During the group stage encounter between Pakistan and Bangladesh, the team’s captain, Babar Azam, seemed to be in fantastic touch. During the sixth game of the Tri-Series, the right-handed hitter amassed 55 runs on only 40 balls batted his way.
The opening partnership of 101 runs was contributed to by the two-man unit consisting of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, who got the side off to an outstanding start.
On the other hand, the Bangladesh Cricket Team is heading in the direction of a variety of difficulties. The fact that the squad could not manage to win even a single match throughout the tournament raises a great deal of concerns over the quality of their preparations. The fielding of Bangladesh was rather careless, as shown by the fact that they readily gave twos to the side that was batting.
It would seem that Babar Azam has made it a habit to smash the records set by Virat Kohli. The 27-year-old batsman reached the milestone of 11,000 International Runs in his 251st innings, but it took Virat Kohli 261 innings to reach the same milestone. Babar has scored 3,122 runs over the course of 75 innings played in 42 Tests, 4664 runs over the course of 90 innings played in 92 ODIs, and 3216 runs over the course of 86 innings played in 91 T20Is.
If Babar is playing against New Zealand in the final of the Tri-Series, he will be hoping that he can maintain the strong form he has shown so far. The squad would be in great shape heading into the ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2022 with a win in the Tri Series.