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Salman Butt feels Babar Azam is the very best batter Pakistan has produced within the final 20 years.© AFP
Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has thrown his weight behind star batter Babar Azam, who has come underneath heavy scutiny for his poor outing within the Champions Trophy. Babar scored 87 runs in two matches as as hosts Pakistan didn’t qualify for the semi-final of the Champions Trophy. A number of present and former Pakistan gamers had been vital of Babar and accused him of not performing in huge video games. Nonetheless, Butt feels Babar is the very best batter Pakistan has produced, by a rustic mile, within the final 20 years.
Babar has been typically in comparison with star India batter Virat Kohli, who has 82 worldwide centuries to his identify, the second highest ever after Sachin Tendulkar, who ended his profession with 100 centuries to his identify.
Butt prompt that whereas the comparisons between Babar and Kohli are baseless, he’s the very best that Pakistan have. He additionally talked about how Kohli has all the time had somebody like an MS Dhoni or Rohit Sharma to bail the group out when he was not performing as much as the requirements. Quite the opposite, Butt prompt that Babar by no means had that backing in his profession.
“Talk sense. You don’t have a Kohli or a Williamson. Babar is no Kohli. But Babar is the best that we have. If he’s not scoring runs, he needs back-up now. When he’s scoring, even if you don’t like him you will have to sing his praises with the world. This dip in form, even Kohli had it, but Kohli is such a high-class player that he kept scoring 50s in those matches. Who did he have with him? Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni. Big players, match-winners. Who does Babar have?” he added.
There have been calls to drop Babar and different senior members from the group after Pakistan’s early exit from the Champions Trophy.
Babar will now be seen in motion throughout the upcoming season of the Pakistan Tremendous League, beginning March 18.
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