Glenn Maxwell: “We definitely have to keep an eye on Babar Azam; he’s an absolute superstar”
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Australia powerhouse Glenn Maxwell has admitted that it would be a mistake to underestimate Pakistan batsman Babar Azam as he is “an absolute superstar”.
Azam hasn’t been in the best of form lately as he has struggled to score runs consistently.
Despite this, Maxwell knows how good the 30-year-old, especially considering how many games he has won for Pakistan over the years.
“We definitely have to keep an eye on Babar Azam; he’s an absolute superstar,” he was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Azam recently featured in Pakistan’s two-Test series against Bangladesh and scored 64 runs at an average of 16.
He then played for the Stallions in the Champions One-Day Cup, which was a domestic 50-over competition that took place in Faisalabad.
In four games, he amassed 230 runs, which included a century and a fifty, at an average of 76.66.
Following this, Azam took part in the first Test against England in Multan, where he made scores of 30 and 5.
The Lahore native was subsequently removed from the squad for the second and third Tests, but Pakistan still managed to win 2-1, which was their first Test series victory at home since 2021.
Azam is now involved in Pakistan’s limited overs series against Australia, which consists of three ODIs and three T20Is.
In the first ODI, which the men in green lost by two wickets, he scored 37 runs.
Following the tour of Australia, Pakistan will travel to Zimbabwe to play three ODIs and three T20Is from November 24 to December 5.
Pakistan Squad for Australia ODI Series: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Pakistan Squad for Australia T20I Series: Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Usman Khan
Pakistan Squad for Zimbabwe ODI Series: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tayyab Tahir
Pakistan Squad for Zimbabwe T20I Series: Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan
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