2024-09-07 22:37:48
Published: 17:47, 6 September 2024 Updated: 17:49, 6 September 2024
Babar Azam has not been in form for a long time. This opener is failing with the bat in one match after another. A storm of criticism all around. Former cricketer Basit Ali stood beside one of the best cricketers of the team. He advised Babur to get married to get back in shape.
Babar found himself lost with the bat in the recently concluded Bangladesh series. In total, he has no century in the last 35 innings. There is no fifty in the last 16 innings in the Test. He got his last fifty in Test in December 2022. The best batsman of the team naturally raises questions about such a performance.
Basit gave a strange suggestion to save Babur from this situation. This former Pakistani cricketer said on his YouTube channel, ‘Babar Azam, talk to your parents and get married. Then you will become a completely different person. I request Babar’s parents to arrange his marriage. As an elder brother, I want to tell him, brother, get married. You are old enough.’
By advising Babar, Basit was not only exhausted, but also washed away the Pakistan team. He commented, ‘The series loss against Bangladesh has been a big lesson for Pakistani cricketers. It’s a wake-up call for Pakistan cricket. If your eyes don’t open after the loss to Bangladesh, just play Tests against Nepal and Afghanistan.’
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