NEW DELHI: Former
Pakistan cricketer
Basit Ali has thrown down the gauntlet to current captain
Babar Azam
.
Ali challenges Azam to hit three consecutive sixes straight down the ground against top-tier teams. If Azam succeeds, Ali has vowed to delete his YouTube channel.
"If Babar Azam hits three straight sixes against top teams, not against the likes of the USA or Ireland, but against top teams, I will shut down my YouTube channel.
If he accepts this challenge, he should say that he accepts it. And if he can't hit those sixes in the World Cup, then he shouldn't open the batting," said Ali.
The 29-year-old batsman has recently been reappointed as the white-ball captain of the
Pakistan men's cricket team
for the upcoming
T20 World Cup
2024.
This decision to reinstate Azam as the captain of the T20 side came after Azam had initially stepped down from the role in November, leading to
Shaheen Shah Afridi
's appointment.
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The PCB's selection committee unanimously recommended Azam's reinstatement, which was approved by
PCB
chairman
Mohsin Naqvi
.
In the lead-up to the World Cup, Pakistan, having drawn a T20I series 2-2 against an inexperienced New Zealand, are set to face Ireland and England in the shortest format of the game over the coming weeks.
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