Pakistan made some surprising changes in their squad for the tour of New Zealand. While the ODI squad didn't have many surprises, the T20I squad saw both the star cricketers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan getting dropped.
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“Aapke paas ek hi toh star hai (You have only one star). If you degrade him also, then how will your cricket run? These are the big issues. Our former cricketers should keep their mouths shut,” Ajmal observed.
“As a cricketer, one must realize that bad patches are part of a player’s career. You can’t play cricket the same way all your life. Even if you were Sachin Tendulkar, you couldn’t score 100 runs in every match,” he added.
Saeed Ajmal backs Babar Azam & Mohammad Rizwan
“Look, the way you’ve removed them is wrong. It’s not like they are the only ones who haven’t scored while others have. That’s not the case. Ideally, the selectors should sit down with Babar and discuss rest so that he can come back stronger," Ajmal advised the PCB.
Speaking about the issue of strike rates, Ajmal cited the example of Virat Kohli, who has been immensely successful in pacing his innings rather than going aggressively from the first ball.
Babar Azam's low strike rate in T20 cricket
Babar has an excellent record in T20Is but the low strike rate has often led to his criticism. At a time when T20 cricket is evolving rapidly, Babar's inability to change gears quickly hasn't helped the team's cause.
He has scored 4223 runs in 128 T20Is at an average of 39.83 but a strike rate of less than 130 is often seen as a weakness in a batting line-up. The 30-year-old needs to adapt to modern-day cricket in order to make his way back into the team.
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