Former Pakistani Test cricketer Sikandar Bakht has criticised the national side skipper Babar Azam, saying he is not a “born leader”.
During a recent interview on a YouTube channel, Bakht said that Babar lacks the skills of a born leader.
“Honestly speaking, Babar has to learn a lot as a captain. There are so many people who are born as leaders. Babar is not a born leader,” he said.
“When he was given the captaincy, I said in my interview that he wasn’t a good choice. I wanted him to prove me wrong by showing his captaincy but he didn’t,” the cricketer-turned-analyst said.
While giving examples of Babar’s weaknesses in captaincy, Bakht highlighted that he didn’t utilise Agha Salman and Iftikhar Ahmed with the ball in the recent Test series.
“Let me give you a recent example. Agha Salman is an off-spinner, Babar only gave two-three overs to him in one Test, and in another match, he let him bowl complete overs. He also didn’t utilise Iftikhar,” he recalled.
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