Babar Azam, a former cricketer for Pakistan, made 0 and 22 in the first Test match against Bangladesh played at Rawalpindi, which was a loss for the home team because they collapsed during their second innings on the last day of play. The defeat on the other hand brought out the knives especially Babar’s neck who had not fared well for a number of matches.
“Lagta hai poore Pakistan ko koi aur masla nahi hai sivaye Babar Azam ki form ke (It seems the whole country does not have any other problem other than the form of Babar Azam)…. and even came to analyze the defeat by 10 wickets; Maqsood went on his channel.
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Bangladesh built up a first innings lead of 117 runs before Pakistan melted away for just 146 all out on day 5 and left a total of 30 runs for reaching a historic win for the visitors and a podium finish which was very easily scored by the openers.
Saud Shakel contributed 141 runs while Mohammad Rizwan, with a score of 171 runs not out was responsible for the home team’s first innings score of 448 for the loss of 6 wickets declared. Bangladesh’s finest Mushfiqur Rahim made 191 amazing runs aided by the batting order’s performance & the team’s visitors score 565 all out in their innings.
“In any case this will only work for them as more supporters are acquired with every victory and they are nice stories with which people want to associate themselves,” Ramiz added in the video. “Babar Azam stood anybody’s test case. There is not even a scintilla of doubt that he has been a big player on all three formats.”
“The Sad thing happens is after getting beaten in a match and not been able to get a single run and when you are wearing the calipers of Babar Azam you become one of those headlines – how did we end up in this kind of loss? What did he do? What was his contribution? And then this is an era of social media. Jiska dil chahe woh kisi ki bhi patloon utar sakta hai (anybody can belittle anybody)… this should be discouraged as much as possible.”
He then proceeded to entertain how Babar has to perform so that his detractors can’t have a word against him apart from the obvious one which is to make runs.
“Babar was a slow-burner regarding Test cricket, it is only in his 2nd year that he was able to score a Test Century and then came a long and consistent career but performing across all the formats is a different ball game,” Ramiz said.
“So what does he has to do? First, don’t go on social media. Second, be present in the current situation. When you are not getting runs, it becomes a mental thing and you start overthinking. ‘May be, I will get out, maybe if I touch 20 odd runs, what will happen now?’ so you imagine and then that imagining face is there on Babar’s face and which is not a good thing to have.
“He is trying hard… so frustration will be there. What is more important is how he is batting. Getting runs is different but was he at ease when he is batting some runs… In the last innings that he played, he was bowled stumped on the inside edge. This indicates that your bat head positions are not good, you lose your shape because your bat is flat because you don’t stand long on the crease because of time,” he expresses.
“He has to try to understand that presently, he is in the present moment. He should not think about the failure, and should rather learn to forgive himself. But this is difficult regardless of how good of a sports person you are. Help me in this recovery without using one’s self, i.e., staying in the present. It is probably the most difficult thing in the world to do… because you are backing yourself, playing for self pride, playing for the country and also for the fans who have a lot of expectations.”
“Oh, so your character is critical and your so-called failure is the news headline.”
He stated that Babar should improve his footwork.
“In case you are coming out to the ball, make a commitment; in case you are coming back, then Alan use the crease. You need to practice hook and pull a shots a great deal because after that, you concentrate on the ball a great deal.”
“Play with a positive intent.”
