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Babar Azam Falls for 2 on Boxing Day as Patchy BBL Start Deepens

His latest failure heightened scrutiny of a strike rate under pressure in unfamiliar Australian conditions.

Overview

  • He edged a moving Tom Curran delivery to first slip, where Glenn Maxwell took the catch early in the second over.
  • The dismissal was his third single-digit score in four games for the Sydney Sixers, offset only by a 58 off 42 against the Thunder, for 71 runs at roughly a 110 strike rate this season.
  • The high-profile recruit was signed to stabilize the Sixers’ top order, yet repeated early exits have increased pressure on his place and role.
  • The current lull mirrors a broader T20 dip after he was dropped from Pakistan’s T20I side to lift his strike rate, then returned in October with 277 runs at a 113.52 strike rate.
  • Other Pakistan internationals have also started slowly in the BBL, with Mohammad Rizwan out for 4 and Shaheen Afridi taken off after two over-head-high no-balls.