Usama Mir: “Taking Babar Azam’s wicket was by far the best. The way he (Babar) plays, it looks like he wouldn’t get out by anyone”
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Pakistan spinner Usama Mir has admitted that it felt good to get batting superstar Babar Azam out in the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL).
He admitted that dismissing Azam was by far his favourite wicket in PSL 9 since the 29-year-old looks invincible when at the crease.
Mir was a wicket-taking machine throughout the tournament and finished as the highest wicket-taker with 24 wickets in 12 games for the Multan Sultans at an average of 15.87 and an economy rate of 8.13.
“Taking Babar Azam’s wicket was by far the best. The way he (Babar) plays, it looks like he wouldn’t get out by anyone,” the Sialkot native was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Azam, meanwhile, captained the Peshawar Zalmi in PSL 9 and had an outstanding campaign as he was the highest run-scorer with 569 runs in 11 games, which included a century and five fifties, at an average of 56.90 and a strike-rate of 142.60.
Multan Sultans Squad for PSL 9: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Iftikhar Ahmed, David Willey, Khushdil Shah, Usama Mir, Dawid Malan, Abbas Afridi, Reeza Hendricks, Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Khan, Mohammad Ali, Faisal Akram, Yasir Khan, Chris Jordan, Aftab Ibrahim, Johnson Charles, Mohammad Shehzad
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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