Ramiz Raja feels Babar Azam has but to realize his greatest within the Check format.© AFP
Former Pakistan cricketer and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja feels that star batter Babar Azam has but to realize his greatest within the Check format. Babar was rested for the final two Assessments in opposition to England after his poor kind. Pakistan gained each the matches and secured the sequence 2-1, the primary underneath Shan Masood’s rein. In 55 Assessments, Babar has scored 3,997 runs at a median of 43.92. Nevertheless, he has not scored a Check half-century since 2022 and has seen a dip in kind in a yr the place he was made captain after which left the submit after Pakistan suffered a group-stage exit on this yr’s T20 World Cup in June.
Speaking about Babar’s current kind, Raja feels that former captain has to indicate that he has potential like legendary Viv Richards.
“I really feel Babar has to realize much more in Check cricket. He performs the white-ball format very well, has a median of 50-plus in each the codecs (T20I and ODI)…There may be a lot potential in Babar Azam,” mentioned 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 along 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 Check case robust 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 underneath Babar’s captaincy ending on the fifth spot.
The fitting-handed batter was awarded ICC ODI Cricketer of the 12 months 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 resolve his Check future with Pakistan set to tour South Africa and host West Indies for 5 Assessments mixed.
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