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CricketWasim, Waqar continue slamming Babar Azam: 'Requested him to bat at No.3 but he said no'

Srinagar: Former Pakistan pace legend duo Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis have continued their critical attack on Pakistan current skipper Babar Azam after the teams defeat against Zimbabwe in ongoing T20 World Cup 2022.

“The easiest place to bat in T20s is opening. You have not let anyone else open in the last two years. I have discussed this with Misbah before, that why don’t you try something new? You have tried it out with bowling, but with batting, we have tried all the experiments with the middle order. But the openers have remained the same and they have batted 14-15 overs together,” Waqar Younis shared his views on the Pakistani sports show – The Pavillion.

Akram echoeing Waqar’s words shared same sentiments and the former Pakistani pacer even lashed out at Babar for not making sacrifices for his team.
“All of these things begin at the top. And at the top is your captain. If your captain plays for himself and is insecure. If your captain scores runs and lets other batters play at his position, you get to know that your captain is ready to sacrifice himself for you, this Babar has to learn,” Akram said.

Akram revealed that he advised Babar to bat at No.3 position, but his request was eventually turned down.

“I have been through this by the way with Babar, at Karachi Kings, yes. In the team we had a couple of bad phases and I requested him once or twice nicely, that please come down at number 3, we’ll try something different. Let (Martin) Guptill bat at the top, seeing he is an opener. And he (Babar) said I would not go down, you ask Sharjeel to bat at 3, and he (Sharjeel) is a natural opener too. And these little things that the captain does, the team senses too,” Wasim added.

Pakistan who have lost two out of two matches in ongoing T20 World Cup 2022, are scheduled to play against Netherlands in next match on Sunday at Perth.

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