Babar Azam was again dismissed for a single-digit score against South Africa in Sydney on Thursday, November 3. Unlike the previous edition in the UAE where he was at his fluent best and was the leading run-scorer of the tournament this time he has failed to reach a double-digit score.
Babar’s poor performance has reflected even on the team’s performance in this edition. It seems that several captains haven’t been able to contribute sufficiently in the team’s success such as Temba Bavuma, Rohit Sharma, and Kane Williamson.
In UAE they made it to the semi-finals but this time it seems impossible unless they win their remaining games and have a few results in their favour. He has scored only 14 runs in his four innings at an average of 3.5. Pakistan as a team is very reliant on Babar Azam scoring runs. The openers contribute 50% of the team’s total runs this year out of all the teams who qualified directly for the Super-12s.
Let’s take a look at some of the fan reactions to Babar’s poor outing with the bat:
Babar Azam in T20 World Cup 2022: 0(1), 4(9), 4(5) & 6(15).
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 3, 2022
6 off 15 balls for Babar Azam inside the powerplay, just not happening for him. #T20WorldCup
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) November 3, 2022
Babar Azam goes for 6 in 15 balls.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 3, 2022
Finally! Babar Azam has double digit runs in ICC T20 World Cup 2022
0(1)
4(9)
4(5)
6(15)Impressive average of 3.5 at strike rate of 48SR 🔥🔥🔥
Massively overrated 😂 @daniel86cricket
— Thalavenger (@Thalavenger) November 3, 2022
Babar Azam wagon wheel in This World Cup pic.twitter.com/cYGCfUgxL8
— Gaurav (@Melbourne__82) November 3, 2022
Babar Azam undergoing the worst patch of his career. He has never been this much out of scores ever. The decline in the performance of Babar Azam has resulted into decline of Pakistan's performance aswell. Such is the level of dependency of entire side on Babar Azam. #T20WorldCup
— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) November 3, 2022
Babar Azam in Asia Cup + Wt20 2022
10
9
14
0
30
5
0
4
4
682 runs in 10 innings at an avg of 8.2.
— Sai Krishna💫 (@SaiKingkohli) November 3, 2022
I don’t know man this is the worst worst form of Babar Azam I’ve ever seen since his debut this is not the Babar Azam we used to know
— Lahori Guy (@YrrrFahad_) November 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/Mujha_q_Nikala/status/1588090050767720448?s=20&t=L37nrBy2ToQ89gkyuZ6B9g
Babar Azam is a finished player in T20Is and people who will come up with his performances in bangla wash series and england one who tf he cares about that win us big games but he always chokes when his team requires the most.
— zayn (@ZaynMahmood5) November 3, 2022
Babar Azam has had an eminently forgettable tournament. If Pak fail to qualify, his and Rizwan’s failures is the major reason
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) November 3, 2022
Babar azam and rizwan should be ashamed of themselves. A guy who has played one innings in his t20 international career has showed more intent than they have in the last 2 years
— Haris (@Hariszz77) November 3, 2022
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Apart from his batting, he has also faced a lot of criticism in regard to his captaincy, especially in the game against India. He has been called a bad captain by several former cricketers.
Pakistan post 185 after an early batting debacle
Pakistan who opted to bat today at Sydney has scored 185-9 in their 20 overs. In this game to everyone’s surprise the middle order of the team stood up. Contributions from Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz and finishing touches by Shadab Khan have taken Pakistan to this total. Both Shadab and Iftikhar scored half-centuries.
The former scored his runners at a strike rate of 236.26 which included 3 fours and four maximums. Pakistan will hope to defend this target against the in-form Proteas.
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