For some time now, Pakistan cricket team’s legendary batsman Babar Azam’s batting has been silent, especially in red ball cricket. At the same time, he has not been able to show anything special in the ongoing Test match against Bangladesh. Cricket fans did not get to see a single half-century from Babar’s bat in the two-match Test series against Bangladesh.

Also, after the way Babar got out in the second Test match against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi, fans started speculating as to when Babar had last scored a half-century in red ball cricket. So let us answer your question that when was the last time Babar scored a half-century in Test cricket?

The last half-century came off Babar’s bat in December 2022

Let us tell you that the last half-century from Babar Azam’s bat was seen in the Test match held in Karachi during the December 2022 home Test series against New Zealand. In this match, Babar came to bat in a difficult situation after Pakistan lost 3 wickets for 48 runs, and Babar showed his class by first making important partnerships with Sarfaraz Ahmed (86) and Salman Agha (103) and taking the team out of the difficult situation.

In the match, Babar played an innings of 161 runs and Pakistan scored 438 runs in the first innings, but after this New Zealand declared the first innings at 612/9 on the basis of Kane Williamson’s double century. After this Pakistan declared the second innings at 311 runs with the loss of 8 wickets, but in the end there was no result of the match and it ended in a draw. Apart from this, this series also ended in a draw between the two teams.

On the other hand, after this innings, Babar has not been able to regain his form in red ball cricket. It will be interesting to see when a great innings will come out of Babar’s bat?