Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson reacted to Babaz Azam exclusion from Asia Cup Squad
Babar Azam’s journey in Pakistan’s T20I has been a dramatic fall. he was reinstated as the captain for the T20 World Cup in the West Indies. However he finds himself completely sidelined from the format. After being excluded from the T20I series against Bangladesh and the West Indies.
Pakistan’s player, Babar Azam finds himself completely sidelined from the format after being excluded from the Asia Cup squad and the Tri-series against West Indies and Bangladesh.
Pakistan’s white-ball head coach Mike Hesson broke his silence on the decision, He revealed that Babar need to work on his strike rate and improve it, especially against spinners. He suggested he can play BBL (Big Bash League) to perform good in a T20.
“There’s no doubt Babar has been asked to improve in some areas, particularly against spin and in terms of his strike-rate. Those are aspects I know he’s working very hard on at the moment,” he said in the press conference after the announcement of the Asia Cup squad.
“A player like Babar also has the opportunity to play in the BBL and showcase improvements in those areas of T20 cricket. He’s simply too good a player for us not to consider.” he added.
Since January 2022, Babar Azam has struggled against spin bowling in T20s. His strike rate against spinner is just 122.91, which is the lowest among the top 20 batters who have faced at least 1000 balls of spin. Mohammad Rizwan, who has also been left out of the Asia Cup squad, is slightly better but still second-worst with a strike rate of 123.35.
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