The last several months have not been good on the field for Pakistan's star batsman Babar Azam. His bat has not been able to score runs in the manner due to which he became famous across the world. However, during the South Africa tour, he seemed to be back in form a bit and now he has ended his long wait. In the second innings of the first Test match against South Africa in Centurion, Babar Azam played a fighting innings and scored a half-century. With this, Babar also ended the wait of 733 days. Despite this half-century, Babar left the team in trouble.

The wait is over but the team is left in the lurch

On the third day of the Centurion Test, Pakistan started playing ahead of its score of 88 runs and Babar Azam was at the crease.

He formed a fighting partnership with the team's vice-captain Saud Shakeel and improved the condition of the team slightly. During this time, Babar also completed his half-century. As soon as Babar touched the fifty-run mark, he ended the wait of 733 days and 19 innings. For the first time after 26 December 2022, Babar has touched the figure of fifty in Test cricket.

Pakistani fans were waiting for this innings as much as Babar was waiting for it.

In such a situation, as soon as the half-century was completed, everyone would have thought that Babar would play a big innings, which the team also needed but it did not happen. After scoring fifty, Babar unnecessarily showed the greed of playing a big shot within the next 5 balls and in this mistake he got out and went away. He made a good partnership but his wicket put the Pakistani team in trouble, which was only 63 runs ahead of South Africa at that time. As soon as Babar was out, autumn started and soon Mohammad Rizwan and Agha Salman were also out.

Such a bad situation happened after 8 years

Babar definitely ended his wait for a half-century but despite this, this year proved to be bad for him.

Actually, this was the last chance for Babar Azam to score a century this year but he missed it too. In this way, for only the second time in his career, Babar Azam could not score a single century in the entire year. Earlier in 2015, he had not scored any century in his first debut year, but after this, he had scored at least one century for 8 consecutive years from 2016 to 2023. Now after 8 years, Babar is disappointed again.

Actually, this was the last chance for Babar Azam to score a century this year but he missed it too. In this way, for only the second time in his career, Babar Azam could not score a single century in the entire year. Earlier in 2015, he had not scored any century in his first debut year, but after this, he had scored at least one century for 8 consecutive years from 2016 to 2023. Now after 8 years, Babar is disappointed again.