Babar Azam is not an ideal batsman in T20 format, people often make such claims on social media. It depends on Babar to what extent he is able to prove these claims wrong. But Babar’s figures somehow show that he is not made for T20 cricket. Poor strike rate was one of the reasons due to which he had to be dropped from Pakistan’s T20 team.

Now his strike rate in the Big Bash League going on in Australia is 104. Nowadays, batsmen have started playing with a higher strike rate in ODI matches, but Babar seems to be stuck in the era of Test cricket.

Bad situation in BBL also

Babar Azam recently made his BBL debut playing for Sydney Sixers. It has been more than a year since Babar Azam played an innings with a strike rate of more than 150 in an international T20 match.

Talking about BBL 2025-26, Babar has been one of the worst batsmen of the season so far. In the 8 innings played so far, he has faced 148 balls, in which he has been able to score only 154 runs at a slow strike rate of 104.05. If there is a stormy batsman like Abhishek Sharma or Andre Russell, he believes in scoring more than 300 runs in 148 balls.

A lot of money is being made in BBL

When Babar Azam was signed by Sydney Sixers, he became one of the most expensive players of BBL. Sydney Sixers included him in their squad by paying an amount of 4,20,000 Australian dollars. This is equivalent to approximately Rs 2.5 crore in Indian currency. But his performance has been just the opposite.

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Pakistani player Babar Azam is currently playing in the Big Bash League for Sydney Sixers. In the match held on Thursday, he played an inning of 58 runs and led his team to victory. However, despite his half-century innings, Azam is being made fun of on social media, the reason being his strike rate. Even former Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist made a scathing attack on him during the commentary.

In this match against Melbourne Renegades, Sydney Sixers had a target of 165 runs to win. Babar Azam batted carefully and played 46 balls to score 58 runs, in this innings he hit 4 fours and 1 six. Adam Gilchrist, who was doing the commentary, did not look happy with Babar’s innings, saying that he is not known for his power-game.

Babar Azam’s slow innings

Former Australian wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist, while commenting on Fox Cricket, said that the kind of attitude Babar Azam adopts (taking one run on every ball), it puts undue pressure on his partner. “Babar is not known for his power-game. He does not play explosive innings, he needs to be more active. He cannot take one run at a time and put the responsibility of playing big shots on his partner.”

Adam Gilchrist also called out Babar Azam slow batting in T20s during today’s match.
• His limited power range restricts his boundary options.
• He must be proactive himself, not outsource the SR.
• His run-a-ball approach unfairly pressures his partner to take risks. pic.twitter.com/ahfYJNgSyO

—The PCT Army. (@thepctarmy) January 1, 2026

The video of the things said by Adam Gilchrist is also going viral on social media. In the viral video, veteran Babar Azam is saying that his approach in T20 is worrying for the team. However, this inning was necessary for Babar Azam, because recently he was not selected for the T20 series against Sri Lanka. This is Babar’s second half-century in this edition, but questions are being raised about his strike rate.