Nick Knight: “You can’t bowl top of off-stump. You can’t bowl short. You can’t bowl full. You just can’t bowl to him at the moment”
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Nick Knight, the former England batsman, said bowlers “just can’t bowl” to Pakistan captain Babar Azam right now since he is in such good form and punishing them.
Azam has established his reputation as one of the elite batsmen in the world by consistently scoring runs in all three formats.
In his most recent assignment, which was a five-match ODI series against New Zealand, the 28-year-old amassed 276 runs, which included a hundred and two half-centuries, at an average of 55.20.
“You can’t bowl top of off-stump. You can’t bowl short. You can’t bowl full. You just can’t bowl to him at the moment,” Knight was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Azam will now lead Pakistan during their tour of Sri Lanka in July, which will consist of two Test matches.
Pakistan Squad for Sri Lanka Test Series: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (vc & wk), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Muhammad Huraira, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shan Masood
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