[WATCH]- Babar Azam Removes A Fan’s Hand From His Shoulder; Video Goes Viral

A video of star Pakistan batsman Babar Azam removing a fan’s hand from his shoulder has gone viral on social media. Reports indicate that the incident happened while he was gearing up for the Pakistan Champions One-Day Cup 2024, where he is set to play for the Stallions.

The 29-year-old came in for a lot of flak over his poor batting performance in the two-match Test series against Bangladesh at home, which Pakistan lost 2-0. In four innings, the right-hand batter registered scores of 0, 22, 31 and 11.

On Tuesday, September 10, he was again in the news for the wrong reasons as a clip of his interaction with a fan went viral. In the video, the star Pakistan batter is first seen obliging for a picture with a fan. However, when the latter attempted to place his arm around the cricketer’s shoulder, Babar reacted by pushing his hand away.

You can watch the video here:

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Attitude 💯

Babar Azam for you 😁 pic.twitter.com/uA5qoMVB54

— Asad Sultan (@sultanawan143) September 9, 2024

The future of Babar’s captaincy howls conflicting signals. Babar was the face of Pak team at T20 WC 2024 but they couldn’t even make it past the group stages crashing out unexpectedly to host US in their pool matches.

Babar Azam has not reached a Test century since December 2022

In last few years, Babar undoubtedly stood amongst best batsman from Pakistan but at present he has been going through some tough times when it comes to Test cricket. The last time the 29-year-old hit a hundred in Test was in December 2022 when he scored 161 against New Zealand in Karachi city. Moreover, the right-handed batsman did not even score a fifty in Tests since scoring three figures against Kiwis.

Two things are clear from this video. One: Babar Azam has an unreal stardom and is easily the most popular cricketer of Pakistan. Two: cricket needs to be taken to more cities of Pakistan which I am glad is happening in Faisalabad with the Champions Cup. pic.twitter.com/TRutUtC1vc

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) September 9, 2024

In the month of January 2023 alone, the senior batter for Pakistan has played eight test matches and has been able to score just 317 runs with a low average of 21.13, having done so with a top score of 41. His total number of test matches played up to now stands at fifty-four where he scored a total of three thousand nine hundred and sixty-two runs with an average of forty-four point five one having made nine centuries and twenty-six half centuries.

When it comes to his records in white ball cricket, this veteran batsman has taken part in one hundred and seventeen ODIs and one hundred and twenty-three T20Is during which he got  5729 runs and  4145 runs in total respectively. In ODI’s, he has 19 hundred and 32 fifties while there are three centuries along with 36 fifties in T20Is.

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