What is exactly going on with Babar Azam?

[Ahmed216]

Hoping he gets dropped soon.
I want to enjoy seeing deluded fans find new scapegoats every game.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Hoping he gets dropped soon.
I want to enjoy seeing deluded fans find new scapegoats every game.

We will still lose.

But at least fanboys like you won't be screaming Babar's name when he hits a cover drive vs Italy or Namibia.

 

[JAV12341]

Always been a fraud. Racked up his runs against second string sides playing bilateral series. Has always been a nothing player should retire alongside afridi who’s another fraud

 

[shah9425]

Shameless clown should announce his retirement today.

He is shameless
Will start pr campaign
Already making plans for 2028

 

[Savak]

Mentally weak player

 

[amvbfm]

There is no way a team can hope to win with Babar playing anywhere in the top 4. He is in woeful form and his lack of intent sucks all momentum from the innings. He doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the team in any format.

 

[Mohraheem]

He wants to lead the team so he bringing the team down with him.

 

[topspin]

Most overrated cricket of all time. You will not find a bigger fraud than Babar Azam in the history of the sport.

 

[Ahmed216]

We will still lose.

But at least fanboys like you won't be screaming Babar's name when he hits a cover drive vs Italy or Namibia.

World cup 2036

Dr Bassim : We performed poorly in this tournament because Babar and Rizwan destroyed our cricket 10 years ago

 

[psyoptica]

Babar was never a power hitter and his playing style didn’t allow him to play aggressively. Forcing him to change his natural game badly unsettled him and now he’s completely lost as a batsman and looks miserable playing the shorter format. He needs to be put out of hos misery and forced to retired from cricket.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Babar was never a power hitter and his playing style didn’t allow him to play aggressively. Forcing him to change his natural game badly unsettled him and now he’s completely lost as a batsman and looks miserable playing the shorter format. He needs to be put out of hos misery and forced to retired from cricket.

Nobody forced him anything. He was sucking hard as an opener or no. 3 since WT20 2024. If you exclude his handful performances vs minnows he has done nothing.

He showed how unable he was to learn to adapt in Big Bash.

Is he a new Kid on the block?

 

[Rana]

Him and Farhan are very similar @daytrader

 

[Cric1234]

He got 2 long hops from Rashid outside leg missed one for a wide.... Other one went for a single.... Scored 15 of his last 18 balls he faced against England king saar.

 

[corleone]

Hard to believe this guy has regressed so badly at 31. Confidence looks shot and he's clueless against anything that spins.

 

[chinaman00]

Forget T20, which is a format he’s inherently ill-suited, he will struggle in ODIs and Tests for the simple fact that he has stagnated as a player instead of ironing out his weakness and maturing as a player.

Like many Pakistani players of late, fame got into his head and he’s exposed as a result. He’s 31 years old now, he has realistically 1-2 years of international cricket left in him. He‘s history.

 

[Kianig89]

This was the game Babar should have taken responsibility but he failed once again, thank you very much

 

[heddie19]

This was the game Babar should have taken responsibility but he failed once again, thank you very much

Yeah Babar should have taken the responsibility at a position he never played at in more than 300 T20 games with club and country. Yes, he should have taken the responsibility because everyone else in the team have got their hands tied. I agree.

 

[shah9425]

Yeah Babar should have taken the responsibility at a position he never played at in more than 300 T20 games with club and country. Yes, he should have taken the responsibility because everyone else in the team have got their hands tied. I agree.

Meanwhile as a opener against mighty USA

 

[heddie19]

Meanwhile as a opener against mighty USA

3 tons against SENA countries in match winning cause, twice chasing 200+ succesfully. Why don't you post those sreenshots?

 

[shah9425]

3 tons against SENA countries in match winning cause, twice chasing 200+ succesfully. Why don't you post those sreenshots?

That's in past
This is present
Stop glorifying him

 

[BouncerGuy]

That's in past
This is present
Stop glorifying him

Present is Saim's pathetic form. Salman Ali Agha's pathetic batting and captaincy. Shadab's pathetic performance.

Mention those stats now please

 

[BouncerGuy]

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LOL. Imad Wasim talking about Babar Azam.. pot calling the kettle black

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“How many games will you mess up like this? After playing 24 balls, if you get out...this is criminal, especially for such a senior player.

"Babar came in during the fourth over. Babar didn't come in during the 11th over. So how many times? When will he win us a game of cricket? Like Harry Brook. When will he make an impact? In big World Cup matches, semi-finals, finals, quarter-finals, and important matches. You should have scored against Liam Dawson and Adil Rasheed today.”

"I remember Babar's innings in the 2019 World Cup, the one he played against New Zealand—the best of the best in One-Day cricket, and one innings against India when we won by 10 wickets. Other than those, tell me about impactful innings. This has been our concern for so long. You made him open, made him play at three, made him play at four, until when? We are tired of supporting him; all of Pakistan prays that Babar scores runs."

 

[Hitman]

3 tons against SENA countries in match winning cause, twice chasing 200+ succesfully. Why don't you post those sreenshots?

No offence, but isn't that the past? Things that happened years ago?

 

[BouncerGuy]

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Michael Vaughan speaking during a show:

"I admire overseas coaches who take on the challenge of coaching Pakistan because I can only imagine what is going on for Babar. I think Mike Hesson has dealt with it brilliantly because he clearly has to play Babar, and he’s using him as an insurance policy. So, if you lose two wickets, he’s your insurance. He comes in at number four, and he can play. In Sri Lanka, that’s absolutely perfect for those wickets because Sri Lanka so far has been 150 to 180, and I think Babar is in that range. I think he’ll get Pakistan 160–170. He comes over to India on a 200 or 210 pitch, Babar’s not going to get you there. I just don’t think he’s that kind of player anymore.”

“I do admire the way Mike Hesson has probably played the politics well. It probably doesn’t give you the best chance of winning the World Cup, but I do feel on a pitch like the one today in Pallekele, I would want Babar Azam in my team, absolutely. Because I want someone solid who can knock the spinners around. If he strikes at 125–130, that’s absolutely fine. You will need a cameo or two from two or three other players around him, but I would want that consistent player in the middle of the innings. I think they’ve dealt with it right.”

“I personally would never want to go and be an overseas coach in Pakistan. I’ve spoken too much to Jason Gillespie about everything. It’s difficult. And I just say I think Hesson and the team and the management — they’ve dealt with it perfectly.”

“I just think he (Babar Azam) is a beautiful player. There are some players who, when you look at the way T20 has moved in the last four or five years, it’s become more and more like baseball. These players are massive. I look at someone like Finn Allen — he’s a monster, a massive human being, just launches it. I would think the best thing for Babar to prolong his Test career and his ODI career would be to give up T20 internationals. He can still play in the PSL, he can still be a domestic league player, but I think for his prolonged Test and ODI career — which I see him as better suited for — he should step away from international T20s.”

“Five of the best players I’ve liked to watch over the last 20 years. Babar is in that list because he plays the game purely, hits the ball on the deck. That’s the style of player I love to watch. I admire the players who can just launch it and crash it all over — fantastic. But I like a Steve Smith, a Joe Root, a Babar Azam, a Virat Kohli. They’re the kind of players I love to watch across formats. But in T20 cricket, if you asked Babar himself to rank the three formats, I’m pretty sure T20 would be third on his list — both in terms of how he plays and how much he enjoys it. He’s still a world-class player.”

 

[shah9425]

Present is Saim's pathetic form. Salman Ali Agha's pathetic batting and captaincy. Shadab's pathetic performance.

Mention those stats now please

They are too

But they aren't fraud king on social media

 

[BouncerGuy]

They are too

But they aren't fraud king on social media

Babar does not call himself king... If others do then it is not his problem... Babar has done a lot in past.. he sacrificed his place for 2 pathetic performers and now we can see what happened.