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2025 Babar Azam's performances

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^^ So far not a great start. That's an 11 avg in tests atm
 
Rana said:
Australian system behind him

Straya babay!
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This year in BBL, Babar azam 100% registered his name. He went unsold. But these guys and frauds made a nonsense story on how they turned it down because they wanted to focus on playing test for the pride of their country which is total nonsense.
 
What now for Babar Azam , so big a player that selectors want him to open and play one down.

So dependable he is that selectors in a puzzle whether to play him opener or as one down.

Hopefully Fakhar and Saud will share the load with him
 
Basil Ali predicts Babar Azam's excuse if he fails to score in Champions Trophy:
"Babar's place in the team will remain unaffected, irrespective of his performance in the Champions Trophy. I hope Babar performs. If he performs, he will say I played for Pakistan. If he doesn't perform, he will say I was forcefully made to open," Basit Ali said on his YouTube channel. :ROFLMAO:
 
Kianig89 said:
What now for Babar Azam , so big a player that selectors want him to open and play one down.

So dependable he is that selectors in a puzzle whether to play him opener or as one down.

Hopefully Fakhar and Saud will share the load with him
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It’s such a tough decision between Babar opening or Saud opening (and letting Babar bat at 3). If either fail at opening, you just know it’s going to be flooded with comments Babar should have opened instead or Saud should have opened instead 🤣.

It really is a coin flip decision. Either one there are merits with opening with them.
 
ads101 said:
It’s such a tough decision between Babar opening or Saud opening (and letting Babar bat at 3). If either fail at opening, you just know it’s going to be flooded with comments Babar should have opened instead or Saud should have opened instead 🤣.

It really is a coin flip decision. Either one there are merits with opening with them.
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The simple solution is not to fail.
 
Ideally Babar should bat at 3, because with Saim fit and Fakhar back , the opening issue is solved for the time being , therefore Babar should stick to his actual position at 3.
 
Cover Drive Six said:
Basil Ali predicts Babar Azam's excuse if he fails to score in Champions Trophy:
"Babar's place in the team will remain unaffected, irrespective of his performance in the Champions Trophy. I hope Babar performs. If he performs, he will say I played for Pakistan. If he doesn't perform, he will say I was forcefully made to open," Basit Ali said on his YouTube channel. :ROFLMAO:
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Aah jee definitely mujhe open karne ko force kiya gaya tha
 
I have issues with Babar Azam 100%. The only valid argument is that their aren't any replacements for him.

Saim and fakhar can only dislodge Babar from opening and his replacements such as saud, KG, usman khan just aren't good enough at no 3 in odi.

However Babar is a pretty selfish batsmen and his career is going down the drain.

His avg in t20 has fallen from 49 to 39, in odi from 61 to 55, in tests from 49 to 42. At this rate he'll be a below 40 avg test batsmen, a 35 avg with 120 sr t20 batsmen and a below 50 avg odi batsmen.

On current form, Rizwan, Agha, Fakhar, Saim are better batters then him, however KG, Saud and Usman are not so he can't be dislodged atm. But if Pakistan manages to find someone and babar continues performing like this, then he'll be seen as someone who's blocking a pathway for a more talented youngster
 
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We made two mistakes. But easy to say in hindsight and wouldn’t have been an issue without Saim injury. We dropped imam for Abdullah. Which was the wrong decision given Abdullah went on to fail and was shaky in all formats. Abdullah actually should be our backup opener. But he’s in such bad form he’s not really an option. Thus imam isn’t even the backup opener anymore, he’s just someone out of the squad thus difficult to bring back. But this was difficult to tell at the time, and I didn’t mind it either. Abdullah’s decline has been really disappointing, I hope he gets his form back. And tbh while imam has individual merits, the fakhar imam partnership is underwhelming,they just don’t bat together well.

Saud should never have been dropped. He was getting starts and throwing it away. Whether he’d turn out a good ODI player or not was unresolved. We were just desperate to fit in KG given his immediate test success. If Saud fails again we’ll probably go back to kg again. It’s like a revolving door. Instead we should have stuck with one player before giving the next a proper go. Now neither even if they play have a defined position.

Without those two mistakes, Babar probably never would have been moved from the no.3 position in the first place. In an ideal world you don’t really move him from there, even out of form, it’s a tournament and he is our experienced no.3. I don’t mind him playing opening or no.3 because of the situation. I’d probably go back to no.3 now, though before I did have hopes opening.
 
Babar Azam becomes the joint-fastest to 6000 ODI runs
 
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During a live interaction with fans on his YouTube channel, AB de Villiers:

"Babar Azam is in good form; he just needs to keep doing what he's doing. He’s the fastest to 6,000 runs alongside Hashim Amla, so he must be doing something right."

"We all know he has lost a bit of form in Test cricket over the past few seasons, and the added pressure of captaincy has played on his mind."

"For him, it’s about maintaining his rhythm and focusing on getting the job done. It’s another big tournament, and now that the pressure of captaincy is gone, he can let Rizwan handle that burden and support him, especially with the bat."

"Just focus on scoring runs. That’s the same advice I give to my son when he’s frustrated about not making a team or not batting where he wants. My message to Babar is simple: keep scoring runs."
 
Most centuries in ODIs since 2020:

9 - Shai Hope (61 Inns)
8 - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (46 Inns)
8 - Babar Azam (51 Inns)
7 - Fakhar Zaman (38 Inns)
7 - Quinton de Kock (40 Inns)
7 - Shubman Gill (48 Inns)
7 - Virat Kohli (52 Inns)
 
FearlessRoar said:
Most centuries in ODIs since 2020:

9 - Shai Hope (61 Inns)
8 - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (46 Inns)
8 - Babar Azam (51 Inns)
7 - Fakhar Zaman (38 Inns)
7 - Quinton de Kock (40 Inns)
7 - Shubman Gill (48 Inns)
7 - Virat Kohli (52 Inns)
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Who cares about all thos meaningless runs/stats in meaningless Jamodis. I remember 1 century which was big and important, that was in 2019!

He is a nothing player.
0 impact.
 
What a fine career Babar is having! Hope this is the confidence booster he needs to turn it around. :babar
 
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Babar is Due a big inning and this champions trophy should be the stage he should better be scoring some runs otherwise Pakistan should move on from him. I think he has been given enough time.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Babar is Due a big inning and this champions trophy should be the stage he should better be scoring some runs otherwise Pakistan should move on from him. I think he has been given enough time.
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He isn't due a big innings, he's due to match winning one which he hasn't been able to achieve since 2019.
 
A 50 off 81 balls while chasing 321

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FearlessRoar said:
A 50 off 81 balls while chasing 321

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Slowest fifties for Babar Azam in ODIs

86 balls vs NZ in Karachi, 2023
84 balls vs NED in Rotterdam, 2022
84 balls vs SL in Sharjah, 2017
82 balls vs SL in Abu Dhabi, 2017
81 balls vs NZ in Karachi, 2025
 
He should just go to zimbabwe and play for them and help them win against Uganda, Kenya etc.
By playing for Zimbabwe he will not feel hurt on chants of Zimbabar
 
I want to bash him but he is the best we have and that tells you alot about our batting stock. Who is better than him - only saim ayub who just started to come good.

We need to find better modern day batters once we are able to find proper attacking modern day batters he will be replaced.

Saim Ayub is the only batsmen i can think of and he is deservingly getting special treatment from pcb.
 
aukhan said:
I want to bash him but he is the best we have and that tells you alot about our batting stock. Who is better than him - only saim ayub who just started to come good.

We need to find better modern day batters once we are able to find proper attacking modern day batters he will be replaced.

Saim Ayub is the only batsmen i can think of and he is deservingly getting special treatment from pcb.
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No he is not the best we have thats delusional stuff.
 
He is playing extremely selfish cricket and it’s losing Pakistan games.

As a supposed top batter, he should be good enough to realize where he is going wrong.
 
On a good team, he would get dropped as an example.

Your average means nothing when you're selfish and put yourself first.
 
Statpadder loser getting absolutely exposed for the loser he is. This stat padding culture is so deeply rooted within the culture, its the identity of Pakistan that no matter what your international experience is like, no matter how many runs & centuries you've scored, no matter how secure your spot is, the default setting is to statpad.

Good to see Babar get a meaningless 50 that won't be remembered and if it's remembered, it will be with complete disdain. The audacity he had to tuk tug along with other batters got out trying to up the run rate he/Saud/Rizwan completely tanked was absolutely wild.
 
As someone who supports Babar (Only in ODI & Tests) his innings today was just awful. I have been hoping & praying that he will soon come good but there is something not right the past 2-3 years. It's time Pakistan team management drop him for atleast a year and ONLY bring him back to Test side if he smashes tons of runs in domestic.
 
If this continues for the rest of the tournament, he's going to get dropped from ODIs. It's already happened in tests and it's inevitable that he'll also get dropped from white ball cricket as well.

Babar is by far the most overrated cricketer of all-time.
 
topspin said:
If this continues for the rest of the tournament, he's going to get dropped from ODIs. It's already happened in tests and it's inevitable that he'll also get dropped from white ball cricket as well.

Babar is by far the most overrated cricketer of all-time.
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His association with Rizwan has destroyed his career. He and his fans just don’t realise it.
 
There are three significant milestones which Babar Azam can achieve in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025:

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Rana said:
His association with Rizwan has destroyed his career. He and his fans just don’t realise it.
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Misbah and him. Up until the 2019 World Cup, his career was in the ascendency. It all changed after this tournament when Misbah took over as "Head Coach" and partnered him up with Rizwan.
 
Golu-momin said:
I had trust on babar “King kar lega” and he played one of the atg innings where ball was turning square,seaming and swinging and wickets were tumbling from othet end one of the best odi innings definitely top 3 of all time
@heddie19 @W63L35 andi am delighted for king and for @mominsaigol @Rana @Devadwal its facepalm for you king did it again.
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I am not delighted for Babar..... all I am saying is:

If we criticize Babar for today's innings - then let's not forget how miserably other 4 batsmen failed.
 
psyoptica said:
Is this a serious comment? Did you even watch the match?
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What were rest of the batsmen doing?
Babar clearly outscored them in runs and SR and tailenders only got lucky because the game was already lost.
Babar was playing the utter dumb limitation of the batting caliber of Pakistan's batting.
No one questioning Saud Shakeel and Rizwan for their SR which will be panned even in Tests.
Fakhar was injured and just wasted balls adding to much pressure.
 
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People will never stop blaming babar for every loss. He outscored your batting lineup once again. Khushdil matched him in the game so you should have an idea now how bad the batters were.
 
Aang_The_last_airbender said:
What were rest of the batsmen doing?
Babar clearly outscored them in runs and SR and tailenders only got lucky because the game was already lost.
Babar was playing the utter dumb limitation of the batting caliber of Pakistan's batting.
No one questioning Saud Shakeel and Rizwan for their SR which will be panned even in Tests.
Fakhar was injured and just wasted balls adding to much pressure.
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Sadly this is exactly why Babar bats the way he does. Let others hit out because they take all the risk. If it comes off, you look good cause you "anchored" them to a win. If it doesn't come off you end up with the most runs anyway letting others take the blame.

This mindset needs to be rooted out of the team culture ASAP.

For example, why did Saud even bother playing an attacking shot when he got out? Should have just kept tapping it around like his partner Babar and put up 50 in 90-100 balls.
 
BouncerGuy said:
People will never stop blaming babar for every loss. He outscored your batting lineup once again. Khushdil matched him in the game so you should have an idea now how bad the batters were.
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It is absolutely fair to blame babar. How long has been playing cricket for. He’s un droppable at this point despite his series of bad performances.
If he wants to enjoy the stardom, he also has to take criticizm. It’s not about today’s match only. This has been going on forever. Why can’t he just accept he has limitations and work to improve his game? You don’t deserve to be called a world class player when you can’t win your team matches. I have been watching cricket for 27+ years and don’t know a single player who reached such heights of stardom with so little to show for.
 
kingusama92 said:
Sadly this is exactly why Babar bats the way he does. Let others hit out because they take all the risk. If it comes off, you look good cause you "anchored" them to a win. If it doesn't come off you end up with the most runs anyway letting others take the blame.

This mindset needs to be rooted out of the team culture ASAP.

For example, why did Saud even bother playing an attacking shot when he got out? Should have just kept tapping it around like his partner Babar and put up 50 in 90-100 balls.
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Noobs don't understand that every team needs atleast one anchor if the entire batting line is not full on steroids like the English or Indian batting line up.
The loss margin is just 60 because Babar provided the platform for tailenders to just tonk on like crazy else the team would have folded at 170 and bye bye to chance at semis.
 
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