Pakistan skipper Babar Azam turned 28 years previous on Saturday, October 15. The teen is ready to steer Pakistan within the 2022 version of the T20 World Cup on Australian soil.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 15, 2022 20:45 IST
I used to get a variety of enhance after seeing him: Babar recollects how de Villiers impressed him. Courtesy: Reuters
By India Today Web Desk: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam went down the reminiscence lane to the time when he was once a ball-boy again in 2007. The right-handed batter, who turned 28 years previous on Saturday, October 15, mentioned that he was amazed by AB de Villiers when South Africa toured Pakistan 15 years in the past.
The teen mentioned that he used to look at De Villiers, who retired from worldwide cricket again in May 2018, fastidiously to be taught the methods of the commerce.
“During that time, I was very fond of AB de Villiers. I was overwhelmed after seeing him. I used to learn from him, what he was doing, how he was batting and fielding. I used to stay near the South African team to notice what De Villiers was doing. I used to get a lot of boost after seeing him,” Babar was quoted as saying in a video uploaded on Pakistan cricket’s Twitter deal with.
Babar additionally recalled veteran Inzamam-ul-Haq’s final Test match at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. During that sport, Inzamam had the prospect to interrupt Javed Miandad’s then file of most runs by a Pakistan batter in Tests. However, he fell quick by three runs after being stumped off Paul Harris.
“I started taking an interest in cricket from 2007. South Africa came to Pakistan and I became a ball boy. I used to walk to the stadium from Gulberg. As far as I remember, I was fasting that time at Ramadan. I used to keep my lunch and take it home,” he said.
“I used to give knocking to our players as a ball boy, collect balls from the boundary. During that time, Inzamam played his last match for Pakistan. He needed two runs (3 runs) to break Javed bhai’s record. But unfortunately, he got stumped.
“I observed Inzamam fastidiously strolling to the dressing room. I additionally keep in mind Inzamam venting out contained in the dressing room,” Babar added.
15 years later, since 2007, Babar is deemed as among the best batters Pakistan have ever produced. Recently, he turned solely the eleventh Pakistani batter to attain 11000 runs on the worldwide stage.
The Lahore-born cricketer is now set to steer the Men in Green within the 2022 version of the T20 World Cup in Australia.
