Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra has named Pakistani Skipper and prolific batter Babar Azam as captain of his best XI of the recently concluded Twenty20 Cricket World Cup 2021.
Chopra highlighted that it was a tough ask for him to come up with this XI and reasoned that so many openers set the stage on fire and it was difficult to include all of them.
Chopra then picked David Warner to open alongside Jos Buttler and then picked Pakistan batting superstar Babar Azam at No.3.
“I have picked Buttler and he is also my wicket-keeper. He made 269 runs at an average of nearly 90 and a strike rate of 151.
The century against Sri Lanka, I thought that was the innings of the tournament. The neighbors might be thinking that Babar or Rizwan might come along with him. But neither of them is there.
I have picked David Warner, 289 runs at an average of 48.2 and a strike rate of 146. And that is where I think the two Pakistan openers are missing out on because their strike rates are very low.
The third player I have picked is Babar Azam, to bat at No.3. Sorry Rizwan, I do feel for you but I think you will not be able to manage at No.3. Babar is a bit more class and he is also my captain.
303 runs at an average of 60 and a strike rate of 126,” said Aakash Chopra in a video released on his YouTube channel as quoted by crictracker.com.—APP
