Former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar has called Babar Azam a “fraud” and said he has been a fraud from the beginning.
“We always compare Babar Azam to Virat Kohli. Now tell me who is hero of Virat Kohli? Sachin Tendulkar and he has scored 100 centuries and Virat is chasing his legacy,” Shoaib Akhtar said on the show “Game On Hai.”
“Who is Babar Azam’s hero? Tuk tuk (Without naming any cricketer,” he said.
“You have picked the wrong heroes. Your thought process is wrong. You were a fraud from the beginning.
“I would not even wish to talk about Pakistan cricket team. I am only dong this because I am getting paid.
“This is a waste of time. This deterioration I am seeing since 2001. I have worked with the captains, whose personality used to chance thrice a day,” said Shoaib.
After losing to New Zealand in the first game of the Champions Trophy, Pakistan were handed a six-wicket defeat on Sunday by India in Dubai.
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Akhtar was also full of praise for India’s game-winner Virat Kohli, who ended the night with an unbeaten century.
“We have seen this in the past. When you tell Virat Kohli that he has to play against Pakistan, he will score a century. Hats off to him, he’s like a superstar! He’s a white ball run chaser! Modern-day great! No doubt about him. I’m very happy for him. He deserves all the praise,” Akhtar said.
Shoaib Akhtar has also lampooned Pakistan management.
“I am not disappointed at all (by the defeat to India) because I knew what would happen. You can’t select five bowlers, the whole world is playing six bowlers… you go with two all-rounders but this is just brainless and clueless management. I am really disappointed,” Akhtar said in an emotional video that he posted on his X account.
