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.

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.

Babar Azam Salary Less than IPL Uncapped Player: The Big Bash League 2025-26 to be held in Australia will start from December 14 and the final of this league will be played on 25 January. Pakistani player Babar Azam is also going to play in Big Bash League. The player draft is done before the start of this league, but under the pre-signing draft, Sydney Sixers have included Babar Azam in their team. But even after going to the platinum category in this league, Babar Azam will get less salary than the uncapted player playing in the IPL.

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.

The salary of IPL’s uncapted player is more

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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This stormy batsman of Punjab Kings has made her debut since IPL 2025. This player won everyone’s heart in his first tournament. Priyansh scored 475 runs in 17 matches. This season Priyansh’s best score was 103 runs. Punjab Kings mistress Preity Zinta also looked very happy with Priyansh’s performance.

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BCCI has made strict rules

According to the current rules of BCCI, it is not impossible to play Virat Kohli’s Big Bash League or any other foreign tournament. The BCCI does not allow its players to play in the external leagues. One of the main reasons for making this rule is also so that the popularity of the Indian Premier League will be maintained. Talking about Virat Kohli, he has been a very good performance in IPL 2025. Kohli has scored 90 runs in 2 matches so far.

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