“I have been captaining my team for the last three years and I have never felt this way,” Babar Azam said when asked if he could follow Virat Kohli’s lead and play exclusively as a hitter. The captaincy debate rages on as Pakistan attempts an unlikely run to the semifinals.
If they don’t make it, the likelihood are that an inquest will be held, with the captaincy question high on the agenda. Babar preferred to put the pressure on hold for the time being.
“It’s just because I didn’t perform as well as I should have in the World Cup that people are saying I’m under pressure.” I am not under any duress. I’ve been doing it for maybe two and a half or three years. I was the one who was performing, as well as the captain. “I was doing the same thing,” he said.
“It depends on how you interpret such a thing.” Everyone has a unique point of view and manner of thinking. Everyone has a different opinion. He should be this way or that way. Everyone has my phone number if they need to give me advise. It is simple to give counsel on television. You can message me if you wish to give me any advice.
“I didn’t feel any different or under any pressure as a result of this.” During fielding, I try my hardest to give it my all. “When I’m batting, I think about how I can score runs and help the team win,” Babar explained.
The chief of the board has made murmurs and even proclamations that a decision could be made for Babar, but he has maintained to present a straight bat to such questions. “I have no idea what decisions you’re referring about. The decisions we make here regarding player selections are made by the coaches and the captain. We choose the best set of circumstances and conditions. Sometimes we were successful, and sometimes we weren’t.
“As for the captaincy, as I said, we’ll see what happens once we return to Pakistan or after this match.” But right now, I’m not thinking about it; I’m thinking about the next match,” he remarked.
Pakistan must defeat England by roughly 300 runs in order to overtake New Zealand in terms of NRR. Even if it was insane, Babar believed there had to be a method to the madness. “No, it’s not like that; this isn’t in the back of my mind.” It’s on our minds, and we’ll endeavor to make it happen. We will endeavor to carry out our plans, including how we will proceed tomorrow and how we will meet our goal.
“We can’t just walk in and start firing blindly – we want that, but with proper planning, how we want to play the first ten overs, then the next twenty – how we have to achieve that target.”
“There are a lot of factors in this, such as partnership and which player will stay on the field for how long.” If you ask me, we can achieve it if Fakhar is in the game for 20 or 30 overs. Follow up with Rizwan and Iftikhar. “We can do it, and we have plans for it,” he believed.
His own performance in the competition has fallen short of expectations, but Babar has stated that he will battle for a higher finish. “Sometimes you just have to hang in there, fight it out, and take the game deep.” There are three stages to this. With the new ball, you get runs. When you’re in the middle, you have to work a little harder. However, these features are not available in every venue.Different circumstances arise in various settings.
“We came here for the first time… we didn’t know how to take it, but we adapted as soon as we could in practice, that we would have to face it this way.” So we faced this situation, took it, and prepared how we were going to bat here. Because, as previously stated, runs occur at the middle and end. As a batter, you struggle a little in the middle overs when the ball is old.
“That’s it, I wanted to give a good performance here, I had high expectations, but I couldn’t deliver.” “I understand,” he said.
