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Should Babar Azam make Pakistan’s ICC T20 World Cup (2026) squad?

Should Babar Azam make Pakistan’s T20 World Cup (2026) squad?

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The debate over Babar Azam's place in Pakistan's T20 World Cup squad has been settled by the selectors, at least for now: he is in the provisional squad. His inclusion appears to be a direct result of his performance in the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL), where scoring two half-centuries for the Sydney Thunder reportedly convinced the selection panel of his current form and value. This decision comes amid significant team restructuring, marked by the notable exclusion of former captain Mohammad Rizwan. Head coach Mike Hesson will soon trim the preliminary 20-player list down to the final 15 for the tournament, which Pakistan will play entirely in Sri Lanka.

However, his selection is not without scrutiny when examining his recent T20 numbers. While his class is unquestionable, a look at his yearly statistics reveals a concerning dip in 2025. The table below highlights this trend:

Year T20 Runs Batting Average Strike Rate
2024 1,558 42.10 132.9
2025 587 30.89 121.0
Career (T20I) 4,429 39.54 128.5

This data shows a decline in both his consistency (average) and his scoring tempo (strike rate) in the year leading up to the World Cup. The selectors are likely betting that his proven pedigree and the return to form shown in the BBL will override these figures. His role will be crucial in providing stability at the top of the order, especially as the team integrates new faces like potential wicketkeeper Usman Khan and manages the fitness of spearhead Shaheen Afridi.
 
No. He is finished in this format and there is no statistical data that justifies his place in the team anymore. Before it was just the strike-rate issue; now he can't score runs either. What purpose does it serve Pakistan selecting someone who can neither score runs, nor maintain a decent strike-rate?
 
Yes please, will ensure the cornered tiger avatar of PCT continues to be in deep freeze.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
No. He is finished in this format and there is no statistical data that justifies his place in the team anymore. Before it was just the strike-rate issue; now he can't score runs either. What purpose does it serve Pakistan selecting someone who can neither score runs, nor maintain a decent strike-rate?
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It’s especially true in the position he currently bats. He’s in the middle of a career threatening slump, and a World Cup is no place to rediscover your mojo. Ironically Babar’s best self in itself wouldn’t be enough to fulfill the requirements of a no. 3 in modern t20 cricket. It would be irresponsible to pick him at this time. Hopefully one of the other lads fully embeds their case at no.3

The more relevant conversation is re: Hassan Nawaz
 
No he shouldn't play. nafay or haasan nawaz at 3 maybe.
But neither should fakhar play in the WC he is more awful than even bobzy the brand
 
There is no harm in keeping him in the squad but he shouldn't be in the initial playing XI. Maybe to cover an injured player or in a particular situation/conditions.
 
He should not be in the squad for the world up squad along with few others but reality is all these ttfs will be selected when we were humiliated in the last world cup there was an opportunity for us to develop a team with new blood but we continued with musical chairs I can see another humiliation coming this world cup.
 
When 112 strike rate player can become captian then surely 128 strike rate player deserves a place in the team. :kp
 
hassan918 said:
There is no harm in keeping him in the squad but he shouldn't be in the initial playing XI. Maybe to cover an injured player or in a particular situation/conditions.
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No HARM...Let's call back AMIR as well after his 100th retirement...I mean what's the harm - just demoralize the candidates who are HOPING to be part of 15...that is all :)

You do know that his troubles get even worse when facing spinners, right? IN SL, you want ham as a back-up?
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Babar has to make the squad no question about it. We need an experienced hand who can guide us in a 160 chase against Bhumrah or Cummins. All these tullas smashing UAE or Oman or Lanka second 11 will fail against them. Even Indian fans such as @Bhaag Viru Bhaag and @Nikhil_cric know the importance of Babar. Pity our own fans do not.
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Yeah babar presence increases indias chances of winning so Indians want him in the squad
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Babar has to make the squad no question about it. We need an experienced hand who can guide us in a 160 chase against Bhumrah or Cummins. All these tullas smashing UAE or Oman or Lanka second 11 will fail against them. Even Indian fans such as @Bhaag Viru Bhaag and @Nikhil_cric know the importance of Babar. Pity our own fans do not.
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Babar's game has regressed considerably and it's time even his fans admitted this. Most quality fast-bowlers in the world manage to find the edge of his bat, or his front pad fairly early these days. On top of that he bats like a gutless coward. So even if the pitch is flat he will spend time trying to get his eye in. It's truly saddening to see how far a player we had such high hopes for has fallen.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Babar has to make the squad no question about it. We need an experienced hand who can guide us in a 160 chase against Bhumrah or Cummins. All these tullas smashing UAE or Oman or Lanka second 11 will fail against them. Even Indian fans such as @Bhaag Viru Bhaag and @Nikhil_cric know the importance of Babar. Pity our own fans do not.
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He doesn't last till Bumrah, Hardik gets him first ..evil Hardik :mv
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Babar has to make the squad no question about it. We need an experienced hand who can guide us in a 160 chase against Bhumrah or Cummins. All these tullas smashing UAE or Oman or Lanka second 11 will fail against them. Even Indian fans such as @Bhaag Viru Bhaag and @Nikhil_cric know the importance of Babar. Pity our own fans do not.
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Phull sappot. Need a stable lineup of Babar, Agha, Rizwan, Haseebullah and bring Saud Shakeel in as well.
 
Drop him,

Let Saim and Farhan open.
Khwaja or Maaz (whoever is the better one)
Keep Rizwan as 2 down.
Salman Agha 3 down.
Fakhar
Shadab / Faheem
Nawaz
Abrar/Muqeem
Shaheen
Mirza/Abbas Afridi

Squad Hassan Nawaz, Usman
 
Babar is deservedly playing the world Cup without any doubt.
 
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No need. If he slots into current lineup it can only be if agha is injured. Else they will need to drop Fakhar Zaman, who on his day can win a game even if nothing doing other games. Babar at his peak will play sedate innings and we have accumulator already.
 
He is in the middle of a big slump. It is sad to see..sure he wasn't an amazing T20 player before but he was solid and consistent with the occasional big knock. His century against England was a very good knock. You can say B C team or whatever but it was against a set of bowlers who get into any t20 franchise league in the world.

At the time, it looked like he could do more but was deliberately restraining himself. Now he just can't bat and looks scratchy.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
He is in the middle of a big slump. It is sad to see..sure he wasn't an amazing T20 player before but he was solid and consistent with the occasional big knock. His century against England was a very good knock. You can say B C team or whatever but it was against a set of bowlers who get into any t20 franchise league in the world.

At the time, it looked like he could do more but was deliberately restraining himself. Now he just can't bat and looks scratchy.
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Captaincy worsened his form.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
He is in the middle of a big slump. It is sad to see..sure he wasn't an amazing T20 player before but he was solid and consistent with the occasional big knock. His century against England was a very good knock. You can say B C team or whatever but it was against a set of bowlers who get into any t20 franchise league in the world.

At the time, it looked like he could do more but was deliberately restraining himself. Now he just can't bat and looks scratchy.
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The Babar that played the innings against India in 2021 WT20 is not the same Babar now.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
He is in the middle of a big slump. It is sad to see..sure he wasn't an amazing T20 player before but he was solid and consistent with the occasional big knock. His century against England was a very good knock. You can say B C team or whatever but it was against a set of bowlers who get into any t20 franchise league in the world.

At the time, it looked like he could do more but was deliberately restraining himself. Now he just can't bat and looks scratchy.
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This is what is actually shocking. The transition

2021 good player, but come on push yourself

2022 ok you’re playing some good innings on paper, but this is stat padding

2023 - ok, you’re a sneaky stat padder

2024 - you seem to be out of form

2025/26 - you can’t bat
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Phull sappot. Need a stable lineup of Babar, Agha, Rizwan, Haseebullah and bring Saud Shakeel in as well.
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Not sure if this is sarcastic but Tulla Agha, Haseebullah should be nowhere near the side. Saud Shakeel could work if given chances. He won't be better than losers like Mo Harris, Azam Khan in any case.
 
TheSultan said:
This is what is actually shocking. The transition

2021 good player, but come on push yourself

2022 ok you’re playing some good innings on paper, but this is stat padding

2023 - ok, you’re a sneaky stat padder

2024 - you seem to be out of form

2025/26 - you can’t bat
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Can't bat but still won us the series vs SL recently performing in the decider. When a depleted SL is smashed by Farhan we do bhangra for his 130 SR.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Babar's game has regressed considerably and it's time even his fans admitted this. Most quality fast-bowlers in the world manage to find the edge of his bat, or his front pad fairly early these days. On top of that he bats like a gutless coward. So even if the pitch is flat he will spend time trying to get his eye in. It's truly saddening to see how far a player we had such high hopes for has fallen.
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He just won us a series vs SL on his comeback. Besides, Babar's game even regressed is better than even Farhan at his peak. Farhan in his so called golden form struck at 115 or something in the Asia Cup and we were doing bhangra because of 2 chikkay. Babar strikes match winning 50s in Aus at 125 and suddenly all hell breaks loose over his SR...that is the standard King has set for himself. There will be a concentrated social media campaign in the coming days leading to the WC highlighting everything Babar has done. I urge each and every Pak fan here to be a part of this.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
He just won us a series vs SL on his comeback. Besides, Babar's game even regressed is better than even Farhan at his peak. Farhan in his so called golden form struck at 115 or something in the Asia Cup and we were doing bhangra because of 2 chikkay. Babar strikes match winning 50s in Aus at 125 and suddenly all hell breaks loose over his SR...that is the standard King has set for himself. There will be a concentrated social media campaign in the coming days leading to the WC highlighting everything Babar has done. I urge each and every Pak fan here to be a part of this.
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No need to misrepresent facts. Farhan has two half centuries against India in three matches. Babar has one in five and even that one came four years ago when he was a completely different batsman. So it's a little more than "2 chikkay."

Since last year, Farhan has averaged 31.6 at a SR of 134 with 8 half-centuries. In the last year, Babar has averaged 34.3 at a SR of 114 with two half centuries. His highest score of 74 came against Zimbabwe.

Farhan may not be the second coming of Chris Gayle but looking at the state of this side, he is probably the best batsman in the team right now based on form. Babar on the other hand is playing purely on reputation, and because of the failure of others, because everyone knows that he hasn't played a decent or impactful knock in this format in years. Before he used to bat at a SR of 128-130, now he struggles to even crack 120. One wonders what his numbers last year would even look like if it wasn't for that 74 against his favorite team Zimbabwe.

These are all facts that everyone can see, unless ofcourse they are so caught up in their fandom for Babar that they care more about Babar, rather than what's best for the team.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
No need to misrepresent facts. Farhan has two half centuries against India in three matches. Babar has one in five and even that one came four years ago when he was a completely different batsman. So it's a little more than "2 chikkay."

Since last year, Farhan has averaged 31.6 at a SR of 134 with 8 half-centuries. In the last year, Babar has averaged 34.3 at a SR of 114 with two half centuries. His highest score of 74 came against Zimbabwe.

Farhan may not be the second coming of Chris Gayle but looking at the state of this side, he is probably the best batsman in the team right now based on form. Babar on the other hand is playing purely on reputation, and because of the failure of others, because everyone knows that he hasn't played a decent or impactful knock in this format in years. Before he used to bat at a SR of 128-130, now he struggles to even crack 120. One wonders what his numbers last year would even look like if it wasn't for that 74 against his favorite team Zimbabwe.

These are all facts that everyone can see, unless ofcourse they are so caught up in their fandom for Babar that they care more about Babar, rather than what's best for the team.
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Facts?

Farhan played 3 games vs India in Asia Cup

155 runs @ SR 122.04

So maybe you should stop misrepresenting facts. He tuk tuked vs India and got away with it because of 2 chikkay.
Funny you mention Babar's SR of 114. Do you know what Farhan struck at in the Asia Cup where he supposedly GOATed? No?

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So please don't talk to me about facts. Farhan's career SR where he strikes at 140+ by opposition:

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka

End of list....


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Opposition where he strikes at 130+

Zimbabwe


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Don't accuse me wrongly of spreading propaganda next time when you are selective in your facts.

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TheSultan said:
This is what is actually shocking. The transition

2021 good player, but come on push yourself

2022 ok you’re playing some good innings on paper, but this is stat padding

2023 - ok, you’re a sneaky stat padder

2024 - you seem to be out of form

2025/26 - you can’t bat
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2022 onwards, no Hafeez or Malik to do the middle order clean up.

Pakistan continued to slide downhill. Babar and Rizwan didn’t step up. This is why the statpadding was torturous and detrimental to Pakistan’s cause.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Facts?

Farhan played 3 games vs India in Asia Cup

155 runs @ SR 122.04

So maybe you should stop misrepresenting facts. He tuk tuked vs India and got away with it because of 2 chikkay.
Funny you mention Babar's SR of 114. Do you know what Farhan struck at in the Asia Cup where he supposedly GOATed? No?

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So please don't talk to me about facts. Farhan's career SR where he strikes at 140+ by opposition:

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka

End of list....


Want more?

Opposition where he strikes at 130+

Zimbabwe


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Don't accuse me wrongly of spreading propaganda next time when you are selective in your facts.

@TheSultan @YousafTheBeast @gazza619 @Raja Ishtiaq @BouncerGuy @salman24
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I guess irony must be dead because the very thing that you are doing right now is being selective with facts by cherry picking Farhan's numbers.

I made a very specific comparison - Babar's performance since 2025 vs. Farhan's performance since 2025, since we are judging them both on their recent form because that's what actually matters if you are selecting someone for a tournament in one month.

And the funny thing is that even in this cherry-picked statistical breakdown, Farhan has a higher strike-rate than Babar's strike-rate last year (114).

Also, Farhan has played zero matches against Australia and New Zealand since returning to the side in 2025, so it's intellectually dishonest to include those numbers against those teams, whom he last played two years ago... long before he regained form in domestic cricket and PSL. The only top team that Farhan has played in the past year is India, against whom he has scored 50 more runs than Babar in two less innings, at only a slightly worse strike-rate. And we are talking about peak Babar here... not the broken down, Temu version of a T20 batsman we see now. Even at his best Babar never played a 150+ SR innings against India like Farhan did in the final.

And again, the point is not to say that Farhan is some great world-beater player, but to show how rubbish Babar has been. Farhan may have alot of flaws but atleast he possesses the ability to play high SR innings which Babar can only dream of at this point in his career. This propaganda may work for the Babar Army fan accounts you're trying to encourage, but no rational cricket fan who actually wants what's best for this team isn't buying any of it.

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Absolutely not. Babar is no longer a T20I cricketer for Pakistan, same with Rizwan. They should not be selected anymore.

Keep both in Test & Babar in ODIs.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Can't bat but still won us the series vs SL recently performing in the decider. When a depleted SL is smashed by Farhan we do bhangra for his 130 SR.
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He “won” the series did he? I’d love to get your definition of “winning a series”
 
Lets look at what roles are covered

The openers Farhan and Saim are locked in.

Fakhar and Agha will be used as spin disruptors in middle order. Fakhar indispensable because he is Pak's best counter against SLA and leg spin and Agha indispensable because captain.

Usman will take up a slot as keeper batter.

Nawaz and Faheem will both come in as allrounders in lower middle order.

Shaheen and Abrar are locked in as attack leaders respectively.

That leaves room for 2 more places. One batter and one bowler/allrounder.

I think Babar will come in at #3 and take up a slot. The final place will go to one of Shadab, Tariq, Salman Mirza depending on conditions, form and matchup
 
babar is not making things easy for himself atm... he has had just 2 good outings in bbl but apart from that, he has failed in other games.... Yeah, not easy for our batters to go and perform in Australia but Babar needs to do better job... Farhan also failed in BPL games that he played but TBH, farhan's place in the side is not the issue... There are other bigger issues in the side....

Fakhar, salman etc..
 
It's Babar vs Agha but the latter is captain.

Playing Babar and Agha will mean either dropping Fakhar or one of Shadab/Faheem. Is it worth it?

Need 2 front line pacers irrespective of conditions. So, the call will be dropping Faheem and fitting boosepumps at 3.

Saim, Farhan, Babar, Fakhar, Agha, Usman, Shadab, Nawaz, Abrar, Wasim, Mirza
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Facts?

Farhan played 3 games vs India in Asia Cup

155 runs @ SR 122.04

So maybe you should stop misrepresenting facts. He tuk tuked vs India and got away with it because of 2 chikkay.
Funny you mention Babar's SR of 114. Do you know what Farhan struck at in the Asia Cup where he supposedly GOATed? No?

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So please don't talk to me about facts. Farhan's career SR where he strikes at 140+ by opposition:

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka

End of list....


Want more?

Opposition where he strikes at 130+

Zimbabwe


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Don't accuse me wrongly of spreading propaganda next time when you are selective in your facts.

@TheSultan @YousafTheBeast @gazza619 @Raja Ishtiaq @BouncerGuy @salman24
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You want Farhan to strike against teams his team is not even playing against?
 
Energy said:
It's Babar vs Agha but the latter is captain.

Playing Babar and Agha will mean either dropping Fakhar or one of Shadab/Faheem. Is it worth it?

Need 2 front line pacers irrespective of conditions. So, the call will be dropping Faheem and fitting boosepumps at 3.

Saim, Farhan, Babar, Fakhar, Agha, Usman, Shadab, Nawaz, Abrar, Wasim, Mirza
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This is the issue with playing Babar, regardless of how garbage he is as a batsman right now.

He doesn’t find a place in this team and he ends up disrupting the balance of the side. If he plays, one of Fakhar or Usman has to be dropped or they have to play Faheem as a second seamer, which will suck.

With the return of Shadab, Babar cannot make this line-up and we will shoot ourselves in the foot disrupting our team for this match loser.
 
Babar like Rizwan are probably not the answer to Pakistan's T20 issues but the guys getting selected instead are hardly performing at a decent level either. There were some trying to praise players in the last game against Sri Lanka.... Pakistan lost?! There's no silver lining, no positives, no at least they gave it a go... the fact is they lost and they've been doing a lot of that recently by selecting players on hype and very limited performances.
 
Shaka81 said:
Babar like Rizwan are probably not the answer to Pakistan's T20 issues but the guys getting selected instead are hardly performing at a decent level either
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Oh look,

Where have we heard this before?
 
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Surely babar’s position in t20s is untenable now. To save face he should do the honorable thing and retire from this format. And yes you can add some dramabaazi and show some tears, play the victim or whatever, but just make sure you get it done
 
Shaka81 said:
Babar like Rizwan are probably not the answer to Pakistan's T20 issues but the guys getting selected instead are hardly performing at a decent level either. There were some trying to praise players in the last game against Sri Lanka.... Pakistan lost?! There's no silver lining, no positives, no at least they gave it a go... the fact is they lost and they've been doing a lot of that recently by selecting players on hype and very limited performances.
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Babar and Rizwan would have made a massive difference while chasing 161 in 12 overs. Let's see if you are smart enough to realize what that difference would be.

They are both garbage limited overs cricketers, end-of. Stop making excuses for them and kick them out for good.
 
There are several things that can be true at the same time

1. Pakistan will do averagely in the forthcoming T20 world cup, because they are an average team.
The presence (or absence) of Babar will not change that.
Pakistan are a bang average cricketing team.
2. In most major sides Babar would not get into the team, based on his recent performances.
3. He may well be better than younger alternatives, but they have a higher potential T20 ceiling and may have the possibility of changing the trajectory of Pakistan cricket in the future, Babar does not any more.

Might as well plan for the future -- Pakistan is going to disappoint in the World cup whoever gets picked.
 
Usman Chadda said:
Babar and Rizwan would have made a massive difference while chasing 161 in 12 overs. Let's see if you are smart enough to realize what that difference would be.

They are both garbage limited overs cricketers, end-of. Stop making excuses for them and kick them out for good.
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That's the point. It doesn't matter who Pakistan pick. It's just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic at this point. It's all fine and well saying that Rizwan and Babar need to be kicked out but the replacements need to have achieved something to deserve a chance. Hitting a couple of sixes in random T20 games should not be enough.
 
What batting Usman or Fakhar has contributed tbh? Just because they agree to play in the middle order, they get selected.
Energy said:
It's Babar vs Agha but the latter is captain.

Playing Babar and Agha will mean either dropping Fakhar or one of Shadab/Faheem. Is it worth it?

Need 2 front line pacers irrespective of conditions. So, the call will be dropping Faheem and fitting boosepumps at 3.

Saim, Farhan, Babar, Fakhar, Agha, Usman, Shadab, Nawaz, Abrar, Wasim, Mirza
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Babar is playing all the matches in this WC inshaAllah. His batting stats are better than almost every batter in the team. This thread should be closed for good.
 
heddie19 said:
Babar is playing all the matches in this WC inshaAllah. His batting stats are better than almost every batter in the team. This thread should be closed for good.
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I would not close the thread it IF I were to be a MOD, however definitely freeze it until after the WC.

Those, including me, who are against having Babar in the WC side, must confess Babar's greatness IF he performed well - being in the upper/middle order, SR over 120, average over 30 as a premier Pak bat; a very low standard if go by the premier world cricket standards. Even then, I will come here and confess that I was wrong.

On the flip side, IF Babar failed as usual as these days, Babar fans must acknowledge his demise and NEVER ask again for his T20 inclusion!
 
Rana said:
Umar Gul? shahid Afridi?

No they retired a long time ago 🤡
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I'll be more specific and make it easier for you. Will the highest T20I run scorer in the history of cricket be included?

Yes
 
salman24 said:
I'll be more specific and make it easier for you. Will the highest T20I run scorer in the history of cricket be included?

Yes
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Will he play?

We don’t know. It’s a liability and everyone knows it 🤡
 
heddie19 said:
Babar is playing all the matches in this WC inshaAllah. His batting stats are better than almost every batter in the team. This thread should be closed for good.
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He has won you nothing with the so called stats. But hey, if stats is what matters go ahead, other teams will go for the cup, you can go for stats.
 
Shaka81 said:
That's the point. It doesn't matter who Pakistan pick. It's just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic at this point. It's all fine and well saying that Rizwan and Babar need to be kicked out but the replacements need to have achieved something to deserve a chance. Hitting a couple of sixes in random T20 games should not be enough.
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What logic is this? How can replacement achieve the same as settled, experienced batsmen from day 1? What was kohlis numbers on his first england tour? Sachin didn't score a single ODI 100 for his first 78 innings.

Youngsters are selected based on potential, how can youngsters have achievements already? How can they be expected to succeed from first few tours itself?

You keep making this point but it makes zero sense. Youngsters everywhere are selected based on potential and hype. And then given time to perform.

You sound like someone asking for 15 years experience while hiring for an entry level job for youngsters.
 
Sachin fan said:
He has won you nothing with the so called stats. But hey, if stats is what matters go ahead, other teams will go for the cup, you can go for stats.
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Babar performed brilliantly when Pakistan defeated India in the World T20 2021, which is Pakistan's only win against India in the World Cup's history.

Total match in World Cups =16 , and 15 won by India.

:kp
 
Devadwal said:
Babar performed brilliantly when Pakistan defeated India in the World T20 2021, which is Pakistan's only win against India in the World Cup's history.

Total match in World Cups =16 , and 15 won by India.

:kp
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That's because target was 152 on a flat pitch. That's the only target he was capable of and even that was 4 years ago and he has lost form after that.
 
Sachin fan said:
That's because target was 152 on a flat pitch. That's the only target he was capable of and even that was 4 years ago and he has lost form after that.
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Do you know what is the highest score between India and Pakistan in World T20 history. Check it :kp
 
heddie19 said:
Babar is playing all the matches in this WC inshaAllah. His batting stats are better than almost every batter in the team. This thread should be closed for good.
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On a completely unrelated note, from what year is that Ian Bishop quote on your signature from? 2018?
 
Sachin fan said:
That's because target was 152 on a flat pitch. That's the only target he was capable of and even that was 4 years ago and he has lost form after that.
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More than form, he’s lost trust.

Besides, Pakistan still had a fair chance to chase 152 that day had Babar and Rizwan got out early or maybe after a 30-40 run partnership. Hafeez, Malik, Fakhar, Imad, Asif etc would have run down the total.

Everything went pear shaped for this lot when they didn’t have Malik and Hafeez security in the middle anymore. Iftikhar etc where just not it.

Even now Babar will produce a run a ball powerplay like he did 4-5 years ago when he wasn’t questioned. It’s not form, it’s just how he plays and how everyone has lost trust in that method.
 
Rana said:
More than form, he’s lost trust.

Besides, Pakistan still had a fair chance to chase 152 that day had Babar and Rizwan got out early or maybe after a 30-40 run partnership. Hafeez, Malik, Fakhar, Imad, Asif etc would have run down the total.

Everything went pear shaped for this lot when they didn’t have Malik and Hafeez security in the middle anymore. Iftikhar etc where just not it.

Even now Babar will produce a run a ball powerplay like he did 4-5 years ago when he wasn’t questioned. It’s not form, it’s just how he plays and how everyone has lost trust in that method.
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Problem is that new method has also produced 130 strike rate... Is this not an issue??

Fakhar playing at 4-5 is not an issue now??

YOur captain has 115 strike rate, this is not an issue??
 
Devadwal said:
Do you know what is the highest score between India and Pakistan in World T20 history. Check it :kp
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Yes it's 160. Because most of them were not on pancake pitches. In the 152 match, the second innings pitch was flat as a pancake.

Nice try though.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Problem is that new method has also produced 130 strike rate... Is this not an issue??

Fakhar playing at 4-5 is not an issue now??

YOur captain has 115 strike rate, this is not an issue??
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Why can’t you judge the players on their own? Why is it always whataboutery?

What are you so scared of? Judge babar as a player. Convince me he’s great or deserves a place in the team without mentioning another player. Tell me what he has done to improve? Tell me about any changes in approach or technique that justifies his place in the team.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Problem is that new method has also produced 130 strike rate... Is this not an issue??

Fakhar playing at 4-5 is not an issue now??

YOur captain has 115 strike rate, this is not an issue??
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Yes, it’s unfortunate that MY CAPTAIN has been batting with this rubbish approach for the past 5-6 years and is unwilling to change his ways!
 
TheSultan said:
Why can’t you judge the players on their own? Why is it always whataboutery?

What are you so scared of? Judge babar as a player. Convince me he’s great or deserves a place in the team without mentioning another player. Tell me what he has done to improve? Tell me about any changes in approach or technique that justifies his place in the team.
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Because here it is all whataboutery... all comparisons... look and understand
 
If management is honest then Babar doesn't make the team on merit. Specially now that Salman is going to be in the XI and batted superbly in the last game at no. 3 position.
 
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