Babar Azam last 10 innings T20I: The Pakistani captain was their first batter to get out at the Gaddafi Stadium tonight.
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During the fifth T20I of England’s tour of Pakistan 2022 in Lahore, Pakistan captain Babar Azam became the first batter to get out to unintentionally initiate a batting collapse of sorts.
Opening the batting with wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan (63), Azam ended up scoring 9 (12) at a strike rate of 75. It was on the penultimate delivery of the third over when Azam was dismissed by England fast bowler Mark Wood.
Bowling only his first over of the match, Wood managed to dismiss Azam for the second time in the series (both for single-digit scores). Wanting to pull a 150 kmph Wood delivery, all Azam could do was hit the ball straight to Ben Duckett at deep square leg.
So well directed and just what the plan was, Wood removes Babar Azam. Babar also misses out on becoming the fastest to 3000 T20I runs. #PAKvENG
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) September 28, 2022
Babar Azam last 10 innings T20I (updated on November 13, 2022)
Azam, who had scored a century before this World Cup, has witnessed a dip in form despite scoring two half-centuries in his last 10 T20I innings. In the same period, Azam has scored 215 runs at an average and strike rate of 21.50 and 102.38 respectively.
Babar Azam last 10 T20 innings full list (updated on November 13, 2022)
Azam, whose last 10 T20 innings have all come for Pakistan, has been out for single-digit scores on four occasions in this period. Readers must note that all these matches have been played within the last one month.
| Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Opposition | Ground | Year |
| 21 | 23 | 3 | 0 | New Zealand | Christchurch | 2022 |
| 55 | 40 | 9 | 0 | Bangladesh | Christchurch | 2022 |
| 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 | New Zealand | Christchurch | 2022 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | India | Melbourne | 2022 |
| 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Zimbabwe | Perth | 2022 |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Netherlands | Perth | 2022 |
| 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | South Africa | Sydney | 2022 |
| 25 | 33 | 2 | 0 | Bangladesh | Adelaide | 2022 |
| 53 | 42 | 7 | 0 | New Zealand | Sydney | 2022 |
| 32 | 28 | 2 | 0 | England | Melbourne | 2022 |
Azam, 28, played his first impact-generating knock in ICC T20 World Cup 2022 by scoring 53 (42) in the first semi-final against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground but followed it with another substandard innings in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground tonight.
