Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam was recently dropped from the Test team due to poor form. He was shown the door in the middle of the 3-match series against England. His place was taken by Kamran Ghulam, who scored a century on debut. At the same time, Pakistan team also won the home series by 2-1 after almost 4 years. Since then, apprehensions are being raised about Babar’s return. However, the current captain of the Test team, Shan Masood, has now come out in his support. He has talked about Babar’s test cricket future.
What did Shan Masood say on Babar?
Shan Masood recently gave an interview on BBC Stumped Podcast. During this, he was asked about Babar’s future in Test cricket. In response to this, the Pakistani captain called Babar one of the best batsmen in the world. Shaan said that he has every quality which can make him a great batsman in Tests. Therefore, he has no right to decide the future of Babar. The Pakistani captain has again expressed hope of a tremendous comeback.
There was a lot of uproar when Babar Azam was dropped from the team in the middle of the Test series. Fans and many cricket experts had called it an insult to Babar Azam. Shan Masood has also talked about this. Regarding being dropped, he said that sometimes it is good to take a break. He has played a lot of cricket in recent times. Therefore, they will get the benefit of this break. Let us tell you that currently Babar is on Australia tour and is going to play in the ODI series.
Babar Azam was a flop for 18 innings
Babar Azam’s bat was silent for a long time in Test cricket. He could not score even a single half-century in the last 18 Test innings. During this period his batting average was less than 21. Former Pakistani cricketer Rameez Raja had recently cited Babar’s mentality more than his technique as the biggest reason behind this. According to him, he is not able to adapt himself properly in Test cricket, hence he is getting out soon.
