Babar Azam could benefit from a break after being dropped from the Pakistan test squad, red-ball captain Shan Masood said as he backed the batter to rediscover his best form.
FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Second Test - England v Pakistan - Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pakistan - October 18, 2024 Pakistan's Shan Masood takes the catch to dismiss England's Jamie Smith, off the bowling of Noman Ali REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File photo
Babar stepped down as skipper in all three formats last year after Pakistan failed to make the knockout stage of the 50-overs World Cup. He returned as white-ball captain in March for the T20 World Cup, where the team did not make the Super Eight. Babar's absence from the Pakistan set-up is set to be brief, however, with the 30-year-old named in the one-day international and Twenty20 squads for this month's tour of Australia.
"He's always there or thereabouts in the rankings. Sometimes, people need a break. I personally think this break will do him a great deal of benefit and he'll come back a stronger player.
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