Babar Azam: Babar Azam is struggling with poor form. He slipped from sixth to ninth position in the ICC Test batting rankings. His bat did not perform well in the Test series against Bangladesh.
By Kushagra Valuskar
Publish Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 03:46:53 PM (IST)
Updated Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 03:57:46 PM (IST)
HighLights
- Pakistan lost the first match of the series by 10 wickets.
- Pakistan is in danger of losing the second Test match.
- Babar Azam disappointed in four innings of both the matches.
Sports Desk, Indore. Babar Azam: Babar Azam’s poor form continues. He performed disappointingly in the second Test against Bangladesh on Monday. Babar was out for 11 runs in Pakistan’s second innings on the fourth day at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Nahid Rana dismissed
Nahid Rana got Babar Azam caught by Shadnam Islam. The former Pakistan captain has managed to score 64 runs in four innings of the ongoing Test series against Bangladesh.
Babar Azam’s flop show
Let us tell you that it has been 616 days since Babar Azam scored his last half-century in Test cricket. Azam has not scored more than fifty in the current World Test Championship 2023-25 period. He contributed 0 and 22 runs in the first Test match against Bangladesh.
Pakistan trailing 0-1 in the Test series
Pakistan lost the first Test match by 10 wickets and are trailing 0-1 in the series. Babar Azam looked in good form in the first innings of the second and final Test, but Shakib Al Hasan sent him back to the pavilion. The star batsman was dismissed after scoring 31 runs.
A look at Babar Azam’s cricket career
Format | Match | Innings | Run | High Score | strike rate | century | Half century | Fours | Sixes |
Test | 53 | 96 | 3920 | 196 | 54.77 | 9 | 26 | 456 | 23 |
ODIs | 117 | 114 | 5729 | 158 | 88.75 | 19 | 32 | 520 | 60 |
T20I | 123 | 116 | 4145 | 122 | 129.08 | 3 | 36 | 440 | 72 |
First Clause | 90 | 151 | 5972 | 266 | 55.62 | 12 | 38 | 730 | 35 |
List A | 181 | 177 | 8645 | 158 | 86.77 | 29 | 50 | 811 | 74 |
T20s | 304 | 293 | 10942 | 122 | 129.30 | 11 | 90 | 1153 | 206 |