Gundappa Viswanath: “He’s a very classy player”
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Former India cricketer Gundappa Viswanath knows just how good Pakistan batsman Babar Azam is, calling him a “very classy player.”
Azam has long been Pakistan’s batting spearhead and has consistently made runs in all three formats over the past few years.
Recently, he resigned as captain in all three formats and has been replaced by Shaheen Shah Afridi in T20Is and Shan Masood in Tests.
Azam hasn’t been at his best over the last couple of months, but with a massive weight having been lifted off his shoulders, Viswanath believes he can rediscover his form.
“He’s a very classy player,” he was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Azam recently played in Pakistan’s three-match Test series and Australia and finished with 126 runs at an average of 21.
He fared a lot 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.
Right now, he is captaining the Peshawar Zalmi in the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL) and has made 447 runs in eight matches, which includes a century and four fifties, at an average of 63.85 and a strike-rate of 154.67.
Peshawar Zalmi Squad for PSL 9: Babar Azam (captain), Rovman Powell, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Asif Ali, Mohammad Haris, Aamer Jamal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Dan Mousley, Haseebullah Khan, Mohammad Zeeshan, Mehran Mumtaz, Luke Wood, Sufiyan Muqeem, Waqar Salamkheil, Arshad Iqbal, Gus Atkinson, Shamar Joseph
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