Babar Azam is the highest run-scorer in the history of international T20 cricket. But when it comes to strike rate, Babar is counted among the worst T20 batsmen. If we look at the entire history of T20 World Cup, Babar is the player batting with the worst strike rate. His strike rate in the World Cup is only 112.33. Now the situation is such that former Pakistani cricketer has been seen insulting Babar Azam on live TV.

Let us tell you that there is going to be a big clash between India and Pakistan on 15 February in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Regarding this, former Pakistani cricketers Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Aamir and Rashid Latif made different and unique claims and insulted Babar Azam in their conversations.

Gross insult to Babar Azam

While discussing a Pakistani show, Ahmed Shehzad first said that if Babar Azam plays a match-winning innings against India, then the entire crowd present in the show will get free food from him. Whereas Rashid Latif clearly said that Babar is not able to bat for such a long time anyway.

So I’ll take retirement back

The host of the show placed a condition and said that if Babar Azam played a match-winning inning against India with a strike rate of 160 or more, then Aamir would take out his retirement. However, Aamir changed this condition and said that scoring 8 runs in 2 balls, such an innings with a strike rate of 400 will not be considered.

In the end, Mohammad Aamir also agreed that if Babar Azam plays a match-winning innings by scoring fifty plus runs at a strike rate of more than 150 on 15th February, then he will consider taking back retirement. Let us tell you that Aamir retired again in December 2024, before that he had announced retirement in 2020, but came back for the 2024 T20 World Cup.

Ex Pakistan Cricketers on Babar Azam

– Shehzad: Will host dinner if he plays a match winning knock vs India on Sunday.

– Amir: Says he will come out of retirement.

– Rashid Latif: He doesn’t bat that long anyway.

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— Shah (@Shahhoon1) February 11, 2026

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Hitting the ax on one’s own foot, this phrase fits the Pakistan cricket team perfectly. It seems that the inclusion of Babar Azam in the team of T20 World Cup 2026 is going to be very costly for the Pakistan team. Babar Azam has once again flopped in the ongoing T20 series against Australia. In the second T20 match played in Lahore, Babar was out after scoring only 2 runs.

In the second T20 match, Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat. Captain Salman Aga played a stormy innings of 76 runs in 40 balls, in which he hit 8 fours and 3 sixes. But Babar was out after scoring 2 runs in 5 balls.

Pakistan hit the ax on its own foot

Despite Babar Azam’s poor form, he has got a place in the Pakistan team for T20 World Cup 2026. He was able to score 24 runs in 20 balls in the first T20 against Australia. Bad form, poor strike rate can ruin the Pakistan team’s fortunes in the upcoming World Cup.

Babar had earlier also flopped badly in the Big Bash League. In BBL 2025-26, Babar Azam was able to score only 202 runs in 11 matches. Babar scored these runs at an average of 22.44 and he was once again trolled due to his poor strike rate. In the season, he scored runs at a strike rate of 103. Despite these figures, he got entry into the World Cup squad.

Salman-Usman saved Pakistan

In the second T20 match, Pakistan scored 198 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. After captain Salman Aga’s stormy innings of 76 runs, wicketkeeper batsman Usman Khan took over the responsibility. Usman played an inning of 53 runs in 36 balls, saving Pakistan from being reduced to a small score. Shadab Khan also contributed 28 runs.

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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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Babar Azam’s bad form continues, he was out after scoring only 29 runs in the first ODI against Sri Lanka. This was the 83rd consecutive innings in international cricket when Babar could not score a century. There was a similar phase in Virat Kohli’s career when he could not score a century in international cricket for 83 innings.

Batsman who took most innings to score a century

Babar Azam’s last century in international cricket came against Nepal in Asia Cup 2023. Babar Azam and Virat Kohli have now jointly come to second place with 83 innings among the players who have played the most number of innings between any two century innings. At the top of this list is the name of Sri Lanka’s legendary batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, who did not score a century for 88 innings.

Babar Azam has been in very bad shape in the last 6 ODI innings. In 6 ODI innings, he has been able to score only 83 runs, the average being only 13.83. His highest score in the last 6 innings has been only 27 runs.

Talking about Pakistan vs Sri Lanka first ODI match, Pakistan team had scored 299 runs on the basis of Salman Agha’s century and Hussain Talat’s fifty. In the last 10 overs, Pakistan batsmen batted aggressively and added 104 runs.

Babar Azam’s international career

Babar Azam has so far scored 6336 runs in his career of 137 ODI matches. He has 4366 runs in his name in 61 test matches. Apart from this, Babar Azam has scored 4302 runs in his career of 131 T20 matches. He has also scored 31 centuries and 104 half-centuries in his international career.

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A new controversy has arisen on Babar Azam. His own country’s former cricketer Rameez Raja has said something which is sure to create an uproar in Pakistan cricket. Actually, the first test between Pakistan and South Africa is being played in Lahore. On the first day of the match, Babar Azam had reviewed a catch. On this Rameez Raja said, “Now he will do drama.”

This incident is of 49th over of Pakistani innings. Senuram Muthuswamy was bowling in front. There was an appeal for caught-behind on the first ball of the over and the ground umpire gave him out. But Babar Azam felt as if the ball had not hit his bat. He took DRS, which was successful because there was no connection between the ball and the bat. Ultimately Babar was declared not out.

Rameez Raja was also commenting during this entire review process. Perhaps Rameez Raja had no idea that the mic was on, but what he said surprised everyone. During the review process he said, “It’s out, it will create drama.” At that time Babar was batting on one run and after DRS he was declared not out. Well, even after being given not out in DRS, Babar could not last long. He was out after scoring 23 runs.

Pakistan made 313/5 on the first day

In the Lahore Test, Pakistan team has scored 313 runs at the loss of 5 wickets on the first day. Opener Abdullah Shafiq was out early, but Shan Masood and Imam ul Haq made a comeback for the Pakistan team by making a partnership of 161 runs. Meanwhile, South African bowlers had dismissed 4 batsmen of Pakistan team in a span of 36 runs. But Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Aga returned unbeaten on the first day. Rizwan is playing with 62 runs and Salman is playing with 52 runs.

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Babar Azam’s bad form is not ready to leave him. The first test between Pakistan and South Africa is being played in Lahore, in which Babar was out after scoring only 23 runs. The Pakistan team lost 4 wickets in just 36 runs, due to which the South African team dominated the Lahore Test. Although Shan Masood and Imam ul Haq had put the Pakistan team in a very good position, the African bowlers made a comeback in the match by taking wickets in quick succession.

3 wickets fell without any runs being scored

At one time, Pakistan team had lost only one wicket on the score of 163. Shan Masood and Imam ul Haq had made a partnership of 161 runs for the second wicket. First captain Masood was out on the score of 76. Imam ul Haq and Babar Azam had added 36 runs, but when the team score was 199 runs, Babar Azam was out on the score of just 23 runs.

With the score of 163/1, Pakistan’s position had become 199/5. Saud Shakeel became the victim of a golden duck, while Imam Ulhaq was out after scoring 93 runs. The situation was such that Pakistan’s third, fourth and fifth wickets fell at the score of 199. Pakistan team lost 3 wickets without scoring any runs.

Test century did not come from 3rd

It has been almost 3 years since Babar Azam scored a century in a test match. His last century in Test cricket came against New Zealand in December 2022. After that, Babar has not been able to score any century in 27 innings. During this period he has scored only 3 half-centuries.

After the Test series against New Zealand in the year 2023, Babar Azam has not even touched the figure of 200 runs in any Test series. Before the start of the Test series against South Africa, Babar Azam had scored a total of 539 runs in 6 Test series.

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Kohli or Babur, Who is better in Asia Cup?

Virat Kohli and Babar Azam’s Asia Cup figures are very different. Virat has played 26 matches in the Asia Cup tournament. At the same time, Babur has played only 16 matches. The figures in Virat’s Asia Cup are quite tremendous. Whether the Asia Cup has been played in ODIs or in T20, Virat has performed better every time.

Virat Kohli’s dangerous figures in Asia Cup

Looking at Virat Kohli’s Asia Cup ODI figures, Virat has scored 742 runs in 16 matches at an average of 61.83. This includes four centuries and a half -century. Kohli’s best score in Asia Cup ODI is 183 runs. The Asia Cup has been played in T20 format only twice before in 2016 and 2022. Together in both these tournaments, Kohli has scored 429 runs in 10 matches at an average of 85.80. Virat’s best score in Asia Cup T20 is 122 not out.

Babar Azam’s journey in Asia Cup

Babar Azam has scored 363 runs in 10 matches in the Asia Cup ODI at an average of 40.33. Babur’s best score in ODI Asia Cup is 151 runs. There is a great difference in the average of Virat and Babur’s runs in the Asia Cup. While Kohli has scored at an average of around 62 in the Asia Cup, Babur’s average average is close to 40. Babur has played the Asia Cup only once in T20 format in 2022. In this tournament, this Pakistani player could not show anything special. Babur scored only 68 runs in 6 matches at an average of 11.33.

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Babar Azam’s salary in BBL 2025-26

In BBL, players are divided into four categories and according to this the salary of the players is fixed. Players coming to the platinum category get the highest salary and the player with the Bronze category gets the least salary.

• Platinum – $ 4,20,000
• Gold – 300,000 US Dollars
• Silver – 200,000 US Dollars
• Bronze – US Dollar up to 1,00,000

In BBL, Babar Azam has been signed in the Platinum category, so this Pakistani player can get up to 4,20,000 US dollars to play this league. This is equal to Rs 3.68 crore in Indian currency.

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In IPL 2025, Punjab Kings opening batsman Priyansh Arya batted a lot. This player was bought by Preity Zinta’s Punjab team for Rs 3.80 crore, which is more than the salary of platinum players in BBL. So far Priyansh Arya has not got a chance to play in the Indian team.

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The Asia Cup is to be held next month, a 2026 T20 World Cup will be held a few months later. 2 big tournaments, but Babar Azam’s name is not included in Pakistan’s T20 team. In international cricket, Babar Azam has not been able to score a century in the last 72 innings. Seeing the performance of the Pak team, Pakistani fans are also starting to furious, as a video claimed that black magic has been done on Babar Azam.

Black magic on Babar Azam

A video is becoming very viral on social media, in which a Pakistani Maulana is claiming that, “Babar Azam has got a bad eye and magic has been done. The magic done on him is not of one kind but many types.” Meanwhile, the host of the interview said that black magic has also been done on Babar Azam.

Everything changed within a year

It was just about a year ago when Babar Azam used to be the captain of Pakistan’s T20 and ODI team. Under his captaincy, Pakistan could not even go till the Super-8 of the 2024 T20 World Cup and had to face defeat at the hands of USA. Prior to that, the Pak team’s performance in the 2023 ODI World Cup was disappointing. In October 2024, he finally resigned from the captaincy of T20 and ODI team.

Babar Azam last played an international T20 match in December 2024. After that the Pak team has played four T20 series, from which Babar Azam has been kept out. Now the Asia Cup 2025 is also to be played in T20 format and Babur can hardly make it to the Asia Cup squad due to poor form and figures. Her ODI average used to be more than 59 at one time, but now she has fallen to 54.

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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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