It has not even been an hour since the decision to announce the decision to drop Babar Azam from the squad for PAK vs ENG 2nd and 3rd Tests, and there is already vehemant opposition. The star batter, along with Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah, have been dropped for the remainder of the series against England. After losing to England by an embbarassing innings and 47-run fashion in Multan, Pakistan will hope to end their winless streak at home, sans their star trio.
Benched Babar Azam gets sympathies
Pakistan star Fakhar Zaman was among the first to express his disdain on Babar Azam being dropped from the squad for PAK vs ENG 2nd and 3rd Tests. He went on to draw a parallel between Virat Kohli and Babar, pointing out that the former wasn’t dropped when he went through low patch.
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