Babar Azam captaincy: Babar Azam resigned from the captaincy post after Pakistan’s poor performance in the World Cup. But former Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir believes that this decision of Babar is going to take him far ahead and now the world will see a new Babar Azam. Gambhir said that leaving the captaincy means that Babar will now bat freely.

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Gautam Gambhir supported Babar Azam

Speaking to Sportskeeda, Gautam Gambhir said, “Now you will see the best performance of Babar Azam. You will see a completely different Babar Azam. Before the World Cup, I had selected Babar as the batsman of the tournament. But due to the pressure of captaincy, his form with the bat deteriorated. This is because when you are the captain and your team is not performing well, you can imagine how much pressure he was under.”

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Babar is on an Australia tour

Let us tell you that these days Babar is in Australia with the Pakistan team, where he will be seen playing in the 3-match Test series starting from 14th December. This is his first international series after leaving the captaincy. In the World Cup held in India, Babar scored 320 runs in 9 matches at an average of 40 and a strike rate of 82.90, which included 4 half centuries.