[VIDEOS] Sydney Sixers land Babar Azam for the entire BBL|15 season as a pre-draft signing

[BunnyRabbit]

Those wickets in England were the flattest I had ever seen in ODIs

I am talking about Hasan Ali on the 2017 tour to Australia (ODIs)

 

[Rana]

Sydney Sixers have brought in Pakistan's star batter Babar Azam as a pre-draft signing for the upcoming BBL season. Azam has a message for his fans:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1933452785003241825

@Rana you may want to see this

Have you got more to show me?

 

[Rana]

Babar will enjoy the pace and bounce on offer and use his timing.

He really enjoyed it

 

[Rana]

Mike Hesson on probability of Babar Azam featuring for Sydney Sixers in BBL 2025-26

"A player like Babar has an opportunity to play in the BBL and show he’s improving in those areas in T20s.

"Those are things he's working really hard on.

"He's too good a player not to consider."

So, what now Mike?

 

[Rana]

Mark Waugh discussing it during the Test Match, Babar Azam has the best cover drive, so the hype is building up for Babar BBL stint @Rana

https://twitter.com/x/status/2013900661033681215

Why is it that everything you try in order to challenge goes horribly wrong for you?

 

[Rana]

The king has arrived.... People will now run a campaign against Sydney Sixers for this???? @Kianig89 ?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1998259206806544747

The King has left…..@Kianig89

https://twitter.com/x/status/2014202003497582616

 

[Rana]

Maybe you don't know that spitting on the sky is actually you spitting on your own face.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2012119150055825698

 

[DeadlyVenom]

is this official?

Seems like a deal has been done to save face for Babar.

He should have stayed and fought for his reputation.

 

[Rana]

First 50 in BBL for Babar azam... 131 strike rate....

Needed this badly Babar... He should be looking to improve more.

Beautiful trademark cover drive...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2002294393517027702

The cover drive is greater than the careers of Smith, Gillespie, Waugh, Stoinis and everyone who annoyed King during the season

 

[Human786]

The cover drive is greater than the careers of Smith, Gillespie, Waugh, Stoinis and everyone who annoyed King during the season

Bahut yaarana hai

 

[Kianig89]

The King has left…..@Kianig89

https://twitter.com/x/status/2014202003497582616

National duty , Hesson probably called him , you're needed at no. 3 , specialist anchor

 

[BouncerGuy]

CAN YOU GUYS TALK WITHOUT DIVERTING THE TOPIC TO ISLAMIC REFERENCES?

 

[hassan918]

It was certainly a season to forget for Babar Azam. Not sure if we see him playing in BBL in the future.

 

[Nasty Naz]

They were likely going to drop him for the next match and he came running back for camps to save face.

The tournament was a much needed reality check for Babar to show its not just outside noise, media, fans etc, but how he is viewed by other players, coaches etc around the world and its a stark reminder of his fall from grace. Babar can either continue to fade into irrelevancy or work hard, transform his game and come back better than ever. Be interesting to see which way it goes.

 

[Rana]

They were likely going to drop him for the next match and he came running back for camps to save face.

The tournament was a much needed reality check for Babar to show its not just outside noise, media, fans etc, but how he is viewed by other players, coaches etc around the world and its a stark reminder of his fall from grace. Babar can either continue to fade into irrelevancy or work hard, transform his game and come back better than ever. Be interesting to see which way it goes.

Australia captain Marsh
Conolly
Hardie
Dwarshius (sixers)
Phillipe (sixers)
Edwards (sixers)
Mitchell Owen
Beardman
Inglis


All involved in the finals/qualifier and none asked to leave to play T20i in Pakistan. All likely to be travelling on Monday

Farhan still in BPL, not asked to come back for some camp.

I think only @heddie19 genuinely believes Babar wasn’t to be dropped.

 

[Rana]

National duty , Hesson probably called him , you're needed at no. 3 , specialist anchor

Glenn McGrath called Babar Azam

He said Lee and Gillespie are waiting to be handled by him as well.

 

[Rana]

Sixers look absolutely fine without Zimbu

4-135 in 13 overs

 

[pakistani pride]

It was certainly a season to forget for Babar Azam. Not sure if we see him playing in BBL in the future.

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A season? He has been a disaster for years now.

 

[TheSultan]

Sixers look absolutely fine without Zimbu

4-135 in 13 overs

They’ve clocked up nearly 200. Now i know Babar “wasn’t dropped “ ahem…..but it seems like a blessing in disguise!

SS are so lucky the PCB were so keen to have Babar back, I’m surprised SS accepted it considering they got a guarantee that Babar was available for the whole tournament. This is really magnanimous of SS to not pursue any legal discourse on this

 

[pakistani pride]

They were likely going to drop him for the next match and he came running back for camps to save face.

The tournament was a much needed reality check for Babar to show its not just outside noise, media, fans etc, but how he is viewed by other players, coaches etc around the world and its a stark reminder of his fall from grace. Babar can either continue to fade into irrelevancy or work hard, transform his game and come back better than ever. Be interesting to see which way it goes.

Anyone with sense he has been a burden on the team for years and in no way deserves to be in the squad. In red ball he was always a passenger, never delivered in TEST cricket. In ODIs he is the King of JAMODIs. When it comes to T20s even in his so called prime (whatever that is) he always failed when it really mattered.

 

[Rana]

National duty , Hesson probably called him , you're needed at no. 3 , specialist anchor

Mark Waugh continues to focus on Babar Azam.

"Honestly, i don’t think he’d have been picked anyway. The whole thing feels strange with the camp just starting."

 

[RidiculousMan]

Sixers look absolutely fine without Zimbu

4-135 in 13 overs

Qualified for the Final!

Daniel Hughes who replaced Babar batted at 130 SR!