Pakistan’s superstar batter Babar Azam faced difficulty in finding his form in the first Test against Bangladesh. Babar had been facing a bad patch in his recent times, as he had a disappointing run in the T20 World Cup 2024 followed by struggles in gaining form in the Test cricket.
In the first innings, Babar got dismissed for a two-ball duck, followed by getting dismissed for 22 in the second. Babar has not even scored a single half-century in the last 14 Test innings that he played. His last big play was during the Test against New Zealand in December 2022, where he amassed 161 runs.
However, former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali sent criticism towards Babar for having complete focus and longer batting time in the nets, but failing to do the same in the real tournament. Ali suggested that Babar should just consider the idea of not taking practice sessions in general.
“Just stop batting in the nets. You score all your runs in the nets, what will you do in the match? You don’t play where you need to bat for two hours, but you play for two hours in the nets. Just do skipping and knocking in the practice,” Basit said on his YouTube channel.
This was not the end of his words, as he also mocked Babar speaking about his dismissal and saying that Babar acts as if he is the Pakistani Don Bradman.
“I’m feeling very disappointed that it seems as if you’ve forgotten how to bat, or have the Bangladesh bowlers cast some magic on you, or is it the pitch that’s done the trick? Aap log toh bade bade Bradman ho na (You all are supposed to be big Bradmans, right?) ICC No. 1 Babar Azam. He got a life when a catch was dropped, but then Nahid Rana chased Babar down with his pace. When he got out, it looked like he didn’t even expect the ball to come back like that,” Basit said.
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