Why has Babar Azam's batting performance declined?

[Major]

4 years back, this guy would play with such ease that he was taking different bowlers apart. He was doing good in odi, was normal in test and had a very high avg in t20. But than now suddenly, his batting seems to go no where and he gets out after consuming deliveries.

He was doing well under Mickey Arthur and Misbah, but when coaching staff changed and we saw no coaching staff, than Saqlain, Kirstein, Azhar Mehmood and Mike Hesson became coaches and Babar hasnt improved.

Did Babars weakness get figured out?
Did the change in coaching destroyed him?
Did the social media bashing and too much changes mess with him?

Interesting discussion took place where Umar Gul indicated that pcb destroyed Babar. As too much focus on his batting strike rate, position effected his batting overall.

But what do you guys think is the main issue of his decline?

 

[Major]

My opinion is that he stopped playing first class and club cricket and allowed ego effect him.

He stopped showing up in first class, than the coaching staff change did no good.

When these guys beat india without a headcoach, because rameez raja was of the opinion that coaches are not needed, that gave him an ego.

Further, with no first class practice, he never worked on his spin issue as net bowling doesnt exploit your issues.

With his old issues existing, teams started to exploit his spin weakness

 

[GudduBadmash]

Unfortunately Babar relied purely on natural talent. When it came to hard work or putting long yards in at training his ethos is non existent.

When someone so naturally gifted has a bad patch they do not have the mental capacity to recover. This is where a fighter or someone who believes in hard work would find a way to regain that form.

 

[Varun]

All Pakistani players in the last few decades fade away after the first couple of years in their career. Azam is no exception.

 

[Concerned]

I don’t think his T20 batting has declined. It’s more the game has evolved whereas he is static.

 

[shah9425]

Fame got to his head

No domestic and no improvement in game

Grabbing captaincy after resigning

 

[G0rmintAunty]

We should stop making so many similar threads to keep him relevant to start with, just move on...

 

[khyberlion]

Mental midget, doesn't believe in hard work, no self accountability, no desire to improve, fame getting to his head.

 

[JaDed]

The shot he played last game showed his basic has regressed too.

His fans come up with too many excuses but his ability to judge the ball has regressed, he looked terrible against Rashid as well.

 

[The_KING]

He never bothered to improve himself. He had some natural talent, but talent alone isn't enough. You need hard work along with talent. But like pretty much every other Pakistani cricketer, Babar bought into his own hype and never bothered to work on his weaknesses.

 

[Rana]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2026682270803980667

 

[SportsWarrior]

i always maintained that he is probably two or three older than stated. What you are seeing is the kind of decline you will see due to aging. He is also not fit which makes these declines go faster. I have seen first hand over hand eye coordination suddenly falls off once you hit around 33/34. people who keep themselves supremely fit like Virat, Ponting, Sachin may stretch that for few more years and other like Sehwag will see sudden decrease. It also used to be much easier in the past due to much slower pace (not bowling, just pace of the game) and less focus on detailed analysis of batsmen technique. In the modern game it is not easy as everything a batsman does is dissected and analyzed. One of the few players i admired from Pak for skills alone in the last decade or so. he now slowly fading away

 

[SportsWarrior]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2026682270803980667

okay that's too much arrogance.. response, tone, facial expressions, body language, everything.