He is good on contemporary cricket, almost legendary among his contemporary team mates. When Zaheer used to bat at 3, he had Mazid as opener & Javed, Asif @ 4 & 5. Now Babar bats at 3, when Fakhar opens & Sarfraz/Malik bats at 4/5 - harsh travesty of PAK cricket.
I feel, like many PAK young batsmen in recent times, his game has stuck at one level. Batsman comes with natural skills, and performs unnoticed - then teams start to analyze their game. A batsman’s next action is to find counter measures & master that through application in domestics - this is what’s missing.
If I can recall correctly - Mustafiz got Babar with a similar ball at PSL, and this hopeless tundler from a little minnow did remember that tiny fault of Babar’s batting to use that effectively when it mattered 6 months later - then imagine what big teams & bigger talents can do?
PAK domestic cricket has to change - previously it was exposing batsmen only, now it’s catching up bowlers as well. This time minnows like BD recovered from 12/3 in an elimination game, next time PAK might not even get a minnow down at 12/3 in a dead rubber. This Asia Cup, in PAK’s adopted home for a decade now, to be very harsh - Hong Kong out bowled PAK bowlers; one should realize that looking without green glass. Babar is not the biggest problem - trust me, bigger scares are just lurking around.
3rd highest run getter across all format in 2019 after rohit and kohli .
