DTVHINDIPAK vs ENG: Babar Azam may be out of the second test, new selection committee has taken the decision
Babar Azam (Photo Source: If media reports are to be believed, after Pakistan’s embarrassing defeat to England in the first Test in Multan, former captain Babar Azam may be dropped from the team. Babar has been going through a poor form in all formats for the last few months. He scored only 30 and 5 runs in both the innings against England on a batting-friendly pitch in the first Test, after which he is in danger of being dropped from the team. Hours after Pakistan’s defeat in the Multan Test, the Pakistan Cricket Board formed a new selection committee, which has reportedly decided to drop Babar from the second Test squad. Babar Azam has not been able to score even a half-century in Test cricket for a long time. Babar Azam left the captaincy of all three formats after the World Cup 2023. After this Shan Masood was made the captain. Babar Azam may be dropped from the second test match According to the report of ESPN Cricinfo, the exclusion of Babar Azam has been recommended by the new selection committee, whose first meeting was held in Lahore a few hours after Pakistan’s crushing defeat in the Multan Test match. After this meeting, such reports have also come out that Shan Masood may be forced to leave the Test captaincy after this series or the Pakistan Cricket Board may remove him from the captaincy. Talking about Babar Azam, he has not been able to score even a half-century in Test cricket in 17 innings. The last time he played an innings of 50 or more runs in Test cricket was in December 2022. His average in Test cricket is also continuously falling. At one time his test average was more than 50, but now it has come down to 43.92. Even in the rankings, he is out of the top 10. At the same time, under the captaincy of Shan Masood, Pakistan team has not been able to win even a test match yet. He has captained the team in 6 test matches so far and the team has lost in every match.
Pakistan Cricket Board is going to remove Shan Masood from captaincy! Same to same happened with Babar Azam also
After this disappointing performance of the Pakistan team, captain Shan Masood’s captaincy is in danger, as per the report of Cricket Pakistan. Shan Masood (Source X) After Pakistan’s crushing defeat in the Multan Test, criticism over the team’s declining performance has intensified. Recently, the team could not bounce back after losing the series 0-2 in the Bangladesh tour, and also faced a crushing defeat in the first Test against England. A flat pitch was demanded for the Multan Test, in which Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings. But England proved to be the lion and declared their innings after scoring 823 runs and all out Pakistan for 220 runs in the second innings and won by 47 runs and an innings. However, on 11 October, a new record was set for Pakistan cricket, when they became the first team to lose a match by an innings despite scoring over 500 runs in the first innings. After this disappointing performance of the Pakistan team, the captaincy of captain Shan Masood is in danger, as cricket pakistan As stated in the report. Pakistan Cricket Board is going to snatch the captaincy of Shan Masood Not only in Test cricket, Pakistan team is also performing poorly in white ball cricket. After reaching the final in the 2022 T20 World Cup, the team has consistently failed to reach the knockout stages of ICC events. Apart from this, after the disappointing defeat of the 2023 World Cup, Babar Azam was stripped of the captaincy and Shaheen Afridi was made the captain of the T20 team. Captaincy was also taken away from Babar Azam Ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024, Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie were appointed coaches of white-ball and red-ball cricket respectively. But things got worse when Babar Azam was given the captaincy again before the tournament and two months after Pakistan’s exit from the group stage, he decided or was forced by someone to leave the captaincy. The current times of Pakistan cricket are going through difficult times, where the decline in the performance of the team is clearly visible. Be it Test cricket or white ball cricket, teams everywhere are struggling and need concrete improvements to move forward. In such a situation, the board will be looking for a new captain.
PAK vs ENG, 1st Test: Before Joe Root’s double century, Babar Azam took a simple catch at mid-wicket, watch video
Babar Azam dropped a simple catch on the ball of Naseem Shah before Joe Root’s double century. Joe Root & Babar Azam (Photo Source: The first match of the Test series between Pakistan and England is being played in Multan. Today, on the fourth day of the game, England’s legendary batsman Joe Root has scored a double century. This is the 6th double century of Root’s Test career and the third in the World Test Championship. Joe Root is making a lot of headlines due to his excellent batting, but former Pakistan captain Babar Azam is also not far behind. Before Joe Root’s double century, Babar Azam dropped a simple catch on the ball of Naseem Shah, the video of which is going viral. Babar Azam could not catch even a simple catch On the fourth day of the game, on a short ball from Naseem Shah, Joe Root played a shot straight towards mid-wicket, where Babar Azam was stationed. Let us tell you, Root was on 192 runs at that time. Babar Azam could have easily taken the catch but he dropped it. Seeing Babar’s poor fielding, Naseem Shah could not stop laughing and held his head. After the catch was dropped, Root hit a brilliant four on the very next ball. It was because of Babar Azam’s mistake that Joe Root scored a double century. Watch the video here- Neither is he batting nor is he fielding nor is he shy #PAKvsENG , #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/9Yfib2dPMu — 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙝𝙝𝙖𝙖𝙣 (@was_abdur) October 10, 2024 Joe Root out against Agha Salman Joe Root was out LBW against Agha Salman and England lost the fourth wicket at the score of 703. Root completed his double century in 305 balls by taking a single during the 110th over bowled by Agha Salman. He played an innings of 262 runs in 375 balls with the help of 17 fours. There was a partnership of 454 runs for the fourth wicket between Harry Brook and Root. This is the highest partnership made by any team in Test against Pakistan. Till the time of writing the news, England has scored 710/4 runs and the team has taken a lead of 154 runs. Harry Brook (262*) and Jamie Smith (6*) are present at the unbeaten crease.
“Respect is given only to the one who has his own…” Salman Butt got into trouble on TV because of Babar Azam; watch video
Former captain Salman Butt has defended Babar Azam after he resigned from the captaincy of Pakistan’s limited overs team. Babar Azam (Photo Source: Getty Images) Pakistan captain Babar Azam has once again left the captaincy. Babar informed the fans about this by posting on social media. Let us tell you that Babar had resumed captaincy before the T20 World Cup, but now he has once again decided to step down. Many people of Pakistan supported him due to his decision, while many players also criticized him. What was the reason for criticizing Babar Azam? Babar Azam is currently going through a bad phase of his cricket career. He disappointed the team a lot in T20 World Cup 2024. Pakistan team under the captaincy of Babar Azam had to accept defeat from a weak team like America in this tournament. After that, Babar’s bat remained quiet throughout the T20 World Cup. Considering the team’s performance in the T20 World Cup, questions were also raised on the captaincy of Babar Azam. After this, Babar’s poor performance was also seen in the recent Test series with Bangladesh on home ground. Therefore, Babar Azam resigned from the captaincy and indicated that he wants to focus on his performance. After his resignation, many people said that he should have done this earlier. Salman Butt defends Babar Azam Former captain Salman Butt has defended Babar Azam after he resigned from the captaincy of Pakistan’s limited overs team. In fact, former fast bowler Sikandar Bakht had made critical comments about the star batsman. Bakht had suggested that Babar should have resigned immediately after Pakistan’s group stage exit from the T20 World Cup. Now after his resignation he said to Babar, “Now I am ashamed!” Let us tell you that, he also criticized Babar’s leadership and personal performance during the tournament. Unhappy with Bakht’s comments, Butt defended Babar on a TV show. He said- “Look, respect is given only to the one who has his own. This is very unfortunate. You are criticizing a player who has been the best player for Pakistan in the last five years.” “You can like or dislike any person, but while criticizing you should consider the stature of the player.” watch video Salman Butt’s Reaction on Babar’s Captaincy Decision & Sikander Bakht’s Comments on it:#BabarAzam𓃵 I #PakistanCricket pic.twitter.com/evAO40PDp2 — Pakistan Cricket Team USA FC (@DoctorofCricket) October 3, 2024
Virat Kohli will be remembered as a great player, while Babar Azam…: Mudassar Nazar
Former Pakistan all-rounder Mudassar Nazar termed the comparison between Virat Kohli and Babar Azam as nonsense and said that there is a lot of difference between the two players. Babar Azam Virat Kohli (Photo Source: Twitter) Often on social media, fans of Pakistan and Babar Azam compare him with one of the great batsmen, Virat Kohli. Now former Pakistan all-rounder Mudassar Nazar termed the comparison between Virat Kohli and Babar Azam as nonsense and said that there is a lot of difference between the two players. According to Mudassar, Kohli is one of the great players of the game, while Babar is still to make a name for himself. Kohli and Babar are counted among the best batsmen of the present era. Both the players admire each other a lot and have expressed this openly on many occasions. Fans of India and Pakistan constantly make comparisons between the two, but Mudassar believes that both the players are not even in the same league yet. Speaking to news agency PTI, he said: There is a world of difference between Virat Kohli and Babar Azam: Mudassar Nazar “I mean there’s a lot of difference between the two players. Virat will be remembered as one of the greatest players to grace the game. At the same time, Babar still has to make a name for himself.” Like watching Rohit and Kohli bat: Mudassar Nazar The 68-year-old praised Kohli and India’s Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma, saying it was a great experience to watch them bat at their peak. Mudassar said, “I love watching Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli play. When they are at their peak and playing well, it is great to watch them play. You can sit in front of the TV for hours and watch those two play.” Rohit and Kohli were part of India’s 2024 T20 World Cup victory. Rohit was India’s leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 257 runs in eight innings, while Kohli top-scored with 76 runs from 59 balls in the final. Comparison between Kohli and Babar is nonsense: Zaheer Abbas Before Mudassar, former Pakistan legend Zaheer Abbas had also termed the comparison between Kohli and Babar as baseless. Speaking at the Cricket Prediction Conclave, he was quoted by Cricket Pakistan as saying: He said, “Comparison is useless, Virat Kohli scores runs in every match, whereas Babar does not score runs in any match, then how can you compare? The one who scores runs is a big player.” Kohli (35) is the fourth highest run scorer in international cricket. In 535 matches (595 innings), he has scored 27,041 runs at an average of 53.23, which includes 80 centuries and 140 half-centuries. Babar has scored 13,836 runs in 294 matches (328 innings) at an average of 47.54, which includes 31 centuries and 94 half-centuries.
Gary Kirsten’s report forced Babar Azam to leave the captaincy of Pakistan team, read big news
On October 1, Babar Azam resigned from the limited overs captaincy of Pakistan. Babar Azam and Gary Kirsten (Image Credit- Twitter Veteran batsman Babar Azam has recently resigned from the limited overs captaincy of Pakistan cricket team. It is noteworthy that before the start of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had once again handed over the captaincy to Babar, who had resigned after Pakistan’s poor performance in the World Cup 2023. So under the captaincy of Babar, Pakistan could not perform anything special in the T20 World Cup. Babar and company had to bow out of the tournament after losing to a team like USA. After this, recently Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten has submitted a detailed report to the PCB, in which detailed information has been given about the reasons for Pakistan’s T20 World Cup defeat. After this report filed by Kirsten, Babar Azam was forced to resign from the captaincy. Besides, a source closely associated with the Pakistan Cricket Board has also given a big statement regarding this. Source gave a big statement Let us tell you that after Babar Azam’s resignation from the limited overs format, a source in the PCB quoted India Today as saying – Babar Azam was not happy with the comments and recommendations of Kirsten and even the assistant coach, Azhar Mahmood and he Felt that only he was being blamed for the disappointing performance. After parts of Kirsten’s report became public, he indicated to the cricket board that he had no interest in continuing as captain. Also, for your information, let us tell you that PCB, under the chairmanship of Mohsin Naqvi, has given the responsibility of finding a new coach for the limited overs format of Pakistan cricket team to Gary Kirsten and his supporting team. It will be worth watching that who is going to take charge of Pakistan cricket team now?
According to me, Fakhar Zaman or Mohammad Rizwan should be appointed captain of Pakistan team in place of Babar Azam: Younis Khan
The performance of Pakistan team has been disappointing in international cricket for some time now. Fakhar Zaman Mohammad Rizwan (Photo Source: Twitter) Former Pakistan batsman Younis Khan believes that Fakhar Zaman or Mohammad Rizwan should be appointed captain of the national ODI and T20 team in place of Babar Azam. Let us tell you that recently Babar Azam has resigned from the post of captaincy and he said that he wants to focus more and more on his batting and that is why he has taken this important decision. Today i.e. on 3rd October, Younis Khan was honored in a special program at Adelaide Oval. Younis Khan has been presented with the official South Australia Redbacks cap by Mark Cosgrove who is a former Australian player and currently serves as the High-Performance Coach for the South Australia Cricket Association. The former Pakistani player told the reporter at Adelaide Oval, ‘Babar Azam’s decision that he has resigned from the captaincy is right. In our country, big players are made captains which I think is a big mistake. According to me, either Mohammad Rizwan or Fakhar Zaman should be appointed the captain of the team. Both of them are very good players and can handle this important responsibility well. Jason Gillespie is working very hard Pakistan has to tour Australia in the month of November where a three-match ODI and three-match T20 series will be played between these two teams. He has given many good wishes to the Pakistan team before the upcoming tour. Younis Khan said, ‘I hope that Pakistan men’s cricket team performs well in Australia. We have many young players whose performance has been excellent in recent times. However, it is very important for the selectors to select the team well. Let us tell you that for some time now, the performance of Pakistan team has been disappointing in international cricket. The team recently played a two-match Test series against Bangladesh. Bangladesh won this two-match test series by 2-0. However, now the team will have to perform strongly against England and win the Test series. IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders can retain these 6 players Bowler who took fastest 300 test wickets for India- IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: 6 capped Indian players who will be retained as uncapped Virat Kohli completes 27 thousand runs in international cricket, Tendulkar’s record broken IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will retain these 6 players The batsman who scored the most runs in a year in T20 cricket- IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will retain these 6 players Teams that have scored 600+ most times in Test cricket-
Did Babar Azam resign from the captaincy because of Virat Kohli? Big news from Pakistan
Babar posted a picture on social media and said that he was resigning from the captaincy and wanted to focus on his performances. Virat Kohli and Babar Azam Pakistan captain Babar Azam has once again decided to step down from the captaincy. Babar informed the fans about this by posting on social media. Let us tell you that Babar had resumed captaincy before the T20 World Cup, but now he has once again decided to step down. According to Pakistani media reports, it is being said that Babar Azam has resigned from the captaincy because of Virat Kohli. Did Babar Azam resign from the captaincy because of Virat Kohli? Journalist Arfa Firoz of Pakistani news channel Geo News has shared a post on X. In this post he wrote- ‘Inside Story- Some people close to Babar Azam have described Virat Kohli as an example of Babar and can even say that Babar is following Virat’s footsteps by resigning from the captaincy. Babar wants to focus on individual performance like Virat Kohli. The Pakistani journalist said in the post that like Kohli, Babar Azam also wants to focus on individual performance. Virat Kohli left the captaincy of Team India in 2021. After Babar Azam resigned from the captaincy, fans started making fun of Babar. Along with this, many memes have also gone viral. 🚨 INSIDE NEWS – Close friends of Babar Azam gave him example of Virat Kohli and in other words you can say Babar has resigned from captaincy following the footsteps of Kohli. Babar wants to focus on individual performance just like Kohli. #BabarAzam𓃵 7/n — Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) October 1, 2024 Babar Azam is going through a bad phase in his career. Babar Azam is currently going through a bad phase of his cricket career. He disappointed the team a lot in T20 World Cup 2024. Pakistan team under the captaincy of Babar Azam had to accept defeat from a weak team like America in this tournament. Babar’s bat remained calm throughout the T20 World Cup. Considering the team’s performance in the T20 World Cup, questions were also raised on the captaincy of Babar Azam. After this, Babar’s poor performance was also seen in the recent Test series with Bangladesh at home. Not a single half-century was seen from Babar’s bat in this series. After this Babar was continuously trolled. Babar posted a picture on social media and said that he was resigning from the captaincy and wanted to focus on his performances.
Babar Azam vented his anger on fast bowler Dahani, hit 5 consecutive boundaries in a single over; watch video
Babar Azam continued his fine form in the new Champions One-Day Cup tournament, smashing fours on five consecutive balls off pacer Shahnawaz Dahani in Faisalabad on Sunday 15 September. Babar Azam (Source X) Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has been struggling with poor form for some time, and due to this he is being criticized a lot. At present, the situation is such that he may lose his place in the team because the Pakistan Cricket Board is engaged in ‘surgery’ of the team. Actually, the board wants to remove the players who are playing poorly and in such a situation it is looking for new players. To identify the talent of the players, a domestic tournament ‘One-Day Cup 2024’ is being played in Pakistan. From big to small cricketers of the Pakistan team are participating in this tournament. Meanwhile, everyone’s eyes are on Babar Azam. Why not, because the sword of being dropped from the team is hanging over his neck. Babar Azam gave signs of returning to form, hit 5 consecutive boundaries Babar Azam continued his excellent form in the new Champions One-Day Cup tournament, hitting fours on five consecutive balls off fast bowler Shahnawaz Dahani in Faisalabad on Sunday 15 September. The team needed 232 runs to win against the Markhors. After the early setback, Babar came out to bat early for the Stallions with the score at 13/1 in the fifth over. After scoring 5 runs off 10 balls, Pakistan’s white-ball captain went on a rampage in Dahani’s first over. After a dot at the start of the over, Babar hit boundaries to all parts of the ground off the next five balls, sending the packed house into a frenzy. He also displayed his trademark backfoot punch and front-foot pull. Watch this video of Babar Azam’s fierce batting 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 by Babar Azam against Shahnawaz Dahani 🔥#ChampionsCup , #PakistanCricketpic.twitter.com/hxZq7uXpks — Grassroots Cricket (@grassrootscric) September 15, 2024 Despite an incredible start, Babar could not convert it into a big score and was dismissed for 45 runs with the help of eight fours. His dismissal cost the Stallions heavily as the team collapsed from 79-3 to be all out for 105 and lost the match by a huge margin of 126 runs.
‘I was surprised’ Imad Wasim on Babar Azam becoming the captain of Pakistan cricket team again
After Shaheen Afridi was removed from captaincy, Babar has once again been made the captain. Imad Wasim and Babar Azam (Image Credit- Twitter Pakistan cricket team’s all-rounder Imad Wasim has recently made a big statement on the decision of the Pakistan Cricket Board to appoint Babar Azam as the captain again. Imad Wasim says that not only he but the whole country was surprised by this decision of the PCB. It is worth noting that after the Cricket World Cup 2023 held in India, Babar Azam left the captaincy of Pakistan in all three formats. After this, PCB handed over the captaincy to Shan Masood in Test cricket and Shaheen Afridi in T20 format. However, after losing the T20 series against New Zealand 4-1, the PCB removed Shaheen from the captaincy and once again made Babar Azam the captain of the team in white ball cricket. This was Shaheen’s first series as captain. On the other hand, now Imad Wasim has given a big statement on all this. Wasim says that Pakistan has once again flopped under the leadership of Babar and now his captaincy is in danger. Imad Wasim gave a big statement Let us tell you that in a recent interview with Saj Sadiq, Imad Wasim said – I was surprised, what can I say about this. But in the end it was the decision of the selectors. Whatever option they thought was good, they chose it and after that selected the team. Not only me but everyone in Pakistan was surprised. So, I cannot say that I was not surprised. Imad further said on Pakistan’s defeat in the T20 World Cup- Yes, honestly, our performance was not good and we have to accept it, including me. I think our team was good, but it did not succeed. This can happen in any format, especially in T20, but yes, it was disappointing. I was really disappointed, it took me a long time to recover from it.
