By Admin 
Babar Azam was not a part of Pakistan’s T20 team for the last one year, he was not even in the Asia Cup. He got a chance in the T20 series against South Africa, he returned to this format after a year but he flopped miserably in the first match. He ducked out after playing 2 balls.
Batting first, South Africa gave Pakistan a target of 195. Pakistan’s openers Sahibzada Farhan and Sam Ayub made a partnership of 31 runs for the first wicket. Sahibzada (24) was bowled by Lizad Williams in the fifth over. After this Babar Azam came, Pakistan expected that the experienced batsman, who was returning to T20 after a year, would play important innings, but it did not happen.
Babar Azam out on zero
Babar Azam was caught out on the third ball of the last over of the powerplay. Corbin Bosch got him caught out by Reza Hendricks. While today he had a chance to create history, Babar needs only 9 more runs to become the highest run-scorer in T20, behind only Rohit Sharma in the list.
BABAR AZAM DISMISSED FOR DUCK ON HIS COMEBACK..!! pic.twitter.com/xDvwdN9ObL
— junaiz (@dhillow_) October 28, 2025
Contribution Of Babar Azam On His Come Back.
-Missed Run Out
-Dropped easy catch
-Wasted Two Balls pic.twitter.com/698g7Qadde— SheR•ALI (@Sher__Ali) October 28, 2025
Disappointed in fielding also
Babar Azam also disappointed his fans with his fielding during South Africa’s batting. On the fourth ball of the 17th over bowled by Shaheen Shah Afridi, Linde hit a shot in front, the ball was in the air and Babar Azam standing in front could have taken an easy catch but he missed the catch. Captain Salman Ali Aga also looked very angry on this.
Easy catch drop Babar Azam #PakistanCricket #PAKvSA #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/BfvaRf4kqX
— Hafiz Ali Ahmed (@HafizAl73906426) October 28, 2025
Batting first, South Africa scored 194 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Reza Hendricks had scored 60 runs in 40 balls with the help of 1 six and 5 fours. Quinton de Kock scored 23 runs in 13 balls and Tony De Jorji scored 33 runs in 16 balls. In the end, George Linde played an important inning of 36 runs in 22 balls. Mohammad Nawaz took the most wickets for Pakistan, he took 3 wickets. Sam Ayub got 2 wickets. Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed got 1 wicket each.