Pakistan’s opening batter Ahmed Shehzad believes Babar Azam’s downfall in international cricket is because of his comparisons with India’s star cricketer Virat Kohli. The former captain has suffered a slump in his recent form during the recently concluded ODI series against the West Indies. The batter ended up scoring just 56 runs in three matches, with scores of 0 and nine in the second and third match respectively.
While speaking to GeoSuper, Shehzad called the comparisons between Azam and Kohli unfair and talked about the difficulty and pressure that batters have to face when being compared. As per Shehzad, Kohli’s career is incomparable.
“When everything was going well, you were running campaigns comparing players,” Shehzad said. “Now that the performances are not coming, you are saying ‘don’t compare two players’. Why not? Virat Kohli’s comparison cannot be made with anyone in the world. He is a legend of this generation, a role model. You cannot compare him even with MS Dhoni. Dhoni may have been a great captain, but as a batter, cricketer, and athlete, Kohli stands alone. No one should be compared with anyone because it’s unfair and it adds extra pressure, which we are now seeing on Babar Azam”.
Since the 2023 Asia Cup against Nepal, Babar hasn’t scored a century in the following 72 matches played across formats and was left out from Pakistan’s T20I squad against the West Indies. Azam is, however, determined to regain back his batting form while representing his team in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025.
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