In the T20 World Cup 2024 Group A encounter against the United States, Irfan Pathan took a harsh stance against Pakistani captain Babar Azam for his strange knock. Before Jasdeep Singh claimed his wicket on Thursday, June 6, Babar amassed 44 runs off of 43 balls, including two sixes and three fours. Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, and Muhammad Rizwan did not capitalize on the field limitations, therefore the Men in Green did not have the best of starts.
Babar played with a strike-rate of 27 during the powerplay after Pakistan was asked to bat first and found it difficult to get going. He tried to push the boundaries after a calm beginning, but Jasdeep rebuffed him. Pathan stated in a post on X that Babar ought to have performed better than circling a run-a-ball.
“On a fairly decent batting condition as a captain if you are playing 40+ ball inning with 100 strike rate. You aren’t helping your team cause.” Pathan wrote.
Babar has had the most difficulty during the T20 World Cup powerplay. Babar has amassed 166 runs with a strike rate of 86.91 from 191 balls in 14 innings. Oddly enough, he hasn’t hit a six in the mega event despite fielding limitations.
However despite playing a sluggish innings of 43 runs on 42 balls Babar Azam went past Virat Kohli becoming all time leading run scorer in T 20 history.