Nadeem Omar: “We tried our best to pick Babar, but Zalmi also needed a captain. I don’t know what happened. We have been trying to get Babar for the last three years”
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Quetta Gladiators owner Nadeem Omar has admitted the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise tried to sign Babar Azam for three years.
Despite his best efforts to secure the signature of the Pakistan captain, it never came to fruition.
Omar acknowledged that he doesn’t know what happened, but rued the lost opportunity, especially after the 28-year-old was traded to the Peshawar Zalmi from the Karachi Kings in exchange for Pakistan batsmen Haider Ali and Shoaib Malik.
“We tried our best to pick Babar, but Zalmi also needed a captain. I don’t know what happened. We have been trying to get Babar for the last three years,” he was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Azam recently led Pakistan in their five-match ODI series against New Zealand, which they won 4-1.
He played a key role in the victory, scoring 276 runs, which included a century and two fifties, at an average of 55.20.