Times of Islamabad

In a unique incidence, Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam crashes Somerset website in Vitality Blast 2019

In a unique incidence, Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam crashes Somerset website in Vitality Blast 2019

ISLAMABAD – In a unique incidence, Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azamcrashes Somerset website in Vitality Blast 2019.

The arrival of Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam at the Vitality Blast2019 has been a boon for the Somerset county, which has seen its websitegetting crashed thanks to Azam’s popularity.

As per *ESPNcricinfo*, the Somerset had to upgrade their club website’sserver capacity after their first game of the tournament. The win againstGlamorgan was not streamed live as fans in Pakistan are eager to followtheir star batsman’s progress.

Furthermore, Somerset’s defeat against Sussex last week, in which Azamscored 83, grabbed over 1.5 million views on YouTube.

Azam, who was an integral part of Pakistan’s World Cup 2019 squad, managingto become the nation’s highest run-maker in the tournament has brought hisfine form into the English Twenty20 tournament, and with 267 runs in sixgames is also among the leading scorer in the tournament.