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Would you pick a classical batter in the mould of Babar Azam over a slogger like Abhishek Sharma in the white ball?

Babar Azam or Abhishek Sharma in whiteball cricket?

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Mohammad Amir has received plenty of flak over the comments he has made against Abhishek Sharma and the Indian team since the start of the T20 World Cup 2026, Amir said:

"I have just given my opinion. We have always praised India when they perform well. I have also said this earlier, one should respect one's opinion. If I talk about the kinds of things some former Indian players say, they use such bad language. They abuse Pakistan. We have never done so, just tell me one time if I ever used bad language against India,"

"When it comes to Abhishek, I just said that he doesn't have a defensive game. A player who cannot stop the ball, what else do I call him? Just tell me what to call him if he can't come into the line and defend the ball,"

"Learn to respect someone's opinion. There are 100 people in the world; not everyone can have the same opinion. We have played the sport, so we know how it works. Looking at how India and South Africa have been playing cricket, I think South Africa are better,"
 
SOME Indians (and Pakistanis) have a strong opinion against Amir's views. HE WAS A FIXER - no body is doubting, but nobody is "doodh ka dhula", AND majority of humans, including those who have been pointing finger, have done some stupid things in early life. Amir paid the price for it. It is all in the past. However, you can't take away his bowling knowledge just for his actions.

Amir's bowling in ICC tournaments has a huge value - better than most bowlers. Any half blind person could see one of the worst tulla innings in the history of T20WC today, which validates Amir's point of view.
 
Opinions now? Abhishek has had a forgettable tournament except the final. But in the final, he did what his team wanted him to do without consuming valuable deliveries.

As for what Babar managed, the less said the better.​
 
Hitman said:
Opinions now? Abhishek has had a forgettable tournament except the final. But in the final, he did what his team wanted him to do without consuming valuable deliveries.

As for what Babar managed, the less said the better.​
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For T20 of course abishek

Babar is not a T20 player now
 
pakistani pride said:
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End of thread, all you need to know. Forget Abhishek, almost any other player can replace Babar.
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Big Bash strike rate 103 the power hitting the ability to hit sixes it was never worked on and Babar looks well out of place in this format...... His game has regressed in all formats it shows you need to keep working on your game as international cricket is rough when runs are not coming smoothly.
 
Was just watching Mushtaq Ahmed’s interview with a journalist and he said that Maz Sadaqat is a more all round batsman than Abhishek (who can only play on the off side) and if supported by PCB, will 100% become more successful than him.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
What else is he? Closes his eyes and swings. 2 50s, 1 vs Zimbabwe and 1 on a pancake where 250 was scored. Failed throughout the tournament with duck against Pak.
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So you said one was in a must win Super 8 game vs Zimbabwe which if India lost would have crashed out of the World Cup and the other in a World Cup final!! I’ll take that any day over 6 impactless matches played by Babar Azam.
 
Being brutally honest here I would pick him over a pure batsman who has no other role , now if you gave me the option of Abhishek Sharma or Kumar Sangakarra who can also keep I would pick Sangakarra as that is two birds with one stone
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
What else is he? Closes his eyes and swings. 2 50s, 1 vs Zimbabwe and 1 on a pancake where 250 was scored. Failed throughout the tournament with duck against Pak.
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He is the most consistent t20 bat in the world who scores a 50 almost every 3 game. His loss of form for couple of matches was because of his illness and he himself said it was because he was too weak to hit the ball over the line.

I am more and more convinced you are just a mentally ill troll detached from reality
 
charlie007 said:
So you said one was in a must win Super 8 game vs Zimbabwe which if India lost would have crashed out of the World Cup and the other in a World Cup final!! I’ll take that any day over 6 impactless matches played by Babar Azam.
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And worst of all, babar didn't even have 2 good innings in the entire tournament, not even impactless innings
 
Sachin fan said:
He is the most consistent t20 bat in the world who scores a 50 almost every 3 game. His loss of form for couple of matches was because of his illness and he himself said it was because he was too weak to hit the ball over the line.

I am more and more convinced you are just a mentally ill troll detached from reality
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He has the ATG T20 ranking that too at a strike rate of 200. He made up for his failures against part time rubbish off spinners. He would thrash these guys in sleep. Lack of energy really got to him.

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Abhishek Sharma has to work on his game against spinners especially when they open the bowling against him.

NZ made a mistake of using pace against him.

His 50 in quick time in the final was a major factor in batting NZ out of the game
 
sithb said:
Abhishek Sharma has to work on his game against spinners especially when they open the bowling against him.

NZ made a mistake of using pace against him.

His 50 in quick time in the final was a major factor in batting NZ out of the game
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He is one of the biggest spin bully. Lack of energy due to illness caused mistiming of those shots against some rubbish off spinners. Let Agha bowl first over next time to Abhishek lol We will see where the ball lands.
 
sithb said:
Abhishek Sharma has to work on his game against spinners especially when they open the bowling against him.

NZ made a mistake of using pace against him.

His 50 in quick time in the final was a major factor in batting NZ out of the game
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Abhishek had fell ill at the start of World Cup, didn't play the South Africa warm up fixture, had some stomach infection, lost weight.

Anyways he proved his #1 T20 batsman ranking on night of the final with that 50.
 
gazza619 said:
I would pick Babar any day of the week. I am not a fan of giving too much responsibility to interns like Abhishek
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You would Pick Babar over Abhishek in T20s?

And you have a SERIOUS issue with me for wanting Asif Ali as captain in T20s too.

As I said, Pakistan cricket’s problem isn’t just the players, rather it seems the fans are equally Aqal se paidal!
 
Sachin fan said:
He is the most consistent t20 bat in the world who scores a 50 almost every 3 game. His loss of form for couple of matches was because of his illness and he himself said it was because he was too weak to hit the ball over the line.

I am more and more convinced you are just a mentally ill troll detached from reality
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You know you have lost when you resort to ad hominem. If I wanted to show you the reality, I would show you your namesake Teenda stats in WC finals or vs great bowlers. Don't fly too high or I will expose your hero here.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
In T20 cricket maybe. In Tests and ODIs the 2 premier formats it is not even a discussion. Forget Abhishek, even Rohit doesn't beat Babar combining ODIs+Tests.
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Rohit is league above Babar in Odi. In tests also he was way more impactful, Babar has nothing to show in test format, let alone Rohit, Kl Rahul is ahead.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
In T20 cricket maybe. In Tests and ODIs the 2 premier formats it is not even a discussion. Forget Abhishek, even Rohit doesn't beat Babar combining ODIs+Tests.
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You can only compare T20 as that is the only format Abhishek plays lol Your title says "White ball" where the hell is Test coming from. Babar has a grand total of one SENA century. Let me tell you how bad a test batsman Babar is

Babar and Saud shakeel has played 19 tests togetehr

Saud Shakeel 19 tests 1604 runs 47.17 average
Babar 19 tests 1244 runs 33.62 average

That is how bad babar is. People would take Saud Shakeel, Salman Agha over him. Let Babar beat Saud, Salman first in Tests before beating others.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
You can only compare T20 as that is the only format Abhishek plays lol Your title says "White ball" where the hell is Test coming from. Babar has a grand total of one SENA century. Let me tell you how bad a test batsman Babar is

Babar and Saud shakeel has played 19 tests togetehr

Saud Shakeel 19 tests 1604 runs 47.17 average
Babar 19 tests 1244 runs 33.62 average

That is how bad babar is. People would take Saud Shakeel, Salman Agha over him. Let Babar beat Saud, Salman first in Tests before beating others.
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Even rizwan and shan masood is better than babar currently in tests..... Rizwan had very good record in SENA countries also in tests....
 
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