New Delhi: Pakistan started their campaign in the Test series against Bangladesh on a poor note as the first innings of the first Test match didn’t prove to be fruitful enough. After the hosts were put into bat first, they lost suffered an early collapse losing as many as 3 wickets with just 16 runs on the board. The most critical of all the wickets was that of Test skipper Babar Azam.
Babar’s poor form continued as he departed for a duck after facing just 2 balls in the second session of the day, after the first was washed out due to rain. Bangladesh bowler Shoriful Islam got rid of the star batter to bring joy in the Bangladesh camp. As soon as the skipper got dismissed, showing yet another miserable show, social media went crazy and trolled the Babar’s dismissal in a cheap manner.
This series means a lot to Pakistan as it is part of the World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. As of now, the Pakistan team is placed on the sixth position and a win in this Test series will surely give them some brownie points. The hosts, meanwhile, stabilised the innings after the early blows and managed to save the wickets in the session till Tea was called.
Here are some of the social media reactions
Crowd started chanting “Zimbabar” after Babar Azam scored duck against Bangladesh 😭🦆 pic.twitter.com/PXX3tEwMtT
— Brendon Mishra 🇮🇳🔥 (@KKRKaFan) August 21, 2024
Babar Azam on oxygen 🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/mzEK0S2iuY
— Div🦁 (@div_yumm) August 21, 2024
Babar Azam out for a duck.🦆🦆
Pakistan now three down at 16/3. This is turning into a nightmare start. They want to play WTC final. 😂#PAKvsBAN pic.twitter.com/izYb9Ecs3t
— Kuch Bhi!!!! (@KirkutExpert99) August 21, 2024
Watch Babar Azam’s dismissal
Shoriful Islam to Babar Azam, out Caught by Litton Das 0(2)💔💔💔💔#PAKvsBAN #BabarAzam𓃵 pic.twitter.com/Um2A9pyNWk
— Inzimam⁵⁶Sajad (@I_Engr26) August 21, 2024
Pakistan cricket team, which is witnessing a miserable form in recent time, finished on the fifth spot in the fifth in the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship (2019/21) and seventh in the next cycle (2021/23). In the current cycle (2023/25), they are ranked sixth, with two wins in five matches, resulting in a points percentage of 36.66%.
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam was dismissed on a duck on the first day of the first Test match against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
