Babar’s bravery in practice (PTI)
Pakistan Cricket Team: Babar Azam is looking different as soon as he gets selected in Pakistan’s team for T20 World Cup 2026. Babar Azam’s tremendous bravery has been shown in the practice matches that Pakistan team is playing among themselves for the T20 series against Australia starting from January 29 and the T20 World Cup to be held thereafter. Babar Azam’s strike rate, which was being questioned, he answered by creating a storm in 45 balls in the practice match. The limit was reached when Babar gave away 21 runs in just one over of Shaheen Afridi.
Babar Vs Shaheen: One over, 21 runs
In the practice match played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Babar Azam showered runs on Shaheen with 2 sixes and 2 fours in one over. He scored a total of 21 runs in one over of Shaheen.
🚨 BABAR AZAM IN A BEAST MODE IN PRACTICE 🚨
– Babar Azam smashed 6,4,6,1,4 against Shaheen Afridi in scenario based practice match 👏🏻
– In the end, Babar was out for 78, scoring his 195th half-century in nets 😆
– A must watch video 😁pic.twitter.com/bGbPS0JZc7
— Richard Kettleborough (@RichKettle07) January 27, 2026
Babar scored 78 runs in 45 balls
If we talk about Babar Azam’s full innings, it was of 45 balls, in which he scored a quick 78 runs. Babar Azam’s strike rate remained above 150 during this period.
Babar Azam scored 78(45) in today’s practice match at the Qaddafi stadium. Good start to the WC preparations ♥️♥️ pic.twitter.com/rDZxQdsAt6
— Hassan Abbasian (@HassanAbbasian) January 26, 2026
BBL faces disgrace due to poor strike rate
After being selected in Pakistan’s team for T20 World Cup 2026, many questions were raised on the name of Babar Azam. This is because he scored 202 runs in 11 matches with the worst strike rate in Australia’s Big Bash League. Babar Azam’s strike rate was not even 104. Babar Azam has been tagged as the batsman who has scored 200 plus runs with the worst strike rate in Big Bash.
Babar changed after joining T20 WC team
But, forgetting what happened in Australia, it seems that Babar Azam has made a fresh start for the domestic T20 series and T20 World Cup 2026 from Australia. T20 World Cup 2026 is to start from 7th February. Before that, Pakistan team will face Australia at home in a 3 T20 match series, which is starting from January 29.