[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Time for a reality check - Has Babar Azam been defended too much? Does he deserve more criticism?

Has Babar Azam been overprotected? Does he deserve more criticism?


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Babar's form is at an all time low so his criticism is at an all time high. I hope the haters are around to compliment when he gets back into form
It's not about the haters. I have been a big supporter of Babar and his batting methods, but the slump cannot be allowed to persist anymore.

Earlier, he used to crumble in pressure situations but hold his form solidly in easier conditions. Now he is not able to deliver at all. He's getting a free ride in the team on the basis of ''but Babar is Babar yaar'' - without any evidence to show he has improved his game against spin by even 10%.
 
So you're entire point of the 2 essays you wrote is to prove that I'm lying? Like seriously how petty can you be? I understand though, I've exposed your lies multiple times now so you just want to get back. No problem, but you're clutching at straws and really need to up your game. Word salads aren't helping.

IMO Babar will be our best all format batter when he hangs up his boots. If he wins us a WTC he will be a greater batter than many of our legends in tests. This line of reasoning is same to you claiming Sarfraz is better than Rizwan cause he won us an ICC tournament.

Again though, it's my opinion. Doesn't make it a lie
If he wins us a WTC he will be a greater batter than many of our legends in tests.

No he won't. Travis head won a wtc for his country but that doesn't mean he's a better test batter then hayden, gilly, Pointing and many others.

Again though, it's my opinion. Doesn't make it a lie

An opinion is different from being factually incorrect. Claiming things such as 2 + 22is 3 because It's my opinion doesnt make it an opinion.

Babar doesn't even avg 45 in tests, has a clown record in multiple countries, only 2 away centuries and his all time best innings is a medicore 196 in karachi which led to a draw.

YK has 10K+ test runs, 34 test centuries, a century in every country he's played in, His worst test record is in sa at avg 31 which is miles > Babar 25 avg in aus, and at the same age he was miles ahead of Babar in test despite playing 58 test games while Babar has now played 59.

Yousaf, Miandad, inzi follow a similar trajectory granted they are nowhere near Younis Khan in tests.

Winning a wtc doesn't qualify him to be > them by any means. If Shan scores a 100 and wins wtc all that'll entail is that it was his all time best innings but it wouldn't put him > younis. It's utterly madness to put a 30 avg batter > yk even if he hypothetically wins wtc.

This line of reasoning is same to you claiming Sarfraz is better than Rizwan cause he won us an ICC tournament.

No it isn't. No one compares sarfi to rizwan as batters, only as captains in which case Sarfraz is ahead atm in whiteball due to t20 dominance and one icc win. Rizwan is a better batsmen then Sarfaraz lol.

Your line of reasoning is as moronic as they come.

IMO Babar will be our best all format batter when he hangs up his boots

Thats misleading because the sample size is non existent. In the same way warner is AAustrali's best ever all format batsmen however his competition is only Travis head as the rest aren't all formats.

Pak legends never played t20 as it didn't exist and by the time it existed they weren't accustomed to the format in the same lara and Sachin couldn't adjust.

Far cry from batters being born into the format.

Fakhar zaman doesn't play tests, And Ahmed shehzad was God awful.

Babar's only completion on this list is Ahmed shehzad, rizwan and now saim ayub.

Claiming he's the best from a sample size of 4 when 2 of these players haven't even finished their careers is comical.

All format metrics only applies to international players like David Warner vs Kevin Pieterson, or chris gayle vs Virat kohli etc etc.

It doesn't apply incountry due to the horrifically small sample size.
 
This is bit sad for me as i always follow young talent in cricket with great interest and Babar really is the poster boy of Pakistan cricket in the last decade in that sense. Nobody can say Babar wasn’t good, we remember young Babar taking on Dale Steyn in South Africa, we remember him showing his class in Australia in 2019 in the Brisbane test when he made a great century, his 196 in Sri Lanka at Galle was a special knock too.

He’s just going through a patch where he seems shattered mentally. Very similar case to Virat Kohli. Both should go back to domestic cricket or play in county cricket. There is no shame in going back to FCs and working on your batting confidence and fine tuning your technique.

I hope he bounces back. He’s one of the best stroke players in test cricket without a doubt and whenever he smashes the next century it’s going to be a cracking one.
don’t believe this poster, He has habit of exaggerating things
 
Tanveer Ahmed continues to support Babar Azam while speaking on a local sports media outlet:

"We need pitches that allow all our batters to score runs. I’m not talking about Babar alone; I’m talking about all players. Make sure that the pitches are in favor of our batters."

"Before the Champions Trophy, there is a triangular series. I think Babar Azam should be given some time to play and get back to form."

"The captain and coach should back him. Everyone should back him and, for his sake, stay away from social media. Get rid of the pressure and focus on cricket. Every top player takes the pressure, but the key is handling it."
 
When he doesn't bat on these pitches, he becomes our highest run getter on South African pitches. :)

Pretty low standards for king, will there ever come a time where we can say -

‘Babar won us a game on his own?’

‘Babar won us the series’.

‘Babar won us the Asia cup’.

Or, does scoring after a 2 year drought exceed your expectations of Babar?
 
Pretty low standards for king, will there ever come a time where we can say -

‘Babar won us a game on his own?’

‘Babar won us the series’.

‘Babar won us the Asia cup’.

Or, does scoring after a 2 year drought exceed your expectations of Babar?
Why are you guys giving too much importance to the Asia cup? Pakistan never took it seriously that is why they only have 2. Only ICC tourneys matter. Regarding the rest, Babar has won us countless matches and many series.
 
Babar has been defended too much Yes

Babar deserves more criticism Yes.

Dont forget its the criticism which led Babar to resign from captaincy and the successor specially in Test cricket has done zilch. Also with the lack of talent in team Babar should have been persisted as Test skipper rather we went with a 35 year old mediocre player.

Since Babar is the biggest star in team therefore he is on radar if anything goes bad, fans expect more from him.
 
Why are you guys giving too much importance to the Asia cup? Pakistan never took it seriously that is why they only have 2. Only ICC tourneys matter. Regarding the rest, Babar has won us countless matches and many series.

You might not take it seriously but the players do. If Babar had won us that Asia cup where we lost to SL in the final you wouldn’t have said “only icc tourneys matter”.

Babar has had a 10 year career, played in like 7 icc tournaments and has had probably 2 good matches out of all of them.
 
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