Babar Azam did not have any success with the bat at the 2022 Asian Cup. He scored only 68 runs in 6 innings with a strike rate of 107.93. Along with this, there were also some mistakes in his captaincy. Now Shoaib Akhtar, the former fast pitcher for the Pakistan team, has said a few things about these things on his YouTube channel. Here he has questioned Babar Azam’s captaincy in the T20 format itself.
Akhtar has said: ‘I don’t think he played his role as captain well in the T20 format. He also made mistakes in the batting. Instead of playing the ball close to the body, he was looking to apply a classic shot. He just wanted to look classic. What kind of effort was it to find the rhythm?
Shoaib Akhtar is not alone in questioning Babar Azam’s captaincy. Before him, former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has also criticized Babar on this matter. After losing the opening match of the 2022 Asia Cup against India, Wasim said while speaking on Star Sports: ‘Babar made a mistake. He should have allowed Nawaz to bowl on 13 or 14. You can’t get the last three or four overs in T20 cricket with a spinner. Especially if there are hitters like Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya up front.
In the 2022 Asian Cup, the Pakistan team reached the final, but their campaign was not said to be that successful. Actually, Pakistan played 6 matches during this period, in which they won three and lost three. Of the three games in which he won, two games were very close.
