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Former Pakistani captain Rashid Latif made a big statement on Babar Azam, told that the greatest player of Pakistan, know what is the reason?
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif (Rashid Latif) He has said such a thing which may not be digested by many cricket fans. Rashid Latif says Babar Azam (Babar Azam) There are Bradman and Brian Lara of the current era. Also, he named the current captain of Pakistan Wasim Akram. (Wasim Akram)Told a bigger player than Javed Miandad and Inzamam-ul-Haq. Babar Azam has done exceptionally well in the last few years. He has proved himself in all three formats of cricket. He has scored runs in Test, ODI and T20. Recently, he performed amazingly in the Test and ODI series against the Australian team, after which Rashid Latif has told him till the Bradman of this century.
Rashid Latif said in a conversation with Cricket Den, ‘I tweeted in 2019 also. At that time Pakistan was on tour of England. I have played with Miandad, Wasim, Waqar, Inzamam, Yusuf, Yunus Khan and Saqlain but Babar Azam is at the forefront. I am talking about a long time ago. Since then Babar Azam has become a very big player.
Babar Azam is behind only one Pakistani player – Rashid Latif
Rashid Latif also said that Babar Azam may be the best batsman but he is behind only one Pakistani player. Rashid Latif said, ‘Only one Pakistani player is better than Babar Azam and his name is Saeed Anwar. There is no doubt that Saeed Anwar is the number 1 batsman of Pakistan. I have seen him very closely and he was a miracle player. He didn’t even practice. It would not be right to compare them with this era.
‘Babar Azam is the best batsman of this era’
Rashid Latif further said, ‘Today five fielders live inside the circle of 30 yards. At that time only four players were inside. Anwar and Inzamam would have eaten the bowlers if one fielder stayed inside. He was the great player of his era. Babar Azam is the Bradman and Lara of this era.
Babar Azam made his debut in the year 2015 and during this he has scored 2851 runs in Tests. In ODIs, 4261 runs have been scored from his bat and in T20 also his bat has sprung 2686 runs. Babar Azam is in the top 10 ranking in all three formats. Although Babar Azam has not yet proved himself completely in Test cricket. Babar Azam’s Test average on foreign soil is 37.02 and in home Test matches, he has scored runs with the bat at an average of more than 80.
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