"A Personal Record, A Collective Effort" International Players React to Babar Azam's Performance
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00:00Babar Azam clearly showed poor intent, poor intent in the first game.
00:04But in the next couple of matches, we will know if intent is an issue with Pakistan or inherent ability.
00:11If it's ability, then that can't be easily resolved.
00:25Ashwin says, Babar's journey to 50 coupled with Salman Ali Agha's batting
00:29has to be the best depiction of the story of the tortoise and the rabbit.
00:34Ashwin says, Babar and Salman Ali Agha, who had such a high strike rate,
00:39and Babar, who had such a silo,
00:41say that they remember the famous story of the tortoise and the rabbit.
00:44It's a perfect match.
00:46Harsha Bogle says, you can say that batting was, maybe, tougher batting second,
00:51that it turned more, whatever.
00:54But I would imagine some very stern questions will be asked of the Pakistan top three.
00:58He is also saying that everything is fine.
01:00We should ask what the top three were doing.
01:02Can you show it ahead?
01:03Michael Vaughan says, that really was an old school style.
01:07Our commentators are tired of saying that.
01:09He says, I'm not playing today's cricket.
01:11He says, that really was an old school style chase by Pakistan.
01:14Left it far too late.
01:16New Zealand once again looked like real challengers.
01:19This is said by Michael Vaughan.
01:20And Ittasham Siddhi says, they quote Simon Dowell.
01:23It was wrong decision.
01:24The same thing.
01:25It was wrong decision to send Fakhar Zaman at number four.
01:28If you were aware, he can't be able to run.
01:30So he can't criticize Babar Azam.
01:32He says, you can't criticize Babar,
01:35because you sent Fakhar to spoil Babar's game.
01:38This is his opinion.
01:39If Kamran Bhai wants to comment on this, he will do it.
01:41Another commenter says, quoting Babar's scores, 64 from 90 balls.
01:47A painful innings.
01:48This was said to me by some friends present at the stadium.
01:51It was a painful innings to watch.
01:53A painful innings to watch that increased the pressure on the team and his teammates.
01:57Great for the individual average and ranking,
01:59but not for the team's chance of victory.
02:02Simply not good enough that.
02:32It took 7-8 years for him to realize that we don't have that much ability.
02:38It wasn't like this before.
02:39This approach has come to the team.
02:41This selfish play and achieving your personal milestone.
02:47The result of that is that everyone is calling Pakistan's cricket like this.
02:51Because it's our fault.
02:53Our big decision-makers didn't give them a message.
02:56And this is not said by Basit Ali.
02:57It's only Kamran Amal's.
02:58Basit Ali has taken money to say this.
03:01And Kamran is on the agenda against such a player.
03:03And Shahid Ashmi is such a player.
03:05He is saying that Pakistan's team doesn't have that much ability.
03:09Because we have gone way back.
03:11We have gone 15 years back from the world's cricket.
03:14We didn't come in 2025.
03:16No, we went in 2070.
03:18Yes, we went way back.
03:21The type of cricket you are playing, the intent you can see,
03:24you are chasing 320.
03:26And on 10 overs, there are 2 on 21.
03:28There are 2 on 21.
03:29You didn't take a chance.
03:30You played Rohit Sharma today.
03:31He saw that there were 2 balls on the line.
03:33He hit it in front.
03:35So when will the Pakistan team learn these things?
03:38When will they do it?