Babar Azam must quit captaincy, says Intikhab Alam

Agency :
Babar Azam should take the leaf out of Virat Kohli’s book and must quit captaincy so that he can enjoy his batting and can become one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

There is a lot of pressure on Babar Azam from the outside as well as from the inside.

I personally feel he should quit captaincy.

He lacks that character.

As a captain, one should be bubbly and calling the shots in the ground.

He doesn’t talk much.

I hardly see him talking to the bowlers.

As a captain, you can’t let your chips down.

Against Australia, he looked out of ideas, his shoulders were down.

If your bowlers are leaking runs, you need to talk to them, give them plan B if plan A has backfired.

When things are going wrong, that’s when you need a strong captain.

Cricket is a thinking game, and a smart captain must have more tricks in his sleeve.

Right now, I think Babar is running out of ideas.

It is my personal opinion, that he would have been a better playing as a batsman than leading this team.

Look at Kohli, he left India’s captaincy, and it has turned his fortunes around.

The other day, I saw his batting against Bangladesh.

He is smiling; he looks happy.

He is  enjoying his cricket.

What can I talk about his batting, he looked so assured.

It looked like the entire script was in his mind and he was executing it to perfection.

I feel that leaving captaincy has done wonders to him.

I can see Kohli playing till the next ODI World Cup as well.

Why not? He is fit, he has got the hunger to score runs and I think the bad phase is behind him.

Those three years were tough for all those who have loved Virat’s batting but it is in the past now.

Babar should learn from the best.

It is not necessary that a good batter can become a good captain.

In 1981, in the middle of the Ashes, Ian Botham was sacked from captaincy because he was not performing well.

Mike Brearley was appointed captain and it turned out to be a blessing for England as Botham single-handedly helped them won the Ashes.

It still is probably one of the most remarkable comebacks in the history of Ashes cricket.