Adam Gilchrist Got Angry After Seeing Babar Azam Slow Innings In BBL: Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam, playing for Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League, is being heavily criticized in Australia for his slow innings. Babar scored 58 runs in 46 balls against Melbourne Stars and played an important role in the victory of Sydney Sixers. Despite this, Babar is being criticized for his slow batting. Former Australian wicketkeeper batsman Adam Gilchrist got angry after seeing Babar’s slow batting. He said that Babar is not known for power game but he needs to be more active and can’t Babar do that he takes one run at a time and asks his fellow batsman to play big shots.

Sydney Sixers beat Melbourne Stars

The 18th match of the Big Bash League 2025-26 between Melbourne Stars and Sydney Sixers was played at Marvel Stadium. Babar Azam scored unbeaten 58 runs in 46 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. Thanks to his innings, Sydney Sixers defeated Melbourne Stars by 6 wickets. Melbourne Stars had given a target of 165 runs to Sydney Sixers to win, which Sydney achieved with 5 balls to spare. Sydney Sixers won the toss and decided to bowl first. Melbourne Stars team, which came to bat first, was able to score 164 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Josh Brown, who came to open the innings for Melbourne, played the biggest innings of 43 runs in 19 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 3 fours. Apart from this, Jake-Fraser-McGurk scored 38 runs on 29 balls and Hasan Khan scored 39 runs on 29 balls.

Gilchrist got angry at Babar Azam’s slow innings

Adam Gilchrist is commentating for Fox Cricket in the Big Bash League 2025-26. Looking at the attitude of Babar Azam, he said that the method he adopts of taking one run on every ball, puts unnecessary 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.

Pakistani fast bowler Shaheen Afridi is out of the Big Bash League. Afridi was playing for Brisbane Heat in BBL 2025-26, but will not be able to play in the upcoming matches of the tournament due to a knee injury. He was injured while bowling in the match against Adelaide Strikers.

Brisbane Heat contacted the medical team of Pakistan Cricket Board, after which it was decided that it would be best for Shaheen Afridi to return home, so that he can work on fitness before the T20 World Cup 2026.

Shaheen Afridi is the third fast bowler who has been out of Brisbane Heat team this season. Before him, Spencer Johnson and Callum Vidler were out of the tournament due to back problems. Whereas Michael Neser is out of the Heat team due to international schedule. In such a situation, the pace attack of Brisbane Heat has become very weak.

The medical team of Brisbane Heat team is not getting any rest. Even the team’s regular captain Nathan McSweeney is struggling with fitness problems and has missed the last two matches due to an ankle injury. At the same time, Tom Aslop is also suffering from knee problem, due to which he will not be able to play the next match with the Strikers.

After the injury, Shaheen Afridi said that he enjoyed playing with the Brisbane team, but he is sad about not being able to play the entire season.

Shaheen Afridi’s BBL debut was very bad. In the match against Melbourne Renegades, he bowled 2 beamers, due to which he was stopped from bowling. Now it will be worth seeing whether Afridi is fit before the T20 World Cup 2026 or not. The World Cup is to be played in India and Sri Lanka from 7 February to 8 March.

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Big Bash League gives fans some memorable matches and moments every year. Similarly, the match between Brisbane Heat and Adelaide Strikers in BBL 2025-26 has proved to be thrilling and memorable. In this match, Brisbane team registered a thrilling victory by 7 runs. Adelaide team could not score 10 runs in the last over despite having 2 wickets in hand. Thomas Balkin ensured the victory of Brisbane Heat by taking 2 wickets in the last over.

In this match, Brisbane had scored 179 runs while playing first. Max Bryant created havoc and played a stormy inning of 63 runs in 32 balls. Adelaide Strikers made a tremendous comeback during the first innings. At one time the Brisbane team might have been dreaming of crossing 200, but in the last 4 overs the Brisbane team could score only 28 runs and lost 3 wickets. As a result, Brisbane team could score only 179 runs.

In reply, Adelaide Strikers made a steady start and scored 57 runs in 7 overs without losing any wicket. Chris Lynn scored 22 runs, while captain Matthew wreaked havoc on the short bowlers. He scored 63 runs in 39 balls. Adelaide made a great start, but Brisbane came back into the match by dismissing three batsmen within 7 runs. The turn of the match changed once again when Adelaide scored 38 runs in just 18 balls after the 9th over. After this, wickets kept falling at regular intervals, but Matthew Short remained at one end.

The match was overturned in the end

Adelaide Strikers had to score only 36 runs in the last 30 balls. Captain Matthew Short was set and with the set batsman Short in the crease, it seemed an easy target, but meanwhile, on the second ball of the 18th over, Xavier Bartlett dismissed Short on the score of 63. The course of the match had once again changed. With Xercis Wadia, Adelaide’s hopes of victory were still intact, but due to the fall of the wickets of Luke Wood and Xercis Wadia in the 19th over, Brisbane had returned to the match.

In the last over, Adelaide had to score 10 runs to win, the responsibility of saving which Brisbane handed over to Thomas Balkin. Balkin took 2 wickets in the over and ended Adelaide Strikers’ innings at 172 runs.

Babar Azam played his debut match in Big Bash League today, but it was a flop. Babar, who opened for Sydney Sixers, was out after scoring only 2 runs. He played 5 balls and had a narrow escape in the other 2 balls also. His team also lost this match.

Perth Scorchers won the toss and decided to bowl first. Daniel Hughes and Babar Azam started the innings for Sydney Sixers. Sydney did not have a good start, Hughes was out in the very first over off the bowling of Aaron Hardy. He could not even open the account, the last ball of the over went to Babar Azam, which he defended.

Babar Azam out after scoring 2 runs in debut match

Babar Azam defended the fifth ball of the second over. Joel Paris bowled the next ball on wicket length, on which Babar Azam hit. The ball went in the air and fell a short distance away from the fielder. This could have been a catch. On the fourth ball of the third over bowled by Couch, Babar Azam tried to hit a big shot using his steps, but the ball went in the air and fell between the two fielders. He survived once again. Babar ran on this ball and took 2 runs.

BABAR AZAM OUT FOR 2!#BBL15 pic.twitter.com/fqRiu8mewK

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 14, 2025

Babar Azam was out after hitting a lap shot

Looking at Babar Azam, it did not seem that he is such a big batsman, he was just playing lap shots on every ball. That means he was just swinging the bat. Babar bowled a similar shot on the fifth ball of the third over bowled by Brody Couch, on which he was caught out.

Batting first in this match of 11 overs due to rain, Sydney Sixers scored 113 runs for 5 wickets. Jack Edwards played a good inning of 46 runs in 21 balls. Earlier, Josh Philip had scored 28 runs in 18 balls.

Perth Scorchers achieved the target of 114 with 5 balls remaining. Cooper Connolly scored 59 runs in 31 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 3 fours.

BBL 2025-26: Australia’s Famous T20 Cricket League, Big Bash League (BBL) first for 2025-26 season The draft list has been released. The names of four big cricketers of Pakistan have also been included in this draft list. Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan have now joined the list of popular foreign players who are eyeing the franchisees of BBL.

The special thing about these four players is that these players will be able to be easily available from November 2025 to February 2026, that is, these players do not have to play any international matches at the moment. This is the reason why franchises have paid special attention to these players.

Muhammad Rizwan of Pakistan is considered a very influential player in the T20 leagues due to his constant batting and excellent wicketkeeping skills. His batting average is above 48, although there is a debate on his low strike rate. On the other hand, Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Afridi’s deadly swing and yorker make him a specialist of new ball and death overs. Shaheen’s sharp bowling in leagues like The Hundred and PSL attracted everyone’s attention.

Haris Rauf also brings the batsmen on the backfoot with his high speed bowling, while all -rounder Shadab Khan has the power to turn the match with both the ball and the bat. All these players are going to bring more adventures in BBL.

More than 600 players included in BBL’s draft list

BBL General Manager Alastair Dobson has confirmed that more than 600 international players have been included in this year’s draft. Apart from the Pakistan team, Sam Karan and Alex Hales from the England team, Lockey Ferguson from New Zealand and Tim Southee, Kusal Perera from Sri Lanka’s team and big players like Shamar Joseph from West Indies team are also part of this draft.

Woman BBL India’s Jemima Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey have also been included in the draft., The draft of this season will have four rounds and one can give each franchise a place in his team to at least three foreign players., According to reports, Brisbane Heat, Shaheen can make Afridi his first choice, Which is an indication that Pakistan players can play a big role in BBL this time.,