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[PICTURES] Babar Azam in T20Is v2.0: Performance Watch

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The comeback trail isn’t always smooth. After a break from T20Is Babar Azam returned with plenty of hype but South Africa had other ideas. In his first outing of the second phase Babar just couldn’t find his rhythm or timing and got out on duck. A scratchy start a bit of rust at the crease is a reminder that even the best need time to get back in the groove.
 
Enough is enough! Bas Bohot ho gaya!

Everything about him is dragging Pakistan cricket down to new lows! The issue is his reluctance to actually acknowledge his short comings and working hard, showing improvement that warrants actual selection!

He destroyed his captaincy credentials with the stupid decision to backstab Shaheen,

Now he is on the same route with his white ball career by shamelessly returning to the T20 side and totally unsettling a good team gelling together under Hesson!!
 
Rana said:
Enough is enough! Bas Bohot ho gaya!

Everything about him is dragging Pakistan cricket down to new lows! The issue is his reluctance to actually acknowledge his short comings and working hard, showing improvement that warrants actual selection!

He destroyed his captaincy credentials with the stupid decision to backstab Shaheen,

Now he is on the same route with his white ball career by shamelessly returning to the T20 side and totally unsettling a good team gelling together under Hesson!!
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your Fav Naqvi is the boss and Agha is captain

how can a player bring himself back?

If he is dragging team down , then sack naqvi who brought him back
 
If he fails this series, will they drop him again? And, if they do then who will be held accountable for his selection?
 
Optimistically speaking Good attempt to take a difficult catch and good intent with bat without wasting balls :)
 
Babar Azam registered his eighth duck in T20Is, equaling Afridi’s record and placing third on the list of most international ducks in the format.

Most Ducks for Pakistan in T20I Cricket:

Umar Akmal: 10
Saim Ayub: 9
Babar Azam: 8
Shahid Afridi: 8
Kamran Akmal: 7
Mohammad Hafeez: 7
 
Devadwal said:
Agenda brigades ( You also part of it) is working extra time to hide behind babar knowing other 10 favourite players has been exposed. :klopp
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I criticized Saim for his slow batting in the PP. Don't understand why do you get hurt whenever I criticize Babar!
 
I can bet these tullas like usman,hassanetc cant get even into kashmirs ranji team.
I can atleast 10-15 batters in local cricket who are better than this garbage
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Most Ducks for Pakistan in T20I Cricket:

Umar Akmal: 10
Saim Ayub: 9
Babar Azam: 8
Shahid Afridi: 8
Kamran Akmal: 7
Mohammad Hafeez: 7
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Matches are as follow:
Umar 84
Saim 47 LOL
Babar 129
Afridi 98

The worst so far has been Saim.. He was out for another duck but the fielder dropped an easy peasy catch.
 
11 off 18 balls when the rest of the team batted at a SR of 162 🤣👏

Babar fans and shills have been a good hiding again by their cult leader.
 
topspin said:
11 off 18 balls when the rest of the team batted at a SR of 162 🤣👏

Babar fans and shills have been a good hiding again by their cult leader.
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I didn't know that Pakistan needed a certain NRR to get to the finals tomorrow. Clear lack of cricketing knowledge.

Explains the state of the team. Kids don't know about cricket anymore. You play according to the situation.
 
salman24 said:
I didn't know that Pakistan needed a certain NRR to get to the finals tomorrow. Clear lack of cricketing knowledge.

Explains the state of the team. Kids don't know about cricket anymore. You play according to the situation.
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No, you’re the one missing the point. Since 2022, he hasn’t been good enough to earn a place in Pakistan’s T20 side.

The fact that he’s struggling to score even at a run-a-ball rate against a weakened South African bowling attack—while his teammates are scoring freely—says everything.

His strike rate today perfectly reflects his actual ability. Sorry to break it to you, but your response actually exposes your reading of the game.
 
The Bald Eagle said:
Babar Azam overtakes Rohit Sharma as highest run scorer in T20I format
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Babar’s run tally gives a misleading impression of his quality since nearly all of his runs have come from feasting on minnow and B/C bowling attacks in meaningless bilaterals. What’s ironic is that, even with those easier runs, his strike rate still falls short compared to others on this list
 
Unfair to Babar to call him v2.0.

He didn’t do anything different to get back into the team. He just sat out some games. Chilled with family and friends and waited for the selectors to call him back.

He’s the same Babar that was dropped. Expecting anything different from him is pointless
 
topspin said:
Babar’s run tally gives a misleading impression of his quality since nearly all of his runs have come from feasting on minnow and B/C bowling attacks in meaningless bilaterals. What’s ironic is that, even with those easier runs, his strike rate still falls short compared to others on this list
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Highest run scorer in 2021 T20i WC across all nations.
Match winning 50 in a SF in Australia against NZ
Highest run getter for Pakistan in WC 2024

So stop undermining the highest run getter of the format.
 
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topspin said:
11 off 18 balls when the rest of the team batted at a SR of 162 🤣👏

Babar fans and shills have been a good hiding again by their cult leader.
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That is more than the RR needed. So yeah, a job well done.
 
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Whether you like it or not.... Babar's name is at the top in t20 batter's list... You cannot ignore this fact... Make all excuses that he scored like this he did this bla bla... But reality is, Pakistan has not seen a better batter than him in last decade...

Babar's current form is under dirt, true, but he made that record after years of hard work... Cannot ignore that
 
Such a gracious knock by Babar. No one else would dare play at under run a ball on home ground chasing small total against weakened attack. He made sure Saim got chance to get back in form and get 50. Imagine if Hasan Nawaz or even Muhammad Nawaz was sent one down they would have played selfish knocks scoring at 150 Sr and not letting Saim get his 50 even.

Thank you to King Babar.

Now job done, we can rest him for 3rd t20 just in case we have to score 200 or something.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Babar Azam registered his eighth duck in T20Is, equaling Afridi’s record and placing third on the list of most international ducks in the format.

Most Ducks for Pakistan in T20I Cricket:

Umar Akmal: 10
Saim Ayub: 9
Babar Azam: 8
Shahid Afridi: 8
Kamran Akmal: 7
Mohammad Hafeez: 7
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Saim registered another duck today , he is already equal umar Akmal record of most ducks in T20I cricket for pakistan. :kp
 
YousafTheBeast said:
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KING BABAHHH, with a match winning knock. Well played King.
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I know it hurts you on the inside so you resort to crass humor to hide your pain. The King is back. The all time top scorer in T20I. Your hero Rohit was dethroned. Tulla Harris and 120 SR Fakhar were sent back. Usman and tulla Agha will soon be kicked out and Rizwan will be back. Babar served humble pie to his haters today.
 
@heddie19 @BouncerGuy @Ahmed216 @Raja Ishtiaq @TheSultan @charlie007 @gazza619 @Mamoon @YousafTheBeast @RedwoodOriginal @Farabi @Nikhil_cric

King is back and is at the top of the table! Pure slap in the face of the doubters. Team which was struggling to win vs BD in the Asia Cup suddenly looks much better with a reliable Babar at 3 instead of tulla Talat and Harris. Just need tulla Agha to go with Usman and we are good. Glory days will be back soon. This is the most optimistic I have felt about our cricket all year.

We need to make a concentrated effort to highlight stats and put pressure on tulla Agha and Usman Khan. I have circulated stats and numbers on social media and engaged various well followed accounts, urge all Pakistan fans to do the same. Let us do it for the boys in green.
 
Pakistan has fragile batting line up which can collapse anytime . Babar is needed at number 3 especially going into WC . Babar at 3 is perfect . Not a fan of babar but he is the best number 3 .
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
I know it hurts you on the inside so you resort to crass humor to hide your pain. The King is back. The all time top scorer in T20I. Your hero Rohit was dethroned. Tulla Harris and 120 SR Fakhar were sent back. Usman and tulla Agha will soon be kicked out and Rizwan will be back. Babar served humble pie to his haters today.
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A well deserved comeback. Now we need Rizwan back in the team, it doesn't matter what position he bats. He is the best wicket keeper batter in Pakistan across all formats.
 
He did well in this series.

It seems like the little break (away from the team) has been beneficial for him.

He looked much sharper compared to 1 year ago.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
@heddie19 @BouncerGuy @Ahmed216 @Raja Ishtiaq @TheSultan @charlie007 @gazza619 @Mamoon @YousafTheBeast @RedwoodOriginal @Farabi @Nikhil_cric

King is back and is at the top of the table! Pure slap in the face of the doubters. Team which was struggling to win vs BD in the Asia Cup suddenly looks much better with a reliable Babar at 3 instead of tulla Talat and Harris. Just need tulla Agha to go with Usman and we are good. Glory days will be back soon. This is the most optimistic I have felt about our cricket all year.

We need to make a concentrated effort to highlight stats and put pressure on tulla Agha and Usman Khan. I have circulated stats and numbers on social media and engaged various well followed accounts, urge all Pakistan fans to do the same. Let us do it for the boys in green.
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Babar has shown why he should be in the team... It was a low-scoring chase but if he was not there, this batting would have collapsed... we were already 6 down when the game finished.

Babar looked quite good with his shot selection and was playing shots on merit.
 
This should provide him the momentum he needed to make a comeback.

Honestly, seeing the state of Pak t20 cricket, they can benefit from Babars 40 ball 55.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
This should provide him the momentum he needed to make a comeback.

Honestly, seeing the state of Pak t20 cricket, they can benefit from Babars 40 ball 55.
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Scores and SR are always good or bad depending on pitch and match conditions.
India would have loved a 40 ball fifty in the second T20 vs Australia. It's also a 41-ball fifty that helped you win the asia cup final and it was a tremendous knock (at least I rated it quite highly) when those who hit 20-balls fifties where already seating back in the pavillion.
 
Babar Azam speaking during the post-match chats with Salman Ali Agha:

“The plan was simple — I had discussed it with Sahibzada Farhan. We aimed to take it till around 40–45 runs, because you know, due to the dew factor, the ball starts coming on nicely and the field opens up. That gives you options to find runs, even against fast bowlers. In the middle, there was a patch where we struggled a bit against spin because the ball was gripping. So, when Salman Ali Agha came in, our plan was to see it off. If it came into our range, we’d take the chance. After that, it was all about backing my shots, backing myself — and Alhamdulillah, today it worked.”

“Fans, team, all of us — were waiting for an innings like this. I personally was waiting for it too. The key was backing yourself, keeping your training hard. Expectations were high — from the team, from the people — and I wasn’t quite delivering. But I kept working hard, kept backing myself, spent time at the crease. My belief was that if I spent time out there, InshaAllah, things would improve.”

“I stayed positive throughout. There are moments when everything seems to be going well, but sometimes things just don’t fall into place. But Alhamdulillah, Allah was kind today.”


Salman Ali Agha Said:

“I also want to tell people — we’re always around him, whether it’s Tests, ODIs, or T20s — and his work ethic stands out. When you’re not performing, you feel a bit down, like “it’s not happening,” despite trying again and again. But his work ethic is exceptional. What stands out to me is how he always shows up for practice, does his drills, fields, everything. That’s what makes a good player — and someone like him, a great player. These are the traits that build greatness. And in big games, you need big players — and none other than Babar Azam delivers in big moments. So I’m very happy. You all must be happy too. We’re all happy. Babar, well done, very well done.”
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
@heddie19 @BouncerGuy @Ahmed216 @Raja Ishtiaq @TheSultan @charlie007 @gazza619 @Mamoon @YousafTheBeast @RedwoodOriginal @Farabi @Nikhil_cric

King is back and is at the top of the table! Pure slap in the face of the doubters. Team which was struggling to win vs BD in the Asia Cup suddenly looks much better with a reliable Babar at 3 instead of tulla Talat and Harris. Just need tulla Agha to go with Usman and we are good. Glory days will be back soon. This is the most optimistic I have felt about our cricket all year.

We need to make a concentrated effort to highlight stats and put pressure on tulla Agha and Usman Khan. I have circulated stats and numbers on social media and engaged various well followed accounts, urge all Pakistan fans to do the same. Let us do it for the boys in green.
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Lol this is your moment - I’ll let you enjoy it.
 
Mobashir said:
Scores and SR are always good or bad depending on pitch and match conditions.
India would have loved a 40 ball fifty in the second T20 vs Australia. It's also a 41-ball fifty that helped you win the asia cup final and it was a tremendous knock (at least I rated it quite highly) when those who hit 20-balls fifties where already seating back in the pavillion.
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I didn’t say it in a taunting manner.
Pakistan genuinely requires Azams 40 ball 55.

Even Rizwan should make a comeback and replace Agha.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Babar feeling confident... Should not mess it up now.
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And this is why he will always be a minnow/ timid player. I mean you score a 50 after I dont know how many failures, and even a 50 at HOME vs an average attack at best and look at his reaction.

Nothing will change, come the big games, come the real genuine world class player he will fail as usual.
 
Decent innings but feel like Pakistan is just back to square one.

Babar fans have now something to cheer for as their beloved is back into form.

Babar detractors will still have the point that he was always scoring big against B,C and weaker team with average strike rate and this is more of the same.

So nothing has been decided one way or the other. Let's see if this 2.0 Babar has an extra hear to prove his detractors wrong.
 
Pakistan fans are happy to lose against Bangladesh but if Babar scores against SA albeit their B/C attack they start crying. Many of these bowlers also played against India. It's as if Babar has not scored runs against Rabada or Mahraj.
 
Asif321 said:
Pakistan has fragile batting line up which can collapse anytime . Babar is needed at number 3 especially going into WC . Babar at 3 is perfect . Not a fan of babar but he is the best number 3 .
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Best XI would have,

1. Fakhar
2. Saim
3. Babar
4. Hasan
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
I know it hurts you on the inside so you resort to crass humor to hide your pain. The King is back. The all time top scorer in T20I. Your hero Rohit was dethroned. Tulla Harris and 120 SR Fakhar were sent back. Usman and tulla Agha will soon be kicked out and Rizwan will be back. Babar served humble pie to his haters today.
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Dethroned where? Lol. Rohit has won two T20 World Cups, while your heroes couldn’t even win an Asia Cup.
 
RyanRyan10 said:
I congratulated you on your fav Pak player performing well and still you mocked me. Your mind is filled with negativity.
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I also congratulations you for winning the yet another series under your favourite but useless captain Agha. But your mind is filled with negative.

:kp
 
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