Babar Azam continues to be underneath the radar of critics for his captaincy in Test cricket. Pakistan did not win a single Test match in 2022, and had been whitewashed by England in a three-match Test sequence in December final 12 months. While quite a bit has been mentioned and written concerning the poor pitches within the nation, skipper Babar has additionally drawn criticism from a number of present and former Pakistan gamers for his type of captaincy. As Pakistan proceed to place up a mediocre present within the format, Babar has bought no escape.
After the recently-concluded second Test in opposition to New Zealand, he was requested a query by a journalist concerning the way forward for his Test captaincy and the reply was a blunt one from Babar.
“Kuch log keh rahe hai aapki team pe grip kamzor hoti ja rahi hai. Dosti yaari ka silsila Pakistan team mein khatam ho rahi hai. (Some people are saying that your grip over the team is getting weaker and your friendships are getting over in the Pakistan Cricket team)”, the journalist mentioned.
“Since Shahid Afridi got here, he has modified the vice-captaincy in ODIs, with Shan Masood coming in to fill in the role. Now it’s being said that even Test captaincy will be snatched away from you soon?” he added.
To this, Babar replied: “Sir, you will only be knowing to whom is the captaincy going. I don’t care about this. My work is to perform in the field and make my team also perform.”
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“Aap ko pata hoga kaptaani kis ke paas jaa rahi hai. Mujhe nahi iss cheez ka ilm.”
Babar Azam responds to a query about his captaincy.#PAKvNZ pic.twitter.com/dFGVBpex41
— Grassroots Cricket (@grassrootscric) January 6, 2023
Talking concerning the second Test match between Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi, the hosts final pair Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed survived 21 balls in fading gentle Friday whereas Sarfaraz Ahmed hit a preventing century to deprive New Zealand of a victory.
New Zealand had been in sight of a series-clinching victory after dismissing Sarfaraz for a career-best 118 with 39 balls remaining within the match.
But as nightfall settled, Naseem scored 15 and Ahmed seven to information Pakistan to 304-9 in pursuit of a 319-run goal when umpires Alex Wharf and Aleem Dar declared the sunshine unfeasible to proceed with three overs remaining.
(With AFP Inputs)
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