Gillespie said Babar will continue to play a key role for Pakistan cricket in the near future.  and Naseem Shah for the second and third Tests of the three-match series against England. The decision led to divided opinions in Pakistan cricket as the former captain, a superstar cricketer, was dropped from the side in the middle of a major home series. Babar Azam had gone without scoring a Test fifty for as many as 18 innings in Test cricket before he was dropped. The former captain began the three-match series with scores of 30 and 5 on a flat pitch in Multan where over 1300 runs were scored in the two first innings put together. "Well again, I. I cannot answer that because I'm not a selector. But what I will say is that Babar is a fine player. I think he's one of the best players in the world. And, yeah, he had a bit of a lean, lean patch, but I don't think, but I don't think many great players around the world have never had a lean patch," Jason Gillespie told Sky Sports Cricket. "I'm very confident. Babar Will will be back scoring a lot of runs for Pakistan in all formats. He's just too good a player. He works really, really hard in his game. He's very precise with his preparation and what he needs to do to get ready. I fully expect him to have a huge role, going forward in the next little while for Pakistan," he added. Pakistan selectors were made to look good as his replacement, Kamran Ghulam, hit a hundred on Test debut in Multan, playing a key role in Pakistan's series-leveling win in the second Test.