Indian former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar gifted an autographed cap to Babar Azam ahead of the India vs Pakistan ICC T20 World Cup match.
Sunil Gavaskar Gifts Babar Azam
Pakistan cricket team are currently in Australia to get part in ICC T20 World Cup 2022. Ahead of the tournament, former Australian cricketer and current Pakistan team mentor Matthew Hayden invited the Pakistan cricket team and a few cricketers to a house party where Babar Azam and Sunil Gavaskar met and had a chat.
During their meeting, Sunil Gavaskar haded a dark blue coloured cap with his autography over it.
Babar Azam 🇵🇰 meets Sunil Gavaskar 🇮🇳
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The Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team will start their T20 World Cup campaign against the Rohit Sharma-led India in Melbourne On October 23. Gavaskar said that with the batting depth of India, Rohit can take his chances against rivals.
“If you have a long batting line-up, that’s the way you should be playing. Yes, we want to see him bat longer, we want to see him bat for 10-12 overs because then you are pretty certain.
Because in those 10-12 overs, India is 120-odd with the way he bats. But because he is getting India to flying starts and because he has got 5,6,7 who can take the game away. Today look at the way Hardik Pandya came in towards the end. With that kind of batting order, you can take chances,” Sunil Gavaskar said on Star Sports.
“Clearly, getting the captain of a team is always a big plus for the opposition. It’s like getting the head of the snake is what they say. That’s why if you are an opening batsman, bowlers will target you – the captain. Get you to demoralise the side. But this side has so many class players,” Gavaskar added.
On the other hand, Pakistan’s spearhead Shaheen Afridi has completed his injury rehabilitation and joined the Pakistan squad, and featured in Pakistan’s warmup game against England. Though Shaheen Afridi failed to bag wickets he maintains an economy rate of 3.50.
