Babar Azam: Babar Azam, the captain of Pakistan cricket team's ODI and T20 team, has been struggling with poor form for a long time. He was out of form in the Test series played between Pakistan and Bangladesh. Babar Azam was out for zero in the first innings of the first match of the series and then scored only 22, 31 and 11 runs in the next three innings. Due to his poor batting performance in the home series, Pakistan lost the match to a weaker team.

Local player bowled out Babar Azam

Babar will next be seen in action for the Stallions in the inaugural edition of the Champions One-Day Cup 2024, which is scheduled to begin in Faisalabad on September 12. In the six-team tournament, the 29-year-old right-handed batsman will play under the leadership of Mohammad Haris. Before the start of the tournament, Babar took part in a practice match but managed to score only 20 runs off 20 balls. He was clean bowled by local spinner Mohammad Asghar. The video of Babar's dismissal while attempting to play a paddle sweep is now going viral on the internet.

Babar Azam bowled by Asghar while playing some weird sweep shot. Unreal. pic.twitter.com/2twLvjEpKd

— M (@anngrypakistan) September 10, 2024

Test captain Shan Masood scored 90 runs in 80 balls

Pakistan Test cricket team captain Shan Masood scored 90 runs facing 80 balls in the same practice match. After the Champions One-Day Cup 2024, Pakistan will host England in a three-match Test series, which is scheduled to start in Multan on October 7. Babar will have to regain form for Pakistan in the three matches. Otherwise, a crisis situation will arise for the team.

Pak team ranked 8th in WTC 2025 points table

Pakistan are placed 8th in the WTC 2025 points table after suffering two consecutive defeats against Bangladesh. England, on the other hand, are placed sixth. In Pakistan's last Test in December 2022, England managed to get the better of the Babar Azam-led side in all three matches and won the series against Pak at their home. They hope to repeat the same performance once again in October 2024 and try to defeat Pak.