Babar Azam has evolved into a fine young batsman

[Mirpur express]

Cannot compare Babar with Kohli. 

 

Kohli is a great batsman but Babar suits our needs and we should be happy with that. If every country had Kohli you would understand these statements. Kohli is GOAT cricketer. The two sixes he hit of Starc were magnificent, Kohli can really tear apart any bowler but he does not do it because he's responsible. Kohli is in his own league. Babar in his own. We should accept that and there is no harm in saying Babar is no where near Kohli because Kohli is arguably in the top three cricketer list of all time so there is no shame in accepting that. Babar just needs to keep his head and become the best white ball batsman produced by Pakistan and then make a name in Tests.

Edited June 26, 2019 by Mirpur express

[sandeep]

1 hour ago, Aiden said:

First Pak middle order batsman to score a hundred in WC after 32 years. 

Says something about Babar's quality.  Says a bit about Pakistani batting too.

[sandeep]

14 minutes ago, Mirpur express said:

Cannot compare Babar with Kohli. 

 

Kohli is a great batsman but Babar suits our needs and we should be happy with that. If every country had Kohli you would understand these statements. Kohli is GOAT cricketer. The two sixes he hit of Starc were magnificent, Kohli can really tear apart any bowler but he does not do it because he's responsible. Kohli is in his own league. Babar in his own. We should accept that and there is no harm in saying Babar is no where near Kohli because Kohli is arguably in the top three cricketer list of all time so there is no shame in accepting that. Babar just needs to keep his head and become the best white ball batsman produced by Pakistan and then make a name in Tests.

Babar and Haris look like batsmen.  Haven't seen that in greenbro uniforms in quite some time.

[Stuge]

[Stuge]

He is sorta Sachin Tendulkar of 1996 WC for India . Teams will start targeting him now ..He will evolve over a period of time to get with and might end up with GOAT of white ball cricket.

 

[rtmohanlal]

great talent ..... no doubt & there is every chance that he would become a great ODI batsman. But, in tests he still has lot to prove. He has not done enough even in PAK first class cricket.

[vvvslaxman]

3 hours ago, Stuge said:

Very consistent. Just that he lacks the power game of other guys. Jinx Rahane could have been like him as he also doesn't have power game. Turned into a phattu player in this era.

[kaptaan]

What happened to that shehzad guy ? 

[Gollum]

10 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Very consistent. Just that he lacks the power game of other guys. Jinx Rahane could have been like him as he also doesn't have power game. Turned into a phattu player in this era.

Doesn't need power game at #3 tbh, avg 53, SR 86 is amazing. None of the fab 4 have power game, including Kohli. 

[Real McCoy]

6 hours ago, sandeep said:

Babar and Haris look like batsmen.  Haven't seen that in greenbro uniforms in quite some time.

This. They are probably the best batsmen for them this WC. Add nephew and fcuker, they have a decent batting unit to go along with their bowling lineup

[Pollack]

Unsure of Harris Sohail but Babar is a fine batsmen.

[sandeep]

Didn't Princess Shehzadi keep posting stats about how he was quicker to 10 centuries than Virat? 

 

Its not how you start - its how you finish.

[Vijy]

15 hours ago, sandeep said:

Didn't Princess Shehzadi keep posting stats about how he was quicker to 10 centuries than Virat? 

 

Its not how you start - its how you finish.

Reminds me of this very funny exchange from Justice League:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c4/c7/36/c4c7364908fce406b58d0ca9826eb365.jpg

 

[Gollum]

From where did Pakistan find this guy? Gem of a batsman, what a WC he is having !!! 

[Khota]

Little as I watched him today he is solid.

[sergio04]

Missed easy hundred today.

[chewy]

I had doubts about Babar Azam temperament before WC but performed well and great technique.

Only world class payer in Pak team.

 

Other player to surprise is Imam Wasim's latter order runs, seems to have always chipped in with quick 40-50. 

 

The rest you can interchange with SL/Bangla/Afghan players

[Vijy]

12 hours ago, Gollum said:

From where did Pakistan find this guy? Gem of a batsman, what a WC he is having !!! 

Outer space - because he is head & shoulders above the rest of his teammates.

[Vijy]

10 minutes ago, Shaz1 said:

It was easy find. He is a cousin of Akmals.

that's what makes it so surprising. babar is on the way to becoming ATG. whereas kamran akmal is a different type of ATG -the worst keeper I have seen. it's hard to believe that such a hack (kamran) and a potential ATG like babar are related.

[Vijy]

2 minutes ago, Shaz1 said:

You know Akmals had natural talent to be good batsmen. They just had a **** mentality of improving there game. Babar seems like a much hungrier batsmen than any of them. You could tell this dude wants to score runs. I am glad at least someone from there family gets it. 

how is he related to akmals? I am just curious because the surnames are not the same. I'm guessing his mother and Akmals' father or vice-versa are siblings. I agree that Umar Akmal had natural batting talent to some extent, but I don't feel that Kamran or Adnan had enough batting talent. Adnan was at least a decent keeper, but Kamran... well, you know, the less said about his keeping the better.