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Even incredible players have weak points. Unfortunately, Babar is not in peak form at the moment and it can happen to anyone. Most recently, Indian Captain Rohit Sharma equaled the record of Babar Azam in T20 International matches victories in a calendar year. By the end of the season, will Babar take back his supremacy? That is the question. Everyone has their ups and downs in sports. The tables have turned for Babar Azam, who went from being the T20 World Cup 2021’s top run-scorer (303 runs) to failing to register a fifty in T20 World Cup 2022. This too shall also pass for him.
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Are we going to see big innings from Babar Azam in the semi-final? Matthew Hayden reckons such a knock is not far away. Might be tomorrow in the semis. What better occasion than that folks? All the best Pakistan skipper. I feel a 50 tomorrow. Come on Skipper it’s long due now. There have been 378 instances of a player facing 60+ balls in a T20 WC – only once has a player scored at a lower average and lower strike rate than what Babar Azam (Avg 7.80, SR 61.90) has managed in this World Cup. It’s slightly worse 57(65), not even good enough for ODI’s.
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan’s starting pair, gave the green shirts a painful-to-watch start as they try to reach their 128-run goal in the virtual quarterfinal. Fifty-Seven on Sixty Three run opening stand between Babar and Rizwan is the slowest – scoring rate of 5.42 – from a Full Member nation in all T20Is for the first wicket.
