"Extremely Ordinary Captaincy": Gautam Gambhir Slams Babar Azam After Pakistan's Loss Against Sri Lanka In Asia Cup 2023

15.09.2023 - 15:01 sports.ndtv.com

Former Indian cricket team opener Gautam Gambhir was extremely critical of Babar Azam's captaincy after Pakistan failed to reach the Asia Cup 2023 final on Thursday.

The Babar-led side was defeated by Sri Lanka in a last-ball thriller with Charith Asalanka scoring six runs in the final two balls of the encounter.

Gambhir was not happy with Babar's field placements as well as his use of the Pakistan bowlers during the game and he said that they could have saved way more runs in the field with a few tweaks. “For me, extremely ordinary captaincy as well.

There was a four hit in Zaman Khan's over over mid-off and there was another four hit in Shaheen Shah Afridi's over over mid-off, and both those deliveries were slower ones.

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