Since reaching India for the Cricket World Cup 2023, Pakistan captain Babar Azam has didn’t ship with the bat. Though Babar has gotten off to high quality begins on just a few events, he has didn’t make it large on each occasion. Ramiz Raja, one of many most interesting Pakistan cricketers ever, donned a pundit’s hat as he analysed the explanations behind Babar’s poor type with the bat. Ramiz feels it is in opposition to spin the place Babar has seemed essentially the most ‘jittery’.

“If you want to find fault in his batting, it’s his batting against spin upfront when he starts the innings. He is not as fluent as he is when he is facing pace. I don’t know whether it’s his footwork whether it’s in his mind, or whether he doesn’t have too many options because he doesn’t play the sweep shot. On slow pitches, you need to play the sweep shot,” Ramiz stated in a chat on Star Sports.

“Every time he has been aggressive, he’s gotten out as well. Against Afghanistan, he hit a massive six and then got out just at the wrong time. So the confidence builds and it goes flat,” he said.

Giving a bit of recommendation, Ramiz urged Babar to dig deep and discover a strategy to grind throughout these tough phases, be it in opposition to tempo or spin.

“All he needs to do is work his way through to a hundred where he faces pace, spin, and feels comfortable about his role. He is not entirely out of touch, he is still middling the ball, but it’s that when he begins his innings against spin, he looks just a little bit jittery,” Ramiz added.

With the win in opposition to Bangladesh, Pakistan have stored their Cricket World Cup 2023 semi-final hopes alive. However, the probabilities of them ending prime 4 rely quite a bit on how among the different outcomes unfold.