Former England captain Michael Vaughan is getting brutally trolled by Twitterati after he hailed Pakistan captain Babar Azam as the best all-format batsman currently in the world following Babar’s century on the flat, placid, dull, unresponsive Rawalpindi pitch on Day 3 of the ongoing Test against England.
Babar notched up his 8th Test century, and perhaps the easiest he’s made and the least amount of effort he’d had to put in in any of his Test centuries as the pitch in Pindi has been an absolute batsman’s paradise.
Babar was, in fact, the 7th centurion of the match in only 3 days so far, and this ton was anticipated from the Pakistani captain; anything less than a century from the home skipper on the turf made for their batters to thrive on would have been a failure.
Azam, who scored a well-complied 134 runs off 168 balls with the help of 15 fours and 2 sixes, is the third centurion of Pakistan’s innings after openers Abdullah Shafique (114) and Imam-ul-Haq (121).
This was in reply to England’s mammoth first innings total of 657, which they scored in 101 overs! England had four centurions in their innings – openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett, number 3 Ollie Pope and number 5 Harry Brook – and Pakistan, who are 499/7 at the end of Day 3’s play and are 158 runs behind, have had three so far.
Michael Vaughan took to Twitter to applaud Babar Azam’s innings, but perhaps he overdid his praises by calling the Babar as the best all-format batsman in the world at the moment.
“Class act @babarazam258.. Nothing more sure of a 100 than one for him on this pitch .. across all formats the best in the world .. #PAKvsEng,” Michael Vaughan tweeted.
Class act @babarazam258 .. Nothing more sure of a 100 than one for him on this pitch .. across all formats the best in the world .. #PAKvsEng
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 3, 2022
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This tweet from the 2005 Ashes-winning captain didn’t sit well with fans online who trolled Michael Vaughan heavily:
Even Ashwin would have scored a triple hundred on this deck. I have nothing against Babar, but this knock means nothing. And best across all formats? Looks like you’ve been kept busy not watching other games when England doesn’t play.
— Rahul Sharma (@CricFnatic) December 3, 2022
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Really! Best across all formats!! Do you even know a someone called King @imVkohli ?? 😲
— Anshu Sharma 🇮🇳 (@anshu2701) December 3, 2022
Best ever. It was so hard scoring runs on this pitch. No batter crossed 30 even and he has scored a 100 😱
— Prajjwal Agrawal (@iam_prajjwal) December 3, 2022
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Anybody who could hold a bat could have scored a hundred here @MichaelVaughan. Hold on to your praise. @rameezraja_jr had told no one could hit Haris Rauf for a straight six and then @imVkohli had different thoughts😄 https://t.co/aKSV7DxQZT
— Nirmal Kumar Senapati🇮🇳 (@senapati_nirmal) December 3, 2022
Chup ra Tella Kukka https://t.co/oxvVfoEOuc pic.twitter.com/CBOElzBkam
— Managalam Srinu Fanboy (@Syndicate_Srinu) December 3, 2022
Can’t believe the fact that this idiots are literally appreciating the runs scored in this highways of Rawalpindi 🤦🤦#Engvspak https://t.co/RoMnCerHUN
— NikCric (@nikkypedia3) December 3, 2022
How is he a great in T20 s though?
— Allester Pinto 🇮🇳🇦🇺 (@AllesterPinto) December 3, 2022
