Mohammad Hafeez, a former all-rounder for Pakistan, criticized Babar Azam following Team Green’s loss to India on Sunday during a Super 12 match of the ICC World T20 2022.
At the MCG, Virat Kohli scored an incredible 82 runs in a thrilling last-ball victory for India. Babar is receiving criticism for his choice to award Mohammad Nawaz the 20th. As the bowler failed to stop 16 runs from being scored off the final six deliveries of the vital game.
Mohammad Hafeez questioned the captain’s leadership and questioned why Babar Azam’s leadership could not be criticized in the context of cricket. He mentioned this while speaking to the web station Rahi Cricket: “Babar Azam’s captaincy is like a sacred cow that cannot be criticized”.
Babar’s errors as captain caused Pakistan to lose for the third time in a row, he said, adding that when he is criticized, it is suggested that he will grow.
Despite Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik being taken out by Nawaz in the penultimate over, India won the match famously with to Kohli’s brilliant innings in the high-stakes match. On the last ball of the match, middle-order batsman Ravichandran Ashwin scored the winning run to give India a four-wicket victory against their bitter enemies. The Player of the Match was chosen as Kohli, who scored 82 runs off of 53 balls.
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