New Delhi. Star cricketer Babar Azam's poor form has become a big problem for him. Due to this, Babar Azam was dropped from the Pakistan cricket team for the first time. Hardly anyone would have thought that the former captain of Pakistan would be treated like this. But this has happened. After the embarrassing defeat in the Multan Test against England, the PCB hastily formed a new selection committee in which umpire Aleem Dar was included. This new selection committee took a tough step and showed the way out to a legendary batsman like Babar from the upcoming two test matches. We have to praise the new selection committee of PCB which showed its attitude as soon as it came. The selectors did not face any problem in ousting Babar. But remember that bad phase of Indian star Virat Kohli when he also kept flopping with the bat and BCCI did not feel the need to drop him from the team. And despite continuous flops, Virat continued to consider himself Fanney Khan.
First let's talk about Babar Azam. Although Babar's average in Test cricket is above 54, but from 2023 his batting average has fallen to around 21. During this period, he scored runs at an average of 21 in 18 innings of 9 test matches. Meanwhile, leave aside a century from Babar Azam's bat, he is also yearning for a half-century from December 2022 onwards. Even in the current series against England, in the first Test against England played in Multan, Babar could score only 35 runs in 2 innings on a flat pitch. In the first innings he was successful in scoring 30 runs whereas in the second innings he was out after scoring only 5 runs.
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Babar's neck hangs due to bad form
Babar Azam was dropped from the team so he will play domestic cricket during this time to regain his form. Maybe Babar Quaid-e-Azam should play in the domestic tournament. This domestic tournament is starting from 20th October. If seen, Babar last played in this tournament in the year 2019. Babar is a player of big stature and he is compared with Virat Kohli. Babar could not make a splash with the bat in last year's ODI World Cup and this year's T20 World Cup also. Babar is a player of that stature who can come into form at any time. After his exclusion from the team, PCB has set an example that there is no problem for them in excluding any player from the team.
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Kohli struggled with poor form in 2020 and 2023
Now let's talk about Indian star Virat Kohli. Kohli is the same player who was going through a bad phase of his career in 2020 and 2023. In the year 2020, his batting average had fallen to 19.33 whereas in 2023 it had become 28.21 and 26.50. Virat Kohli started being heavily criticized during this period. Critics also started talking about dropping him from the team but BCCI did not drop him from the team. Virat Kohli also continued to play despite his poor form and it seemed as if he was considering himself Fanney Khan. Even a player of this stature himself did not come forward that he needed rest.
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Virat Kohli's status is very big
There is a lot of difference between the cricket boards of India and Pakistan. The Indian board cannot even dream of dropping this star player from the team. Because Virat Kohli's status is very big. Virat kept struggling with his form at that time but he continued to be selected in every subsequent series. He himself can miss the series citing personal reasons, but despite being fit, the Indian board cannot think of dropping him even in poor form. Well, it will be interesting to see how the Pakistan cricket team performs now without Babar. Babar brought experience to the team. He also had the experience of captaincy for a long time. It seems that the PCB was hasty in pressing the panic button.
Tags: Babar Azam, Virat Kohli
FIRST PUBLISHED : October 13, 2024, 10:08 PM IST
