• Tom Moody and ex-Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar spoke on Star Sports.
• They discussed the similarities and differences between Virat Kohli and Babar Azam in 50-over cricket.
• Moody believes Babar is similar to Kohli in terms of their cricketing approach.

Former Australian cricketer Tom Moody and ex-Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar spoke about drawing parallels and distinctions between Virat Kohli and Babar Azam, particularly in the context of their performances in the 50-over cricket format.

Moody believes Babar bears a striking resemblance to Virat Kohli in terms of their cricketing attitude.

He highlighted that Azam’s playing style includes genuine cricketing shots and a deep comprehension of the game, similar to Kohli’s approach throughout the last decade.

“He [Babar] does remind me very much of Virat Kohli, the way he goes about his business. He plays authentic cricket shots. He seems to understand, read the game very well, which Kohli has done for over a decade. He is a good chaser as well like Virat Kohli has proven to be over many many years.

So, there’s so much likeness between the two and I wouldn’t go as far as saying that Virat is gonna have a better Asia Cup than Babar Azam, but they both can have equal pressure on them and it’s gonna be a delight to watch them both bat because they are box office,” Moody said.

Furthermore, Tom Moody gave his thoughts on Babar Azam’s status as Pakistan’s captain for the upcoming 2023 Asia Cup.

“Well, the captaincy for any captain in any Asian team is always a very challenging one. The microscope is very much on every single captain and every single move and suddenly you’ve got so many experts out there when you do make a move that maybe not be the right move at the time but I think that he’s still dealing with the growing pressures of captaincy there’s no question of that.

So, you know, he’ll only continue to get better. He is also got around him, I mentioned the experience of this Pakistan side now he’s also got a lot of experience around him and a lot of players that have been in captaincy roles whether that be in franchise cricket or in their domestic cricket, so he’s got a lot of strong leadership pillars around which I’m sure he’ll draw upon,” Moody added.

With the attention shifting to the Asia Cup’s 50-over format, Manjrekar voiced his excitement for Babar to take the opportunity and establish his significance on this platform.

“Yes, both very good players. One obviously in his prime younger but coming to these kind of platform we want to say Virat Kohli and see with the format that we have here not the T20 format, Asia Cup this time round you might just see a bit Babar Azam and maybe show his place as well,” Manjrekar said.

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