Babar Azam: I don’t have to prove anything

Before the second Test against England in Multan, Pakistani skipper Babar Azam dismissed any suggestion that he is under any kind of pressure.

Azam reiterating that he doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone, he said at a news conference on Thursday.

Azam stated, “I am not under any pressure, and I always try to give my best on the field. “I don’t need to provide any documentation to support my eligibility as a player. I make an effort to have fun while playing cricket and to improve.

“I don’t pay attention to what others think of me. My sole goal is to use my performance to aid Pakistan in winning, he continued.

Azam also gave his team the go-ahead to compete in the World Test Championship final the following year. Pakistan is currently in fifth place in the standings and must win all of their remaining games to have a chance to play in the championship game.

Pakistan will play two games at home against New Zealand after the final two Tests against England.

“We want to compete in the World Test Championship championship game. We’ve recovered in the past, and we can do it again in the future, he remarked.

Babar Azam’s press conference is underway ahead of the second Test.

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The seasoned hitter Azhar Ali, who has recently had run-scoring issues, was also discussed by Pakistan’s captain.

We have a senior player in Azhar Ali. It is up to Azhar Ali to decide his destiny, but I would back him as captain,” he stated.

Azam added that Pakistan missed a fantastic opportunity to defeat England in the opening Test at Rawalpindi.

It should be mentioned that England won the toss and used their depth of batting to great advantage to win the first Test on Monday by 74 runs on a dead track that provided little to the bowlers.

With seven individual hundreds and five 50s, Rawalpindi produced 1,768 runs in four innings, which is the third-highest total in Test history.

We had the power to win the Rawalpindi Test, but because to our own errors, we were unable to do it. The loss of two wickets in a row lost us the game, he said.

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