"You Fooled Public, Got Friends Into The Team": Ahmed Shehzad Blasts Babar Azam In Fiery Rant

In a viral rant, Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad lambasted captain Babar Azam for his underperformance.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam is critics' favourite target at the moment. With his team losing the first two matches of the T20 World Cup 2024, to the USA and India respectively, Babar's been the focal point of criticism coming from former cricketers, fans, and pundits. Even Ahmed Shehzad, an active Pakistani cricketer, tore into Babar and shredded his reputation on a television channel in Pakistan. Shehzad shed light on Babar's poor statistics in big competitions and suggested that the Pakistan skipper averages only 27 in T20I cricket when it comes to big events. Ahmed Shehzad, "Jab ap har jaye to Babar Azam bed se chalang marne lage the, Shadab ne 4 din se roti nhi khayi. pic.twitter.com/bcCAi5LCDH Ahmed Shehzad, "King ka mai kya kro jisne mujhe match hi jeetwa ke nhi dena." pic.twitter.com/kEYeuH8Nhj

In a fiery rant on live television, Shehzad said that Pakistan have been losing to mediocre sides under Babar's captaincy, and even also been losing to top teams' B, C and D squads.

"Jab se Babar Azam captain hain, hum bohot mediocre, sorry for using this word, teams se haar rahe hain (ever since Babar became captain, we have been losing to mediocre teams)," said.

Ahmed Shehzad on a TV show, in a video that has gone viral. "The kind of progress that was going on, these things were on the cards and bound to happen some day."