Saba Karim has recently said that he would wait for some time before adding Babar Azam to the list of Fab four cricketers in the Test match now. Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root and Kane Williamson are known as the Fab Four and many believe Babar Azam should be added to this illustrious list.

During a discussion on India News, Saba Karim said: “I still feel when Babar faces challenging conditions, when Pakistan travels to SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) countries, his track record, especially in Test matches has not been as good as the subcontinent. I will wait for some more time before adding him to the Fab Four.”

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He continued: “If we see otherwise, he is technically very sound, he is a fantastic player, he is a match-winner, bats with responsibility. That is why I feel he can defintiely make an entry in the Fab Four but once he consistently starts scoring runs in these countries. It was an amazing knock and it was even more important because Pakistan were bowled out for just 148 runs in the first innings. So they were trying to save the match here and they could have even won the match if they had time. Considering that, it was a huge knock.”

However, Babar Azam has played a 196-run knock in the fourth innings of the Karachi Test against Australia. Although he missed out on the chance to score a double century, his knock helped Pakistan save the game as well. Meanwhile, Saba Karim said that Babar has a great all-format record in SENA countries where he has scored 904 runs at a decent average of 39.30 in the 14 Tests in the SENA countries.

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“You are talking about multi-format. If we talk about multi-format, then none of Steve Smith, Joe Root or Kane Williamson have a place. The Fab four talk is only about Test cricket,” Saba Karim concluded.