Why is this a binary argument? It’s not as simple as Babar-Rizzy are terrible/Babar Rizzy are the best and untouchable. It’s more a middle ground, that they are very good but they need to take more risks to up the run rate (or get out trying) like they did today.
They have done this a lot of times in T20Is.
It's not the first time we are seeing these two carrying this crap middle order on their backs.
When required, they can play at high strike rates, like today, unless they are going through a poor run of form,.
However, more often than not, they have to worry about not losing the wickets, because the fact is, and no matter how some cheerleaders try to avoid it, without Babar and Rizwan, this team can't chase 130 runs, as we saw against Afghanistan recently.
These 2 just broke their own record for the highest T20I partnership of all time, when they both click, or even of them; we mostly win.
It's high time Pakistan fans stop moaning about this opening pair, because it is not only Pakistan's best ever, but statistically, it has gone past every single partnership in the history of the shortest format.
The problem is, as I have said many times before, these 2 gems are hiding the absolute lack of talent that follows them in the middle order, and yes, we can blame Babar the captain for that.
All these crying cheerleaders on PP need to think about what would have happened had we lost Babar or Rizwan early yesterday. This minnow level middle order can't even afford to chase 120 without one of these 2 carrying them, and people think that obese fixers like Sharjeel and co will do better than Babar and Rizwan.
Personally, I would love to see Pakistan win the series before the 7th T20I, so that our openers get benched and this talentless bunch gets exposed. That is the only way to make some people realise their importance.
