It was a good-length delivery from Mohammad Amir. As the ball landed, it held up slightly off the pitch. Babar Azam failed to read it. Trying to drive on the front foot, he ended up offering a simple catch to the fielder at short extra cover. As a result, “In his first match of the PSL, Babar returned without scoring.”
Babar has been struggling in T20s for a while now. His place in the T20 squad has been questioned, particularly due to his strike rate. He was recently dropped from Pakistan’s T20 squad for the New Zealand tour.
Considering this, this PSL season was important for Babar. However, it didn’t start well. “Babar, who has had questions raised about his place in the T20 squad, was dismissed for a duck by pacer Amir.” His team, Peshawar Zalmi, also found themselves in trouble.
Chasing a target of 217 against Quetta Gladiators, Peshawar managed just 56 runs in 7 overs, losing 3 wickets in the process. “Peshawar Zalmi also found themselves in trouble.”
