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[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."
 
We've been saying this for years. He'll be 31 in April, he should be peaking now. How much longer does he need?
He will be 31 in October not April. Do you get the ages from where you get your cricketing acumen?
 
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.
 
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.
I would have said the same. I don't value something no one else values.

And come here , let me give you a reality check.

CT '17 - Had an avg of above 50 - won the torunament
WC '19 - 4 50's and a 100. Highest run scored by any Pakistani in the history of CWC. He did that at an avg of 68.
T20 WC '21 - Leading run scorer across all the teams - 303 runs in 6 matches. avg above 50
T20 WC '22 - Very bad tournament but a match-winning inning in the SF
WC '23 - Not upto his standards but was still able to score 4 50s in 9 matches
WC '24 - Again, leading run scorer for your team
 
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I would have said the same. I don't value something no one else values.

And come here , let me give you a reality check.

CT '17 - Had an avg of above 50 - won the torunament
WC '19 - 4 50's and a 100. Highest run scored by any Pakistani in the history of CWC. He did that at an avg of 68.
T20 WC '21 - Leading run scorer across all the teams - 303 runs in 6 matches. avg above 50
T20 WC '22 - Very bad tournament but a match-winning inning in the SF
WC '23 - Not upto his standards but was still able to score 4 50s in 9 matches
WC '24 - Again, leading run scorer for your team

  1. An average of 44 isn’t averaging over 50, at least get your facts right.
  2. His highest score in those 5 games in the CT was 46, his average was inflated because he had 2 Not Outs, take those away and he averages around 26.
  3. Lost us the SF with his almost run a ball 39 vs Aus. When he got out, Pakistan were 71-1 after 10 overs.
  4. 2022 SF wasn’t a match winning innings, when he got out Pakistan still required 50 runs to win. Hun and Rizwan were about to pull the same stunt as the SF in 2021.
  5. At the peak of his career, he wasn’t even our best batsman in 2023 WC, what kind of king is that?
  6. The 2024 WT20 where Babar averaged 40 with a strike rate of 100, yes 100. 100 in T20’s. 1.0.0.
Look at how his career dipped, from being the leading run scorer in tournaments to now seeing his fans do bhangra when he scores more than his teammates.

I’ll end it with this, I was just like you too, a Babar fan. But, he’s not the same player he was back in 2019.
 
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  1. An average of 44 isn’t averaging over 50, at least get your facts right.
  2. His highest score in those 5 games in the CT was 46, his average was inflated because he had 2 Not Outs, take those away and he averages around 26.
  3. Lost us the SF with his almost run a ball 39 vs Aus. When he got out, Pakistan were 71-1 after 10 overs.
  4. 2022 SF wasn’t a match winning innings, when he got out Pakistan still required 50 runs to win. Hun and Rizwan were about to pull the same stunt as the SF in 2021.
  5. At the peak of his career, he wasn’t even our best batsman in 2023 WC, what kind of king is that?
  6. The 2024 WT20 where Babar averaged 40 with a strike rate of 100, yes 100. 100 in T20’s. 1.0.0.
Look at how his career dipped, from being the leading run scorer in tournaments to now seeing his fans do bhangra when he scores more than his teammates.

I’ll end it with this, I was just like you too, a Babar fan. But, he’s not the same player he was back in 2019.
His career graph might be going down atm but he is still your best batter. You need to back him.
 
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I would have said the same. I don't value something no one else values.

And come here, let me give you a reality check.

CT '17 - Had an avg of above 50 - won the torunament
WC '19 - 4 50's and a 100. Highest run scored by any Pakistani in the history of CWC. He did that at an avg of 68.
T20 WC '21 - Leading run scorer across all the teams - 303 runs in 6 matches. avg above 50
T20 WC '22 - Very bad tournament but a match-winning inning in the SF
WC '23 - Not upto his standards but was still able to score 4 50s in 9 matches
WC '24 - Again, leading run scorer for your team
1) Wrong, His avg is 44 and he didn't win us the tournament by any means.

We got thrashed by India in the first game,

SA was a lucky drs win since pakistan were 5 down chasing a steep target with a fragile tail cause king called it quits.

Sri Lanka game was another where he vanished and both sarfi and Amir had to bat out their skins including luck with multiple missed run outs and 2 drop catches for pakistan to sneak through.

England game was won due to terrific bowling restricting England to a below par total and fakhar sealing the game followed by fakhar scoring 100 in a final and Amir sealing the deal.

Amir, Fakhar and Sarfi(sri lanka game) won it. Babar soft scored and infact the media press before 2019 outright bashed him for essentially soft scoring in ct.

2) WC 2019 was a good performances by him but you're skewing reality. The other batters played in a one ball era where the 3 best batters of that era pointing, Lara and Sachin avg 40, 42 and 45. Compare to the 2 new ball era where mental midget like Rahul and shai hope can avg 49 and 50 lol.

In this era high scoring and being a higher run getter is easier. Warner top scored in 2019 more then any aussie in history but that doesn't mean he's a better batsmen then Ricky Pointing.

His best performance in 2019 were all accumulative scores with haris sohail having to bat out of his skin for Babar to accumulate his 100 vs NZ.

3) None of that matters, He's an opener in t20, in t20 world cups openers typically get more runs. Tamim iqbal was the highest run getter in 2016 that doesnt mean he was the best batter of the tournament.

Besides India game which is babar's best t20 innings, His slow scores resulted in 2 fluke performances by asif chasing down 24 of 12 and 25 of 12 respectively to help us beat NZ and Afg.

Followed by the fact he left pakistan at 70-1 in 10 overs vs aus. The whole tournament he relied on fakhar and Asif to do the heavy lifting. Eventually those fluke knocks weren't gonna work.

4) Lol no, horrible tournament, where he got a chance due to his catch being dropped on 1 followed by the fact that middle order needed to still chase 50 in 5 overs to win after king departed.

5) Congratulations the opener who gets the most overs to bat is the highest run scorer when he strikes at 100, gets booted out by usa, Doesn't even come forward to play a super over cause hes a coward and his only completion was rizwan who is even more rubbish striking at 90.

What a player.
 
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Babar was defended just like Kohli was defended because of his lean patch that is still continuing. Babar is also going through similar according to many people but the thing is, Babar is looking like a tail-ender atm.

He is not working on his problem I think.

He might do fine job and ODIs and he has been the top batter in that format but his form in t20s and especially in tests has been poor. It cannot be defended
 
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.
Are you kidding? Pakistan takes everything seriously.

India in 2018 took their entire B string to face Pakistan in an asia cup, Similarly they rested the likes of bumrah against Nepal while Pakistan played full strength against Nepal, and not only did they play full strength, the curators and babar were shown deliberately curating the pindi pitch to avoid Lamichane spin from troubling them.

They not only take it seriously but Pakistan tampered their home pitches during the 2023 asia cup.

India gets alot of flack for being a cheater nation and I agree. They tampered pitches in 2023 and have had their medicore players inflate their stats in home test series.

However Pakistan is no different, the only difference is that Pakistan doesn't have as much power as India does over icc events but this nation

A) cheated againat England in test,

B) cheated against Nepal, and srinlanka and still lost to lanka in Asia cup

C) They cheated vs wi and got owned.

D) Ramiz raja even cheated to inflate babar's stats in tests by curating phattas and have Pakistan go for draws until England put Pakistan in their place.

Atleast when india cheats, they win unless they play Australia in which case it's 50-50.

When Pakistan cheats they still get owned. Sharam kar kei doob maro.
 
Are you kidding? Pakistan takes everything seriously.

Literally this.

Pakistan is the only team that takes every game, including meaningless bilaterals seriously.

To claim otherwise is being dishonest and another example of poor cricketing acumen, which is to be expected from those who still hold unrealistic expectations of their king.

Pakistan always plays its full strength side in Asia Cups. It’s actually India, who don’t take it seriously.
 
Literally this.

Pakistan is the only team that takes every game, including meaningless bilaterals seriously.

To claim otherwise is being dishonest and another example of poor cricketing acumen, which is to be expected from those who still hold unrealistic expectations of their king.

Pakistan always plays its full strength side in Asia Cups. It’s actually India, who don’t take it seriously.
What’s this Heddy claiming? Pakistan never took games seriously in the past 5 years were Rizwan, Babar and Shaheen played EVERY match against EVERY type of opponent?
 
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Babar Azam's contributions to Pakistan in matches won are at another level, he averages 18 runs more than the second one!

His batting partner Imam-ul-Haq sits at number 2 on this list too.

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Babar Azam lost his phone just days before the ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Social media reacts to Babar Azam losing mobile phone​


Pakistan cricket star Babar Azam has lost his mobile phone, creating a stir among fans and raising security concerns just days before the ICC Champions Trophy. The top-ranked batsman took to X to inform his followers about the unfortunate incident, expressing frustration over the loss.

In his tweet, Azam revealed that his phone had either been lost or stolen, along with all of his contact numbers. He urged fans to disregard any suspicious messages they might receive from his number and reassured them that he would reconnect once he is able to retrieve his phone and contacts.

The news quickly caught the attention of his fans, who expressed concern for the star cricketer and wished for the safe return of his phone. Many offered their support, while others took a more light-hearted approach to the situation.

One user, Nawaz, humorously speculated, "Dekho kisi journalist ne uthya ho ga [Perhaps a journalist stole his phone]," while another sarcastically referenced Azam’s recent struggles in cricket, saying, “Lost No. 4 position in TESTs, lost No. 3 position in ODIs, lost opening in T20I. Now lost mobile. Stay strong Babar bhai.”

On a more supportive note, user Kashif Farid encouraged Azam to focus on his batting, writing, “No worries king, just focus on your batting, Pakistan needs you.” Abdur, another supporter, offered words of comfort, saying, “This too shall pass, Stay strong.”

Source: The Express Tribune
 

Social media reacts to Babar Azam losing mobile phone​


Pakistan cricket star Babar Azam has lost his mobile phone, creating a stir among fans and raising security concerns just days before the ICC Champions Trophy. The top-ranked batsman took to X to inform his followers about the unfortunate incident, expressing frustration over the loss.

In his tweet, Azam revealed that his phone had either been lost or stolen, along with all of his contact numbers. He urged fans to disregard any suspicious messages they might receive from his number and reassured them that he would reconnect once he is able to retrieve his phone and contacts.

The news quickly caught the attention of his fans, who expressed concern for the star cricketer and wished for the safe return of his phone. Many offered their support, while others took a more light-hearted approach to the situation.

One user, Nawaz, humorously speculated, "Dekho kisi journalist ne uthya ho ga [Perhaps a journalist stole his phone]," while another sarcastically referenced Azam’s recent struggles in cricket, saying, “Lost No. 4 position in TESTs, lost No. 3 position in ODIs, lost opening in T20I. Now lost mobile. Stay strong Babar bhai.”

On a more supportive note, user Kashif Farid encouraged Azam to focus on his batting, writing, “No worries king, just focus on your batting, Pakistan needs you.” Abdur, another supporter, offered words of comfort, saying, “This too shall pass, Stay strong.”

Source: The Express Tribune
@RizwanT20Champ what else will he lose 🫥
 
King is rich enough to fund Head and Cummins. Sit down.
He's poorer then both of them lol. The ampunt head made in IPL draft is more then what even babar asked for in the hundred draft and yet it was denied to him.
 
Tbh, Bobsy got us all there!

Good one Bobsy! You got us there just like you did in making us believe you are a world class T20 opener on par with Guptil and Jason Roy!
Maybe he should now try to find his lost form back instead of his lost phone.
 
So was it a publicity or AD stunt all along?
Tbh, Bobsy got us all there!

Good one Bobsy! You got us there just like you did in making us believe you are a world class T20 opener on par with Guptil and Jason Roy!
100% a publicity stunt. Him losing his phone doesn't even make any sense?

95% of adults in today's world, Keep their phones in their pockets, and check their messages atleast 10 to 15x a day, and at night charge it.

You gotta be a complete dofus to just lose your phone like that, especially if you're a celebrity.
 
Babar Azam said in a video posted by PCB:

"We have got a series before the Champions Trophy. It’s a tri-nation series, and it will be very helpful. Playing matches before a big tournament always gives you a boost, and you carry that forward into major tournaments. We are preparing in a way that we can take as many positive things as possible from this series into the Champions Trophy. Positive things in all three departments—batting, bowling, and fielding. The more positively we play, the better it is for us."

"Klaasen, in my opinion, is a game-changer. When he stands there, it feels like he can change the game. So, you can call him a game-changer."

"He [Kane Williamson] is very special for me because he is one of my idols. Whenever I sit with him and talk, I get to learn a lot. He has experience, he is a humble person, and anytime you ask him anything, he explains it very well."

"The message for fans is always the same—come and support your players, support the Pakistan team, support cricket. Such a big event is coming up, I think."
 
Babar Azam has shown no real effort to evolve his game. He continues with the same one-dimensional batting approach, avoiding risks even when the situation demands it. Yet his fans glorify him as if he's the savior of their cricket. In reality he's more focused on personal milestones and struggles to deliver match-winning performances for his country.
 
Babar Azam has shown no real effort to evolve his game. He continues with the same one-dimensional batting approach, avoiding risks even when the situation demands it. Yet his fans glorify him as if he's the savior of their cricket. In reality he's more focused on personal milestones and struggles to deliver match-winning performances for his country.

Babar fans left the stadium when he got bowled out for 64 off 90 in the opener of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 against New Zealand.

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Every commy had a go at him today shows how pathetic his innings was .
 
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