[VIDEOS] Imad Wasim taking dig after dig at Babar Azam

[BouncerGuy]

Imad Wasim while speaking on a local TV channel:

“At the world stage there is pressure but it is also the place where you prove your worth. I think the last time Babar performed in a big match was against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup, when he scored a century. But after that he is yet to win a big match for Pakistan. This is not criticism but a fact,”

“Being the number one batter in ODIs, it is Babar’s responsibility to win matches but questions will be raised if he doesn’t do that. He needs bat in accordance with the team’s requirement. He has the ability to dominate bowlers and this World Cup is the place to do that,”​

 

[adi_62941]

No 1 position does not mean that babar has to do everything. Its a team game, and everyone needs to contribute. We have players who are getting out cheaply after good 50runs milestone after securing their places for rest of the tournament. When you have such an attitude then you cant win matches

 

[mominsaigol]

Imad waseem is right

 

[lazy cricketer]

Imad Wasim while speaking on a local TV channel:

“At the world stage there is pressure but it is also the place where you prove your worth. I think the last time Babar performed in a big match was against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup, when he scored a century. But after that he is yet to win a big match for Pakistan. This is not criticism but a fact,”

“Being the number one batter in ODIs, it is Babar’s responsibility to win matches but questions will be raised if he doesn’t do that. He needs bat in accordance with the team’s requirement. He has the ability to dominate bowlers and this World Cup is the place to do that,”​

its not a dig but truth...he has just stated facts...when was the last time Babar scored big runs vs a top side let's exclude weak teams, b and c teams. we as a nation are hyping our players too much, thinking they are generational talents when there are simply not

 

[Rana]

Babar did everything in his power to empower undeserving players

The result: those players have found themselves whilst Babar himself is lost

 

[DeadlyVenom]

I think the Babar regime is coming to an end soon unless he scores 3 centuries in this WC.

He's had an iron grip on the side and every detractor has had to back down. It's been Babars way or the highway.

But now with his own performance suffering big time he doesnt have the same grip.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Imad Wasim while speaking on a local TV channel:

“At the world stage there is pressure but it is also the place where you prove your worth. I think the last time Babar performed in a big match was against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup, when he scored a century. But after that he is yet to win a big match for Pakistan. This is not criticism but a fact,”

“Being the number one batter in ODIs, it is Babar’s responsibility to win matches but questions will be raised if he doesn’t do that. He needs bat in accordance with the team’s requirement. He has the ability to dominate bowlers and this World Cup is the place to do that,”​

Fair comments from Imad.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Imad is right, Babar has gone missing in big tournaments and this has to change.

 

[emranabbas]

its not a dig but truth...he has just stated facts...when was the last time Babar scored big runs vs a top side let's exclude weak teams, b and c teams. we as a nation are hyping our players too much, thinking they are generational talents when there are simply not

Babar failed In t20 worldcup and has also been poor this worldcup

 

[emranabbas]

I think the Babar regime is coming to an end soon unless he scores 3 centuries in this WC.

He's had an iron grip on the side and every detractor has had to back down. It's been Babars way or the highway.

But now with his own performance suffering big time he doesnt have the same grip.

Should be a fair treatment just like how sarfaraz was sacked for poor worldcup Babar should get a sack too

 

[hitthestump]

I think the Babar regime is coming to an end soon unless he scores 3 centuries in this WC.

He's had an iron grip on the side and every detractor has had to back down. It's been Babars way or the highway.

But now with his own performance suffering big time he doesnt have the same grip.

Agreed.

I think the Asia Cup was when the wheels started coming off from his leadership.

The gruelling schedule, humiliating performances and dressing room infighting was a lot to handle.

Now Babar himself is out of form and the team looks largely unconvincing.

I don’t think we can continue with Babar after this tournament. It is someone else’s turn.

 

[TheSultan]

No 1 position does not mean that babar has to do everything. Its a team game, and everyone needs to contribute. We have players who are getting out cheaply after good 50runs milestone after securing their places for rest of the tournament. When you have such an attitude then you cant win matches

Can he do something at least considering it’s a “team game”. He’s done zilch all tournament.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

No 1 position does not mean that babar has to do everything. Its a team game, and everyone needs to contribute. We have players who are getting out cheaply after good 50runs milestone after securing their places for rest of the tournament. When you have such an attitude then you cant win matches

A team game where the captain goes missing in 9/10 big games.

“Players who are getting out cheaply after good 50 run milestone” - a perfect example of Babar Azam.

 

[adi_62941]

A team game where the captain goes missing in 9/10 big games.

“Players who are getting out cheaply after good 50 run milestone” - a perfect example of Babar Azam.

Not defending babar here but yes its not babar mistake if you are considering him legend player which he is not. Any player can have dip in form. He is a good player and will make come back soon

 

[Bewal Express]

Imad has every right to criticise Babar but he would have made no difference to anything that has gone on. The unpalatable fact is that we lack talent in all areas and its been pretty much the case for the last 20 years. And when we did have talent, we had the match fixers who destroyed the promise. Change the captain, the coach and all the players and it will not make any difference. PK as a country is a joke run by clowns, and the cricket team reflects this terrible era.

 

[Major]

I think the Babar regime is coming to an end soon unless he scores 3 centuries in this WC.

He's had an iron grip on the side and every detractor has had to back down. It's been Babars way or the highway.

But now with his own performance suffering big time he doesnt have the same grip.

The babar regime was flawed from day one. Misbah called it, hafeez called and than KK along with wasim akram called it.

The guy doesnt know how to make strategy. He is tendulkar level with captaincy, and it surprises me how he can bat well if he doesnt have game awareness for captaincy.

Issue is he is stipid and stubborn. He has burned bridges with his stubburness and wants to keep thr captaincy job either for the sake of title or because he wants to keep his spot.

Like if i know im bad at something and keep getting expose, i have to resign from that spot.

Everyone is fed up with him.

When squad was announced misbah said on tv, im not responsible for thid squad. He as an ex cricketer knew how bad the squad was. Even hafeez aswell knew just by looking at the squad that we are done for. The bowling is rubbish, absolutely rubbish and naseem shah is just an excuse

 

[gazza619]

The tactician has spoken!

 

[Aviator]

In short... He wants himself to be made captain.
Why in Pakistan team everyone is so greedy for captaincy. Look at New Zealand, Aus and South Africa ... They hardly change captain. Whereas here everyone is after captaincy. Even though they can't perform but still that greed for captaincy.

 

[Mockingbird]

No 1 position does not mean that babar has to do everything. Its a team game, and everyone needs to contribute. We have players who are getting out cheaply after good 50runs milestone after securing their places for rest of the tournament. When you have such an attitude then you cant win matches

Problem is that Babar is one of those ‘50 & out’ players himself.

 

[Saj]

Imad Wasim while speaking on a local TV channel:

“At the world stage there is pressure but it is also the place where you prove your worth. I think the last time Babar performed in a big match was against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup, when he scored a century. But after that he is yet to win a big match for Pakistan. This is not criticism but a fact,”

“Being the number one batter in ODIs, it is Babar’s responsibility to win matches but questions will be raised if he doesn’t do that. He needs bat in accordance with the team’s requirement. He has the ability to dominate bowlers and this World Cup is the place to do that,”​

Fair points.

I'm sure some will not like the criticism as Babar can do no wrong for them.

 

[pakistani pride]

No 1 position does not mean that babar has to do everything. Its a team game, and everyone needs to contribute. We have players who are getting out cheaply after good 50runs milestone after securing their places for rest of the tournament. When you have such an attitude then you cant win matches

LOL and how did Babar get this fake no 1 ranking? Yes by soft runs vs NZ C Team. Also he has selected such a poor squad.

Imam is stating facts.

 

[adi_62941]

LOL and how did Babar get this fake no 1 ranking? Yes by soft runs vs NZ C Team. Also he has selected such a poor squad.

Imam is stating facts.

Ok he is not resposible if we only get fixtures against weak teams or they send their b or c sides. As a player his duty is to play and perform in every match given to him. We are discussing fixtures like babar is responsible of arranging tours. Its PCB who need to arrange tours but they are more busy in arranging meaningless t20s.
And people who are complaining that babar and rizwan not leaving their places for young players should understand that we only get 25+ ODI in last 4 years which is less than any team

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Ok he is not resposible if we only get fixtures against weak teams or they send their b or c sides. As a player his duty is to play and perform in every match given to him. We are discussing fixtures like babar is responsible of arranging tours. Its PCB who need to arrange tours but they are more busy in arranging meaningless t20s.
And people who are complaining that babar and rizwan not leaving their places for young players should understand that we only get 25+ ODI in last 4 years which is less than any team

Babar as a captain was supposed build a squad for the WC, instead he built an xi that would go on to play majority of the games.

There was no need to play Naseem, Shaheen and Rauf in matches just before the WC, especially when 2 of them were half fit. We had Wasim on the bench for most games, but we recall a player who hadn’t played an ODI for over a year and walked straight into the xi.

No plans as a batsman.

No plans as a captain.

Someone that waits for a problem to pop up and then trying to solve it instead of being ahead of the curve, having a back up plan.

But, nothing beats having a back up keeper in reserves, the dumbest captain in cricket history imo.

 

[pakistani pride]

Ok he is not resposible if we only get fixtures against weak teams or they send their b or c sides. As a player his duty is to play and perform in every match given to him. We are discussing fixtures like babar is responsible of arranging tours. Its PCB who need to arrange tours but they are more busy in arranging meaningless t20s.
And people who are complaining that babar and rizwan not leaving their places for young players should understand that we only get 25+ ODI in last 4 years which is less than any team

LOL the least he can do is build a squad, playing every single game with same playing 11 doesnt help. He himself is so weak against spin, seems he never works on it.

 

[LegendAli]

I think the Babar regime is coming to an end soon unless he scores 3 centuries in this WC.

He's had an iron grip on the side and every detractor has had to back down. It's been Babars way or the highway.

But now with his own performance suffering big time he doesnt have the same grip.

More like unless he scores even 1 century against any of SEN.

 

[Bewal Express]

LOL the least he can do is build a squad, playing every single game with same playing 11 doesnt help. He himself is so weak against spin, seems he never works on it.

This is yet another excuse along with a 1000 others. Remember when you heard Mickey was useless, or Sarfi, or Rambo or Saqi and this player or that player. But the trajectory is downwards and has been pretty much the same for over 2 decades. This is an in institutional issue with the PCB and that cultural change takes years. In which self respecting country would you have someone like Sethi or Ashraf as the chairman of the board.

And to answer your point-when he does, people have fits. Remember the Afg series in Apr when all those guys that want squad depth couldn't accept the poor results.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

This is yet another excuse along with a 1000 others. Remember when you heard Mickey was useless, or Sarfi, or Rambo or Saqi and this player or that player. But the trajectory is downwards and has been pretty much the same for over 2 decades. This is an in institutional issue with the PCB and that cultural change takes years. In which self respecting country would you have someone like Sethi or Ashraf as the chairman of the board.

And to answer your point-when he does, people have fits. Remember the Afg series in Apr when all those guys that want squad depth couldn't accept the poor results.

The perfect time to play those young players would’ve been at home, not on grounds where pitches were suited to the opposition. We basically threw them in the deep end of pool against a killer spin attack.

 

[pakistani pride]

This is yet another excuse along with a 1000 others. Remember when you heard Mickey was useless, or Sarfi, or Rambo or Saqi and this player or that player. But the trajectory is downwards and has been pretty much the same for over 2 decades. This is an in institutional issue with the PCB and that cultural change takes years. In which self respecting country would you have someone like Sethi or Ashraf as the chairman of the board.

And to answer your point-when he does, people have fits. Remember the Afg series in Apr when all those guys that want squad depth couldn't accept the poor results.

I dont care for a JAMODIs vs Afghanistan i UAE. Like i said Babar is weak, he still is so bad against spin. On so many big moments he failed against spin.

 

[Bhaijaan]

I think the Babar regime is coming to an end soon unless he scores 3 centuries in this WC.

He's had an iron grip on the side and every detractor has had to back down. It's been Babars way or the highway.

But now with his own performance suffering big time he doesnt have the same grip.

It won’t be a great thing so hopefully Babar will salvage his pride and captaincy by coming back to form in remaining 5 matches and securing at least semis spot.

Pakistani fans are behaving as if it’s all lost. They just lost to two strong teams.

 

[Rana]

In short... He wants himself to be made captain.
Why in Pakistan team everyone is so greedy for captaincy. Look at New Zealand, Aus and South Africa ... They hardly change captain. Whereas here everyone is after captaincy. Even though they can't perform but still that greed for captaincy.

Why isn’t Babar resigning knowing full well that he isn’t up to task? Did he honestly believe that the world is as stupid as Ramiz Raja wants it to be?

 

[Bewal Express]

I dont care for a JAMODIs vs Afghanistan i UAE. Like i said Babar is weak, he still is so bad against spin. On so many big moments he failed against spin.

You may not care but do you remember what happened when we lost

 

[Bewal Express]

The perfect time to play those young players would’ve been at home, not on grounds where pitches were suited to the opposition. We basically threw them in the deep end of pool against a killer spin attack.

Playing on flat on tracks at home with no pressure will tell us these are good to go in WCs?

 

[pakistani pride]

You may not care but do you remember what happened when we lost

Seriously who cares for such a series. As if we are winning now. We are losing big time and the squad has 0 balance. I repeat again, Babar as bat struggles against spin. Has been the case for years, yet he never improves.

 

[Bewal Express]

Seriously who cares for such a series. As if we are winning now. We are losing big time and the squad has 0 balance. I repeat again, Babar as bat struggles against spin. Has been the case for years, yet he never improves.

Agree about Babar and the answer I'd his stance- feet too far apart

 

[ex-q-zit]

Agree about Babar and the answer I'd his stance- feet too far apart

Does he need to bat with his feet a bit closer. Is so, how is it going to help?

Another that I can think is he fails to read the spinner by the hand and tries to read it after it pitches. What do syou say?

 

[pakistani pride]

Agree about Babar and the answer I'd his stance- feet too far apart

Forget his stance. He cant read the spinners (hand or of the pitch). K Yadav in 2019, fast forward to WT20 final vs Eng and now in this WC. He cant even hit spinners out of the inner circle. This to me is just clear that he is so bad vs spin. Yet all the fanboys on social media still pretend he is the 2nd coming of Bradman.

This all excluding his pathetic captaincy.

 

[Farabi]

This is yet another excuse along with a 1000 others. Remember when you heard Mickey was useless, or Sarfi, or Rambo or Saqi and this player or that player. But the trajectory is downwards and has been pretty much the same for over 2 decades. This is an in institutional issue with the PCB and that cultural change takes years. In which self respecting country would you have someone like Sethi or Ashraf as the chairman of the board.

And to answer your point-when he does, people have fits. Remember the Afg series in Apr when all those guys that want squad depth couldn't accept the poor results.

I think Afghanistan is maybe not the right example as we also go from one extreme to another.
We don’t have to send a brand new side to any series to build bench strength nor do we have to play the best 11 every single match. The balance has been missing more so in this era because of “winning formula” and player power.

 

[Farabi]

Seriously who cares for such a series. As if we are winning now. We are losing big time and the squad has 0 balance. I repeat again, Babar as bat struggles against spin. Has been the case for years, yet he never improves.

Short term fix can be if he opens the batting as he’s very good with finding gaps on pace.
Imam can maneuvers spinners better and he is also left handed (with most spinners usually taking the ball away)

 

[Bewal Express]

Does he need to bat with his feet a bit closer. Is so, how is it going to help?

Another that I can think is he fails to read the spinner by the hand and tries to read it after it pitches. What do syou say?

Balance isn't right. He can't transfer back his weight and hence the problem. The other is against the mystery spin, which requires more practice but I think that bus has passed and I don't think he can improve

 

[SportsWarrior]

Poor Babar is down and everyone wants to throw a stone. Babr is not the best out there but still is a damn good batsman. I expect him to do well personally in remaining matches. But he willl never be a great leader as he neither has the personality nor the smartness to do it. It is okay. Sachin, Lara, Mark Waugh, Rahul, and lot of other great players were mediocre leaders. Babar should step down and concentrate on his batting

 

[DeadlyVenom]

The babar regime was flawed from day one. Misbah called it, hafeez called and than KK along with wasim akram called it.

The guy doesnt know how to make strategy. He is tendulkar level with captaincy, and it surprises me how he can bat well if he doesnt have game awareness for captaincy.

Issue is he is stipid and stubborn. He has burned bridges with his stubburness and wants to keep thr captaincy job either for the sake of title or because he wants to keep his spot.

Like if i know im bad at something and keep getting expose, i have to resign from that spot.

Everyone is fed up with him.

When squad was announced misbah said on tv, im not responsible for thid squad. He as an ex cricketer knew how bad the squad was. Even hafeez aswell knew just by looking at the squad that we are done for. The bowling is rubbish, absolutely rubbish and naseem shah is just an excuse

Captaincy has 3 elements, and you need at least two of them to be successful.

Tactical Prowess
Personal Performance
Man Management

Babar is tactically a dud, but he had the support of ALL of the team ( something unheard of in Pakistan) and he was performing himself.

Now he isn't performing and he is left really with having a team that is happy to play for him. That won't last too long because he had to make tough calls, Shadab is dropped, Nawaz will be dropped soon and the knives will be out for him.

Unless he can get us into the semis with some brilliant individual performances then the game is up for him.

If he gets us into the semis he will remain captain for the T20 WC.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Poor Babar is down and everyone wants to throw a stone. Babr is not the best out there but still is a damn good batsman. I expect him to do well personally in remaining matches. But he willl never be a great leader as he neither has the personality nor the smartness to do it. It is okay. Sachin, Lara, Mark Waugh, Rahul, and lot of other great players were mediocre leaders. Babar should step down and concentrate on his batting

Well it's just not his batting, if it was just batting we probably be making less fuss about it (we still be making fuss), but the team he took, all his buddies plus he has no clue on how to marshall his troops, he seems to be just going through the proceedings for sake of going through them. I have seen Rizwan making changes to the field, Babar not once.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Imad Wasim is much better than Shadab and Nawaz on current form. Pakistan lacks a lower order hitter.

 

[Farabi]

Totally not true by Imam when one examines the facts.

Babar did really well in ICC t20 World Cup 2021 and helped Pak win the match against India.
In T20 WC 2022, he helped Pakistan win semi final against NZ.

Imad cannot even dream about playing these innings.

 

[sugumarrising]

The problem with Pakistan cricket now is how can a active player like imad Wasim criticize another active player and that too he is the captain, Pakistan has got good players but your former players are always ready to bash them in media shows instead of giving suggestions for the improvement of a player directly, this pressure is only stoping players to perform to their full potential.

 

[Kianig89]

Don't be surprised if imad is made the ODI captain after WC and Babar gets rested for a couple of series that's Pakistan cricket in circles for you. BABAR should be captain for atleast 2 more years regardless of results

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Don't be surprised if imad is made the ODI captain after WC and Babar gets rested for a couple of series that's Pakistan cricket in circles for you. BABAR should be captain for atleast 2 more years regardless of results

Babar is not a good captain, why should he be captaining irrespective of results

 

[Saj]

But, but, but, it's a friendly environment and the players get along.

Isn't that the most important thing?

 

[Kianig89]

Babar is not a good captain, why should he be captaining irrespective of results

There is no alternative to Babar, has improved as captain and will improve in future don't forget he has a tooti phooti team no specialist spinner invisible middle order

 

[emranabbas]

Don't be surprised if imad is made the ODI captain after WC and Babar gets rested for a couple of series that's Pakistan cricket in circles for you. BABAR should be captain for atleast 2 more years regardless of results

In your words could you define captaincy?

Babar is one of the worst captains to ever played for pakistan.

This is professional cricket not gulli mohalla cricket that the best batsmen gets to captain automatically.

Babar lost us the last game vs australia single handedly with his captaincy

He also lost us the second game vs india in asiacup single handedly

I've not watched any other games closely recently so can't say much

I can accept that he's not performing but captaincy is crucial I would rather have a non performing captain at this point

 

[Saj]

There is no alternative to Babar, has improved as captain and will improve in future don't forget he has a tooti phooti team no specialist spinner invisible middle order

It's the squad of players that HE wanted at this World Cup.

 

[Kianig89]

In your words could you define captaincy?

Babar is one of the worst captains to ever played for pakistan.

This is professional cricket not gulli mohalla cricket that the best batsmen gets to captain automatically.

Babar lost us the last game vs australia single handedly with his captaincy

He also lost us the second game vs india in asiacup single handedly

I've not watched any other games closely recently so can't say much

I can accept that he's not performing but captaincy is crucial I would rather have a non performing captain at this point

Non performing captain cannot merit a place in Associate side let alone a proper team, what should Babar do when you have crap bowlers

 

[cricenjoyer]

There is no alternative to Babar, has improved as captain and will improve in future don't forget he has a tooti phooti team no specialist spinner invisible middle order

Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi and Rizwan are all much better alternatives to Babar

 

[emranabbas]

Non performing captain cannot merit a place in Associate side let alone a proper team, what should Babar do when you have crap bowlers

In that case babar should be dropped ASAP

Now to your second point define me a crap bowler? How do you judge if a bowler is crap?

 

[ask_analyse_act]

No 1 position does not mean that babar has to do everything. Its a team game, and everyone needs to contribute. We have players who are getting out cheaply after good 50runs milestone after securing their places for rest of the tournament. When you have such an attitude then you cant win matches

4 matches played , how many runs babar scored, just one 50 thats it...
Look at the other top ranked batsmen , they have scored heavily already... Babar is yet to do it

 

[adi_62941]

4 matches played , how many runs babar scored, just one 50 thats it...
Look at the other top ranked batsmen , they have scored heavily already... Babar is yet to do it

He has scored 19 centuries already. He will score somehow. Bad patches can come in for any batsmen. But good players make comeback

 

[emranabbas]

He has scored 19 centuries already. He will score somehow. Bad patches can come in for any batsmen. But good players make comeback

Half of those centuries are made vs west indies Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka

How many centuries does he have vs england out of 19 games he played against them?

Or how many centuries vs newzealand after playing 20 odd games?

 

[Kianig89]

In that case babar should be dropped ASAP

Now to your second point define me a crap bowler? How do you judge if a bowler is crap?

Shadab and Nawaz what they have done this WC is crap, that is 20 overs out of 50, what can the captain do if 40% of allocated the overs bowled by bowlers are crap. More to it the rubbish Haris throws early on.

Also what role has Babar in Usama Mir dropping the catch, these knee jerk reactions have stunted Pakistan in every field.
Stick with Babar as captain don't distract him by these power politics.

Not to mention the rubbish Misbah YK etc served us in last decade and half this has instilled a defeatist mentatility in batsman specifically. Don't build castles in air

 

[emranabbas]

Shadab and Nawaz what they have done this WC is crap, that is 20 overs out of 50, what can the captain do if 40% of allocated the overs bowled by bowlers are crap. More to it the rubbish Haris throws early on.

Also what role has Babar in Usama Mir dropping the catch, these knee jerk reactions have stunted Pakistan in every field.
Stick with Babar as captain don't distract him by these power politics.

Not to mention the rubbish Misbah YK etc served us in last decade and half this has instilled a defeatist mentatility in batsman specifically. Don't build castles in air

Shadab and nawaz are the captains boys so to start off with he can drop them for non performing and maybe give someone a chance on merit and not based on yaari dosti (obviously too late now)

How about the captain learn field placements I've seen games where the ball is swinging and there are no slips in place I mean who does that?

If usama dropped a catch so has Babar so did Australia dropped a few catches

Bowling changes and field placements have been outrageous by babar that's where we are losing most of the time

I mean chacha nawaz and hasan ali are your most economical bowlers and they didn't even bowl a full quota the captain is persisting with usama mir and Harris in the middle overs when the batsmen are clearly targeting them

Babar needs to go mate he is a poor tactician, and strategists, he also has no game awareness or even ability to read the pitch

I mean who wins toss and opts to bowl on that pitch and such a small ground

 

[Kianig89]

H

Shadab and nawaz are the captains boys so to start off with he can drop them for non performing and maybe give someone a chance on merit and not based on yaari dosti (obviously too late now)

How about the captain learn field placements I've seen games where the ball is swinging and there are no slips in place I mean who does that?

If usama dropped a catch so has Babar so did Australia dropped a few catches

Bowling changes and field placements have been outrageous by babar that's where we are losing most of the time

I mean chacha nawaz and hasan ali are your most economical bowlers and they didn't even bowl a full quota the captain is persisting with usama mir and Harris in the middle overs when the batsmen are clearly targeting them

Babar needs to go mate he is a poor tactician, and strategists, he also has no game awareness or even ability to read the pitch

I mean who wins toss and opts to bowl on that pitch and such a small ground

He Dropped Shadab and the replacement was even worse that shows the level of talent we have! Similarly Naseem Hasnain being injured is not Babar fault, as far chacho and Nawaz not bowling qouta are may be Babar backed his Premier bowlers to get him wicket it also shows he is not a hush hush captain like some other captain may not bowled Rauf in that match again after 24 runs over but Babar backed him.

Yes Babar has limitations but this not the main problem, main problem is lack of quality players

 

[FearlessRoar]

Imad Wasim speaking during the Geo News programme 'Harna Mana Hai' :

"When you lose the World Cup, you should also give up the role of captaincy yourself."

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Imad Wasim should think before speaking because he is an active player and even if gets selected to play for Pakistan again, he will have to play alongside Babar Azam. Babar will be sacked from captaincy but he won't be dropped. Time and again we have seen dropped players making tall claims only to get reality checks when they make their comebacks. Stay grounded.

 

[Kianig89]

Imad wasim is coming off like a toxic personality and that's the last thing Pakistan need keep him in the mercenary role which he is playing Babar is 10 times worth than Imad Wasim is as a player.

 

[Major]

Imad Wasim should think before speaking because he is an active player and even if gets selected to play for Pakistan again, he will have to play alongside Babar Azam. Babar will be sacked from captaincy but he won't be dropped. Time and again we have seen dropped players making tall claims only to get reality checks when they make their comebacks. Stay grounded.

already happened when imad came back to the pakistan team in odis and you could see the forced images by the pcb pr and the awkward smiles.

 

[Saj]

Imad Wasim speaking during the Geo News programme 'Harna Mana Hai' :

"When you lose the World Cup, you should also give up the role of captaincy yourself."

I'm not keen on current players saying this, but he is right Babar should give up at least the ODI captaincy.

He's shown that he is not good enough to captain at the highest level.

 

[shah_1]

Imad wasim is coming off like a toxic personality and that's the last thing Pakistan need keep him in the mercenary role which he is playing Babar is 10 times worth than Imad Wasim is as a player.

It's like Theiry Henry to Titi Camara

Babar did great injustice to Imad in T20 format after 2021 WC considering he performed his role perfectly in the WC. He discarded him without any reason, played a mental midget like Nawaz over him.

Nawaz was injured in the ODI series against Australia last year, his replacement was Asif Afridi, not Imad Wasim. It is after this then Imad became toxic towards Babar.



Babar screwed someone's career because he is close to Nawaz is pathetic.

 

[emranabbas]

Babar did great injustice to Imad in T20 format after 2021 WC considering he performed his role perfectly in the WC. He discarded him without any reason, played a mental midget like Nawaz over him.

Nawaz was injured in the ODI series against Australia last year, his replacement was Asif Afridi, not Imad Wasim. It is after this then Imad became toxic towards Babar.



Babar screwed someone's career because he is close to Nawaz is pathetic.

Babar is a shrewd person he just looks innocent
He made sure every captaincy material player is removed from Pakistan cricket and replaced them with chamchay like nawaaz

 

[hassan918]

Do we have any doubt about which player Imad was referring to?

 

[Rana]

Do we have any doubt about which player Imad was referring to?

Excellent

Who wants to get Babar out? He is harmless

 

[Desprado123]

Do we have any doubt about which player Imad was referring to?

Of course Babar Azam. His SR in t20 are very low standard. Score does not matter in t20 neither Wicket, for bowler it is about containing the runs and for batsman it's about strike rate.

 

[Aviator]

Imad's repeated criticism is driven by grudge. This nothing player has attitude issue..He was another minnow basher in team, rightly booted out from team... Player like him and amir are toxic, they can't bring anything to team other than negativity.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Who is this Imad Wasim? What are his achievements?

The way he talks is like he is some sort of a great player.

The Michael Yardy of Pakistan.

 

[Saj]

See some, not all of of the criticism is vindicated, but our starry-eyed fans don't want to hear or see any sort of criticism of Babar or any player for that matter.

When we get over this obsession with hero-worshipping our cricket will improve.

 

[Suleiman]

Forget his stance. He cant read the spinners (hand or of the pitch). K Yadav in 2019, fast forward to WT20 final vs Eng and now in this WC. He cant even hit spinners out of the inner circle. This to me is just clear that he is so bad vs spin. Yet all the fanboys on social media still pretend he is the 2nd coming of Bradman.

This all excluding his pathetic captaincy.

He reads spinners off the pitch purely rather than out the hand.

This man is the most coached player in the team, he’s been in the setup as a kid, yet there’s this big of a glaring error in his game… goes to show how pathetic PCB is in developing players

 

[deltexas]

The amount of toxicity amongst current pak players and from former pak players is unimaginable. No other cricket nation has anything like this including bangladesh. Such open toxicity is what kills teams from performing. No wonder pak as a team struggles and covers up the deficiencies by saying they are unpredictable or mercurial..

 

[Gullycricket]

See some, not all of of the criticism is vindicated, but our starry-eyed fans don't want to hear or see any sort of criticism of Babar or any player for that matter.

When we get over this obsession with hero-worshipping our cricket will improve.

Look criticism is fine Saj. I also feel Imad should have been ahead of Nawaz in this WC. But tell me one thing: Imad has been giggling on AI generated Babar songs... Is that his answers. Even Wasim Akram called him out that he's sitting on TV and giggling. And it's big disrespect to the national captain during current WC to be laughing at him mid tournament rather than supporting. Why should I listen to Imad then? No one is stopping Imad now from criticising after tournament is over but why disrespect someone mid tournament.
I have seen opinions of Wasim Akram, Misbah and I respect those as they were respectful yet firm against Babar as captain. You cannot be shamelessly giggling at your national captain mid tournament and then play the victim card. Sorry Saj Imad's criticism has no value for me as a Babar fan

 

[Saj]

Look criticism is fine Saj. I also feel Imad should have been ahead of Nawaz in this WC. But tell me one thing: Imad has been giggling on AI generated Babar songs... Is that his answers. Even Wasim Akram called him out that he's sitting on TV and giggling. And it's big disrespect to the national captain during current WC to be laughing at him mid tournament rather than supporting. Why should I listen to Imad then? No one is stopping Imad now from criticising after tournament is over but why disrespect someone mid tournament.
I have seen opinions of Wasim Akram, Misbah and I respect those as they were respectful yet firm against Babar as captain. You cannot be shamelessly giggling at your national captain mid tournament and then play the victim card. Sorry Saj Imad's criticism has no value for me as a Babar fan

As I said, some criticism.

But for many not to want to accept any criticism of Babar is ridiculous.

As skipper, he is accountable for many aspects of the 5 losses at this World Cup.

 

[ArabKnight]

Imad is a class cricketer. Needs to be added to team.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Babar had all the love from the fans when he was doing good but when he did the worst in this World Cup as a captain and a player then he should also be facing criticism from the fans. This is how it goes. I am talking about Healthy criticism so he can be better. He has made many mistakes and now he has to face the wrath of fans after this failed campaign.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Imad Wasim acknowledges Babar Azam as the Nation's Pride. Good to see some positive words from Imad towards Babar after calling him out again and again in recent times.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1753674681163624623