"Babar's stubbornness only hurts Pakistani cricket" - former Pakistani star on Babar Azam not being an ideal opening player 1

“Babar’s stubbornness only hurts Pakistani cricket” – former Pakistani star on Babar Azam not being an ideal opening player

Pakistani team advances to the final T20 World Cup 2022 Despite a lackluster show in Super 12s. They faced severe criticism after their one-round loss to Zimbabwe. After two consecutive defeats, they performed better in Super 12 matches and their impressive performance against New Zealand in the semi-finals took them to the final.

In the final, Babar Azam and Co. lost by five wickets to England led by Jos Buttler. The Men in Green were asked to hit first, where they simply put 137/8. However, the bowlers put up a tough fight against England, but in the end, the British chased the small goal to become T20 World Cup champions for the second time in history.

But Pakistan’s team, management and board were not spared from criticism and trolls. Several former Pakistani players have criticized Babar for not giving the opening point to anyone else. Babar struggled with a weak patch in the tournament; Apart from his half-century knockout against the Kiwis in the semi-finals, he failed to score in single digits in a few games. He scored 32 points in the final.

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Babar Azam
Babar Azam

One of the critics of Babar Azam is former Pakistani spinner Danish Kaneria accusing the captain of being ‘stubborn’ for not leaving the landing spot. He observed that if Mohammad Rizwan did not score well, Babar also failed.

Babar Azam is stubborn. The same happened when he was with the Karachi Kings. Their management didn’t want him to play as the opener. But he was determined to open it as he couldn’t hit the middle row. I don’t know why Babar didn’t want to play in the middle rank. Babar’s stubbornness is only hurting Pakistani cricket. If Rizwan plays, Babar also hits well. Babar starts his kicks very slowKaneria said in a video on her YouTube channel.

Kaneria later praised former India captain Virat Kohli, describing him as a “selfless” player. He explained that after India’s poor performance at last year’s T20 World Cup, Kohli became the target of trolls but still reappeared in the form of the Indian talisman and did not give up.

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When it comes to being selfless, there is nothing like Virat Kohli. The team lost the World Cup under his captaincy and had to face criticism. He even lost his captaincy. Many people asked about his place in the team. But he didn’t give up. He gave his full support to the new captain and played as many times as he wanted. Re-emerged in form since Asian Cupsaid.

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