Babar Azam to not participate in The Hundred
“Babar Azam never applied for the NOC for the English summer-that means he is not interested,' sources told The News
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani skipper Babar Azam has decided to not participate in The Hundred, a well-placed source told ‘The News’.
Babar, who is currently among top five batters across all formats, was placed in most expensive players' category for drafts.
“Babar Azam never applied for the NOC for the English summer-that means he is not interested despite being one of the few overseas who are bracketed among the top category. He could have walked easily in any team as every English county was looking forward to luring him. Yet he preferred to stay away from hectic commitments more in order to concentrate fully on the national summer commitment,” the source said.
"Pakistan have busy summer and that is possibly why Babar has decided to rest and prepare and concentrate fully on these commitments," the source added.
Pakistan has three ODIs against the West Indies from 8-12 June plus tours of Sri Lanka (two Tests, three ODIs) and Netherlands (ODIs) and Sri Lanka (ACC Asia Cup T20).
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