Pakistan vs New Zealand, 1st ODI: Babar Azam wasn’t joyful after a journalist requested him questions on leaving the Test captaincy to enhance his batting.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 8, 2023 19:26 IST
Watch: Babar shuts down journalist after questions of ‘leaving Test captaincy’. Courtesy: AP
By India Today Web Desk: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam hasn’t had one of the best of instances in Tests during the last 12 months or so. Since the beginning of 2022, Pakistan have gained just one Test match in Sri Lanka, dropping 5 whereas the others led to attracts.
Most importantly, Pakistan didn’t win a single Test at house final yr. While they misplaced to Australia and England, their latest Test collection towards New Zealand was drawn 0-0.
Pakistan, within the meantime, are positioned seventh within the factors desk within the World Test Championship 2021-23 with a factors share of 38.1.
Nevertheless, Babar completed 2022 because the main run-scorer in worldwide cricket, having scored over 2500 runs throughout all three codecs.
Before the three-match ODI collection between Pakistan and New Zealand, Babar was requested if leaving the captaincy in Tests might assist him develop into an amazing batter in worldwide cricket.
“You’re on your way to becoming one of the batting greats. But players like Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Saeed Anwar… they were great batters but couldn’t be great captains. We couldn’t win a single Test in 8 attempts on home soil. Do you think you should leave the Test captaincy so that your target of becoming one of the greatest batters of the game becomes easier?” the reporter requested within the pre-series press convention.
The Lahore-born Babar didn’t appear proud of the query and requested the journalist to ask questions in regards to the upcoming ODI collection.
“We are playing white ball cricket right now, Tests are over. If you have any question on white-ball series, you ask that,” Babar replied.
The first ODI of the three-match collection is scheduled to happen on Monday, January 9 on the National Stadium in Karachi.
Edited By:
sabyasachi chowdhury
Published On:
Jan 8, 2023
