Pakistan and Sri Lanka are at present preventing it out in the primary Test of the 2-match sequence. This is the beginning of the brand new World Test Championship (WTC) cycle for each groups and they are going to be eager on beginning their marketing campaign properly. Sri Lanka, the hosts, are dominating the opening Test in the intervening time having posted a good rating of 312 runs in the primary innings. However, Pakistan have not began off properly with their skipper Babar Azam additionally getting out cheaply.
He got here out to bat at quantity 4 and the group wanted him to stay round for lengthy in order to not less than get near Sri Lanka’s complete. Babar Azam began off properly hitting a boundary very early in his innings. He additionally performed a superb backfoot punch off Prabath Jayasuriya that went for 4 and at one stage, indicators regarded ominous for the hosts.
But in the identical over that he went for 4, the left-arm spinner Jayasuriya redeemed himself maybe with a innocent supply. It was a size ball sliding on center from around the wicket. The Pakistan captain regarded to work it by means of the on-aspect however he performed very tentatively uncertain in regards to the flip. In the method, the ball took the within-fringe of the bat and lobbed for the wicketkeeper to catch who did not make any mistake.
Babar regarded excellent in the center however could not go on to play a giant knock this time round. With a low rating in the primary innings, he additionally missed out on going up in the ICC Test rankings. He is at present ranked third and only 21 ranking factors behind the number one Test batter Kane Williamson. However, this failure will result in him dropping a couple of factors. Babar Azam will get one more probability in the second innings to make amends and it stays to be seen if he can go large.
Meanwhile, his failure in the primary innings in opposition to Sri Lanka has led to netizens trolling him loads. Here are among the reactions:
