Babar Azam Backed To Be In Similar League As ‘Viv Richards, Garry Sobers’ And ‘Larger Than Virat Kohli’

It has been a troublesome couple of years for Pakistan cricket group batter Babar Azam. Babar, who was as soon as rated as one of many high batters on the planet, has been struggling to attain runs in all three codecs and his poor present in ICC competitions has resulted in huge criticism from each followers in addition to consultants. The star batter was even dropped from the Pakistan facet following their dismal Champions Trophy marketing campaign. However, Pakistan Super League (PSL) facet Karachi Kings proprietor Salman Iqbal has backed Babar to bounce again and change into a much bigger cricketer than Virat Kohli. Iqbal went on to say that Babar could ended up matching legends like Sir Viv Richards and Sir Garfield Sobers.

“I am telling you. Mark my words, when Babar Azam makes a comeback again, he will be a bigger player than any other player in the world, including Virat Kohli. He will be matched with names like Garry Sobers and Sir Viv Richards,” Iqbal mentioned on ARY Podcast.

“He has that class element. When someone has class…. Class is permanent, you can’t change that. Style is always permanent. He will come back…he will come back with a bang,” he added.

 After Babar Azam’s flop present with the bat continued within the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL), former cricketer Basit Ali has urged Pakistan’s premier to be taught from India’s stalwart Virat Kohli

Babar, who’s main Peshawar Zalmi in PSL, has continued to labour for runs after his dry spell in worldwide cricket. Since his 151-run blitzkrieg towards Nepal in 2023, Babar is but to attain a century for Pakistan. Even his lack of type has began to have an effect on his captaincy. With Babar on the helm, Zalmi have endured two emphatic defeats on the trot.

With Zalmi struggling as a unit, Babar’s particular person wrestle has added to their rising woes. During Zalmi’s latest 102-run hammering by the hands of Islamabad United, Babar was a no-show of their pursuit of a mammoth 244-run goal.

Basit launched a scathing tirade on Babar for his captaincy debacle within the ongoing PSL. He urged Babar to drop captaincy and concentrate on his recreation. To make his case, he even cited Virat’s instance, who retired from T20Is final 12 months and has taken a step again from Royal Challengers Bengaluru captaincy within the IPL to concentrate on his cricket.

The 54-year-old urged Babar to be taught from the Indian batting maestro and mentioned on his YouTube channel, “Babar should leave captaincy and focus on his cricket. While chasing a 240-plus target, he gave away a catch to slip and got out. He is not focused. Zalmi management should remove him from captaincy and play him as a batter. He is harming himself. Babar is not doing anything; he just keeps playing.”

“I will give the example of Virat Kohli. He retired from T20Is, and he is not even the captain of RCB. If you follow him, then learn something from him. You should play as a batter,” he added.

(With ANI inputs)