Published 21:41 IST, June 11th 2020
Ex-Pak cricketer Mudassar Nazar rubbishes comparisons between Virat Kohli & Babar Azam
Ex-Pak cricketer rubbished comparisons between Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Pak limited-overs skipper Babar Azam by calling it a 'Nonsense'
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Former Pakistani cricketer Mudassar Nazar has come forward and said that re is point in comparing current Pakistani limited-overs skipper Babar Azam with Indian captain as well as batting megastar Virat Kohli. youngster has been compared with Virat Kohli ever since Azam surpassed Kohli to become fastest to reach 1000 T20I runs in 2018. Babar had an outstanding World Cup 2019 where he had amassed close to 500 runs. He was named Pakistan's T20I skipper last October and was named ODI skipper of Men In Green last month.
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'nsense': Mudassar Nazar
While speaking to a Pakistani cricket news website, Nazar went on to say that Pakistan supporters dearly need a hero y can believe in and he reckons that Babar Azam has all capabilities to make m happy. However, former cricketer is disappointed that for some strange reason, many keep on comparing him to Virat Kohli which is 'nsense'. He n added that at moment, only comparison of top-ranked ODI batsman is with likes of Master Blaster as well as cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.
Coming back to cricket, 13th edition of IPL that was originally scheduled to get underway on March 29 has been suspended indefinitely due to global pandemic. India-South Africa bilateral ODI series has been rescheduled at a later date while ir tour of Sri Lanka for a limited-overs series next month has been postponed as well.
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Meanwhile, semi-finals and final of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 have been postponed as of w due to coronavirus fear. Even ir tour of Ireland next month has been postponed as well. neless, as per reports, 1992 winners will be touring England for a three-match Test series that will be followed by a three-match T20I series between July 30 to September 2, 2020.
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21:40 IST, June 11th 2020