*ISLAMABAD – Pakistan opening batsman Babar Azam once again proved why heis among the best batsmen in the world with his majestic knock of 90 runsin the second Twenty20 international against South Africa at the WanderersStadium on Sunday.*
Azam’s innings unfortunately ended up in vain after Pakistan were beaten bythe Proteas by seven runs, losing the series 2-0 the Men in Green’s longstreak of series wins finally came to an end.
However, the youngster earned applause from his coach Mickey Arthur, whowas of the view that best is yet to come from Babar Azam. “I never doubtedBabar, I think I said two years ago that he was going to be that good andhe just keeps getting better and better and the exciting thing for us isthat we have not seen the best of Babar yet,” said Arthur at the pot matchconference.
The coach further said with this tour, Babar has finally answered thecritics who questioned his ability outside the subcontinent.
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“He has been unbelievable at this tour and I think there were questionmarks around Babar outside the subcontinent but, I certainly think that hehas put that to rest now. He is just a quality player and he is just goingto get better,” said Arthur.
With the series already lost 2-0, Pakistan will face off against SouthAfrica in the third and final game of the tour on Wednesday February 6, atCenturion.
