Australia's captain, Pat Cummins, dealt a double blow by dismissing Pakistan's Babar Azam for just one run with a well-executed delivery that brushed the top of the stumps, sending the batter packing on Day 2 of the MCG Test.
Former Pakistan captain's struggles with the bat persisted as he made an early exit in the first innings of the second Test against Australia at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Wednesday. Australia's captain, Pat Cummins, dealt a double blow by dismissing Azam for just one run with a well-executed delivery that brushed the top of the stumps, sending the batter packing.
Cummins had also dismissed Azam in the second innings of the previous match at Perth. The former Pakistan skipper has struggled, recording scores of only 21, 14, and 1 so far.
UNBELIEVABLE!
Pat Cummins gets rid of Babar Azam again - with another BEAUTY! pic.twitter.com/iXQ6M7E10l
In the first session of Day 2, after bowling out the hosts for 318 runs, Pakistan's Abdullah Shafique formed a resilient partnership of over 90 runs with skipper Shan Masood. Despite losing his opening partner, Imam-ul-Haq, early in the innings, Shafique displayed patience and reached a fifty before being dismissed by Cummins.
Cummins beauty to get rid of Babar Azam has sent cricket enthusiasts into a tizzy. Several fans took to X, formerly Twitter, to troll Babar Azam and some pointed out the gap between bat and pad of the Pakistan batter.
"Look at gap between bat and pad," said one user on X, while another added, "Babar has to be the most overhyped player in the history of cricket."
Here's a look at some of the other reactions:
Let's laugh on Zimbabar pic.twitter.com/rGCDtT7yrR
— TROLL PAKISTAN CRICKET (@trollpakistanii)Pat Cummins! pic.twitter.com/7Wne3ELwn9
— Waѕiyullah Budye (@WasiyullahB)When Babar Azam enters Pakistanpic.twitter.com/fAmBphF72U
— Radhika Chaudhary (@Radhika8057)Zimbabar 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/APh21aMdI4
— Kirkett (@bhaskar_sanu08)Pat Cummins:
Merry Christmas, Boobsy The Ling...🎉
Pat Cummins: Father of Zim Babar and his fans.🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/EwS9PCKVIu
Babar Azam is out! Pat Cummins gets him again.💔😭 pic.twitter.com/YVnyd79xtq
— 𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗥 56🇵🇰 (@SKIPPER_PCT)Cummins abbu ne aik aur dafa meri G leli😫😖 pic.twitter.com/UH4cMCKg49
— Babar Azam (@babarazam228)Pat Cummins after destroying Babar Azam 😂 pic.twitter.com/v5Y5E51tCl
— CricketComiX (@CricketComiX)Pat Cummins to Babar Azam be like 🙂 pic.twitter.com/ww5xQv0wpC
— CricketComiX (@CricketComiX)King Babar
1(7) bowled Cummins pic.twitter.com/ep5qhZxdYu
A truck can pass through that gap 🤷🏻♀️ https://t.co/fr4uzRmZm7 pic.twitter.com/Y9CUHtgpo7
— Jaanvi🏏 (@that_shutterbug)