Babar Azam, the star player of Pakistan cricket team, who is currently going through a lean patch along with the team. He failed to perform in red-ball format for more than one and a half year. Back in December 2022, Babar scored 161 against New Zealand but since then he has struggled to get runs. Babar has only 320 runs in his last 15 innings which brought him a lot of criticism. In the midst of all this ongoing comment against the star batter, Pakistan all-rounder Salman Ali Agha came in support of him.
“Babar Azam is a world-class player. As a cricketer you go through these phases,” said Agha in the press conference after Day’s play on Day 1 of the second Test against Sri Lanka. “He has been consistently scoring runs for the last five years. Sooner or later we would see him again getting big scores for Pakistan.”
Meanwhile, Agha also pointed out that the critics should also focus on the rest of the team, certainly highlighting that a single member could not be held responsible for the team’s poor performance.
“As a cricketer, you have such phases in your life. There are 10 other players in the team, so you should focus on them. It’s fine if he’s struggling. He will return to scoring big runs very soon,” he added.
In the first Test of the ongoing two-match series, Bangladesh scripted history earlier this month as the side registered its first-ever Test win over Pakistan. The Bangla Tigers handed a 10-wicket defeat to Shan Masood and co. to register the massive first in their cricket history.
