Babar Azam was handed a golden chance to make a comeback and retain back his spot in the Pakistan team ahead of the T20 World Cup. The former Pakistan captain return turned into a nightmare as he was out for a two-ball duck in the first T20I against South Africa at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

He made his first T20I appearance since December 2024 and walked in to bat at number three spot replacing Sahibzada Farhan. The home crowd roared in support as Babar strode to the crease, needing just nine runs to surpass India’s Rohit Sharma’s record tally of 4,231 T20I runs.

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The comeback which was expected to be dashing turned out to be very short-lived. He attempted a flick on a short-of-length delivery towar

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