Babar Azam was ridiculed on live TV and challenged to lead Pakistan to victory over India.

Irfan Pathan urged fans to stop comparing Virat Kohli with Babar Azam after Pakistan’s loss to India in the T20 World Cup 2026, highlighting Babar’s struggles. Click here to read the detailed story, only on CricTracker.

T20 World Cup: Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has slammed Babar Azam after another flopshow against India, asking if he has ever played a knock like Virat Kohli in a pressure game. Babar was dismissed for five runs in Colombo.

Babar Azam’s performance against India in ICC events comes under the spotlight ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026.

Pakistan batter Babar Azam made just 15 runs off 18 balls in the T20 World Cup opener against Netherlands. His form is under tremendous scrutiny at the moment, while his strike rate is the lowest among batters with a minimum of 500 runs in T20 World Cup history.

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has called for the exclusion of senior players like Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, and Shaheen Shah Afridi following their T20 World Cup loss to India. Afridi urged the management to try fresh faces against Namibia,

Meanwhile, Babar Azam once again failed to deliver his best in a T20 World Cup, scoring only 15 runs off 18 balls, including one boundary, with a strike rate below 100. The right-handed batter also recorded the lowest strike rate among players who have scored more than 500 runs in T20 World Cup history.

Ricky Ponting and Ravi Shastri showed no mercy to Babar Azam as they questioned his ability in T20 cricket after a poor performance in Pakistan’s match vs Netherlands in the T20 World Cup.

Ex-India captain stated that the Indian C squad is sufficient to defeat the arch-rivals following Pakistan's embarrassing loss to India at the 2026 T20 World Cup. He harshly criticised Pakistan's batting,

Babar Azam has long been regarded as one of the finest batsmen in contemporary cricket, but with great talent comes great expectation. As Ponting noted, scoring 15 runs off 18 balls not only puts pressure on Babar but also on his teammates,

Ahmed Shehzad, a vocal critic of Babar for a while now, felt Babar had played his final game for Pakistan in the format.