Babar Azam joins Peshawar Zalmi for Pakistan Super League 2023
2 min readPakistan Super League (PSL) 2023: Babar Azam is ready to play for the Peshawar Zalmi within the upcoming version of the T20 match after enjoying six seasons for the Karachi Kings.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 11, 2022 21:41 IST
Babar joins Peshawar Zalmi for Pakistan Super League 2023. Courtesy: AP
By India Today Web Desk: Babar Azam is ready to ply his commerce for the Peshawar Zalmi within the 2023 version of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). After spending a solitary season with Islamabad United, the 28-year-old joined Karachi Kings again in 2017 and was a stalwart for them for as many as six seasons.
He was additionally named because the Kings’ skipper again in 2021, changing Imad Wasim, however he failed as his group did not make their approach by means of to the playoffs. Babar is at present the one batter with over 2000 runs within the historical past of the PSL, having scored 2413 runs from 68 matches at a median of 42.33 with 23 half-centuries.
Javed Afridi, the proprietor of the Zalmi, confirmed that the Lahore-born Babar can be plying his commerce for the 2017 champions. If experiences are to be believed, the Kings have traded Babar for Shoaib Malik, who has been an important member of the Zalmi over the previous couple of seasons.
Kings’ proprietor Salman Iqbal thanked the Lahore-born Babar for contributing closely with the bat for the group over time.
“I am so glad that you were part of the Karachi Kings family for six seasons. Thank you and all the very best Babar Azam. Bus ab Karachi ke against cover drives na maarna,” the proprietor was quoted as saying.
Babar is at present in Australia the place he’s captaining Pakistan within the T20 World Cup 2022. Although Babar hasn’t been in the perfect of type, the Men in Green are already by means of to the ultimate the place they’ll face Jos Buttler’s England on November 13 on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
After a string of low scores, Babar scored a half-century in a 105-run stand with Mohammad Rizwan in the course of the semi-final towards New Zealand on the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Edited By:
sabyasachi chowdhury
Published On:
Nov 11, 2022
