Ramiz Raja: “There is brilliance in patches, the brilliant package that he is we haven’t seen that”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja knows batsman Babar Azam is a brilliant player, but admitted that he hasn’t shown it lately.
Azam has been going through a rough patch for a few months, which has led to him being unable to contribute big runs regularly.
Recently, he played in the three-match Test series against Australia and scored 126 runs at an average of 21.
He fared a little better in the five-match T20I series against New Zealand, accumulating 213 runs, which included three fifties, at an average of 42.60 and a strike-rate of 142.
“There is brilliance in patches, the brilliant package that he is we haven’t seen that,” Ramiz told Cricwick.
Next up for Azam will be the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL), where he will captain the Peshawar Zalmi.
PSL 9 will be held from February 17 to March 18 in four cities – Lahore, Multan, Karachi and Rawalpindi.
Peshawar Zalmi Squad for PSL 9: Babar Azam (captain), Rovman Powell, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Mohammad Haris, Aamer Jamal, Khurram Shahzad (partially available), Arshad Iqbal, Haseebullah, Gus Atkinson (partially available), Asif Ali, Naveen-ul-Haq (reserved), Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Dan Mousley, Mohammad Zeeshan, Waqar Salamkheil, Mehran Mumtaz, Luke Wood, Sufyan Muqeem, Shamar Joseph
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