NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has thrown down the gauntlet to present captain Babar Azam.
Ali challenges Azam to hit three consecutive sixes straight down the bottom towards top-tier groups. If Azam succeeds, Ali has vowed to delete his YouTube channel.
“If Babar Azam hits three straight sixes towards prime groups, not towards the likes of the USA or Eire, however towards prime groups, I’ll shut down my YouTube channel.If he accepts this problem, he ought to say that he accepts it. And if he cannot hit these sixes within the World Cup, then he should not open the batting,” mentioned Ali.
The 29-year-old batsman has lately been reappointed because the white-ball captain of the Pakistan males’s cricket crew for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024.
Ali challenges Azam to hit three consecutive sixes straight down the bottom towards top-tier groups. If Azam succeeds, Ali has vowed to delete his YouTube channel.
“If Babar Azam hits three straight sixes towards prime groups, not towards the likes of the USA or Eire, however towards prime groups, I’ll shut down my YouTube channel.If he accepts this problem, he ought to say that he accepts it. And if he cannot hit these sixes within the World Cup, then he should not open the batting,” mentioned Ali.
The 29-year-old batsman has lately been reappointed because the white-ball captain of the Pakistan males’s cricket crew for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024.
This determination to reinstate Azam because the captain of the T20 facet got here after Azam had initially stepped down from the position in November, resulting in Shaheen Shah Afridi‘s appointment.
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The PCB’s choice committee unanimously advisable Azam’s reinstatement, which was accredited by PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi.
Within the lead-up to the World Cup, Pakistan, having drawn a T20I collection 2-2 towards an inexperienced New Zealand, are set to face Eire and England within the shortest format of the sport over the approaching weeks.
