Will Babar Azam play against Namibia?: Pakistan will face Namibia on Wednesday in a possible knockout match. After the 61-run defeat against India last Sunday, there has been a significant change in their run rate as it has slipped into negative territory. Salman Ali Aga’s team will try to make a comeback in the upcoming game.
Any upset in the middle of the week could knock them out of the T20 World Cup group stage for the second consecutive edition. There is huge pressure on Pakistan team and they are preparing hard for the upcoming match. Questions are being raised whether Babar Azam, Shadab Khan and Shaheen Afridi will be fit in the playing eleven after their poor performances.
Preparation for big changes in Pakistan!
However, in a changed development, reports are coming from Ajaz Wasim Bakhri that Sahibzada Farhan may be dropped from the team. The explosive opener has been their best batsman so far in the competition and failed against India after being dismissed for a duck in the very first over. He scored back-to-back fifties in the games against Netherlands and USA.
If Sahibzada Farhan is dropped, it means Fakhar Zaman may get a chance, as well as Babar may be promoted to open the innings instead of batting at No. 4, where he has not been successful. Fakhar can also open the innings with Sam Ayub, while Babar’s batting position is also the same.
Pakistan will field against Namibia with three fast bowlers
They can also sacrifice Faheem Ashraf and play Naseem Shah, while Salman Mirza can get the second match of the competition in place of Shadab Khan. As the latter has also not been able to perform at its best in the competition so far. The Green Men look to go all out with their pace attack with three front-line pacers.
Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson, who is not impressed with Babar’s performance, wants to give the senior cricketer a chance against a weaker opponent so that he can find his form and score some runs and take some wickets before moving on to the next stage of the tournament.
Pakistan has not been able to perform at its best in the T20 World Cup 2026.
He was in good form before the tournament. However, right from the start they have not been able to perform at their best. In the very first game, they pulled off a win against Netherlands from the jaws of defeat courtesy the brilliance of Faheem Ashraf. In the second game they performed well and won the game.
In the match against India, they were defeated in every department and it seemed as if a different team was playing. Barring Usman Tariq, the Men in Green spinners were hit all over the park by Ishan Kishan. It was a one-man show in Colombo, on a pitch that looked slow and the ball was holding. Kishan played an inning of 77 runs in 40 balls and snatched the match from Pakistan.
Agha’s team was nowhere close to the game during the chase, losing their top order inside the first two overs. Usman Khan was out on the score of 114 runs after scoring 44 runs.
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