Babar Azam returned to form, started batting as soon as he got the captaincy, scored a century in as many balls
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Babar Azam Hundred: Babar Azam, who became the Test captain of Pakistan again, has shown his form by scoring a century before the first Test against West Indies. Babar’s bat was used in the practice match against West Indies Select-11. He played an inning of 100 runs in 151 balls at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad.
Babar Azam scored a century in the practice match.
New Delhi. Pakistan’s Test team is currently in West Indies, where a two-match series will be played. The first match will start from July 25 at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. Before this, Babar Azam, who became the test captain of Pakistan again, has shown excellent form. Babar Azam has shown that he is ready to score runs in the Test series by scoring a century in the practice match against West Indies. Babar Azam’s performance in red ball cricket has not been good since 2023.
Babar scored a century as soon as he became captain
Before the Test series against West Indies, Pakistan Cricket Board decided to hand over the captaincy of Test format to Babar Azam. PCB faced a lot of criticism for removing Shan Masood from the captaincy. Babar Azam will play a Test series for the first time after becoming the captain. Before this, he has shown tremendous form in the practice match. In this four-day match, he played an inning of 100 runs in 151 balls against West Indies Select-11. During this, he also hit 12 fours and one six with his bat.
Played a brilliant innings at number-4
Babar Azam came to bat at number 4 in this practice match. He looked in great form from the very first ball and kept playing the bowlers well. Before the start of the Test series, this form of Babar will help in boosting the confidence of him, who has been seen struggling for runs in red ball cricket for a long time. Now he will be trying to lead the team to victory by playing similar century innings against West Indies.
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