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  • 7/22/2025
Watch Babar Azam at his elegant best as he played some classy and stylish shots during the 2nd ODI between Pakistan and New Zealand in 2018. This footage from the PCB Archives showcases Babar's trademark cover drives, timing, and composure at the crease. A must-watch for every Pakistan cricket fan and Babar Azam admirer!

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00:00right up in the air and into the gap before that ball flew off the face of the blade is quick all
00:09right I think when you got a guy like Lockie Ferguson on you've got to have a decent deep
00:18fielder that's quick at Joel and got great hands no disrespect ish Saudi he's not the quickest
00:25going around and that gets up in the air you've got to get someone to get there and get across the
00:30turf quickly short-pitched attack they're all over the top got enough on it did Bubba pick up a
00:41boundary Bob are taking it on so I'm play a cut shot at the boundary on the offside behind the
00:50wicket this time he's got out the pull shot not gonna hang about he's going to try his luck at
00:59getting after Lockie Ferguson just evaded that leg slip and gets another boundary
01:06very well played should push for two here as well oh that is classic stand and deliver gorgeous from Bubba
01:25half oily but what about that cover drive again the key from Babur as always is his immaculate balance
01:43way through the ball easy as you like minimum movement and a maximum result boundary to the offside
01:55crunched crunched crunched away through the offside an element of width and Bubba was onto it so quickly
02:08finishes the 17th over with a boundary beautifully timed off the back foot 83 without loss after 17 overs here
02:22in Abu Dhabi Pakistan cruising along and it's time for drinks but at the moment is Barbara Azum who's making
02:37a look very simple Barbara Azum just timing the ball so well all around the park the cut shot the drive on the
02:52onside is in top form
02:54and it's been a while that I've seen someone playing so well for Pakistan watch that wonderful stroke so much in control
03:01and it's been a while that I've seen someone playing so well for Pakistan watch that wonderful stroke so much in control
03:09it's been a while that I've seen someone playing so well for Pakistan watch that wonderful stroke so much in control
03:24looks very elegant picks the length very very quickly cruising here the home side
03:33there's a little hand on that wasn't there
03:42we've got a three don't often see a three
03:48hundred partnership is up now
03:54and he's hustling back for two more is Baba Razum 101 this partnership now
04:03in the air another chance should be taken and is taken very comfortably
04:10Henry Nichols this time so two in the over for Lockie Ferguson and the two set batsmen
04:19so no hundred all the 50 the short ball working again
04:24and the two third man's in place up and over the upper cut but high wrist shot and in the end Lockie Ferguson has his man
04:34assisting with that short pitch bowling at base and Barbara Azum who played very nicely struck the ball really well he's gone 46 156 for two
04:46whoo
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