Saeed Ajmal lauds Babar Azam asks fans not to criticise him. Pakistan just defeated New Zealand in an ODI series 4-1 under Babar’s guidance.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam is currently one of the most consistent batters in world cricket. He is now ranked first in the ICC Men’s ODI rankings, third in T20Is. Fifth in Test cricket, demonstrating his recent class as a batsman. Under his supervision, the squad has also reached the finals of the 2022 Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup 2022 and has consistently delivered.
Meanwhile, former Pakistan international Saeed Ajmal said of the 28-year-old, “I always wanted a cricketer like Babar during my playing days because the batter could occupy the crease and make the job of a bowler difficult.”
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He also stated that the national team requires three or more players like Babar to bolster the group
“For as long as I played cricket, I wished for a batter like Babar Azam to stay on the crease and score runs patiently so that bowlers could get a slight edge or at least something to defend, let alone bowl aggressively.” However, our bowlers were quite weak at the time. When the batting is well, the bowling has been poor recently. That’s why I said previously that we need two or three more guys like Babar Azam, not to criticize anyone. But to indicate that it will only strengthen the team,” Ajmal said in an interview with Cricket Pakistan.
The 45-year-old further remarked that because Babar is performing well in all three formats of the game, people should encourage him rather than always criticizing him.
“If one of your players is at the top of the rankings in T20Is, ODIs, and Tests – with that he’s able to pull off the fastest 5000 runs, accumulating the most runs – conclusively he’s holding all the important records to his name.” So why wouldn’t and shouldn’t we back him?” Ajmal elaborated.
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