NEW DELHI: Pakistan cricket team’s batting star Babar Azam is currently under intense scrutiny and criticism on social media platforms due to his lackluster performance in international cricket. In the recent two-Test series against Bangladesh, the right-handed batsman managed to score only 64 runs across four innings.
Moreover, his batting performance in the previous year failed to secure any victories for Pakistan.
As a result, social media users are targeting him with false and offensive memes, and now, fake posts about his retirement have gone viral.
Following Babar Azam’s scores of 31 and 11 in the second Test match held in Rawalpindi, a fake retirement post about him gained significant attention on X. Two such posts garnered the spotlight on Monday before fans realized their inauthenticity.
Babar relinquished his captaincy after the ICC ODI World Cup in 2023 but was reinstated for the T20 World Cup in 2024.
Moreover, his batting performance in the previous year failed to secure any victories for Pakistan.
As a result, social media users are targeting him with false and offensive memes, and now, fake posts about his retirement have gone viral.
Following Babar Azam’s scores of 31 and 11 in the second Test match held in Rawalpindi, a fake retirement post about him gained significant attention on X. Two such posts garnered the spotlight on Monday before fans realized their inauthenticity.
Babar relinquished his captaincy after the ICC ODI World Cup in 2023 but was reinstated for the T20 World Cup in 2024.
His recent performance in Test cricket has been underwhelming, with only 190 runs scored in his last 10 innings at an average of 19. Similarly, his average in the fifty-over format has declined to 34.
Over the past year, the 29-year-old has maintained an average of 38 in T20Is.
Pakistan, under Babar’s captaincy, faced elimination from the group stage of ICC T20 World Cup 2024, held in the USA and West Indies, after suffering defeats against the USA and India.