'Ham struggle kar rahe hain kyunki...' - Babar Azam gives hard-hitting reply to reporter who questioned his performance

Pakistan and England are set to lock horns in the third and last of the three-match Test series. Both teams will play this match at the National Stadium in Karachi. Notably, the visitors have already taken the unassailable lead of 2-0 against Babar's men which means they have already won the series. It also transliterated into the fact that the third Test will be a dead rubber.

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But apart from that, the hosts will still eye on to cross the finishing line in the last Test match and end the series on a winning note. Pak skipper Babar Azam was in a conversation with the journalists ahead of the last Test match against England.

Meanwhile, a journalist happened to question the performance of the hosts and Babar's captaincy in the ongoing series. The question didn't go down well with the 28-year-old and he came up with a blunt response along with a justification behind Pakistan's below-average performance against the three lions.

“Aapko lagta hai meri performance pe farak pad raha hai? (Do you think it is impacting my performance?),” said Babar while replying to the journalist in the pre-match press conference.

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We struggled because our players got injured - Babar Azam

“Hamne jitne Test match khele hain, hamne dominate kiya hai. Ham struggle kar rahe hain kyunki injuries kafi ho gayi hai, hamaara combination disturb hua hai jiski vajah se results nahi aa rahe. (We have dominated in both Tests. We struggled because our players got injured and it disturbed our combination. That's why we didn't get the desired results)," he added later.

While summing up his statement, the Lahore batter also cleared the reason behind two close defeats of Pakistan in the two consecutive Test matches against the visitors.

“Dono matches hamaare haath me the, ham finish nahi kar paaye. As a team, hamein kaam karna hai situation pe aur pressure me hamein cheezo ko kaise apni taraf laana hai. Aisa nahi hai ki kisi ek bande se team haar rahi hai, meri vajah se kuch aisa ho raha hai. Koshish ye hi hoti hai ki best XI khilaayi jaaye aur unse kaam liya jaaye.

Players support kar rahe hain. (Both games were in our hands but we couldn't finish. As a team, we have to work on playing under pressure. It isn't as if we are losing because of one player. We always try to play our best XI and make the best use of it),” concluded Babar in the end.