There arguably is not an individual in cricket who’s extra beneath stress than Pakistan captain Babar Azam. Following a dismal marketing campaign within the Cricket World Cup 2023 — dropping three of the primary 5 matches — Pakistan see their semi-final hopes hanging by a thread. The state of affairs is such that Babar’s captaincy abilities have additionally come within the line of fireside, with followers, consultants, and plenty of former cricketers questioning if he even has what it takes to succeed as a skipper.

There are those that really feel that the captaincy duty is the rationale behind Babar’s poor present with the bat within the World Cup. When he was requested about the identical within the post-match press convention, the Pakistan skipper performed down the talks.

Reporter: Your feelings are telling us that you’re unhappy identical to the entire nation is unhappy. What message would you give to the crores [millions] of individuals in Pakistan who’re following this group? The query from this group is incomplete, have they got any expectations? And the extra burden of the captaincy, is it affecting your particular person efficiency? What do you concentrate on the group’s incomplete efficiency and the captain’s further weight?

Babar Azam Complete Press Conference after shameful loss to Afghanistan : –#PAKvAFG pic.twitter.com/t6LeHfiXi0

— Sohaib (@Sohaib_Iqbal_) October 23, 2023

Babar Azam:You by no means know. It’s cricket. Anything can occur. We will attempt to play our greatest cricket until the tip. There are quite a lot of matches left, we are going to attempt to win all of the matches. We will attempt to overcome our errors.

As far as captaincy is worried, I haven’t got a lot stress on me or on my batting. I attempt to give my finest in batting. I’m 100% and I’ve been doing that. During fielding, I take into consideration captaincy and through batting I simply take into consideration the batting. How I ought to run and the way I ought to run for the group.