Former Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal has compared Indian legend Virat Kohli and Pakistani veteran. Babar AzamAs he says that if Kohli can continue to play internationally despite less than 2 years, then why not Babur, who is currently facing a dip in form?
India vs Pakistan’s rivalry has never been limited to teams only, but the player is often compared, as the choice of two great people of both nations is compared to Virat Kohli and Babur Azam as a cricketer by the Cricket fraternity.
Just when Babar Azam was facing a serious decline in his career, although it was claimed, Kohli has never seen so long in his white ball career, former spinner supports the current veteran with a comparison of Indian legend.
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Due to the poor form of Babar Azam, Pakistan struggles cricket, but a former spinner Kohli supports the batsman with reference
Babur’s form in all three formats of the game Pakistan Along with management, PCB also. His dip in the form is not only for some sports, but now it is over for almost 2 years.
The Pakistani cricketer has been criticized and also dropped from the smallest format of the game and if his form does not improve, it will be converted into Odis. As he has also been removed from a test, where replacement player Kamran Ghulam played a staunch innings to claim his authority.
Former cricketer Saeed Ajmal was recently questioned whether he is firm in all teams under all the circumstances of playing. The spinner immediately replied that he would definitely be Babur in all, as all teams need to return to their superstars, their best cricketers.
Trying to return Babur, he claimed that if Virat Kohli Despite a weak performance over 2 years, it can be on the Indian side, then why can’t Pakistan return Babur in the same way?
,If Virat Kohli can play for 2 years without a performance, why can’t Babur do it? We should respect our players. He is our superstar. Do not change his technique; Let him play the way he is playing. One should respect his world class player, “Babar Azam concluded.
Babar Azam on Saeed Ajmal:
If Virat Kohli can play for 2 years without a performance, why can’t Babur do it? We should respect our player, he is our superstar. Do not change his technique, let him play the way he is playing.
pic.twitter.com/co6aek3vgr– Syed says (@sports_eye_10) August 15, 2025
Babur Azam’s return ahead of Asia Cup’s T20I 2025 Asia Cup is uncertain
After Fakhar Zaman was injured during the West Indies series, he was reported to remember the upcoming. Asia Cup 2025As a result, Babar Azam, experienced cricketer, was asked to return to the T20I side.
However, a condition was vested in the statement that it would be decided to return to Babur’s performance in the ODI series against the West Indies; However, the Pakistan veteran once again put it in a disappointing show.
He scored 47, 0, and 9 runs in three matches and only 18.66 in the series with a half -century or a century and a strike rate of over 60. The possible return from this performance and Fakhar’s injury made Babur’s return to the Asia Cup squad more uncertain.
Virat Kohli’s figures against Pakistan against Babar Azam against Babar Azam
Indian veteran Virat Kohli, an experienced cricketer, has played in 28 matches against rival nation Pakistan, where he has played in 10 T20 International Games and 18 ODIs from 2009 to 2025.
He has scored a total of 1270 runs against Pakistan and is an average of a beautiful 63.50 against him, with 4 hundreds of names in the 50 -over format. His highest score in 183 -year -old ODI came against this protest.
On the other hand, Babar Azam has played 14 international levels, which are all ICC and ACC games against India, and have scored 346 runs in their career, which are with an average of 28.83. He has to score one hundred so far and is only 2 fifties against India.
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