Basit Ali has said that Pakistan’s veteran batter Babar Azam has a great chance to do well in the team’s upcoming home season. He, however, urged Babar to forget about captaincy and solely focus on his batting now as well. The veteran also said that Babar Azam should make the most of Pakistan’s upcoming home matches.
Speaking in his latest YouTube video, Ali said: “Babar Azam will score five centuries in the coming five months. Babar has the best chance to leave the top batters behind, whether it is Kane Williamson or Joe Root. It is a very easy chance. However, now that the pressure of captaincy is off from him, he should forget about the captaincy. He should remove the thought of captaincy from his mind and just focus on scoring runs.”
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However, Babar Azam left Pakistan’s captaincy across formats following Pakistan’s group-stage exit from the 2023 ODI World Cup. While he was reinstated as the white-ball captain ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup, he will not lead the side in red-ball cricket as well. Notably, Shan Masood will captain Pakistan in the upcoming two-match home Test series against Bangladesh as well. The first Test will be played in
Rawalpindi from August 21 onwards.
In the same video, Basit Ali opined on how Babar Azam should consider changing his batting stance as well. He also pointed out that the right-handed batter needed to shorten his wide stance. Ali again said that Virat Kohli has an ideal stance, which allows him to use his feet
well. He also reckoned that Babar should start skipping ropes while training for the Test series as well.
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“Babar Azam still has seven to eight days. He should start skipping ropes. I am giving him this advice which was given to me by Asian Bradman, Zaheer Abbas. It helps in feet movement. Also, Babar needs to shorten his stance by a few inches. If he does these things, he will leave the top batters behind in five months. If you want to see someone’s stance, look at Virat Kohli. Both of them have the same height,” he concluded.
