Babar Azam Must “Learn How To Play Googly,” Is Shoaib Malik’s Only Request. After witnessing Babar Azam lose to an Adil Rashid “googly” in the T20 World Cup final, Shoaib Malik has asked the Pakistan captain to improve this aspect
Babar Azam’s T20 World Cup 2022 career came to a dismal conclusion with only one fifty to his record. Although Babar did succeed in leading the Pakistani side into the tournament’s championship match, his batting was still in jeopardy. Adil Rashid, a spinner, dismissed Babar in the Sunday final after the Pakistani captain failed to read a “googly.” Shoaib Malik, a seasoned Pakistani cricketer, has now asked Babar to “learn how to play googly.”
Malik went into great length on dealing with googlies in a video on A Sports. He provided a step-by-step breakdown of how to get ready for such deliveries against a spinner.
“Babar needs to make changes in his batting. If your legs are planted, you still manage against pacers. But you can’t play a spinner with planted legs. For example, Babar thought Rashid bowled him leg spin and prepared to play in the covers but since it was a googly, he could not do anything but get out,”
Malik stated
When a batsman is having trouble distinguishing between a leg-spin and a googly ball, even Pakistan’s former captain Misbah-ul-Haq chimed in and emphasized the value of playing in front.
“If you are not able to read the bowl, never go to play this square off the wicket. Because once your bat goes out to play, it will land you in trouble. So if you are not able to understand it, just go and play straight. We have discussed this in Hasranga’s case as well but our batsmen play cut without reading the ball,”
he continued
Misbah continued by saying that Babar has to practice the skill of brushing spinner deliveries since doing so greatly reduces the threat.
“I have said this many a times that you need to develop your sweep. Today, he could have played the ball sweeping but he doesn’t have this in his armoury,”
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