asfandyar
Local Club Star
- Joined
- Aug 6, 2009
- Runs
- 1,886
As captain (62.72 vs pace)As bad as Babar is right now, he could have been a genuinely great batsman if he didn't lose his way when he was made the captain some 2 years ago.
He was a seriously high quality batsman vs pace. I remember in 2020 in that test series vs England, he made some 68 odd in 1st match which was such a high quality innings that Anderson looked visibly awed. He later said Babar makes you feel slow. Ricky Ponting who is a blunt pundit with a great eye knew right away in 2019 tour of Australia that Babar was technically brilliant.
But Babar ceased to grow as a batsman and infact started to decline due to complacency. His spin deficiencies became apparent in the subcontinent but he simply refused to improve. I've seen far far less technically correct batsman find a method to handle spin but Babar as if didn't even make an effort.
His white ball batting too became stale and outdated and has now reached a point where he is no longer a dependable bat and frankly, a nothing player currently.
Babar needs to dedicate himself completely to his craft ie. batting and have a Joe "50" Root like resurgence. The challenge though is tests should be Babar's best format and we neither play enough tests nor are any good at it. So it looks bleak from here on too.

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Not as captain (47.11 vs pace)

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