Why Salman Butt backs Babar Azam in the face of harsh criticism is revealed.

In his last 10 outings for Pakistan (12 innings), Babar has only managed one score of fifty or above. In the longer format, things did not get much better for him after a lackluster T20 World Cup 2024.

Salman Butt, in a YouTube video, praised Babar’s earlier achievements to Pakistan and backed the white-ball captain of Pakistan.

Positioned fifth in the Twenty20 International format, the 29-year-old holds the top spot in the ODI men’s batting rankings. Babar’s white-ball cricket skills have been brought to the attention of the fans by Butt.

Without a doubt, for the past four years, he has been Pakistan’s top player. In white-ball cricket, where Pakistan doesn’t play many Test matches, he has consistently finished in the top three in both categories, Butt recalled.

Salman Butt contested the critics in the interview, saying they should find a better batter to replace Pakistan’s best batter. “He is the only player on the team who has scored as many runs as he has,” he continued. What else have you got if you want to dismiss the person who has been the standout performer because you don’t support him? Bring the superior person and force him to participate.

Babar Azam’s shortcomings in Test cricket were acknowledged by Salman Butt. In the most recent Test series against Bangladesh, he did not play up to par and is not even close to the ICC men’s Test ranking.

“Yeah, I believe Babar hasn’t performed to the standards expected of him in Test cricket,” Butt went on. Is it really the main issue though? You should replace Babar because he’s not performing well, but how are the others faring? What about the other players? Babar did not score. People start to support someone while they are scoring. Helping someone fall from grace is true support.