Pakistan cricket has experienced significant turmoil in recent years with frequent changes in leadership, management, coaches, and selectors showing no improvement. These constant changes have negatively impacted many careers, including that of Babar Azam, one of Pakistan’s most talented cricketers.
Babar’s performance has declined significantly, and he has been removed from captaincy positions twice. His recent performance in the Champions Trophy drew criticism from various former cricket players.
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Former Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal has defended Babar Azam against criticism from former cricketers.
“Aapke paas ek hi toh star hai. If you degrade him also, then how will your cricket run? These are the big issues. Our former cricketers should keep their mouths shut.”
“As a cricketer, one must realise that bad patches are part of a player’s career. You can’t play cricket the same way all your life. Even if you were Sachin Tendulkar, you couldn’t score 100 runs in every match.”
Following Pakistan’s poor performance in the Champions Trophy, the board made immediate changes. Mohammad Rizwan was removed as T20I captain, and both he and Babar Azam were dropped from the team.
“Look, the way you’ve removed them is wrong. It’s not like they are the only ones who haven’t scored while others have. That’s not the case. Ideally, the selectors should sit down with Babar and discuss rest so that he can come back stronger.”
“Babar and Rizwan are great players. Their stats are as good as anyone’s, but the only difference is that they don’t bat aggressively, but they still score runs. Our guys have suddenly realised that in international cricket, everyone plays aggressively.”
“Come on, what aggression are we talking about? If they are your proven match-winners, you don’t need aggression. Even legends like Virat often pace their innings slowly before attacking, that’s his style.”
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