Babar Azam Having Fun During Practice: Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam shared a light moment with wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan as the former ran after the latter with bat in hand during the national team’s practice session.
After a disappointing World Cup for Pakistan, captain Babar Azam renounced the captaincy of the national team from all formats. Since then, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named Shahhen Afridi as the captain of T20Is, and Shan Masood as the Test team captain.
Babar Azam Having Fun During Practice
In a video that recently went viral, the Pakistan team can be seen playing a practice match. During the match, Babar Azam, on strike, casually left the crease after playing a ball to discuss something with the non-striker. Rizwan, who had the ball, whew it at the stumps and appealed for a run-out.
As per the Babar Azam Having Fun During Practice, When the veteran keeper kept on with his appeal, Babar Azam jokingly chased after him with a bat raised in his hand.
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A similar incident happened earlier this year but on a much larger stage. In the second Test match of The Ashes in Summer 2023, English batter Johnny Bairstow left the crease in a similar manner before the ball was dead. Playing for a match on the fifth day, Australian keeper Alex Carey threw the ball at the stumps and appealed for a run-out. Within the laws of the game, Bairstow was given out and England went on to lose that game.
As per the Babar Azam Having Fun During Practice, While being within the laws, it was a very controversial dismissal. The English media ripped into Carey and the Australian side, bringing out the tried-and-tested talking point of the ‘spirit of the game’.
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While that was a massive moment in arguably the biggest cricket series in the world, which affected the result of the whole series, the instance between Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan was on a smaller scale and much more wholesome.
As per the Babar Azam Having Fun During Practice, For their next matches, Pakistan will tour Australia to play 3 Tests and 3 T20Is. The team has no ODI in their upcoming timeline, as the tours to New Zealand and England will only consist of T20I.
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