Pakistan are set to face Bangladesh in a two-match Test series at home. Several videos have been doing the rounds on social media with regard to Pakistan’s team net practice sessions. In one such video, Babar Azam was seen kicking the stumps and uprooting it after getting out.
The bowler pitched one on a good length area in the corridor of uncertainity. Babar Azam tried to play an expansive shot away from the body on the offside without moving his feet. He managed to edge it to the slip cordon. The bowler was elated but Azam was not happy with his shot. He got angry and uprooted the stumps with a kick.
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Babar Azam facing criticism from Pakistan fans and the media
Azam has been in the headlines for the all the wrong reasons, lately. He has not scored a century since the Asia Cup 2023 opener against Nepal. He did not have a good tournament in Asia Cup after that and Pakistan team suffered badly.
In the ODI World Cup 2023, Azam did not live up to the standards that he had set for himself. He scored 320 runs in 9 games, which dissapointed the fans. Pakistan got knocked out of the group stage and Babar came under pressure for not bringing success despite captaining in multiple tournaments.
Babar Azam will be in action in the Two-match Test series vs Bangladesh (Image Credits: X)
He was sacked from the captaincy and Shaheen Shah Afridi was appointed as the T20I captain and Shan Masood as the Test captain. However, ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024, he was reappointed as Pakistan’s limited-overs captain.
The Men In Green were knocked out of the group stage and Azam’s captaincy and batting strike-rate came into question. Moreover, reports of rift between him and Shaheen are also making rounds.
Nonetheless, Babar Azam will look to be back among the runs against Bangladesh and stop all the criticisms. He has played 52 Test matches so far, scoring 3898 runs at an average of 45.9 with 9 centuries and 26 half-centuries.
