Rashid Latif's reaction came after another failure of Babar Azam

Rashid Latif's reaction came after another failure of Babar Azam

The former captain was dismissed for just one run in the first innings of the second Test against Australia

After another failure of Babar Azam during the ongoing Test series against Australia, former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif expressed his reaction. Star batsman Azam once again failed to impress and was bowled out by three-wicket hauler Pat Cummins after scoring just one run in the second Test in Melbourne.

It should be noted that Babar Azam has played eight innings without scoring 50 runs in Test 2023. He will get one last chance to make his first fifty of the year in the second innings. "Babar Azam's confidence level is going down with every match," Rashid Latif wrote in his message on X, formerly Twitter.

It should be noted that on the second day of the Boxing Day Test, Pakistan scored 194 runs for the loss of 6 wickets against Australia's 318 runs.

According to the details, Pakistan started their first innings when opener Imamul Haq returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs, Abdullah Shafiq and captain Shaun Masood formed a partnership of 90 runs for the second wicket, but Abdullah scored 62 runs and Shaun got out after scoring 54 runs. Babar Azam once again failed and proved to be a guest of just one run. Middle order batsman Saud Shakeel scored 9 runs, Salman Ali Agha scored 5 runs.

Pat Cummins took 3 wickets, Nathan Lyne took 2 wickets and Josh Hazlewood took 1 wicket for Australia. Earlier, on the second day of the Test, Australia started the innings with 187 runs for the loss of 3 wickets, but the Kangaroos' innings ended after only 131 runs were added. The fast bowlers of the national team sent 7 players to the pavilion in the first session, Aamir Jamal took 3, Shaheen Afridi, Mir Hamza and Hasan Ali 2.

Earlier, in the match being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the national team won the toss and invited Australia to bat. Australian openers scored 90 runs for the first wicket partnership, but opener David Warner got out after scoring 38 runs. . After that, the second wicket of Kangaroos fell on 108 runs, here Usman Khawaja returned to the pavilion after scoring 42 runs. Marnes Labushin was at the wicket with 14 and Steven Smith with 2 before the rain affected the game.

The game resumed after the rain and both the batsmen added 40 runs together but here Steven Smith scored 26 runs and was caught out by Aamir Jamal. At the end of the first day's play, Marnus Labushin was at the wicket for 44 and Travis Head for 9 runs. Fast bowlers Hasan Ali, Amir Jamal and Agha Salman took one wicket each for Pakistan. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mir Hamza could not get any wickets.