Babar Azam gets advice from Sunil Gavaskar to fix his batting woes | Cricket News

Babar Azam‘s try to get his batting again on monitor produced a laborious half-century and a promising begin in his two innings of the ICC Champions Trophy, the place the crew continued with him as an opener. But Pakistan’s defeat in each the matches to get eradicated from the race to the semis made the criticism of his batting extra scathing.
The ex-Pakistan captain scored 64 off 90 balls whereas the hosts chased 321 in opposition to New Zealand. The defeat led to sharp criticism of Babar’s method. He then produced a extra promising 23 off 26 balls in opposition to India however failed to kick on within the six-wicket defeat that put the defending champions out of the event.
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While the criticism of Babar has intensified, former India captain and batting legend Sunil Gavaskar got here ahead to supply advice to Pakistan’s batting ace whereas speaking in a video on Basit Ali’s YouTube channel.

“If you ask me, I will tell Babar just one thing. Right now, his stance is quite spread out. If he can reduce the width between his feet, then two things will happen: one, when your feet are spread out, then you face difficult going on back foot and front foot but when you are more balanced (with feet less wide), then you also gain a bit of height, while you are a bit down with feet spread out. So you can judge the bounce and movement of the ball a bit better when you are more upright. And an opening batter needs that height,” mentioned Gavaskar analysing the technical flaw in Babar’s stance.
“If he tries to do this, then I believe the run-making ability he used to have will return, and the whole world will enjoy that, not just the Pakistanis….The whole world wants to see him play shots like the flick through mid-wicket he produced (in the match against India).”
Pakistan have the inconsequential Group A fixture in opposition to Bangladesh left to play, whereas India and New Zealand will face off to resolve who finishes on high of the group.
New Zealand have additionally certified for the semis with wins in opposition to Pakistan and Bangladesh.