When Babar disobeyed Shoaib Akhtar's order
There are few players in world cricket currently who play a cover drive with as much grace as Pakistan's Babar Azam. However, in a chat with Harsha Bhogle on Cricbuzz in Conversation, the Pakistan limited overs skipper recalled an incident during his teens where his compulsive nature to hit drives almost had him in trouble with Shoaib Akhtar.
"I was always keen on batting. I was a ball boy during a series between Pakistan and South Africa. That was the first time I saw Shoaib Akhtar in action. The run up, the pace, it was quite something.
"I remember, there was a camp for the emerging players or Pakistan A. That time, they would even call some of us from the Under-15 team to practice with them. Mudassar Nazar, who was there, would call us to bat first. We were asked to bat first so that the bowlers could warm up and understand their paces."
This would prove to be a good learning experience for the young players, who got an opportunity to understand the pace at which international bowlers bowl and also to test their skills. However, one day Shoaib Akhtar turned up for practice.
"Shoaib Akhtar would come there at times, towards the end of the camp to bowl for a bit. One day, he asked for a batsman to bowl at and Mudassar bhai asked him to take me along with him. So I got ready and was quite excited. Shoaib told me, 'Kid, I will pitch the ball full, just block it, don't drive'. I said okay. I blocked the first two balls but drove the third one.
"I kept doing that - block two balls and drive the third one. He was like, 'Get me a new ball, I will show him'. Immediately, Mudassar bhai told me, 'get out of the nets or he will kill you'. He took me out of the nets.
"However, whenever he would come to the nets thereafter, he would ask me to come and face him. He would bowl full but once, by mistake, he bowled a bouncer and luckily the ball went over my head."
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