NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has strongly criticised the team's approach in the recently concluded tri-nation series, particularly questioning the decision to have Babar Azam open the innings. His comments came after Pakistan's five-wicket loss to New Zealand in the final at Karachi's National Stadium on Friday.
"If you had won the tri-nation series, then your confidence level would have been high, every boy's confidence level would have been high," Basit said on his YouTube channel. "Who is the one who told Babar Azam to open? I am surprised who he is. What crazy people they are [Kaise pagal log hai]. He was performing well at number three, scoring 50-70 against South Africa, but they stopped that too. Now, just 62 runs in three matches in the tri-series. This is the approach, this is the thinking," he lamented.
