Babar Azam has taken retirement after not being selected in Pakistan Squad for the Asia Cup. Till now only Pakistan has declared the Squad of the Asia Cup, which kept 2 senior players out of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. A post has gone viral on social media, in which it is being claimed that Babur has said goodbye to T20 cricket. Babur has not played any T20 match in 2025, but his retirement post is being prepared from AI, which is completely fake.

Babar Azam retired?

According to the viral post on social media, Babar Azam wrote, “I wish all the youths selected for the Asia Cup and wish that everyone will be able to do well. Along with this, I also want to say that I am taking retirement from T20 cricket. Memories, support and love for love in this journey so far.”

Babar Azam has not shared any such post on social media and this post going viral has been prepared from AI and is completely fake. Babar Azam has not retired from international T20 cricket.

Why did you get out of Asia Cup?

Babar Azam’s total strike rate in T20 cricket is 129.22, while in this stormy batting, batsmen also play at a strike rate of 180-190. This strike rate has caused their drop. Pakistan cricket team coach Mike Hessen had revealed that Babar Azam has been advised to improve the strike rate especially against the spin.

Babur has not played any T20 matches for Pakistan in the year 2025. Talking about his last 10 T20 innings, Babur has played only once at a strike rate of more than 140.

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The Pakistan Squad for the Asia Cup 2025 was not included in Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, who has captained the national team in this format. The PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) announced the team on Sunday, the same thing happened in it. Two big players Babur and Rizwan did not get a place in this team captained by Salman Ali Aga. Different reactions started coming to this. Former Pakistan fast bowler Tanveer Ahmed advised both of them to retire by giving the example of Virat Kohli.

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are the highest run -scorer for Pakistan in T20 International cricket, but both have been in poor form for a long time. Both were not given a chance in a single T20 match by PCB this year, after which it was expected that both would not join the Asia Cup. Former Pakistan fast bowler Tanveer Ahmed suggested both of them to retire from international cricket. Giving the example of Virat Kohli, he said that if he is loved his respect, then he should take retirement from international cricket.

Tanveer Ahmed said, “I request my Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan that if they feel that they are not getting respect now, then they should take retirement from international cricket. Virat Kohli is an example in front of us. Babur and Rizwan, Ijjat is in your hands.”

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are no longer important- Mohammad Hafeez

Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez said on his YouTube channel, “Babur and Rizwan are not important players. If they were important, they would have won matches for Pakistan. If Salman Ali Aga, Saim Ayub and Hasan Nawaz are constantly performing well-performing players, why don’t we talk about them? They are winning the match for Pakistan team in the present time.”

He further said, “I think Babur and Rizwan will have to be worried about themselves and first have to prove themselves as a good player. Both were good first but now they are not able to bring the results.”

Players involved in Pakistan squad for Asia Cup

Salman Ali Aga (Captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim, Salman Mirza, Sufiyan Muqim, Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Such a period of cricket is going on, when those players are going to retire, who waved their glory worldwide in the 2010s. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are also among these players, who have said goodbye to T20 and Test formats. These days, Pakistan vs Bangladesh T20 series is also in discussion, where Bangladesh had trampled the Pak team badly in the first 2 matches. One thing to note in this series is that Babar Azam is not a part of the Pakistan team. Have he also retired from T20 cricket like Virat Kohli?

Has Babar Azam retired from T20?

No, Babar Azam has not retired from T20 format. For a long time, his poor form in his T20 has become the main reason for Babur’s drop. During this stormy batting era, Babur’s Strike Rate in T20 is also not of 130. Due to this poor form, he also had to lose his hand with captaincy. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Rizwan are also struggling with this situation. Let us know that now Salman is captaining Pakistan’s T20 team.

What did the coach of Pakistan say on Babar Azam?

Last month, the news was very much discussed that Babar Azam can do wicketkeeping. But Pakistan team coach Mike Hessen had made it clear that Babur had never done wicketkeeping nor was any idea to hand over the weight of wicketkeeping. Instead, Babur can present his claim for the opening slot, but in the T20 team, the weight of the opening batting is being handled by Fakhar Zaman and Sam Job.

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