Pakistan’s captain, Babar Azam is one of the best batters of present times as he is in the top three rankings in all three formats of the game. The right-handed batter is in great touch in ODIs this year and has scored seven fifty-plus scores in eight matches. There’s no match for Babar in world cricket at the moment. He is scoring runs for fun and will hope to continue his good form in the upcoming matches as well.
Pakistan is locking horns with Netherlands these days ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup T20 tournament next week. After that, they will be traveling to Australia to participate in the T20 World Cup. In the last edition of the showpiece event, the Pakistani skipper finished as the highest run-getter and played a big role in the team’s run to the semifinals.
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Babar Azam was instrumental in Pakistan’s 10-wicket win over India as well, which ended Pakistan’s duck of World Cup wins against the arch-rivals. Ahead of traveling to the United Arab Emirates for the Asia Cup, Pakistan will take on the Netherlands on Sunday (August 21) in the third and final ODI.
Whenever Babar Azam is in action, he is the talk of the town, but on social media, the Pakistani skipper is trending for an altogether different reason these days, and that is his English, which is something fans were not impressed with. Babar’s post-match interview after Pakistan’s win in the second ODI became a hot topic of debate, with fans questioning his spoken English.
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While talking to the presenter, Babar Azam said, “It was a good effort by the fast bowlers; they bowled well with the new ball. The spinners bowled well later on, so we were happy. In the morning, there was moisture on the pitch. That’s why I wanted to bowl first. The wicket was under cover yesterday, anyway credit to the pacers and the spinners. We are trying different combinations; Salman showed his class today. He played very well today, so looking forward to the next game.”
Pakistani cricketers are often trolled for their spoken English and Babar was no exception. As soon as his video went viral on the internet, fans flooded social media, trolling the batting great.
https://twitter.com/SportyVishal/status/1560579166491521029?s=20&t=E7EqhDvpPDd5uNwRFpHUXA
Here is how the netizens trolled Babar Azam:
https://twitter.com/SportyVishal/status/1560579166491521029?s=20&t=E7EqhDvpPDd5uNwRFpHUXA
Even Sarfaraz used to speak better english than Babar Azam😂 https://t.co/mvK4S701J3
— Vaibhav Ingale (@vaibhav_tweetsz) August 18, 2022
classy english made by our captain babar azam😂 https://t.co/Mv23Mu42iC
— Hamza Khan Tanoli (@Tanolibahi786) August 19, 2022
Babar Azam’s cricket skills = 👌🏽
Babar Azam’s English = 👎🏽— 🇳🇵 (@ya5hpal) August 19, 2022
Game by game, @babarazam258's English is improving too. Great signs 😊😀💪❤️
— Mir Aabid ( میرعابد) (@Listenaabid) August 18, 2022
We're judging players & human beings on the basis of fluency in speaking English and/or educational qualification now? Well, then… Babar Azam is graduate & Sachin Tendulkar is 12th pass. What the F does that prove now? 😂 https://t.co/32dgMAvwVF
— Ayush (@abasu0819) August 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/Muja_kyu_Nikala/status/1560618143445159945?s=20&t=cmeYHWugnjt9Wgyrh7qP5Q
