Babar Azam has not been in the best of form in the ongoing T20 World Cup as he has just scored 8 runs from his first three games, being dismissed for three single digit consecutive scores. His captaincy has also come into question as Pakistan have been virtually ruled out of the competition, having performed pretty poorly. Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has also called out Babar Azam’s captaincy calling him selfish.
Gambhir while commentating on Pakistan’s game against Netherlands on Sunday, October 30, said that Babar Azam does not put his team ahead of himself while making decisions.
“In my opinion, first, you think about your team instead of yourself; if nothing goes according to your plan, you should have sent Fakhar Zaman up the batting order. This is called selfishness; as a captain, it is easy to be selfish,” Gambhir said while commentating during the Pakistan vs Netherlands game on Sunday.
However, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, who is known to share a pretty intense rivalry with Gambhir, has taken a dig at the former KKR captain’s comments.
“Tournament k baad koshish karenge Babar ko bole ki unke baare mein bhi kuch bole kyuki wo bhi toh ghar jayenge na. (After the tournament, we’ll try and tell Babar to say something about him (Gambhir). After all, he will head straight back home to India too),” Afridi said on Pakistani channel Samaa TV.
Again taking a dig at Gautam Gambhir, Shahid Afridi has said that while it is important to criticize bad performances, one should be careful with their words.
“There is always criticism, but you need to be very careful with words. You should use words that should come as advice for the player, and you can make the people understand it as well. As far as Babar is concerned, he has given so many match-winning performances. The consistency with which he has scored, very few Pakistan batters have. He may not have risen to the expectations which is why he is facing some flak,” he added.
