Pakistan Cricket Board announced a 17 -member team for the 2025 Asia Cup on Sunday. Star batsman and former captain Babar Azam did not get a place in the team. After this it was said that Babur is no longer in the plan of the T20 team. Meanwhile, Pakistan team head coach Mike Hessen has made a big disclosure on Babar Azam. He said that by excluding the Asia Cup, he has been asked to improve the strike rate.

Babur needs to adopt aggressive style in T20- Mike Hessen

Mike Hessen said in the press conference, “I think it is difficult to question a player’s form based on just three matches. There is no doubt that Babar Azam has been asked to improve his strike rate against spin. He is working hard on these things.”

‘Babur can return like this’

Let us know that Babur will play for Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League later this year. Mike Hessen believes that Babur can make a brilliant comeback with this league. He said, “A player like Babur has a chance to play in the Big Bash League. He can show which areas are improving in T20. He is such a big player that he cannot be ignored.”

Apart from Babar Azam, wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan has also not got a place in the team selected for the Tri Series and Asia Cup. Both have not played a single T20 international match for Pakistan since December last year. Both these players are the top-2 batsmen to score the most runs in T20 format from Pakistan.

30 -year -old Babar Azam has 4,223 runs in T20 cricket with an average of 39.83. Azam is the only Pakistani batsman to score three centuries in this format.