Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria lashed out at Babar Azam for being a "selfish captain" after the Men in Green failed to bring the trophy home following their 5-wicket loss to England in the final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia at the MCG on November 13.

The 28-year-old batter had a really poor T20 World Cup 2022 campaign, scoring only 124 runs at an average of 17.71 and a strike rate of 93.23 in 7 innings. Apart from his own performance, some of Babar’s decisions were also criticized, despite Pakistan finishing as the runner-up in the mega event.

Babar Azam has been stubborn about not giving up his opening spot. The same happened when he was with Karachi Kings too. He is adamant about this because he cannot bat in the middle order. His stubbornness is only doing harm to Pakistani cricket because of the slow starts," Kaneria was quoted as saying on his YouTube channel.

Kaneria also heaped praise on former Indian skipper Virat Kohli for being selfless. The veteran said that Kohli didn’t throw in the towel despite questions surrounding his potential.

When it comes to being selfless, there is no one like Virat Kohli. The team lost the World Cup under his captaincy, and he was made the scapegoat after that. Many raised questions about his place in the team. But he didn't give up. He gave his full support to the new captain and played at the number he asked him to,” he added. Kohli finished the T20 World Cup as the leading run-scorer. Apart from being the top run-getter in the history of the mega event, the 34-year-old Kohli also became the first batter to score 4000 runs in T20Is

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