Former Pakistan Cricketer Shoaib Akhtar Criticized Star BABAR Azam for his Slow and Conservative KNCK Against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy Opener, Saying Trophy Opener, Saying THE SAING TOTER NOTENS Improve “. Babar’s Sluggish Approach in Odis Made Headlines as He Made A 90-Ball 64 Against Nz while Chasing 321 in the champions Trophy Opener. His Strike Rate was extramely underwhelming at 71.11, Lending Pakistan 60 Runs Short of a Win and Their Net Run Rate Slipped to -1.20. Their next match against Arch-Rivals India on Sunday has become a virtual knockout.
Speaking in the post-matches analysis show ‘game on hai’ as quoted by wisden, shoaib said, “Babar azam has become the product he had to become; it is visible; it is visible; (Against new zealand).
“You cannot run a team by acting like Maula JATT (Violent Pakistani Fictional Character) – ‘Bring this, do this, do that’ etc. You Need Awareness, Intelligence and Method as Well.
“They used to teach us way back in the 80s and 90s in club cricket how to play run-a-ball. Even us talenders knew that we have to play run-a-ball,” He Concluded.
Babar’s Knock of 64 in 90 Balls, Was His Fifth-Slowest 50-Plus Score in Odis, with His Slowest Being An 86-Ball Fify Against Nz Back in 2023. Whail Babar Was No. DOBT AT FAULT AND FAULT Much Support from Top Order, who also played extramely conservative cricket, with saud shakeel (6 off 19), mohammad rizwan (3 off 14), and fakhar zaman (24 off 41) failing to fry. In the middle order, Salman agha (42 in 28 balls, with six fours and a Six) and khusdil shah (69 in 49 balls, with 10 fours and a Six) Did come good, but it was not eet et en 4 For 260 in 47.2 overs.
Ingtrast, Kiwis Had Well-Made Centuries from will young (107 in 113 balls, with 12 fours and a six) and tom latham (118 in 104 in 104 balls, with 10 fours and three Sixes) Glennn Phillips, which had three fours and four sixes.
In Last 10 Odis, Babar Has Scored 354 Runs in 10 Innings at an average of 44.25, with a strike rate of over 76 and three fiftiies, with best score of 73. He has not scored an interactive ton sensory tone Against Nepal in August 2023 during the asia cup.
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