleration and chasing) but to say his innings are useless and only against the WI is garbage.
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No point in arguing with this poster save yourself valuable time, he is just someone who won't change his mind . But his opinion doesn't change the fact of the matter.
 
thehub said:
lol at 54 against Aus. absolutely useless runs. chasing 350+, he was playing at 70% strike rate most of his innings and scored century. not even a single innings in Aus was really helping Pakistan. accept the fact that he has scored most of his runs against windies.
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This says a lot about Babar's skillset at the age of 22.

You're dissecting his runs like he's in his prime. For a young batsman, the goal is to showcase his ability to score in all conditions.

You can start weighing the weight or value of his runs after he goes to those countries a second or third time.
 
First go learn - how to take singles and rotate strike. If you take singles, then it puts pressure on fielders and bowlers. If you don't take singles, then it implies you are bieng selfish and too coward (to get run out).
Till then stop day dreaming of bieng number 1.
 
Yeah, and I want to become SRK.

Babar Azam sure does talk a lot for a guy whose fallen so hard over the last 6 months.
 
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