The Pakistan cricket group all format captain Babar Azam celebrated his twenty eighth birthday on Saturday, October 15, and this time it turned out to be a particular one with all 16 captains after attending a joint press convention.
Throughout a press convention for the continued 2022 ICC T20 World Cup match, Pakistan captain Babar Azam recalled an incident in 2007 when he witnessed AB de Villiers’ batting efficiency for the primary time.
Babar Azam was a ball boy throughout South Africa’s tour of Pakistan in 2007. The teen used to watch Proteas celebrity AB de Villiers fastidiously to study the tips of the commerce. The proper-handed batter stated that he was amazed by de Villiers when South Africa toured Pakistan 15 years in the past. The Gaddafi Check match between Pakistan and South Africa drew curtains on Inzamam-ul-Haq’s illustrious Check profession.
I Was Very Fond Of AB de Villiers – Babar Azam
“Throughout that point, I used to be very keen on AB de Villiers. I used to be overwhelmed after seeing him. I used to study from him, what he was doing, how he was batting and fielding. I used to remain close to the South African group to note what De Villiers was doing. I used to get a variety of increase after seeing him,” Babar stated in a video uploaded by Pakistan Cricket on Twitter.
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From ball-picker in 2007 to Pakistan's present all-format captain – watch @babarazam258 recount his journey.pic.twitter.com/U20bwvjk4c
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 15, 2022
Former South Africa skipper AB de Villiers performed 114 Assessments, 228 One-Day Internationals (ODI) and 78 T20Is for South Africa. He scored 8765 runs in Check matches, 9577 runs in ODIs, and 1672 runs in T20Is.
Inzamam missed out on breaking Javed Miandad’s document in his farewell match after the previous Pakistan skipper was dismissed for 3 runs by Paul Harris. The 2007 Check match between South Africa and Pakistan was drawn. Jacques Kallis, the legendary all-rounder, was named Participant of the Match for his all-round efficiency.
“I used to offer knocking to our gamers as a ball boy, gather balls from the boundary. Throughout that point, Inzamam performed his final match for Pakistan. He wanted two runs (3 runs) to interrupt Javed bhai’s document. However sadly, he acquired stumped. I observed Inzamam fastidiously strolling to the dressing room. I additionally keep in mind Inzamam venting out contained in the dressing room,” Babar added.
Australia will host the eighth ICC Males’s T20 World Cup between October 16 and November 13. The Babar will lead Pakistan within the marquee occasion and the Males in Inexperienced will tackle arch-rivals the Males in Blue of their opening encounter of the World Cup on the Melbourne Cricket Floor, Melbourne, on Sunday, October 23.
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