Babar Azam Picks Ab De Villiers as Best Batsman: Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam has chosen South African legend AB de Villiers as the best batsman he played with during his career. Babar recently appeared in an interview (Babar Azam Interview) on de Villiers’ official YouTube channel and when the former African batsman asked him to choose him, Babar took no time in choosing him compared to any current cricketer. De Villiers was surprised to hear the answer and although he asked Babar to choose someone else other than him, the Pakistan cricketer said that his answer was AB de Villiers.
After this, when he was asked about the most famous person in his phone book, De Villiers jokingly said that Babar cannot take his name now. Babar Azam laughed at this comment and replied and took the name of famous Pakistani singer Atif Aslam.
Earlier, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has refused to give NOC (No-Objection Certificate) to Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan for Global T20 Canada. The PCB said in a statement that the decision was taken “after consulting the three players and the selection committee”. Earlier last week, PCB had also refused to give NOC to Naseem Shah to play The Hundred. Naseem was signed by Birmingham Phoenix for 125,000 pounds (about Rs 1 crore 35 lakh).
“All three are all-format cricketers and are expected to be required by the team over the coming eight months, during which Pakistan will play nine Tests, 14 ODIs and nine T20 matches. Thus, and in line with the PCB’s workload management policy, it It is in the best interests of Pakistan cricket and the players to skip the upcoming event in Canada so that they are in their best mental and physical condition for the season, which will begin with a two-Test series against Bangladesh.”