Veteran Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin during a question and answer (Q&A) session on Twitter was asked to name his favorite three cricketers from the current Pakistan side led by the premier batter Babar Azam.
Ashwin picked the trio of Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and speedster Shaheen Afridi as his top 3 favorite players from the current Pakistan team.
“The trio played a pivotal role in taking Pakistan to the semi-finals of the ICC T20 World Cup I’ve always been following Mohammad Rizwan and have been speaking about him for a while about the quality he brings and plays very crucial knocks but I think the standout batter & the ways he bats, the hundred in Australia, it has to be Babar Azam,” Ashwin said.
Former Pakistan cricketer Salman Butt taking cognizance of Ravichandran Ashwin’s remarks was pleased to see Babar, Rizwan and Afridi getting the appreciation they deserve after a noteworthy season for Pakistan in 2021. Responding to Ashwin’s remarks on the YouTube channel, Butt said that Ashwin himself is a top performer.
“It is nice of Ashwin to praise them (Azam, Rizwan, Afridi). When players praise each other, the respect level among the cricketers increases. All the players deserve the praise. Ashwin himself is a top performer. We also praise Indian talent like Kohli, Rohit, who are outstanding cricketers. All players should respect each other and this is a very healthy sign,” Salman Butt said.
Pakistan had a dream run in 2021 in the shortest formats
Pakistan had a dream run in T20I winning 17 matches out of 20 games in 2021. However, they will be utterly disappointed with their performance in the T20 World Cup where they lost to Australia in the semifinal despite an unbeaten run in the group stages.
The Men in Greens will look to keep up winning momentum in the next year with another mega T20 event scheduled in Australia.
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