[VIDEOS] Is Babar Azam a softie?

[Ab Fan]

I have two questions for you.
1.Ok let's assume you are right and Babar can't be compared to Kohli because Babar's SR is 130 and Virat's SR is 137.
Can Virat be compared to Finch whose SR is 148?

2. You say we can't be top notch with a SR under 130.
Virat Kohli's overall T20I wolrd cup SR is under 130. Is he still a top t20 world cup player?

Finch is a good T20I player but his stats are inflated by the one knock he got vs Zimbabwe, he scored 172 of 76 balls something. Moreover, his World T20I record is quite underwhelming at the same time. I don't even recall a single great knock in WT20I from him, let alone a WT20 knockout.

In contrast, Virat's impact in WT20 is simply phenomenal. He has been player of tournament in two tournaments, WT20 2014 and WT20 2016.

While stats are a good parameter but if there is one format where averages and runs can be the most misleading, it is T20Is. KL Rahul's average/strike rate combo is 40+ at 143. But unless he does something in World Tournaments he won't be rated very highly. A poster above was laughing on KL based on his two failures here. He still has a lot of chances to prove himself in WT20Is. Finch, however, has done nothing in WT20Is and he has been playing from almost 10 years.

Virat Kohli has got great average and his strike rate is excellent coupled with two player of tournaments in WT20Is and a couple of match winning knocks in knockouts too. He is basically a GOAT T20I player.

Babar did well this year but he hasn't won any knockout game yet, his only good knock vs decent opposition out of 4 matches he played ( India, New Zealand, Afghanistan and Australia) was against India and that match,to be honest, had standout performers in Shaheen and Rizwan. There is absolutely no comparison between Babar and Kohli at this stage, Babar has a long way to go. If this doesn't help you, then we are wasting our time being in a wrong boat.

 

[sweep_shot]

I think Babar was a soft captain when he first started but he is much better now.

He is not perfect but he is improving.

He is the only Pakistani captain in history to have a World Cup win over India.

 

[Abdullah]

His game is going to go next level now that he is comfortable as a captain

 

[shamaan]

Comprehension issues?? Sorry, can't be fixed.

Get over your obsession of Babar, especially in T20s, if he is striking at 130 compared to the other guys who are striking at 140 and 145 and averaging over 30+.

Virat Kohli averages 55 but still strikes at 137.

Maybe you would like to explain ?

Who said am obsessed with Babar maybe it's you who's obsessed with Babar as you keep bringing him in every conversation.

But kohli doesn't strike over 140 though lol. you want someone striking at 140 and average 30 that disqualifies King Kohli

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Babar Azam in this series against Bangladesh:

7(10)
1(5)
19(25)

Total: 27(40) runs in 3 matches
S/R: 67.5
Avg: 9

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Poor pitches but that’s not a excuse. Needs to do better

 

[shah_1]

Babar Azam in this series against Bangladesh:

7(10)
1(5)
19(25)

Total: 27(40) runs in 3 matches
S/R: 67.5
Avg: 9

He is rubbish on slow pitches like Bangladesh, WI and UAE.

 

[PakPremi]

He is rubbish on slow pitches like Bangladesh, WI and UAE.

He scores runs on all pitches, he is allowed to have poor series every now and then. Not many score at high strike rate on slow pitches.

 

[Ab Fan]

Babar has modelled his game on Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, hence he struggles on slow pitches vs quality spin but is excellent vs pace and bounce.

It is surprising to see Babar Azam and Virat Kohli, the two leading run makers from Asia being better against pace and bounce than spin.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Babars struggles continue on the pitches in Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and West Indies

 

[Pakhs]

Babars struggles continue on the pitches in Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and West Indies

No need to score any runs in any of these low key matches.

 

[Pakhs]

Babar has modelled his game on Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, hence he struggles on slow pitches vs quality spin but is excellent vs pace and bounce.

It is surprising to see Babar Azam and Virat Kohli, the two leading run makers from Asia being better against pace and bounce than spin.

He is indeed surprisingly better against pace and bounce than spin bowling. Having said that nothing to read into these meaningless matches.

 

[Kaddy]

He needs to score heavily in the test matches. At least a century in the upcoming 2 match test series.

Don't care much about these useless t20 bilateral series.

 

[Ab Fan]

He is indeed surprisingly better against pace and bounce than spin bowling. Having said that nothing to read into these meaningless matches.

Yes, I look forward to his performances in test matches vs top teams home and away whenever he plays next.

 

[shamaan]

He doesn't smash minnows

 

[The_KING]

Poor series for him but it doesn’t matter. What matters is the test series coming up. He needs to start performing in test cricket if he is to be considered one of the best. So far he has been very underwhelming in red ball cricket.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Poor poor batsman (Red Ball)

- Averages less than 35 in last 21 months
- No century in last 21 months

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

In last 21 months, after Babar’s last century (Till Babar’s wicket today)

Based on Average

Player/ Runs @ Average, HS, 50s, 100s
F Alam/ 645 @ 49.61, 140, 1 & 4
M Rizwan/ 689 @ 45.93, 115*, 5 & 1
F Ashraf/ 456 @ 41.45, 91, 3 & 0
Az Ali/ 722 @ 40.11, 141*, 2 & 2
Ab Ali/ 689 @ 39.05, 215*, 3 & 1
B Azam/ 512 @ 34.80, 77, 5 & 0

Babar right at the bottom. Worse than Wicket Keeper batsman (Rizwan) and the All Rounder (Faheem).

Remember he even missed the series against NZ in NZ (during this period). Had he played in it, his average would have easily been under 30

 

[shah_1]

He is Babar Soft Azam in test cricket

 

[shah_1]

Sheryas Iyer has done more in one test match than Babar Azam in his entire test career.

 

[Shafi]

Not a test material.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Not even a decent test batsman and people here want him to be part of fab four.

 

[TheNightWatchman]

For a "world class" batsman the amount of times he's been bowled is alarming. Especially against spin.

 

[ChTab]

The so called Pakistani great failed yet again in a test match that too vs a 9 ranked team. This shows Babar is extremely overrated by Pakistani fans. He is very good in ODI's which is his best format. He's overrated in T20's as well because he's too slow.

 

[Rana]

Babar is naturally an irresponsible or selfish player

The reason he insists to have Shoaib Malik in the T20i side is so that he can shirk the responsibility of having to deal with the harder stuff in the middle order. I’m surprised he isn’t insistent on having Younis Khan and Misbah playing Tests right now for Pakistan so that he can choose an easy batting position like number 6 and score runs to make his stats look good.

 

[shamaan]

Younis Khan needs to work with Babar Azam on how to play spin bowling.

 

[heddie19]

Sheryas Iyer has done more in one test match than Babar Azam in his entire test career.

Has Shreyas scored 6 centuries in one test match?
Calm your horses.

 

[transparent opacity]

Again couldn't convert 50 into a 100. He has 19 50s in 37 matches, so he's getting the starts
The main issue is conversion rate, which is too low as compared to other greats of the game.

 

[Babar_Azam_fan]

Keeps proving to be true

Asia Cup 2022 (T20I): 6 Innings, 68 Runs @ 11.3 avg & 107.9 sr (0 100s, 0 50s)

World T20 2022: 7 Innings, 124 Runs @ 17.7 avg & 93.2 sr (0 100s, 1 50s)

Asia Cup 2023 (ODI): 3 Innings (without Nepal), 56 Runs @ 18.6 avg & 69.1 sr (0 100s, 0 50s)

World Cup 2023: 4 Innings, 83 Runs @ 20.7 avg & 79.0 sr (0 100s, 1 50s)

This joke of a batter should not be mentioned in the same sentence with Kohli

 

[lazy cricketer]

babar is in form he is just being unlucky recently and is getting out to to innocuous balls...one good inning and whole world will start chanting his name again...im pretty sure 100 is around the corner for him

 

[pakistani pride]

babar is in form he is just being unlucky recently and is getting out to to innocuous balls...one good inning and whole world will start chanting his name again...im pretty sure 100 is around the corner for him

Just stop it. He is a soft and timid person. He cant handle pressure. He is so hyped but has 0 performance.

 

[Babar_Azam_fan]

babar is in form he is just being unlucky recently and is getting out to to innocuous balls...one good inning and whole world will start chanting his name again...im pretty sure 100 is around the corner for him

Kindly read the above post lol. It’s not about one innings or 4 innings, Ive posted about 4 Multi national tournaments

 

[Saj]

He comes across as a nice guy.

Whenever I have interviewed him he has come across as polite, well-mannered and courteous.

Would he be the guy who could give players a rollicking if they deserved it - I highly doubt it.

 

[lazy cricketer]

Just stop it. He is a soft and timid person. He cant handle pressure. He is so hyped but has 0 performance.

i think captaincy is playing too much with his mind...needs to relax and go with the flow thats it

 

[JattMaula]

He comes across as a nice guy.

Whenever I have interviewed him he has come across as polite, well-mannered and courteous.

Would he be the guy who could give players a rollicking if they deserved it - I highly doubt it.

So, you are saying, he needs more Badmaashi in him?

 

[jnaveen1980]

babar is in form he is just being unlucky recently and is getting out to to innocuous balls...one good inning and whole world will start chanting his name again...im pretty sure 100 is around the corner for him

Neither Pandya's delivery nor Cross seam delivery of Siraj were innocuous. Even Zampa's faster one was not innocuous. he got out exactly like that against Bishnoi in Asia cup.

 

[Saj]

So, you are saying, he needs more Badmaashi in him?

When you are captain of Pakistan, you need fire in your belly and you need to be able to tell your team-mates who is the boss and what is expected of them.

 

[pakistani pride]

When you are captain of Pakistan, you need fire in your belly and you need to be able to tell your team-mates who is the boss and what is expected of them.

Well he has a belly for sure. Cant take him serious. His fitness is even below average

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

An underwhelming and medicore captain who has been given too much power to select the team. If Pakistan don't make the semis he should stand down.

 

[Ahmad-GERMANFC]

If he doesn’t play a match winning innings against NZ then he will forever be a Hashim Amla type bilateral ODI bully

 

[Firebat]

If ever there was a time for the premier batter to stand up...

 

[SpiritOf1903]

He's an Akmal after all. Selfish and overrated

 

[VForVendetta]

He's an Akmal after all. Selfish and overrated

But an Akmal who can't hit sixes even if his life was on stake

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

If he doesn’t play a match winning innings against NZ then he will forever be a Hashim Amla type bilateral ODI bully

He has already done more than Amla in his firsts world cup

 

[Bhaijaan]

If he doesn’t play a match winning innings against NZ then he will forever be a Hashim Amla type bilateral ODI bully

It’s coming.
Trust me , it’s coming.

 

[shamaan]

He will score 100 against New Zealand if the game goes ahead.