'Playing For The Country Should Be The Priority': Ex-Pakistan Skipper Schools Babar Azam

Babar Azam lately under has been under heavy scrutiny and his form has been a cause of worry for Pakistan and their fans. Azam, once was counted amongst the top cricketing stars and many believed that he had a bright future ahead, but right now, he has been struggling to put bat to ball and hence has been facing the criticism. Under Babar Azam's captaincy Pakistan made early exits from the 2024 T20 World Cup and the 2023 ODI World Cup and this made things worse for him.

Younis Khan's Take On Babar The Player

Babar Azam finds himself on the same path where Virat Kohli was couple of years back. The daddy hundreds have died up for Azam and he is currently struggling to deliver. The only difference is that Kohli was scoring enough runs but somehow kept on missing out on hundreds. Kohli even delivered with his bat as the skipper of India, but it was the hundred that he kept on missing. Kohli stepped down from as India's all-format captain in the start of 2022.

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Former Pakistan skipper and the winner of the 2009 T20 World Cup Younis Khan has suggested Babar Azam to do the same. 'Babar was made the captain of Pakistan when he was the best player of the team. He should focus more on his cricket, that is my only suggestion to him. When the decision of making him the captain was taken, I was there. Performance matters, not captaincy. Look at Virat Kohli . He stepped down as captain and is breaking records. Playing for the country should be the priority', said Younis.

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Pakistan Cricket In Turmoil

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) finds itself embroiled in a new controversy every other day. There is a lot of buzz around the Champions Trophy and the BCCI's decision if they want to visit Pakistan or not. The Champions Trophy is returning after seven years and Pakistan are the defending champions of the title.

But this time around, the Pakistan cricket team doesn't look like what it used to be back then. They made first round exits from the ODI and the T20 World Cup and also lost a Test series to Bangladesh on their home soil.