"If I start considering myself a king as captain, then everything will fall apart. Rather, as a leader, I am here to serve the 15 men of the team. This is how it should be. Regarding achievements, we have messages and support from everyone in our box, who are asking us only one thing: fight,
Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag took a dig at Pakistan batter Babar Azam's recent performance in international cricket and asked him to work on his fitness.
Every time Babar has failed with the bat after that, the scrutiny surrounding his form has grown. On a flat pitch against England, he looked out of form, managing just 35 runs in two innings.
Pakistan's Test vice-captain Saud Shakeel asserted that the atmosphere in the team hasn't been disrupted after Babar Azam decided to step down from the white-ball captaincy.
Former Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif believes that right-hand batter Babar Azam will return to top form as there will be no pressure of captaincy on him from now on.
Former cricketer Salman Butt opened up on Babar Azam stepping down as Pakistan's white-ball skipper and said that the 29-year-old should have taken the decision earlier.
Former South African skipper AB De Villiers believes that Pakistan right-hand batter Babar Azam will score many more runs in the coming days for his national side after stepping down from the captaincy on Wednesday.
After star batter Babar Azam announced that he will be stepping down as the white-ball captain of the Pakistan cricket team, wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan is likely to take his place, according to a report from Geo News.
The series, starting from October 7 with the first Test at Multan, will be important for Pakistan not only from ICC World Test Championship standpoint, but also regarding form of their most premier batter. In his last eight Tests, Babar's performances have been sub-par, scoring 317 runs at a