Babar Azam was troubled by captaincy pressure; now is when we’ll see his greatest side: Gautam Gambhir

In the recently concluded ODI World Cup, former Pakistan captain Babar Azam struggled as his team was unable to advance to the semi-finals. He also had a poor tournament with the bat, amassing 320 runs in nine games, including four half-centuries. After the World Cup fiasco, the 29-year-old gave up his leadership, which Gautam Gambhir believes was a wise decision since it would allow him to concentrate more on his batting.

Babar Azam will play in the three-match Test series away from home against Australia. Pakistan will be under a lot of strain because they have never won a Test series in Australia. Gambhir anticipates Babar to be successful nonetheless, as he won’t have to deal with the strain of being captain.

“Now you’ll get to witness Babar Azam at his finest. You’re going to witness an entirely new Babar Azam.

I predicted Babar to be the tournament’s best batter before to the World Cup. However, the weight of captaincy hindered his batting form. It’s because you can imagine how much strain he was under when you’re the captain and your side isn’t playing well,” Gambhir was cited by Hindustan Times.

Babar Azam has the potential to be Pakistan’s greatest batter ever: Babar, in the opinion of Gautam Gambhir, has enough of time to establish his worth in international cricket. The former cricket player believed that because he won’t be under captaincy pressure, the Lahore native might emerge as Pakistan’s greatest batter of all time.

You are about to witness the unseen Babar Azam in his true form. From this point on until the day he retires, you will witness his true potential. Babar possesses such exceptional talent that he can surpass all previous batters produced by Pakistan. “He has ten years to go without any captaincy pressure,” Gambhir continued.