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Pakistan cricket crisis: Aaqib Javed stands by Babar Azam selection, launches probe into Fakhar Zamaan injury mystery
March 14, 2026 9:20 pm
Pakistan's selection committee defends its World Cup decisions, opens a formal fitness inquiry and warns against the cycle of mass overhaul that has long undermined the team.
Shaheen Shah Afridi on Babar Azam's absence in BAN ODI series: 'No one is dropped for this series, just want to give opportunities to our youngsters'
March 10, 2026 7:11 pm
Last week, Babar was dropped from the Pakistan ODI squad, set to play 3 50-over matches in Bangladesh, after an underwhelming T20 World Cup.
'Not a punishment': Pakistan coach Mike Hesson says excluding Babar Azam, Saim Ayub is about building for 2027 ODI World Cup
March 09, 2026 10:20 pm
Hesson insisted that Pakistan have had scant opportunities to test young, promising talent. He said with the ODI World Cup scheduled for next year, they wanted to see how these players respond.
Babar Azam dropped from Pakistan’s ODI squad for Bangladesh tour
March 04, 2026 9:46 pm
At the recent T20 World Cup, Babar Azam, who was pushed down to the no 4 spot from his regular no 3 position, managed to score just 91 runs across four innings, with 46 of those runs coming in just one game.
T20 World Cup | 'Babar has played more than 100 matches. Koi baccha thodi hai…’: Former Pakistani opener lashes out at batter's poor strike rate
February 25, 2026 4:37 pm
Babar Azam played a 24-ball knock of 25 runs in Pakistan’s two-wicket loss against England in the Group 1 Super 8 encounter at Pallekele on Tuesday.
Faf du Plessis says T20 evolution leaving Babar Azam behind, calls for honest talks with Mike Hesson: ‘Growth happens when you’re uncomfortable’
February 23, 2026 3:37 pm
Du Plessis said that while everyone was aware of Babar’s batting credentials, the T20 format was evolving constantly, and the former Pakistan captain was perhaps falling behind a bit.
The Babar Azam debate: Are Pakistan making a blunder by playing him at No 4? Head coach Mike Hesson explains
February 20, 2026 11:34 pm
Hesson also explained why Babar was unused in the match against Namibia, with the scoreboard reading 107/2 in the 13th over when the second wicket well, the moment he'd have expected to walk in.
'The churan of mindset is being sold very wrongly. Until you don't have the skill…': Pakistan great on Babar Azam’s form in T20Is
February 19, 2026 10:27 pm
Pakistani batsman Babar Azam last scored a T20I hundred in 2023 and has so far scored 66 runs in four matches in the ongoing T20 World Cup
Can't take things to heart, everyone's trying to win: Shadab Khan on Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi's snub
February 19, 2026 12:14 am
Pakistan, who had suffered a crushing loss to India, qualified for the T20 World Cup Super Eights with a massive 102-run victory over Namibia here on Wednesday.
‘I would bench them all’: Shahid Afridi wants Pakistan to drop Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi after India defeat
February 17, 2026 9:17 am
"You lose matches. But nobody loses like this, in such a one-sided manner. This is the Pakistan team, you have to fight! have lost many times, but I don't recall us ever playing or losing in this specific way. We fought,” Afridi added.
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ENG vs PAK 1st Test: Babar Azam lives up to the reputation with effortless 69* on Day 1
August 06, 2020 11:47 am
Babar Azam's effortless 69 not out was easily the highlight of a first day comprising just 49 overs, with 11 boundaries in a stay of exactly 100 balls.
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