ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has a surprise backup wicket keeper for the World Cup.
Despite having Mohammad Rizwan as a emergency player for World Cup, reportssuggest that Babar Azam has been identified as backup keeper for the megaevent.
Babar Azam, who will shoulder the responsibility to ensure that Pakistan’sbatting lineup performs well, will now also have to keep wickets ifSarfaraz Ahmed is injured and/or off-the-field.
Sources claim that Azam is a capable wicketkeeper as all three of hiscousins — Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal and Adnan Akmal — are all wicketkeeperbatsmen.
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Before transforming into a world-class specialist batsman, Babar startedoff his domestic career as a wicketkeeper.
Previously, Safaraz Ahmed revealed that Abid Ali will be the backup keeperin the squad. However, after sending him back to Pakistan following theseries against England, Pakistan needed to announce the backup keeper.
