Pakistan vs Namibia: Pakistan took a decision against Namibia which will not make Babar Azam's fans happy at all. Babar Azam was given a chance in the playing eleven against Namibia but this player was not put to bat. Babar was sitting in the dugout fully prepared but he was not sent to bat.

Nowadays, Babar is batting at number four but against Namibia, Khawaja Nafe came to bat at number four and Shadab Khan was sent at number five.

Why was Babar not sent to bat?

The real reason for not sending Babar Azam to bat was to increase the run rate. Sahibzada Farhan and Salman Agha batted fast but to maintain that run rate, Khawaja Nafe was sent who was out after scoring 5 runs. After this Shadab Khan came and scored 36 runs at a strike rate of 163. Babar Azam's strike rate is very low. He is the batsman scoring runs with the lowest strike rate in the T20 World Cup.

This Pakistani batsman has scored runs in the tournament at a strike rate of just 111.80. This is the reason why Babar was not sent to bat against Namibia.

Tactical Decisions about changing batting lineup are common in Modern T20 Cricket. Surya Kumar Dropped Himself to No 11 during Asia Cup but these Agenda Peddlers will start Mocking Babar Azam for it pic.twitter.com/bd9qkKyjDb

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Sahibzada Farhan scored a century

Babar did not get a chance to bat but Sahibzada Farhan definitely played an excellent inning in this match. Sahibzada definitely scored the first century of his T20 International career. Sahibzada scored 100 runs in 58 balls. Sahibzada hit 4 sixes and 11 fours in his innings. Sahibzada could not even open his account against India but now he has played a good innings.

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