Jason Gillespie ‘confident’ of Babar Azam’s strong comeback

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s red-ball head coach Jason Gillespie on Thursday, expressed his confidence in the ability of star batter Babar Azam to make a strong comeback in all formats.

Babar has been under tight scrutiny due to his below-par performances recently. He crashed out of the top ten list in the ICC Test Batting Rankings last month after a forgettable home Test series against Bangladesh, where he managed a meagre 64 runs in four innings.

Meanwhile, in the first Test against England, he scored 35 runs in two innings after which he was dropped from the squad for the remainder of the series.

Babar was replaced by consistent domestic performer Kamran Ghulam, who grabbed the opportunity with both hands and smashed a century in his very first innings, which turned out to be pivotal in Pakistan’s 152-run victory over England in the second Test.

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Meanwhile, Pakistan head coach Jason Gillespie expects Babar Azam to continue playing a “huge role” for the Green Shirts and scoring lots of runs on his comeback.

“Well again, I. I cannot answer that because I’m not a selector. But what I will say is that Babar is a fine player. I think he’s one of the best players in the world. And, yeah, he had a bit of a lean, lean patch, but I don’t think, but I don’t think many great players around the world have never had a lean patch,” Gillespie said.

“I’m very confident. Babar Will will be back scoring a lot of runs for Pakistan in all formats. He’s just too good a player. He works really, really hard in his game. He’s very precise with his preparation and what he needs to do to get ready. I fully expect him to have a huge role, going forward in the next little while for Pakistan,” he added.

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