Never ever a dull day in Pak cricket …
If the embarrassing ODI series defeat versus New Zealand was inadequate, Pakistan Cricket is now involved in another debate, after Babar Azam’s intimate videos and images have actually been dripped online. Babar has actually been at the getting end of extreme criticism from fans and specialists alike after his group failed in your home versus England and New Zealand.
According to some reports, the Pakistani skipper was sexting with his colleague’s sweetheart, however that has actually currently been exposed. It was simply a satirical tweet from a parody account that acquired traction after a number of publications chose it up. The photos and voice note initially resurfaced on Instagram, after it was apparently published by his ex-girlfriend.
Azam has actually been under pressure to resign from captaincy after a series of average efficiencies from his group. Under his stewardship, Pakistan meekly gave up a Test series to England, then stopped working to win a single video game in the two-match series versus New Zealand. In the ODI series too, Pakistan suffered a 2-1 defeat to Blackcaps.
Babar has the complete self-confidence of the group management and the previous cricketers, as they comprehend there’s no one much better than him to lead Pakistan throughout all 3 formats.
Although the group has actually had an uninspired season, Babar personally delighted in an outstanding 2022, completing with 2,485 runs in all kinds of cricket to break Mohammad Yousuf’s 16-year-old record of scoring the most runs in a fiscal year. Babar didn’t conceal his dissatisfaction from the remainder of the group and would anticipate them to carry out substantially much better this year.
Pakistan is now set up to play 5 T20Is versus New Zealand, beginning on 13 April. Babar’s conservative batting in this format has actually likewise come under scanner, however offered how vulnerable the remainder of the batting line-up appears, it’s easy to understand why he plays that method.
Shahid Afridi, the newly-appointed chief selector, states, “This Selection Committee is here to support Babar Azam. He is a first-rate batter and we wish to assist him end up being a similarly great captain too. Our goal is to attempt our bench strength. A great deal of our senior gamers are out for a very long time. We will attempt and handle the work as Babar highlighted this problem formerly.”