Srinagar: Former India batter and legend Sunil Gavaskar has said that Pakistan are no longer dependant on the performance of its skipper Babar Azam.
Pakistan completed a historic run chase against Sri Lanka, successfully chasing a target of 345 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
“When you are chasing 350 runs, it takes a lot. They also lost a couple of early wickets in the game. I think more than anything else, I mean, we have all known about what Rizwan can do. But Abdullah Shafique, he looked like a Test batter. The way he anchored the innings with Rizwan, it was great,” Gavaskar said on Star Sports.
“More than anything else, Pakistan would have realised that they do not have to depend on Babar. And if Babar fails, there are other batters who are there to score the runs. And I think that is such an important thing for Babar himself because the pressure will not be on him that he has to score all the time,” he added.
Pakistan will face off against arch-rivals, India, in their World Cup game on 14 October, Saturday at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
