Former Pakistan cricketer hits out at Babar Azam for his captaincy tactics
India played out a nail-biting encounter against Pakistan where the Men in Blue trounced the Men in Green by four wickets at Melbourne. India rode on a superlative 82 not-out from Virat Kohli which swung the balance in favour of India.
Pakistan was in command for the majority of the game but, Kohli changed things in the last two deliveries off Harris Rauf by hitting back-to-back sixes in the penultimate over. They got 16 off the last over bowled by Mohammad Nawaz and some close decisions went in their favour as well.
Now Salim Malik has slammed Babar Azam for his captaincy errors and said that he is making the same mistakes again and again. He feels that the star batter should bid adieu to captaincy at present.
“Yeh pressure wala situation and aise time main senior player ka bohot bara role hota hai. Agar captain to nehi samjh aa raha uss waqt ya lag raha he ki galat decision le raha hain then aap jaake bata sakte hain ki woh galat jaa rahein hai. Iisiliye main humesha kehta hu ki fast bowler ke sath ke senior banda khara hona chaiye jo usko bataye. Itne saalo ke baad bhi agar aapko captaincy nahi aati to aapko chor deni chaiye. Agar same mistakes baar baar kar rahein hai toh best hai ki captaincy nehi karni chaiye. Bohot saare logon ne captaincy chori hai.
(Senior players play a big role in pressure situations like these. If the captain is getting confused, or taking the wrong decision at that time, the senior player can guide. That’s why I always say that a senior player should always guide a fast bowler (especially in situations like these). If you are still not able to lead the team after so many years of cricket, you should leave the captaincy. If you are making the same mistakes again and again, you should leave the captaincy. Lot of players have left captaincy),”Malik said on 24 News.
Pakistan, meanwhile, will play their next match against Zimbabwe on Thursday.
