Srinagar: Former Pakistan captain and star batter Babar Azam has expressed his disappointment over getting out in both innings of Cape Town Test vs South Africa.
Babar’s long wait for his 10th Test century continued as he missed out in both innings of Cape Town Test despite been close on both the occasions.
It is since a century against New Zealand in 2022, Babar is yet to reach three-digit score in red-ball cricket.
“I’m very disappointed with both innings. I started well but didn’t finish well,” he said. “If you settle, you must go much bigger. That is why I was a bit upset. There were just 15 minutes left,” he said, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.
The manner of dismissal was more painful for Pakistan fans and Babar, especially when South Africa posed no threat to him or his compatriot Shan Masood.
“The conditions here are different from Centurion. When you come to South Africa, you don’t expect that [the pitch will be so flat]. With the new ball, it was a bit challenging, but once you settled down and built a partnership, it became easier,” he said.
Despite missing out on a century, there was some relief for Babar, considering he finally scored a fifty in the format after two years. Since the second innings during the first Test in Centurion, Babar has gone from strength to strength and hammered three fifties on trot in the same number of innings.
“I should have capitalised during our partnership, but unfortunately, it didn’t happen. In the second innings, my partnership with Shan has helped us come back into the game a little,” he added.