Babar Azam

 

Babar Azam is not only the leading Pakistani batsman but a brilliant captain as well. He is the most successful captain in Pakistani history of cricket with a positive winning percentage of more than fifty percent in all formats of the game. He has more wins than losses in all formats of the game as a captain.

     In test cricket he has led Pakistan to 8 wins and 6 losses which is a pretty decent  record as captain. Those 8 wins include a clean sweep against South Africa at home 2-0 which was Pakistan  first test series win against South Africa  in 18 years.        

As twenty20 captain he has led Pakistan to the finals of Asia Cup and World Cup Twenty20 cricket 2022 last year. He also led Pakistan to the Semi Finals of 2021 Twenty20 World Cup.So that's pretty decent going as a captain.

In ODI cricket he led Pakistan to an ODI series win against Australia which is pretty rare as we rarely win against Australia these days.

In the end I would like to say that Babar Azam has performed pretty well  as a captain and as a player. He didnt let captaincy effect his performance as a player.  I think he should continue to play as a captain.

New Zealand's tour of Pakistan 2022-2023

 

New Zealand despite dominating Pakistan in the first test match drew the first test match with Pakistan. Pakistani bowling really looked inadequate, toothless, unskillful and without any experience and ability. This can be judged by the fact that New Zealand easily scored in excess of 600 runs total in their first innings and even a tailender like Ish Sodhi scored a half century.

I think in the test series Pakistan stand no chance against New Zealand and NewZealand might beat Pakistan 1-0 in the test series. I am saying  this because Pakistan dont have the bowling to get twenty wickets against NewZealand.

In the end I would like to say Pakistan will atleast win one  match against NewZealand hopefully in the ODI series and hopefully the ODI series will be much closer as Pakistan is a good ODI side.