Babar Azam's performance in Test cricket: Former Pakistan team captain Babar Azam is constantly struggling with poor form in Test cricket. Due to this, he has slipped 6 places to number 9 in the ICC Test batting rankings released last week. Currently he is busy playing the two-match Test series being played in Pakistan against Bangladesh. Pakistan lost the first match of the series by 10 wickets, while the threat of defeat is looming in the ongoing second match as well. During this, Babar Azam did not perform well in the four innings of both the matches and proved to be a complete flop.
| Matches | Runs |
|---|---|
| 2nd Test Vs BAN | 11 (18) , 31 (77) |
| 1st Test Vs BAN | 0 (2) , 22 (50) |
| 3rd Test Vs AUS | 26 (40) , 23 (52) |
| 2nd Test Vs AUS | 1 (7) , 41 (79) |
| 1st Test Vs AUS | 21 (54) , 14 (37) |
| 2nd Test Vs SRL | 39 (75) |
| 1st Test Vs SRL | 24 (28) , 13 (16) |
| 2nd Test Vs NZL | 24 (41) , 27 (41) |
| 1st Test Vs NZL | 161 (280) , 14 (21) |
| 3rd Test Vs ENG | 78 (123) , 54 (104) |
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Talking about the statistics, Babar Azam has not scored a single half-century in Test cricket for the last 616 days. Obviously this shows his consistently poor form. Talking about Babar Azam's performance in the first match of the Test series against Bangladesh, in the first innings he was out without opening the account after facing just 2 balls. At the same time, in the second innings, Babar scored only 22 runs playing 50 balls. Babar Azam's score in both the innings of the second match was 31 and 11 runs respectively. Babar Azam's recent Test performance reflects his drought of the last 616 days, in which he has not been able to touch the score of 50 even once with the bat.
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