Kris Srikkanth calls for Babar Azam retirement in T20Is says, ‘You can’t do this tuk-tuking all the time...’
Even though the captain of team Pakistan Babar Azam is the leading run-getter in T20Is, former Indian cricketer Kris Srikkanth wants him to retire from the formatfollowing the flop show of the Green Army at the ICC World Cup 2024 on Sunday. Before Babar aced the chase for his team in their final fixture of the ICC event, Srikkanth urged the under-fire batter to avoid playing the shortest format of the game.
While Speaking in the lead-up to Pakistan’s final group game against Ireland, Srikkanth launched a scathing attack on Babar Azam. Srikkanth said, “Babar Azam, I don’t think he should be playing T20 cricket. Maybe a good/great Test cricketer. But I don’t think he should be playing T20, in my opinion, frankly speaking. I mean, you can’t do this ‘tuk-tuking’ all the time in T20 cricket. You talk about stats, they say 4000 runs – Babar, 4000 runs – Virat Kohli, 4000 runs – Rohit Sharma. Man, his strike rate is only 112-115! What are you talking about?.”
Rescuing his team Pakistan from another batting collapse, captain Babar remained unbeaten to help the former champions salvage some pride against Ireland. He scored 32 runs in 34 balls as Pakistan chased down the 107-run target in 18.5 overs.