ICC World T20 | Don’t be surprised if Babar Azam produces something spectacular in semi-final, remarks Matthew Hayden

However, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has been struggling badly since the beginning of the tournament. In the five matches they have played, Babar’s scores read 0, 4, 4, 6, and 25. Yet, team mentor Matthew Hayden is not at all worried about their current form and is expecting something big is coming off his bat very soon.

“Babar has been under some adversity, but that will only make him a greater player … you can’t keep punching out hundreds and fifties and strike rates of 140 plus, there’s got to be a lull. As with the weather, when there’s a lull, there’s often a storm that follows. So look out the rest of the world because I think you’re about to see something very special,” Hayden told the reporters ahead of the New Zealand match, reported Indian Express.

“If I can take your minds to the different world cup and that was in 2007, where Adam Gilchrist, from his standard, had quite a lean World Cup in the undefeated campaign of Australia. And if you remember the last match against Sri Lanka, he went on to score an incredible hundred and made the world realise why he is such a premium batter in that format,” Hayden highlighted.