'Babar Azam is no Virat Kohli But he Won...' - Ex-Pakistan Cricketer's BIZARRE Remark After ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Debacle

ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Former Pakistan cricketer Babar Azam , once regarded as a great, faced heavy criticism after the national side failed to win a single match at the marquee ICC event. Babar, who used to once be compared to Virat Kohli , got mocked after his low strike-rate came under scrutiny raising questions of intent. Days after Pakistan's shameful exit from CT 2025, former Pakistan star Salman Butt has made a bizarre remark. He reckons Babar is not even close to Kohli, but then he contradicts himself by claiming that the former has won more matches for Pakistan than anyone else in the past 20 years. 

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‘Someone tell me if these stats have been beaten by any single player’

“His Test average with 9 centuries and 26 fifties is 44.5. One-day average is 56.72 with 19 centuries and 32 half-centuries. In T20Is he has an average of 41, strike-rate of 129. Someone tell me if these stats have been beaten by any single player in Pakistan in the last 20 years," Rizwan said on GNN HD News. 

“The players who are trying to say they are match-winners, combine them and look at how many matches they have won. I think a comparison is warranted,” continued Butt. 

“Talk sense. You don’t have a Kohli or a Williamson. Babar is no Kohli. But Babar is the best that we have,” continued Butt. “If he’s not scoring runs, he needs back-up now. When he’s scoring, even if you don’t like him you will have to sing his praises with the world," he added further. 

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Pakistan Team Face The Heat

Not just fans, even plaudits reckon that the gulf between Pakistan and India in terms of cricket has widened a lot over the past decade. Following the loss, heads are bound to roll. It would be interesting to see what happens in the next few days. 

As hosts, Pakistan cricket team have truly disappointed their fans. They were the first team to get eliminated from the semi-final race. The Men in Green failed to win even one game in the marquee ICC event.