Islamabad: In the T20 World Cup 2022, Pakistan had to face defeat by one run in a thrilling match against Zimbabwe. Since this defeat, Pakistani captain Babar Azam has come under the target of legendary cricketers. Now two former captains of the Pakistan team, Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram have lashed out at Babar. Both the former players believe that Babar Azam is adamant about opening, due to which the team is not able to experiment.

Waqar Younis has said that 'The easiest place to bat in T20 is the opening. You (Babar) didn't let any other batsman play here in the last two years. I have discussed with Misbah-ul-Haq before that why don't you try something new? You have experimented with bowling, in batting we have experimented a lot with the middle order. But the opening batsmen remained the same and they batted 14-15 overs together.'

Waqar Younis said, "Sometimes as a captain and leader you leave your place. For example, you can get Haider Ali to open the innings, who has flopped in the middle order. We never tried, so today we are struggling. We also lose because of the way they score runs. Becoming No. 1 and No. 2 is not a big deal, the important thing is to score those runs and win for the team.''

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At the same time, Waqar's fellow fast bowler Wasim Akram has told that he had to face similar problems with Babar Azam in Karachi Kings. Akram said, 'All these things start from the top and at the top is your captain. If your captain plays for himself, it is not right. If your captain scores runs and allows other batsmen to play in their positions, then it proves that the captain of the team is ready to sacrifice himself for you. Babar has to learn these things.'

Akram further said, 'I have lived in this way with Babar in Karachi Kings. The team was going through a bad phase. In such a situation, I requested him once or twice that please come to number 3, we will try to do something different. The opening batsman was present in the team in the form of Martin Guptill. But Babar said that he will not play down, you ask Sharjeel to bat at 3. Sharjeel is also a specialist opener. If a captain implements small things, then the team will also benefit.'

Let me tell you that the backbone of the Batting of the Pakistani team is captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. But both the star players are not in form at the moment. In the match against India and Zimbabwe, both players were completely flopped. If we look at the recent records, the Pakistan team was struggling in the matches in which neither Babar nor Rizwan's bat did well.

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