'Selfish Player' - Twitter bashes Babar Azam for his slow knock against Bangladesh in the 20-20 World Cup 2022

Babar Azam (Source: Twitter)

Pakistan and South Africa locked horns against each other in Match 41^st of the 20-20 World Cup. The game held tremendous importance for both sides as the winner of the match would’ve sealed a spot in the semi-finals. Bangladesh Captain Shakib-al-Hasan won the toss and elected to bat first. The Bangla Tigers could only manage to score 127/8 after their allotted 20 overs.

Pakistan openers Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan walked out to give a good start to their side. Both batters batted with some caution and had a conservative approach against the new ball. Rizwan survived an early blow as he was dropped by the wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan on the bowling of Taskin Ahmed.

After surviving, Rizwan tried to take the attack on the Bangladesh bowling by scoring some quick boundaries. However, Babar was seen struggling at the other end as he failed to score at even run-a-ball. The Pakistan captain kept looking for singles as Rizwan found boundaries on regular occasions.

Pakistan didn’t have a run rate of even 6 despite not losing any wickets till the 11^th over. Babar’s struggle continued as he finished the powerplay on 9 off 15 balls. He scored the second boundary of his innings on the 30^th ball of the innings to take his score to 23 off 30 balls.

Azam’s struggle was ended as he was dismissed by Nasum Ahmed in the 11^th over getting caught at backward point. The Pakistan captain was under huge pressure coming into the game as he had failed to reach the double-figure mark in the first four innings of the tournament. The 28-year-old has been heavily criticised for a long time for his low strike rate in T20 internationals.

Babar’s innings today further confirmed that his struggles are far from over which is a worrying sign for Pakistan heading into the semi-finals of the world cup. Twitter was abuzz after Babar’s struggling knock today. Here are some of the Tweets on Babar’s slow innings against Bangladesh:

Despite Babar Azam's valiant effort for Bangladesh Pakistan qualify for the Semi's

— Irosenal Man (@seshtirman) November 6, 2022

Don't know what are the basis of comparing babar azam with kohli ..

Kohli is different class .. there is no comparison at all

— .. (@_m_wasim) November 6, 2022

The win must not let you forget that selfish couple #BabarAzam𓃵 & #Rizwan !! Congratulations to the nation, their prayers are answered & Pakistan 🇵🇰 is advanced to semifinal !! #PAKvBAN

— Muhammad Idrees Khan🇵🇰 (@IdreesSays) November 6, 2022

@babarazam258 you are a selfish player. Just because of you Fakhar as a opening batsman lost. Now what the hell you doing in today March not even 100 strike rate please leave the opening. And play for country for team not your fucking individual performance

— hasnain raza (@hasnain49396468) November 6, 2022

Its time for babar to accept that he can not play as an opener in T20. #babarazam #PAKvsBAN

— Talha (@t4lhaaa) November 6, 2022

Totally Agreed with #AqibJavaid To Remove Babar Azam from Opening Pair...

— Itz.Romi (@ItzRomi5) November 6, 2022

@babarazam258 12 overs slow khel k out ho jana or piche walo k liye or mushkil kar jana come on bobby #PAKvsBAN

— Hafiz Wadia (@beinghfz) November 6, 2022

There is no justification for Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan to open now.

Their illegal gay marriage needs to be broken at any cost.

— 𝖎 🐦 (@residentteviill) November 6, 2022

The middle order is not the problem as much as our opening pair of @iMRizwanPak and @babarazam258 is. They play 10 overs scoring 50 runs and expect middle order to score 120 in next 10. Babar lacks captaincy skills. Both are players of ODI not t20#PakistanCricket #PAKvsBAN

— Woh Kon Tha ! (@MirHamz23901823) November 6, 2022

King babar my foot! One of overhyped player when virat was in rough patch and guy is just like mambati for me!! #BabarAzam😂😂! Never seen single convincing shot from him in this @T20WorldCup !! pic.twitter.com/sWQDwBfrtL

— Roger_Virat (@RogerVirat) November 6, 2022

Presently, two of the most selfish persons in the world are from Pakistan. One is #Babar_Azam Other is #Rizwan

— Hisham Islam (@HishamAlIslam) November 6, 2022

@Saqlain_Mushtaq @iramizraja @babarazam258 Most intentless, selfish run chase by Baber & Rizwan. Unbelievable! They have put the team under tremendous pressure.

— khurram Begg (@KhurramBegg) November 6, 2022

Both selfish player gone after making sure that they had put pressure on following batters.
Shame on you @babarazam258 n @iMRizwanPak @shoaib100mph When we will learn from mistakes.

— Ali HB (@aliameco) November 6, 2022