Pakistan captain Babar Azam struck 50 off 65 balls earlier than getting out to Tabraiz Shamsi, the left-arm wrist spinner of South Africa, in Match 26 of Cricket World Cup 2023. This was a strong knock from Babar however the followers and he himself would have favored him to get 100. His dismissal helped South Africa finally bowling Pakistan out for simply 270 inside 50 overs.
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Babar, who had not performed many sweep reveals up until his dismissal, determined to play one and misplaced his wicket. The faint off fringe of his bat went to keeper Quinton de Kock. At first, Babar couldn’t even consider that he was out. That he had edged the ball. But the snicko had caught the slight noise.
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper and batter Moin Khan, chatting with A Sports, mentioned that Babar was not in line of the ball to hit the sweep. Moin mentioned that it is very important are available in line of the supply to hit the sweep as solely then would you be capable of make the candy connection from the center of the bat.
Shoaib Malik, who can also be part of the panel that was analysing the batting of Pakistan vs South Africa, mentioned that whereas the method may very well be mistaken, however Babar ought to have stayed away from sweeping as this isn’t a shot that he performs usually.
Malik gave instance of Virat Kohli, who too by no means performs sweeps however nonetheless makes tons of runs. The Pakistani batter mentioned that Virat has additionally the pictures in his arsenal however the sweep. And as a result of he doesn’t play the sweep that nicely, he by no means performs it in a cricket match to deal with the spinners.
“If Babar had not swept before 50, then it was not required even after he crossed 50. We have never seen Virat play this shot. He backs his strengths to play spin… that was a mistake from Babar tactically. Don’t play such shots if you don’t play them regularly,” mentioned Malik.
Pakistan obtained bowled out under 300 once more vs South Africa. They have cross the 300 mark solely twice, vs Sri Lanka in a profitable chase after which vs Australia when scored 305 in an enormous chase.
