Wasim Akram, Shahid Afridi respond to Babar Azam's comments

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'It is easy to give advice on TV,' said the Pakistani skipper on Friday

Wasim Akram (L) and Shahid Afridi (R) hit back at Babar Azam's (C) comments. — AFP/ICC/X

Former Pakistani cricketers Wasim Akram and Shahid Afridi responded to Babar Azam's comments where the current Pakistani skipper had said that "it is easy to give advice on TV".

Babar had defended his captaincy saying that there is no pressure on him and those who have something to say should call on his number.

“There is no pressure on me. I was performing and leading the side for the past three years as well. It is easy to say things while sitting on tv. People who want to advise me can contact me on my number,” Babar said.

However, Wasim and Afridi didn't approve of Azam's comments and the latter talked about the importance of playing so well that your critics wouldn't need to call you.

"That response wasn't needed at all. Just focus on playing well. Perform in a way that no one has to call you," Afridi said while speaking on a local TV channel.

On the other hand, Akram also had the same opinion as Afridi saying that if you don't perform, you'll be answerable to the press and fans.

"If you do well, everything goes fine. But if you don’t, then you have to be answerable to people and the press. And don’t worry about what people say, you need to be immune to this," Akram said while talking on a local TV channel.

It must be noted Pakistan have been knocked out of the ICC World Cup 2023 after failing to achieve the required net run-rate target against England in Kolkata during their final round-robin stage match on Saturday.

Pakistan needed to restrict England to 100 runs to have any chance of qualifying for the semi-finals but, since the latter have gone past that figure, the Men in Green are now out of the event.

Pakistan won't be able to chase down England's target within the required overs, keeping NRR in mind, even if they hit a six on every ball.

Pakistan’s semi-final qualification scenario:

If score is 50 — Pakistan need to chase in 2 overs

If score is 100 — Pakistan need to chase in 2.5 overs

If score is 150 — Pakistan need to chase in 3.4 overs

If score is 200 — Pakistan need to chase in 4.3 overs

If score is 300 — Pakistan need to chase in 6.1 overs

Pakistan have won four and lost as many matches during the tournament before today's encounter against England.

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Comments

    Muhammad commented one year ago

    Wasim should have used the word ACCOUNTABLE instead of ANSWERABLE.

    Aslam commented one year ago

    Babaris a failure as captain he must have played under19 well as individual but after promoted as caption he is not he had played only selfish game were ever Pakistan has won the match it's only bacoz of Rizwan, Ifthar and Shaheen. infact Babar failed in selection of bowler according to the pitch

      Abdullah commented one year ago

      Itna ha tu khud ay kr khel lo. Bat pakra jata ni or Babar pr tanqeed kr rahy.

      Muhammad Attash Shahzad commented one year ago

      That selfish innings are responsible for the win of Pakistan everytome he played that type of innings. In just 6 to 7 years he cross all the batting records of that players who took their whole life to make those records

    Shahid wasim commented one year ago

    Babar is absolutely correct it is very easy to give comments on Tv how ever what are the achievements of wasim Akram and Shahid Afridi

    Anwar Buksh commented one year ago

    I think this is not fair to criticize only Babar actually your bowling was totally failure and fielding too these player's should be restricted playing such kinds of tournament they should not take their wife's with them some of them were on honey moon trip you can note their performance

    Nadir Palijo commented one year ago

    Babar should play as a player only , sarfaraz is best option for captaincy

    Nadir Palijo commented one year ago

    Babar should be play as a player only , sarfaraz is best option for captaincy

      Faraz commented one year ago

      Sarfraz has been. Miserably Zaleeld in odi series with only 58% winning rate Sarfraz is only good for t20. He also has played 13 tests and winning only 4

    Naeem commented one year ago

    He is far better player then these two, fixers He is right by saying They where was saying to get Mir viwo And afrudi was doing to get saheen as caption Both shem less

    Mansoor Khan commented one year ago

    Its ridiculous when Pakistani legends talk bullshit about Pakistani players. Instead of criticism on tv, just need to tell them how to play. At that time you all faced criticism. You all were not good all time

    Shahan commented one year ago

    Good to read this Unfortunately, he is not that type. Finally he realised.

    Shahan commented one year ago

    It makes no bloody sense if you achieve number 1 position as a team and as a player by performing mostly against teams like Nepal, Zimbabwa etc.

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