DTVHINDIPCB once again handed over the responsibility of captaincy to Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi took leave
PCB made Shaheen Afridi the T-20 captain in place of Babar Azam. Babar Azam (Image Credit- Twitter X) A big news related to Pakistan cricket has come out. Pakistan’s legendary batsman Babar Azam has again been appointed captain of the white ball format (ODI & T20I). Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has given this responsibility to Babar after the recommendation of the selection committee. Shan Masood will remain the captain of the Test team. Pakistan Cricket Board shared a video in which Babar Azam was seen sitting with PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi. While sharing the photo, PCB wrote, ‘The selection committee of Pakistan Cricket Board unanimously recommended making Babar Azam the captain of Pakistan cricket team in ODI and T20. PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi accepted the recommendation and decided to make Babar the captain. Babar Azam appointed as white-ball captain Following unanimous recommendation from the PCB’s selection committee, Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi has appointed Babar Azam as white-ball (ODI and T20I) captain of the Pakistan men’s cricket team. pic.twitter.com/ad4KLJYRMK — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 31, 2024 Babar Azam had left the captaincy of all three formats after poor performance in the ODI World Cup 2023 hosted by India. After that PCB made Shaheen Shah Afridi the captain of T20 format, while Shan Masood was given the command in Test. However, even after changing the captain, there was no improvement in the performance of the Pakistan team. Pakistan team’s performance was poor under the captaincy of Shaheen Afridi Shaheen captained the team in only five T20s. Pakistan lost the five-match T20 series against New Zealand 1-4. Whereas in Pakistan Super League, Lahore Qalandars remained last in the points table. In such a situation, before the upcoming T20 World Cup, Pakistan has again expressed confidence in Babar Azam. Let us tell you that Babar Azam has scored 5729 runs in 117 ODI matches at an average of 56.72, in which he has scored 19 centuries and 32 half-centuries. Babar Azam has scored 3898 runs in 52 Test matches with 9 centuries and 26 half-centuries and an average of 45.86. In 109 T20I matches, Babar Azam has scored 3698 runs at an average of 41.55, with 3 centuries and 33 half-centuries. Under the captaincy of Babar Azam, Pakistan cricket team has registered 26 wins in 43 ODI matches, while it has faced defeat in 15 matches. During this period, one match has been tied and one match has been inconclusive.
Babar Azam placed some important conditions before accepting the captaincy of Pakistan
Babar Azam left the captaincy after Cricket World Cup 2023. Babar Azam (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Pakistan cricket team could not make it to the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 hosted by India last year. After Pakistan failed to reach the playoffs of the tournament, captain Babar Azam resigned from his post. After Babar resigned from the captaincy, the Pakistan Cricket Board handed over the captaincy of Test format to Shan Masood and captaincy of T20 format to Shaheen Afridi. However, the Pakistan cricket team could not perform anything special under the captaincy of the pair of Masood and Afridi. So now reports are coming that once again Pakistan cricket management is looking towards Babar Azam to take charge of the team. But former captain and veteran batsman Babar Azam has put some important conditions before the PCB before taking over the captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team. According to these conditions, Babar wants the head coach of the team to be changed. He also wants to captain all three formats simultaneously, but the selection committee wants Shaheen Afridi to captain the shortest format of the game. It is noteworthy that under the captaincy of Shaheen, Pakistan lost 4-1 to New Zealand in the T20 series. PCB source gave important information Let us tell you that a senior source of Pakistan Cricket Board was quoted as saying by The Hindu – Some members of the selection committee feel that Shaheen Afridi should be allowed to remain the captain for the home T20 series against New Zealand in April and he should prove his ability. Be given a chance to do it. The source further said- He (Babar Azam) has made his opinion clear to the PCB chief and has now asked him to take the final decision. Naqvi has asked the selection committee to convince Babar to accept the captaincy of white ball cricket now and the board will decide on the captaincy of red ball cricket after the T20 World Cup.
Captaincy will be snatched from Shaheen Afridi, Babar Azam will be the captain of Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2024 – Reports
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is considering appointing Babar Azam as the T20I captain again ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup to be held in June. Let us tell you that Pakistan’s performance in the ODI World Cup played last year was very poor, after which top order batsman Babar Azam resigned from the post of captaincy in all formats. According to the recent report of Cricket Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi’s tenure as captain is already in danger due to his poor record in captaincy. In such a situation, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are being seen as alternatives. Shaheen Afridi’s captaincy tenure as T20I captain started with a 1-4 defeat against New Zealand away from home. Shaheen Afridi’s statistics as captain are very bad Apart from this, his performance as captain in the recent 2024 Pakistan Super League was very poor, after which his captaincy is now in danger. Under the captaincy of Shaheen, Lahore Qalandars team could register only one win in PSL 2024 and ended the season at the last position in the points table. Pakistan has to play T20 series against New Zealand and England in the coming days to prepare for the T20 World Cup. In such a situation, if the board has to make some changes in the captaincy, then they will have to take a decision as soon as possible. There itself As far as Mohammad Rizwan is concerned, the wicketkeeper batsman recently led Multan Sultans to the final of PSL 2024. He is also the current vice-captain of the T20I team. In such a situation, Rizwan can also be a good option for the captaincy of the Pakistan team. Talking about Babar Azam’s recent performance, he is in very good form in the current season of Pakistan Super League. He has scored a lot of runs for Peshawar Zalmi. He has scored 498 runs in 9 matches so far and is the leading run-scorer in the tournament, which includes one century and five half-centuries. Under the captaincy of Babar, Peshawar team has qualified for the playoffs. The team won 6 out of 10 matches.
Babar Azam holds a big record in PSL, became the first player to achieve such a feat.
Babar scored 569 runs in 11 matches at an average of 56.9 in the 2024 season. Babar Azam (Image Credit- Twitter X) Babar Azam has registered his name in the history of the tournament by scoring the most runs in the 9th edition of PSL. He scored 569 runs in 11 matches in the 2024 season at an average of 56.9 and won the Hanif Mohammad Cap award. Let us tell you that he has been the leading run scorer in three seasons of Pakistan Super League, he is the first batsman to achieve such a feat. Apart from this, this is the second best performance in terms of scoring the most runs during a season of PSL. Earlier, Fakhar Zaman had scored 588 runs in 13 matches for Lahore Qalandars in the 2022 season. Babar Azam received the Hanif Mohammad Cap Award thrice for being the leading run scorer in three seasons, which no other player has won. Babar was the leading run scorer in 2020 and 2021 Let us tell you that Babar Azam finished the tournament as the leading run scorer in the 2020 and 2021 seasons consecutively before the 2024 season. Playing for Karachi Kings, he scored 473 runs in 12 matches in 2020, while in 2021 he scored 554 runs in 11 matches. There are not many batsmen who have scored more than 500 runs in a season of PSL. The only three batsmen to achieve this feat are Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman. Babar and Rizwan have scored more than 500 runs three times, while Fakhar Zaman achieved the feat only once. Second batsman to score more than 10 centuries in T-20 cricket In PSL-9, Babar played his best innings against defending champions Islamabad United in Lahore. Where he scored unbeaten 111 runs in 63 balls. This innings included 14 fours and two sixes. With this, he has recorded 11 centuries in T-20 cricket. Now he is only the second player after Chris Gayle to score more than 10 centuries in T-20 cricket. Let us tell you that the explosive batsman of West Indies has scored 22 centuries in his T20 career.
Babar Azam holds a big record in PSL, became the first player to achieve such a feat.
Babar scored 569 runs in 11 matches at an average of 56.9 in the 2024 season. Babar Azam (Image Credit- Twitter X) Babar Azam has registered his name in the history of the tournament by scoring the most runs in the 9th edition of PSL. He scored 569 runs in 11 matches in the 2024 season at an average of 56.9 and won the Hanif Mohammad Cap award. Let us tell you that he has been the leading run scorer in three seasons of Pakistan Super League, he is the first batsman to achieve such a feat. Apart from this, this is the second best performance in terms of scoring the most runs during a season of PSL. Earlier, Fakhar Zaman had scored 588 runs in 13 matches for Lahore Qalandars in the 2022 season. Babar Azam received the Hanif Mohammad Cap Award thrice for being the leading run scorer in three seasons, which no other player has won. Babar was the leading run scorer in 2020 and 2021 Let us tell you that Babar Azam finished the tournament as the leading run scorer in the 2020 and 2021 seasons consecutively before the 2024 season. Playing for Karachi Kings, he scored 473 runs in 12 matches in 2020, while in 2021 he scored 554 runs in 11 matches. There are not many batsmen who have scored more than 500 runs in a season of PSL. The only three batsmen to achieve this feat are Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman. Babar and Rizwan have scored more than 500 runs three times, while Fakhar Zaman achieved the feat only once. Second batsman to score more than 10 centuries in T-20 cricket In PSL-9, Babar played his best innings against defending champions Islamabad United in Lahore. Where he scored unbeaten 111 runs in 63 balls. This innings included 14 fours and two sixes. With this, he has recorded 11 centuries in T-20 cricket. Now he is only the second player after Chris Gayle to score more than 10 centuries in T-20 cricket. Let us tell you that the explosive batsman of West Indies has scored 22 centuries in his T20 career.
Due to technical glitch, Babar Azam started playing for Afghanistan in the only test match against Ireland.
The only Test match against Afghanistan and Ireland is being played in Abu Dhabi. Afghanistan vs Ireland, Only Test (Image Credit- Twitter At present the only Test match between Ireland and Afghanistan is being played in Abu Dhabi. Let us tell you that due to a technical glitch in this match, the photo of former Pakistani captain Babar Azam was seen, after which people started speculating whether Babar has started playing for Afghanistan? But for your information, let us tell you that this was just a technical glitch, after which cricket fans started seeing the picture of Babar Azam in place of Hashmatullah Shahidi as the captain of Afghanistan on the screen. Also, within a short time, the photo of this defect started going viral on the internet very fast. After which the fans started discussing a lot about this. See this viral photo of Babar Azam on the internet pic.twitter.com/p1d1O9jlgr — Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) February 28, 2024 Afghanistan’s first innings was limited to 155 runs On the other hand, if we give you information about this test match, the second day of play continues today on 29th February. So before this, on the first day of the match, Afghanistan’s first innings was limited to only 155 runs. For the Afghan team, only opener Ibrahim Zadran was able to play a big inning of 53 runs, while Karim Janat contributed 41 runs. However, apart from this, no other player could play big innings. On the other hand, if we talk about Ireland’s bowling, Mark Adder got the maximum five wickets. Also, Curtis Camper and Craig Young got 2-2 wickets and Barry McCarthy got 1 wicket. So till the time of writing the news, Ireland has scored 144 runs at the loss of 5 wickets after 49 overs in the first innings. At present, Lorcan Tucker is present at the crease with 13 runs and Paul Sterling with 30 runs. For the Afghan team, so far Naved Zadran has taken 3 wickets and Zia ur Rahman has taken 2 wickets in the first innings.
PSL 2024: When Babar Azam scored a century against Islamabad United, fans gave tremendous reactions on social media.
Babar plays for Peshawar Zalmi in Pakistan Super League Babar Azam (Image Credit- Twitter X) In the ongoing Pakistan Super League match being played between Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi, former Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam has played a brilliant century innings. Let us tell you that in this 13th match being played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Babar, taking a tough lead against the bowlers of Islamabad United, played an unbeaten inning of 111* runs in just 63 balls, while during this innings, he hit 14 fours and 2 sixes. Hit sixes. On the other hand, fans are seen giving tremendous reaction to this innings of Babar Azam through social media. Peshawar Zalmi gave a strong target of 202 runs to Islamabad United So if we tell you about the first innings of this match, after losing the toss and being invited to bat first, Peshawar Zalmi scored 201 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs on the basis of this brilliant innings of Babar Azam and in front of Islamabad. Have set a strong goal. Apart from Babar Azam, Sam Ayub contributed 38 runs and Paul Walter contributed 19 runs in the match. Apart from this, Asif Ali remained unbeaten after scoring 17* runs. On the other hand, if we talk about the bowling of Islamabad United, except captain Shadab Khan and Agha Salman, all the other bowlers proved to be very expensive. Shadab got 2 wickets, while Naseem Shah and Salman got 1 wicket each. See how fans reacted to this innings of Babar Azam 🚨 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐓 🚨 Simply the best, 👑 Babar Azam brings up his second HBL PSL 💯 #HBLPSL9 , #KhulKeKhel , #PZvIU pic.twitter.com/GOu45jOOiS — PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 26, 2024 Lahore applauds another masterclass from Babar Azam. #PSL2024 #PZvIUpic.twitter.com/vrVGY4D7im — ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) February 26, 2024 BABAR AZAM WHAT ARE YOU ❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️ pic.twitter.com/4hwcNvH8f5 — Usman (@usmsss) February 26, 2024 HUNDRED FOR BABAR AZAM…!!! Babar was 52*(42) then 4, 2, 4, 1, 1, 6, 1, 1, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 1, 4, 0, 1 and completed Hundred from just 59 balls in PSL 2024. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/9zG6IT9f5h —Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 26, 2024 The king did it once again, but this time in Lahore 💯👑#ZalmiYama #YellowStorm #KhyberEdition #HaierXZalmi #hair #MadeToWin #PZvIU #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/JTfBaIr10C — Peshawar Zalmi (@PeshawarZalmi) February 26, 2024 Khushiyan🥹🩷# Occupancy #CAPCOMCUPX #BabarAzam #BabarAzam𓃵 pic.twitter.com/mh2qs1Ltmy — عفیفه حیدر 🦋 (@iam_afifahaider) February 26, 2024 Welcome of King👑by Zalmi Family ❤️#King #BabarAzam #HBLPSL2024 #viralvideo #ShaheenAfridi #PeshawarZalmi #SaimAyub #PTI_Followers pic.twitter.com/CGqzCuoRJL — Arshad Bilal (@arshadbilal804) February 26, 2024 King👑 BILLION DOLLARS STYLE🔥#PZvsIU #BabarAzam𓃵#BabarAzam #PSL9 pic.twitter.com/wjj7lH4N9C — Muhammad Ahsan (@m_ahsan_49) February 26, 2024 Babar Azam has punished his enemies so hard 😭😭😭#BabarAzam𓃵 #PSL9 #BabarAzam #PeshawarZalmi #PZvsIU #HBLPSL2024 #HBLPSL9 pic.twitter.com/Pb5hrT5Vgu — SALAYHA 👑🇵🇰 (@Salayha_Ghaffar) February 26, 2024 Babar Azam completed his century on just 59 deliveries 🔥❤️#BabarAzam #BabarAzam𓃵 #PSL2024 pic.twitter.com/BnTVdwB8ga — Cricadium CRICKET (@Cricadium) February 26, 2024 Peshawar Zalmi owner Javed Afridi announces an MG car as gift for Babar Azam after his hundred ❤️🔥Congratulations Babar ❤️ pic.twitter.com/i4S4Tajbjv — babarkingom_ (@babarskingdom) February 26, 2024 Imad…
PSL 2024: Babar Azam angry over the bad behavior of the spectators, threatened to kill in anger, watch video
Babar Azam is currently busy playing Pakistan Super League 2024. babar azam (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Babar Azam is currently busy playing Pakistan Super League 2024. He is captaining Peshawar Zalmi. On 23 February, Peshawar Zalmi faced Multan Sultans, where Babar Azam & Co registered a thrilling win by 5 runs. However, a video of Babar from this match is becoming increasingly viral on the internet. Actually, Babar Azam is seen very angry in the viral video. He was seen pointing towards the audience and threatening to hit them with the bottle. Allegedly some fans were misbehaving with him. Therefore Babar became very angry at this and muttered some words. One of the spectators made a video of it and made it viral on social media. In this video, fans are using the word Zimbabar for Babar. Fans were also seen divided into two camps regarding the video. While some fans supported him, some called it cheap. The video created a stir on the internet pic.twitter.com/72ac93xaAL — Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) February 24, 2024 Peshawar Zalmi’s first win in PSL 2024 Talking about Peshawar Zalmi, it registered its first win in PSL 2024. In the match played against Multan Sultan, Peshawar, batting first, scored 179 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Babar scored 31 runs in 26 balls, while Hasibullah Khan made the maximum contribution of 37 runs. Chasing the target, Multan Sultan’s team could score only 174 runs after losing all the wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 5 runs. For Multan, David Malan played the highest innings of 52 runs, while Yasir Khan scored 43 runs. Arif Yaqoob took maximum 3 wickets for Peshawar Zalmi. Whereas Luke Wood, Naveen Ul Haq and Salman Irshad took 2-2 wickets. Paul Walter managed to take one wicket.
Cover drive from Virat Kohli or Babar Azam? Know whom Mohammad Aamir and Shaheen Shah Afridi chose?
Mohammad Aamir and Shaheen Shah Afridi had to choose between the cover drives of Virat Kohli and Babar Azam in the Rapid-Fire round. Rapid Fire Round (Pic Source-Twitter) Pakistan’s experienced all-rounder Shoaib Malik was seen in a question and answer video with the team’s former fast bowler Mohammad Aamir and current T20 team captain Shaheen Shah Afridi. Mohammad Aamir and Shaheen Shah Afridi had to choose between the cover drives of Virat Kohli and Babar Azam in the Rapid-Fire round. Mohammad Amir picked Virat Kohli without any trouble while Shaheen Shah Afridi picked the cover drive of Babar Azam. However, Mohammad Aamir gave a big reaction to the choice of Shaheen Shah Afridi. Let us tell you, Virat Kohli and Babar Azam are among the best batsmen in the world. Both of them are counted among the best batsmen in the world and both have broken and made many records. After this, Shoaib Malik also asked which one is better among the full shots of Mohammad Rizwan and Rohit Sharma. The answer was quite surprising. While on one hand Mohammad Aamir selected Rohit Sharma, on the other hand Shaheen Shah Afridi did not waste any time in selecting Mohammad Rizwan. Here’s the video: Mohammad Amir’s reaction when Shaheen chooses Babar’s cover drive over Kohli’s 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/T9rQyjQ43W — Ghumman (@emclub77) February 21, 2024 Let us tell you, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma is a well-known name in ODI and T20 cricket. He is one of the best batsmen in the world and has many records in his name. Talking about Mohammad Rizwan, he is also a very good batsman and he has led Pakistan team to victory in many important matches. Currently, Pakistan Super League is being played in Pakistan while the Indian team is playing a 5-match test series against England. For Pakistan, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam have performed very well in the Pakistan Super League. Virat Kohli has recently become a father for the second time and has named his son ‘Akaay’. Rohit Sharma is currently playing a five-match Test series against England. India is leading 2-1 in the 5 match test series. These batsmen have scored the most runs against Dhoni’s team CSK in IPL. 5 players who scored 10,000 T20 runs in the fewest innings 5 players who scored 10,000 T20 runs in the fewest innings 3 Indian players who have scored most centuries in India IPL 2024: These 3 players will be the wicketkeepers of Delhi Capitals in place of Rishabh Pant 5 players who have scored the most runs in PSL IND vs ENG, 4th Test: Rohit Sharma will throw these 5 players out of playing 11 3 biggest wins recorded by India in terms of runs in Test cricket These 5 bowlers have sent Virat Kohli to the pavilion for a golden duck in IPL. List of bowlers who took the fastest 500 wickets in Test cricket- 4 Indian players who scored the fastest half century in test debut
Babar Azam broke this record of neither Virat Kohli, nor David Warner, nor Chris Gayle.
Babar Azam broke the record of former West Indies batsman Chris Gayle and the former Pakistan captain has made the record of becoming the fastest to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. Babar Azam. (Image Source: X) Babar Azam has made a brilliant record in the match played between Peshawar Zalmi and Karachi Kings in Pakistan Super League 2024. Babar Azam broke the record of former West Indies batsman Chris Gayle and the former Pakistan captain has made the record of becoming the fastest to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. Let us tell you, Babar Azam achieved this feat in Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Babar Azam is counted among the best batsmen in the world and he has batted very well in all formats. There are many such matches which Babar Azam has won on his own for the Pakistan team. Babar Azam broke Chris Gayle’s record Let us tell you, Chris Gayle held the record of scoring the fastest 10,000 runs in T20 cricket for almost 7 years. He achieved this feat in 285 innings. However, Babar Azam made this record in just 271 innings. The most amazing thing is that Virat Kohli and David Warner are also behind Babar Azam in this list. Virat Kohli achieved this record in 299 innings while David Warner played 303 innings to achieve this feat. Not only this, Babar Azam had also created history against Quetta Gladiators. He became the first batsman in the history of Pakistan Super League to complete 3000 runs in this illustrious tournament. He could make the record of completing 10,000 runs in T20 cricket only against Quetta Gladiators, although he was out in that match. Let us tell you, Babar Azam batted very well against Quetta Gladiators and scored 72 runs in 51 balls with the help of seven fours and one six. However, the performance of Peshawar Zalmi team has been very poor so far in this edition of Pakistan Super League. The team has played two matches so far this season and has faced defeat in both. If Peshawar wants to make a comeback in this tournament, then it is very important for them to win the upcoming matches. 5 players who scored 10,000 T20 runs in the fewest innings 5 players who scored 10,000 T20 runs in the fewest innings 3 Indian players who have scored most centuries in India IPL 2024: These 3 players will be the wicketkeepers of Delhi Capitals in place of Rishabh Pant 5 players who have scored the most runs in PSL IND vs ENG, 4th Test: Rohit Sharma will throw these 5 players out of playing 11 3 biggest wins recorded by India in terms of runs in Test cricket These 5 bowlers have sent Virat Kohli to the pavilion for a golden duck in IPL. List of bowlers who took the fastest 500 wickets in Test cricket- 4 Indian players who scored the fastest half century in test debut 5 teams that have won the Under 19 World Cup the most number of times
