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The Babar Azam debate: Are Pakistan making a blunder by playing him at No 4? Head coach Mike Hesson explains | Cricket News

The Babar Azam debate: Are Pakistan making a blunder by playing him at No 4? Head coach Mike Hesson explains | Cricket News

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4 min readUpdated: Feb 20, 2026 11:34 PM IST Pakistan cricket has been embroiled in a debate around Babar Azam’s batting for quite some time now, even from when he was the team’s captain. It certainly hasn’t been different at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup so far, with the star batter’s strike rate and role in a T20 unit coming under scrutiny. Despite being the leading runscorer in men’s T20I internationals, his skills in relation to the modern T20 game have been debated, and his form at the tournament hasn’t helped his case. He has scores of 15 (vs NED), 46 (vs USA), 5 (vs IND) so far and was unused in the batting order against Namibia, when Pakistan were looking for big runs. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Head coach Mike Hesson was asked a pointed question on Babar’s batting position, whether it was ‘cricketing suicide’ to play him at No 4. “Look, it’s what the team requires and Babar is well aware of that,” Hesson said on Friday, a day ahead of the …

Dhoni on T20 World Cup: ‘India are one of most dangerous teams, but one factor really scares me’ | Cricket News

Dhoni on T20 World Cup: ‘India are one of most dangerous teams, but one factor really scares me’ | Cricket News

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3 min readFeb 4, 2026 12:24 PM IST Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes that the Indian cricket team will be “one of the most dangerous teams” at the upcoming T20 World Cup, which India will co-host with Sri Lanka. When asked about India’s chances at the T20 World Cup, where they are also defending champions, the India cricket legend said: “India is one of the most dangerous teams. They would have already started their preparations, whether batting or bowling, but what’s really needed for a good team? Everything is there. They have the experience—especially in this format—the experience is vast. They have played under pressure. Whoever is playing, and whatever roles they are assigned, they have been in those specific situations for a considerable period of time.” India find themselves in Group A with Pakistan, Namibia, the Netherlands and the USA. As things stand, India are already assured a victory by forfeit since Pakistan have announced that they will boycott the game against their arch-rivals. ALSO READ | ‘Age is not a criteria’: …