Australia’s star-studded bowling line-up showered praises on Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam, with a handful of them labelling the right-handed batter as a “class player”. With every passing day, the hype across the recreation continues to construct up for the extremely anticipated sequence between two cricketing giants. The sequence will kick off on December 14 in Perth, when Pakistan will sq. off towards Australia within the first Test of the three-match sequence. Ahead of the conflict, the previous Pakistan captain obtained numerous reward from Aussie bowlers with Pat Cummins stating that sending Babar will not be a straightforward activity for them.

“So he’s going to be hard work,” Cummins stated in Cricket Australia’s video posted on Instagram.

Experienced pacer Josh Hazlewood known as Babar a “class player” and added “has been for a long time. Sort of burst on the scene in ODI cricket and then changed his game to be strong in the Test arena as well.”

“If you miss, he hurts you and sort of tries to put that pressure back on you as a bowler,” Hazlewood added.

Australia’s veteran spinner Nathan Lyon branded Babar as “extremely talented”.

“He’s got beautiful hands when he bats. He scored some runs. I think it was Gabba’s last time he was up here. You always want to compete against the best players in the world and he’s definitely one of them,” Lyon stated whereas praising Babar.

Left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc believes that the 29-year-old batter has a “great batting temperament” and known as him as one of many “world’s best”.

“He’s got all shots. He’s someone who can build an innings or can be ultra-aggressive and take the game away and change the momentum. Hopefully, we can keep him quiet on this tour,” the Aussie pacer asserted,” Starc added.

Pakistan squad for Australia Tests: Shan Masood (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Australia’s First Test squad: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Lance Morris, Steve Smith, Mitch Starc, and David Warner.

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