Babar Azam in the last 10 test innings (Photo: Getty Image)
WI vs PAK: Pakistan’s captain and star batsman Babar Azam died in the first innings of the first Test against West Indies. His innings was reduced to just 23 runs. Forget about a century, once again he could not even score a half-century. Even before this series, Babar Azam has failed against West Indies in the two innings of Test played. Well, if you look at the track record of his last 10 Tests, you will know that the bigger the team, the worse is the condition of Babar Azam.
Babar Azam played last 10 test innings against these teams
Babar Azam has played the last 10 tests against England, Bangladesh and West Indies. England is the strongest among these three teams. Even in the ICC Test rankings, he is higher than the other two. England is at 5th position, West Indies is at 8th and Bangladesh is at 9th. Now just see the performance of Babar Azam in the Test against these three teams one by one. How many of the last 10 Test innings did he play against England, West Indies, Bangladesh and what did he do in them?
The bigger the team, the worse is the condition of Babar Azam
Babar Azam has played 2 out of the last 10 Test innings against England, in which he has scored a total of 6 runs. His score was 5 and 1 run.
Now coming to the performance against West Indies. Out of those 10 Test innings, Babar Azam has played 3 innings against West Indies, in which he has scored a total of 77 runs. His scores were 31, 23 and 23. Meaning, this time for the second consecutive time he was out on 23 runs against West Indies.
Babar Azam played 5 test innings against Bangladesh, in which he scored a total of 178 runs. During this period, he also scored a half-century in one innings. His scores against Bangladesh were 22, 11, 30, 68, 47.
Khamosh Balla (as captain) in Tests played away from home
It is clear that Babar Azam has only 1 half-century to his name in the last 10 Test innings. He has failed to score a half-century in 9 innings. Not only this, his batting report card in the Tests played away from home as captain is not good. In the last 5 Test innings played away from home, Babar Azam has failed to score a half-century for the fourth consecutive innings. His scores in those 5 innings were 81, 13, 24, 39 and 23 runs.
If you want the best, you have to give the best first.
PCB has again made Babar Azam the Test captain. But, the figures are showing that the situation may backfire. After getting the Test captaincy again, Babar Azam had definitely said that he would try to get the best out of his players. But along with that, they also need to improve their own performance.
