The 2023 edition of England’s one-of-its-kind league,
The Hundred, will kickstart with Trent Rockets taking on Southern Brave in the opening game on August 01. Ahead of the commencement of the exciting competition, the
players’ draft took place on Thursday, March 23 where several familiar names were picked.
Pakistan’s fast bowling duo of
Shaheen Afridi and
Haris Rauf were roped in by Welsh Fire. Not to mention, Shaheen recently led Lahore Qalandars
to their second consecutive title in Pakistan Super League.
However, many international stars got ignored in the draft process, and one of them was Pakistan skipper
Babar Azam. The Lahore-born cricketer finished PSL 2023 as the second-highest run-scorer, smashing 522 runs at an impressive average of 55.20 in 11 matches, including one hundred and five half-centuries.
Despite having an eye-catching record in the shortest format, Babar was not picked in The Hundred. Following this, quite a few fans came in support of the Pakistani cricketer, while many took this opportunity to troll Babar.
Here is how netizens reacted: Meanwhile Babar fans who claimed he is better than Virat to Babar when he went unsold
pic.twitter.com/2U2qbTzuCm — ً (@SarcasticCowboy)
March 23, 2023
Meet Babar Azam??
Just to make him a "bRaNd", PCB and their Bikau journalists hype him daily by doing illogical comparisons with Virat Kohli??
Dear PCB, World appreciates the talent, not the "Hype"
Babar went unsold, Eagle & Rauf went for £100K and £60K in the Hundred draft??
pic.twitter.com/wQ6FdVSeQK — ?? Muhammad Noor ?? (@Noor_Marriiii)
March 23, 2023
100 ball to Babar ko akele chaiye fifty banane ke liye ?
— Bhupender Thakur (@MisterBeeTee)
March 23, 2023
Babar Azam – The Unsold Story ?
On the same day he is awarded sitara-e imtiaz , there isn't any team willing to take Babar azam for The Hundred League.
What a Shame , Big Embarrassment
pic.twitter.com/Ef3voc0p0f — Cricpedia (@_Cricpedia)
March 24, 2023
Let’s take a moment and laugh on Babar Azam ??????
pic.twitter.com/vdT69HplHY — Sir BoiesX ? (@BoiesX45)
March 23, 2023
Babar Azam batting techniques is taught in England
But The "Hundred" draft didn't pick the biggest brand of Pakistan
Pick level comedy ???
pic.twitter.com/YZtyFZ1RaH — Ash (@Ashsay_)
March 23, 2023
well whole Pakistan Hyped up Babar Azam in the Hundred draft and guy went unsold lol??
https://t.co/595T9mq85a — Hanzala (@HanzalaAfaq)
March 23, 2023
The Hundred after using Babar Azam's name for promotion:
https://t.co/kCJ36gdHAI pic.twitter.com/jqSYStC2hv — Abdullah (@michaelscottfc)
March 23, 2023
Some Players Goes Unsold in The Hundred League Draft for 1 Time while Babar Azam Gone Unsold in all 3 Drafts happened in The Hundred League ?
#CricketTwitter #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/SG9Ya9Bpg0 — ????? ?? (@Zemo6_ICTIAN)
March 24, 2023
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan unsold in The Hundred Draft. ??
No one rates these so called best batsmen. ?
#Cricket #CricketTwitter #TheHundredDraft — ??????? ???? ? (@imtheguy07)
March 23, 2023
Babar Azam Gone Unsold in 'The Hundred' draft.
Pakistani's be like???
#TheHundredDraft #BabarAzam #Zimbabar pic.twitter.com/2veUbEII41 — ?45_Rohit❤? (@45_rohit0)
March 23, 2023
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan unsold in The Hundred Draft. ??
Biggest Stats Padders in World Cricket has no respect outside Pakistan
#TheHundredDraft #CricketTwitter — Ash (@Ashsay_)
March 23, 2023
Babar and Rizwan watching Harmanpreet Kaur getting picked in The Hundred… ?
#BabarAzam #rizwan #HarmanpreetKaur #TheHundred #TheHundredDraft pic.twitter.com/nDpgOYefjp — Sachit Bhatia (@sachitbhatia)
March 24, 2023
King Babar Azam remains Unsold in 'The Hundred' Draft.
pic.twitter.com/wLC2q8ll5a — Over Thinker Lawyer ?? (@Mujha_q_Nakala)
March 23, 2023
Babar Azam & Mohammad Rizwan have gone unsold in The Hundred. Big win for T20 cricket
— ParteekNotPrateek (@randomcricfacts)
March 23, 2023
so once again Babar Azam went unsold in the hundred draft lmfaoooo???
— zayn (@ZaynMahmood5)
March 23, 2023
Babar azam unpicked in The Hundred ?
— Ugmaram ?? (@ugma_ram_)
March 23, 2023
Babar Azam and Md Rizwan got unsold in The hundred league but the clown Shoaib Akhtar said if they were allowed in IPL they would be sold on more price than Virat kohli ??
— supremo ` (@hyperKohli)
March 23, 2023
Apart from Babar, his teammate
Mohammad Rizwan also couldn’t find any buyer in the English tournament. Similarly, Bangladesh’s all-rounder
Shakib Al Hasan, West Indies superstar
Kieron Pollard and Australian pair of
Marcus Stoinis and
Adam Zampa were not picked as well.
Notably, Babar has played 95 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and 99 T20 Internationals (T20Is) for Pakistan, in which he has scored 4813 and 3355 runs. The right-handed batter has 17 hundreds to his name in the 50-over format alongwith 24 half-centuries. When it comes to the shortest format, Babar has smashed two hundreds and has 30 fifties to his credit.
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