Tag: Pakistan Cricket team captain

  • Angry Inzamam schools Babar after Karachi Kings’ fourth consecutive defeat

    Angry Inzamam schools Babar after Karachi Kings’ fourth consecutive defeat

    Former captain of Pakistan cricket team Inzamam-ul-Haq has schooled Karachi Kings captain Babar Azam for not finishing the match on Friday despite playing complete 20 overs against Peshawar Zalmi at National Stadium Karachi.

    Kings’ poor performance continued to frustrate the fans in the seventh edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) as the Babar-led side has lost all their matches in the tournament.

    Speaking on Geo News programme ‘Jashn-e-Cricket’, former chief selector Inzamam criticised Babar for not being able to finish the match with a win.

    “If you are the world’s number one cricket player and stands on wicket throughout 20 overs, then you should be finishing the match, otherwise get out without playing complete overs,” said Inzamam after the Kings failed to achieve the target of 174.

    Azam’s 63-ball 90 included 12 fours and a six.

    The former captain was also not pleased with the home team’s selection and batting order in the PSL 2022.

    Inzamam-ul-Haq also criticised Australian authorities for declaring Mohammad Husnain’s bowling action illegal.

    “Hasnain has been playing cricket for 2-3 years and his bowling action did not seem to be illegal,” he said.

    “Why do 90% of players get banned after going to Australia?” he questioned.

    Inzamam said that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) should have sorted out Hasnain’s bowling action issue before the start of PSL.

    Meanwhile, PCB has said in a statement that the board will work on the young pacer’s bowling action and get it cleared as soon as possible.

  • Video of young Babar Azam bowling in U19 World Cup goes viral

    Video of young Babar Azam bowling in U19 World Cup goes viral

    The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently shared a throwback video of Pakistan skipper Babar Azam’s bowling during the semi-final of the under 19 Cricket World Cup.

    “Do you remember when Babar Azam took a wicket in the semi-finals of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2010?” the ICC captioned the 11-year-old video.

    In the video, Babar can be seen bowling against a West Indies batter and managed to take a wicket as well.

    The video is doing the rounds on social media and fans are loving it.

  • ‘Phupho ki beti?’: Twitter confused over picture of girl with Babar, buttoning up his coat

    ‘Phupho ki beti?’: Twitter confused over picture of girl with Babar, buttoning up his coat

    Pakistani Twitter is confused after two pictures of Pakistan Skipper Babar Azam with a girl, who is buttoning up his coat, starting circulating on the social media. Netizens are confused about who the girl is. Babar is currently single.

    Tweeple have writen some very cool assumptions about who the girl can be.

    https://twitter.com/kashafayy/status/1479331481847803906?s=20

    One user wrote that if she’s a stylist.

    The another one wrote: “I think ye Babar ki phopho ki beti hai. Jis se uski mangni honey wali thi. (I thinks she is Babar’s aunt’s daughter to whom he was getting engaged).”

    One of the user asked the girl to follow Covid-19 SOPs.

    https://twitter.com/MasomAriba/status/1479183826010136576?s=20

    Earlier, the 27-year-old cricketer was accused by a girl of sexual harassment but in a massive relief for Babar, the Pakistan cricket team captain was cleared of all allegations as the woman who had complained withdrew the allegations.

    It was also reported earlier that Babar had gotten engaged to his paternal cousin. The news was not officially confirmed but it was also reported that Azam will tie the knot next year, adding that the decision was taken after the two families agreed to the proposal.

  • Rizwan chasing number one Babar, succeeds to register name at third position in T20Is

    Rizwan chasing number one Babar, succeeds to register name at third position in T20Is

    Pakistan cricket team skipper Babar Azam is back on number one position in the T20 Internationals but wicket-keeper-batter and Pakistan’s star opener Mohammad Rizwan has secured third position in the ICC T20I Batting Rankings for the first time in his career.

    Babar is on top with 805 points and England’s David Malan is sharing the spot with him with the same points. While Rizwan is chasing the skipper on the points table with 798 rating.

    Azam reclaimed the top spot in the list for batters after just one week of losing it.

    With scores of 0 and 7 in the first two T20Is against the West Indies, Babar dropped two spots to number 3 in last week’s rankings update. He came roaring back and is now tied at the top of the rankings with Dawid Malan after a brilliant 79 in the final T20I that helped Pakistan complete a clean sweep over West Indies.

    However Rizwan, who has had a tremendous 2021, capped the year by climbing to number 3 in T20I batters’ rankings with career-best ratings of 798. Rizwan was the Player of the Match in the final T20I against West Indies, helping Pakistan chase 208 in less than 19 overs with a brilliant 45-ball 87.

    Australian middle-order batter Marnus Labuschagne topped the table of the ICC Test Player Rankings for batters for the very first time after sensational performances in the two matches of the Ashes so far.

    Meanwhile, Shaheen Shah Afridi retained his third spot in the Test rankings.

  • Shaheen Afridi ranks Rizwan ‘best’ and Babar ‘second’ best captain

    Shaheen Afridi ranks Rizwan ‘best’ and Babar ‘second’ best captain

    Pakistan’s young fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, who was recently appointed as the new captain of Lahore Qalandars, has revealed that he ranks Mohammad Rizwan as a better captain than Babar Azam.

    While attending a press conference where Shaheen was officially announced as the new captain of the Lahore Qalandars team, the left-arm pacer was asked about his opinion regarding Babar Azam’s captaincy.

    “Babar Azam is my favorite batsman and he is the number one batter as well. He has done fantastically well as a captain for the national team and we are reaching new heights under him,” responded Shaheen.

    Shaheen was then asked to reveal who he believes has been the best captain near him since he started playing.

    “I like [Mohammad] Rizwan’s personality. I started playing domestic competition with him from KPK’s side and I would rate him as the best. Since Babar has done a fantastic job with the national team, I will rank him second,” said the newly appointed captain of the Lahore Qalandars team.

  • Babar Azam dethrones Virat Kohli to become number one ODI batsman

    Babar Azam dethrones Virat Kohli to become number one ODI batsman

    Babar Azam has dethroned the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team Virat Kohli to become the number one batsman in One-Day Internationals, becoming the fourth batsman from Pakistan to attain the number one position in the latest ICC rankings list update, released on Wednesday.

    The 26-year-old player of the match scored 94 off 82 balls in the last match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League series against South Africa in Centurion which helped him gain 13 rating points to reach 865 points and he now leads the Indian captain by eight points.

    Babar, a star of the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cups in 2010 and 2012 has been playing ODIs since 2015 and had started the series against South Africa at 837 rating points but moved up to 858 (ahead of Kohli) after his score of 103 in the first match. He dropped to 852 by the time of the last weekly rankings update with a score of 32 in the second ODI.

    By ending Kohli’s 1,258 day-supremacy, Babar has emulated compatriots Zaheer Abbas (1983-84), Javed Miandad (1988-89), and Mohammad Yousuf (2003) as the number one ODI batsman. In Tests, Babar has attained a best of the fifth position and is currently ranked sixth while in T20Is he is third but has been number one in the past.

    Meanwhile, Fakhar Zaman is another Pakistan batsman to move up the ODI batting charts, gaining five slots to reach a career-best seventh position after his knock of 101. Shaheen Afridi (up four places to a career-best 11th place) and left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz (up 29 places to 96th) have progressed thanks to their three-wicket hauls in the match.

    Babar had earlier overtaken Rohit Sharma to get to the second spot.

    Reacting to the news, Azam, in a statement, said: “I feel privileged and honoured to have joined the company of stalwarts like Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad and Mohammad Yousuf, who will always be the shining stars of Pakistan cricket.”

    “This is another milestone in my career, which will now require even more hard work and absolute consistency with the bat in order for me to hold on to the ranking for an extended period of time, like Sir Vivian Richards from January 1984 to October 1988 and Virat Kohli for 1,258 days,” he continued.

    The captain further said: “I have also previously topped the T20I rankings, but the ultimate ambition and goal is to lead the Test rankings, which are the real testament and reward to a batsman’s calibre, reputation and skills. I understand to achieve this objective, I will not only have to perform consistently but more importantly, against the top sides.”

    “I am looking forward to this challenge and remain confident I will be able to accomplish this target with the support of my teammates and coaching staff. But at this stage, I will savour the moment as it has come almost 18 months after I was first appointed the white-ball captain and that too at the back of my performances which helped Pakistan become the first Asian side to win two ODI series in South Africa,” added Azam.