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[PICTURES/VIDEOS] What now for Babar Azam?

Once Saim and Fakhar are back, Babar will be okay.
He is a good support batsman and cannot win a game on his own. There is no need to remove him from the Odi team.
Rizwan is also better than any other options and has actually performed better than Babar
 
Babar Azam speaking during the official press conference before the start of the PSL 10:

“I speak up where it's necessary, but I’m not the kind of person who will sit here, like others, and talk in front of the media about what should be done. When there’s something that needs to be said, I say it directly to the concerned people behind closed doors. For me, that’s the right way to handle things. If you’re referring to matters related to PCB, management, or anything else, I won’t come here and make a public spectacle or create a fuss on social media about what should be done. It’s not my job."
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
If true I will lose respect for Babar. He needs to do what the team demands.
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Bro I even made a thread here to sincerely support Babar at number 3. I know it’s his best position and I know it will make him useful in T20s.
 
Umar Akmal speaking during a TV show:

“He was the captain of the Pakistan team for five years. Now that he's facing a tough time, as Pakistanis, we should support him. It’s not like we should just strip him of the captaincy or remove him from the team. This is the right time to support him.”

“As a player, there’s no doubt that he is currently one of Pakistan’s best players. His batting average is over 50, and he has maintained a top ranking. Whether it's ODIs, T20s, or Test matches, he has proven his ability. He should think about his situation and realize that if people want to take away his captaincy, that is up to the franchise—it’s neither his nor my decision.”

“He has captained for five years, and if he hasn’t won titles, then why did the PCB appoint him? Every two years, the T20 World Cup happens; every four years, the 50-over World Cup takes place. After two years, it should be clear whether someone is fit to be captain or not. If he wasn’t suitable, then PCB should have replaced him earlier—so why did they let him stay for five years?”

“Even now, in the PSL, this is his fourth time as captain. If the franchise didn’t believe in his leadership, they wouldn’t have kept him. Normally, it doesn’t take more than a year to recognize if someone can lead a team. So, the franchise must have faith in him, otherwise, they wouldn’t have kept him for so long.”

“First-class cricket is the toughest environment for captaincy. If a player has led a first-class team, they are likely to become a good captain. Babar led the U-19 team, but he didn’t captain in first-class cricket until after he started playing for Pakistan. Ideally, PCB should have asked him to play first-class cricket and be the captain there first. That way, both he and Pakistan cricket could have benefited. But that didn’t happen.”

“Some people are saying he should be dropped from the team completely. Everyone has their own views, and they are entitled to like or dislike a player. However, using harsh words and saying "drop him from the team" isn’t fair. He has been Pakistan’s number one player for four to five years, raising the country’s name on the global stage. So, how can you just decide to remove him from the franchise and PSL?”

“PSL is a brand, and right now, he is one of the key figures keeping the league relevant. There are three or four major players who define PSL's reputation. If you remove him, where would PSL stand? PSL is already facing financial losses.”
 
Former Pakistan legend Zaheer Abbas has a big piece of advice for Babar Azam, shared in a recent media interaction:

“I get the sense that he either has an ego problem or is too shy to ask his senior players for advice to help him through his current slump. I clearly remember how former Indian batter Azharuddin came to me for guidance during India’s tour to Pakistan in 1989-90. He was struggling to score runs, and I suggested he adjust his batting grip. The change helped him regain his form,”

“I’ve observed that Babar’s dismissals have been a result of him rushing into his shots, which clearly indicates he’s struggling to find the time to settle in the middle.”
 
zarak said:
why do people say that. he does not look terrible. Tom Cadmore looks in worse shape.
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Go to the match thread and you'll find the following comment:

Bobby looks 3 months pregnant :ba
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Just because he doesn't look as bad as Azam Khan, that does not excuse him for looking so badly out of shape.
 
is he now going to come at number 3 and take Haris spot to hide from the new ball
 
Won't be long before Javed Afridi kicks Babar out realizing he isn't worth the investment
 
In an interview, Amir also had words of support and advice for Babar Azam, calling him "Pakistan’s best cricketer without a doubt," while acknowledging the star batter's current struggles. He said:

"Babar Azam is Pakistan’s best cricketer, no doubt about that. Right now, he is going through a bad patch, and it has been a bit too long. Every player faces a rough phase at some point. Once Babar gets through this, I am sure he will start scoring big runs again,"

I have noticed that Babar is arriving a little late to the ball. Because of that, he is struggling with his shot selection. He needs to work on his footwork to get back to his best."
 
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Big big game tomorrow for PZ and Babar in particular, it's becoming desperate and his reputation is at stake now. He must stand up now against a jaded LQ
 
Whatever maybe the outcome in PSL and internationals, I sincerely pray to the celestial powers that Babar stays away from the dross and cesspit that is BPL
 
Lol and this was suppossed to be a vital PSL for Babar and Rizwan to convince the PCB to keep them in the T-20 team. So much for that
 
BouncerGuy said:
One of the greatest knocks of his career... Babar Azam in 2019 against New Zealand. The World Cup, where he broke Miandad's record for most runs in a single edition by a Pakistani player.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1938133338830627079
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Back when he was actually a good odi player.

Just look at him in 2019? Perfect body, perfect fitness, perfect attitude.

Not the best talent in the world but you can tell he's hungry for runs.

Abh dekho 🤦🏻
 
mominsaigol said:
Back when he was actually a good odi player.

Just look at him in 2019? Perfect body, perfect fitness, perfect attitude.

Not the best talent in the world but you can tell he's hungry for runs.

Abh dekho 🤦🏻
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Yes, this was before Misbah brought in his SNGPL influence and planted his own puppet Rizwan Shah Pahlavi
 
Rana said:
Yes, this was before Misbah brought in his SNGPL influence and planted his own puppet Rizwan Shah Pahlavi
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Rizwan is more responsible then Misbah for ruining Babar.

Mickey Arthur's vision for Babar was to turn him into an all format no 3 batsmen in both test, odi and t20. He stated this and during his reign he ensured Babar would bat at 3.

Misbah's vision was to give Babar the easiest position instead. Opening in t20, No 3 in odi and no 4 in test is the easiest position to bat in. This is fine, but pairing him with rizwan was an issue.

The more you interact with someone, the more they influence with you. Babar interacting with fakhar, Haris sohail, Sarfaraz, Mickey is bastly different from interacting with Misbah and rizwan who bring forth a cultural shift.

Finally Ramiz Raja put a nail in the coffin. When you baby someone so much that their stats look good, the player himself will get lazy as shown via fitness and will forget how to play difficult bowling.
 
The reason why people hate Babar is because of Rizwan and Misbah.

Unlike these 2 Babar is a gun talent. Yes he was always overrated as hes nowhere near the likes of Kohli, but he could have easily been in the same league as Joe root in both odi and test cricket.

By root I'm referring to classic Root and not current. Root after 2021 had a test resurgence and became an atg. His whole career he only mustered 17 test centuries at a below 50 avg, but in the last 4 years he's been avg 53-55 with 19 centuries, more then any other test batter in 4 years including Steve Smith

However classic root is still solid in test cricket.

Even if people accused him as a minnow basher, not every tom dick and Harry can just score 3 back to back centuries on 2 seprate occasions.

Sides have freqently held 3 match series against the likes of zimb, Ireland, Bangladesh, Wi in the past including SA and everyone's favourite ab de villers. Yet none of them achieved it on 2 seprate occasions.

Scoring 19 odi centuries is still a solid feat in this era. His nz 100 while I have critiqued it, is a solid reminder that Babar could have been a good test cricketer as no one can deny his insane temperament that he displayed in that innings.

Logically Babar should have gotten 22-25 centuries by now as he has played against weak teams in the past 2 years. Theirs no reason why he couldnt have scored a century vs Sri lanka and NED in the world cup and atleast scored one vs Australia, Nz and SA in the odi series previously CT 2025.

Rizwan, Ramiz and Misbah 110% ruined Babar both physically and Mentally however Misbah fans just aren't willing to accept this fact.

They believe its all conspiracy, and that Rizwan + Misbah have been the greatest influence on Babar Azam. If they were the greatest influence on Babar, then our t20 and odi team wouldnt have tanked.

It got so bad, that pcb had no choice but to kick Misbah and hire temporary foreign coaches for 2021 as it would have a clown show. But then they hired Ramiz 🤡.
 
mominsaigol said:
The reason why people hate Babar is because of Rizwan and Misbah.

Unlike these 2 Babar is a gun talent. Yes he was always overrated as hes nowhere near the likes of Kohli, but he could have easily been in the same league as Joe root in both odi and test cricket.

By root I'm referring to classic Root and not current. Root after 2021 had a test resurgence and became an atg. His whole career he only mustered 17 test centuries at a below 50 avg, but in the last 4 years he's been avg 53-55 with 19 centuries, more then any other test batter in 4 years including Steve Smith

However classic root is still solid in test cricket.

Even if people accused him as a minnow basher, not every tom dick and Harry can just score 3 back to back centuries on 2 seprate occasions.

Sides have freqently held 3 match series against the likes of zimb, Ireland, Bangladesh, Wi in the past including SA and everyone's favourite ab de villers. Yet none of them achieved it on 2 seprate occasions.

Scoring 19 odi centuries is still a solid feat in this era. His nz 100 while I have critiqued it, is a solid reminder that Babar could have been a good test cricketer as no one can deny his insane temperament that he displayed in that innings.

Logically Babar should have gotten 22-25 centuries by now as he has played against weak teams in the past 2 years. Theirs no reason why he couldnt have scored a century vs Sri lanka and NED in the world cup and atleast scored one vs Australia, Nz and SA in the odi series previously CT 2025.

Rizwan, Ramiz and Misbah 110% ruined Babar both physically and Mentally however Misbah fans just aren't willing to accept this fact.

They believe its all conspiracy, and that Rizwan + Misbah have been the greatest influence on Babar Azam. If they were the greatest influence on Babar, then our t20 and odi team wouldnt have tanked.

It got so bad, that pcb had no choice but to kick Misbah and hire temporary foreign coaches for 2021 as it would have a clown show. But then they hired Ramiz 🤡.
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Mickey arthur had best influence on babar. When babar came to the side he had to bat at 6 and i saw him playing malinga beautifully. I knew he is a great talent. Last 3 or 4 Years have been below par for him and i just feel he came 5 to 10 years late when odis are at lowest point
Had he played the classic odi era of kohli sanga dhawan he would ve had a much better career. Teams used to play 15 to 20 odis every year with 5 match series being very common. People usually tend to attach rizwan with babar and misbah with younis, i have respect for both rizwan and misbah for their roles, but the fact is they aren't at the level of younis and babar.
Younis is best test batter and babar is best odi batter that i have seen bat live from pakistan.
 
Hyder said:
Mickey arthur had best influence on babar. When babar came to the side he had to bat at 6 and i saw him playing malinga beautifully. I knew he is a great talent. Last 3 or 4 Years have been below par for him and i just feel he came 5 to 10 years late when odis are at lowest point
Had he played the classic odi era of kohli sanga dhawan he would ve had a much better career. Teams used to play 15 to 20 odis every year with 5 match series being very common. People usually tend to attach rizwan with babar and misbah with younis, i have respect for both rizwan and misbah for their roles, but the fact is they aren't at the level of younis and babar.
Younis is best test batter and babar is best odi batter that i have seen bat live from pakistan.
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He use to be a much better batter then both Williamson and Root in their primes. He was also > england batters except for Bairstow who was undergoing a freakish purple patch at the time and Butler.

Its just the likes of Morgan, vince, Roy, Stokes etc got home den tracks which is why they outperformed him but he would have schooled them if they played outside England, although Pakistan would still lose as its 7+ batters vs One babar.

He was defo below england batters like Hales, Roy in t20 though.

However currently he has fallen behind and Root in Odi is leagues > Babar atm.

In test cricket he was never anything special but their was no reason why someone like him couldnt have matched classic root in test and eventually reached that level. 47-49 avg with 17+ centuries and a decent performance overseas was achievable for him.

Everything went down the drain and its upsetting since the batters who was once compared to like Williamson, Root, Smith(Odi only) all edged past him.

Smith has a poorer record in odi and is the only one who didnt go past babar in odi but he will always be remembered for 2015 wc however yes, people will look at both careers and conclude babar was overall superior so.

Williamson and Root however will be remembered for being > Babar in odi unless he turns ut around since critics will just note that babar had a purple patch which ended while root despite being decent in odi and not atg or great, he still remained consistent from debut upto now
 
The upcoming WI tour needs to be Babar's last straw.

Its odi + its his favourite team to bash. No excuse not to = Saeed's odi century record
 
Babar Azam is currently the leading run-scorer of this decade among all international batters.

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Rana said:
Well, this is a flawed stat if Pakistan have been absolute crap with those two at the top.
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Never gonna give credit where due???

Babar is still the highest run scorer... fact here..

He is not suitable for a place in t20 but he is still at top scoring runs.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Never gonna give credit where due???

Babar is still the highest run scorer... fact here..

He is not suitable for a place in t20 but he is still at top scoring runs.
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This is what facts do to you 🤣🤣🤣🤣. It puts babar > Root 🫠😬
 
BouncerGuy said:
Never gonna give credit where due???

Babar is still the highest run scorer... fact here..

He is not suitable for a place in t20 but he is still at top scoring runs.
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If we start getting a list of who he scored these runs against considering numbers 3-5 in this list are legit batting legends…


It will be extremely embarrassing for Pakistan cricket. It will be on par with Indian/Isreali propaganda.

Let’s call a spade a spade. Not give undue credit for rubbish.
 
Rana said:
If we start getting a list of who he scored these runs against considering numbers 3-5 in this list are legit batting legends…


It will be extremely embarrassing for Pakistan cricket. It will be on par with Indian/Isreali propaganda.

Let’s call a spade a spade. Not give undue credit for rubbish.
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The list doesnt even account for no of innings played.

Babar 202 innings for 8992 runs, Root 6998 in 151 innings.

Less then 2000 run difference despite a gap of over 51 innings.
 
Enough is enough

No more of these stats from 2019-2024 which have destroyed Pakistan cricket!

“No.1 this, no.1 that!”

Enough!!! Wo hai, woh tha, wo Rahe ga….
 
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