Ramiz Raja feels Babar Azam has but to attain his greatest within the Take a look at format.© AFP
Former Pakistan cricketer and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja feels that star batter Babar Azam has but to attain his greatest within the Take a look at format. Babar was rested for the final two Checks in opposition to England after his poor kind. Pakistan gained each the matches and secured the sequence 2-1, the primary below Shan Masood’s rein. In 55 Checks, Babar has scored 3,997 runs at a mean of 43.92. Nevertheless, he has not scored a Take a look at half-century since 2022 and has seen a dip in kind in a yr the place he was made captain after which left the publish after Pakistan suffered a group-stage exit on this yr’s T20 World Cup in June.
Speaking about Babar’s latest kind, Raja feels that former captain has to point out that he has potential like legendary Viv Richards.
“I really feel Babar has to attain much more in Take a look at cricket. He performs the white-ball format rather well, has a mean of 50-plus in each the codecs (T20I and ODI)…There’s a lot potential in Babar Azam,” stated Raza on his YouTube channel.
“Ab unko apne temperament se batana hai duniya mei ke woh ek Viv Richards hain (now he has to show to the world together with his temperament that he’s Viv Richards). Larger the competition, greater the innings Richards used to play,” he added.
In the meantime, Babar will look to make his Take a look at case sturdy with the stellar kind in subsequent month’s white-ball sequence in opposition to Australia. He was named in each ODI and T20I squads for the tour.
Will probably be Pakistan’s first ODI because the World Cup 2023 the place they didn’t qualify for the semifinal below Babar’s captaincy ending on the fifth spot.
The correct-handed batter was awarded ICC ODI Cricketer of the Yr back-to-back in 2021 and 2022 respectively and continues to sit down on the highest of the ICC ODI batters rankings. His efficiency within the tour will determine his Take a look at future with Pakistan set to tour South Africa and host West Indies for 5 Checks mixed.
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