Fakhar Zaman Humilia Babar Azam, declares Saim Ayub its “updated version”

Pakistan Batter Fakhar Zaman, who is among the most experienced players in the Asia Cup 2025, praised his teammate and the current Pakistan Saim Ayub workshop for his brightness and labeled him as a “updated version” of Babar Azam.

In the face of the long -awaited confrontation of India and Pakistan at the iconic Dubai International Stadium, the same place where the Indians delivered the hosts, Pakistan, a humiliating defeat in the ICC Champions Trophy game, and the current players have made some audacious statements.

Although most comments were based on the rivalry between the two nations, the last hand prey came from the Pakistani Baters Fakhar Zaman, as it raised the young player’s confidence comparing him to one of the largest modern players in the nation, Babar Azam.

Fakhar Zaman has ranked Saim Ayub as “updated version” by Babar Azam

Fakhar Zaman is undoubtedly one of the few players who have played a lot of cricket next to Babar Azam and now plays next to the next generation stars like Saim Ayub. This is due to the capacity of the batter to hit the long ball, so it makes it a way in all aspects of the game.

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were abandoned from Pakistan’s national squad for the Asia Cup 2025, as a result of which there was a huge outbreak on social media platforms.

Now, Fakhar Zaman has appeared to praise the young Ayub’s caliber as a batter, and said that it is the updated version of the former Babar Babar Azam pattern during a video appearance on the ACC’s social media handle.

“Someone asked me to Lahore and I told him this is the updated version of Babar Azam,” said Fakhar.

“He is a very different player and I think he has not yet shown 80 percent of himself in the world,” he added.

Mike Hesson has also shown immense faith in the young Pakistani

Pakistan’s current coach Mike Hesson has been stubborn not to reason with the press on the skin of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan; However, he has also shown an immense faith in the modern star Saim Ayub.

“Look, Saim is a key player for us and we know that if Saim scores, we generally win,” said Hesson.

“They are not so much contributions, it’s a matter of whether it’s your day, win and Saim is definitely one of these players,” he concluded.

Pakistan starts Asia Cup 2025 with a commander -style

Pakistan, like India, has begun strongly in his Asia Cup campaign. After playing in the first game, the Batters marked 160 runs with the help of the half -century commander of Muhammad Haris.

The bowls did a remarkable job, as they all made a significant contribution to their victory with various doctors in a short time. Oman has been dumped for only 67 runs, 10 more than 57 of the Arab Emirates united against India.

Pakistan won the game by a huge margin of 93 runs and has managed to take a great advantage of 4,650 on the point table, which means that only winning or even a draw against the United Arab Emirates in the third game could seal a place in Super 4, while maintaining the result of the India Pakistan match.

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