Babar Azam, the captain of Pakistan's ODI team, is in the spring of his career.
One dazzling performance after another. Babar scored 72 in the first match of the ongoing T20 series against Zimbabwe in Rawalpindi. Before that, he played a great innings of 8 * and 125 runs in the last two matches of the ODI series.
Pakistan cricket legend Wasim Akram wants to see the best batsman in the team as a Test captain.
Wasim bluntly mentioned Babar Azam's name in the upcoming New Zealand tour.
According to the former seamer, the PCB should make Babur the Test captain with enough time.
"As a former cricketer, if you ask, I support Babar Azam," he said in an interview on the YouTube channel of cricket-based website CricketBuzz. Believe me, Babar is our future. He will be able to perform Pakistan cricket for a long time.
Asked if the pressure of captaincy would affect Babur's batting, the former captain said, "He is our best cricketer." Those who say that captaincy will affect his batting have nothing to listen to. Because he is a batsman, his job is to run. Virat Kohli, why aren't Williamsons great captains as well as great batsmen?
However, Wasim also mentioned that Babar should not be treated unfairly with responsibility.
He added that if the PCB hires Babur, he should be given enough time. So that no doubt is created as to who is in charge of the dressing room.
Pakistan cricket has been in turmoil for the past few months. Misbah-ul-Haq had to step down as chief selector. Questions have been raised about Test captain Azhar Ali after he collapsed in the Test series against England. Pakistan cricket has been in talks for some time to replace Azhar Ali for the upcoming tour of New Zealand.
In such a situation, Wasim Akram named his favorite Test captain.
Babar is moving forward at a great pace in the relevant T20. In just 43 matches, Babar has already scored 1630 runs at an average of 50.53 with the help of 15 fifties. The Pakistani star batsman will reach the top three in the International Twenty20 for his country if he scores just 61 more runs.
So far, Babar has scored 2045 runs in 29 Tests with 5 centuries and 15 fifties. He has scored 3580 runs in 6 ODIs with 12 centuries and 16 half centuries. Although he has not scored a century in Tests so far, Babar has scored 161 runs in 42 innings.