Lahore(September 13, 2017): Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has laid emphasis on the importance of playing at home, after producing a match-winning innings that helped his side take a vital 1-0 lead in the ongoing three-match series against the ICC World XI at Lahore.
Babar smacked 10 fours and two sixes to score 86 off just 52 balls, which powered Pakistan to a total of 197 for 5. At the end, Pakistan emerged victorious by 20 runs.
After the game, Babar highlighted the importance of playing cricket at home as he said it is like no other experience. “It’s obviously difficult to play your own home series away from home because playing at home is relatively easy for us,” he said.
Babar’s comments carry a great level of importance for the cricket administrators as they are coming from a batsman who is one of the finest in the country.
In January this year, he had joined the likes of Sir Vivian Richards and Kevin Pietersen among those to have taken least innings to score their first 1,000 ODI runs. Babar had achieved the feat in 21 innings.
“It’s mainly because we grew up playing at our home venues, attuned with the conditions and with the crowd support it’s more enjoyable. It helps a lot also playing in front of a crowd that loves cricket and loves you and performing make us more special,” Babar was quoted.
Babar, who also credited his partnership with Ahmed Shehzad for Pakistan’s win added, “We unfortunately have been deprived of playing at home regularly while every team around the world enjoys the privilege of playing at their home.
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