Babar Azam's T20 World Cup strike rate falls to 111.50
What's the story
Star Pakistan batter Babar Azam continues to falter in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup. While Pakistan elected to bat against England at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Babar fell for a 24-ball 25 before being knocked over by Jamie Overton. With another slow knock, Babar's strike rate in the T20 World Cup has plunged to 111.5.
Innings summary
Pakistan post 164/9 despite Babar's struggles
Despite Babar's poor performance, Pakistan scored 164/9 in their 20 overs. Sahibzada Farhan was the top scorer with 63 runs. The former came in after Pakistan were 27/2 with skipper Salman Agha's departure. Despite hitting Jofra Archer for successive boundaries, Babar struggled against Sam Curran and Adil Rashid. Babar, who was beginning to choke again, finally fell to Jamie Overton in the 11th over.
Performance
Babar surpasses Mohammad Rizwan
Babar has been under the scanner for his slow knocks in T20Is. His strike rate in the T20 World Cup has plunged to 111/5, the lowest for a batter with at least 500 runs in the tournament, according to Cricbuzz. He surpassed his compatriot Mohammad Rizwan (111.8) to top this list. Babar now has 640 runs from 23 T20 WC innings at an average of 33.68.