The national skipper of the Pakistan cricket team, Babar Azam has extended good wishes for the recovery of Kane Williamson from a knee injury; the latter sustained this injury while playing for Gujarat Titans in the tournament opener against Chennai Super Kings on Friday, the 31st of March at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Babar Azam took to Twitter to come up with a tweet with good wishes for Kane Williamson.
“Bounce back stronger. Get well soon Kane Williamson,” wrote Babar in the recent tweet he posted on his official Twitter handle. Subsequently, the cricket fans also took to the comment section of Babar’s tweet with a lot of interesting reactions on the micro-blogging site Twitter.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Ab dekna ke Williamson kaise acha khelta aap buhat lucky hai pahly kohli
— Sajid Hussain (@Sajidghumro) April 6, 2023
Babar Azam supported Virat Kohli in his tough times and now stepped forward to cheer up Kane Williamson who is expected to miss WorldCup 2023! Babar Azam - breaking the boundaries with love and bringing the two nations together with his cricketing language 🤗!
— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) April 6, 2023
King always have big heart ♥️👑🤩
— King Babar Azam Army (@kingbabararmy) April 6, 2023
Babar Azam supported Virat Kohli in his tough times and now stepped forward to cheer up Kane Williamson who is expected to miss WorldCup 2023! Babar Azam - breaking the boundaries with love and bringing the two nations together with his cricketing language 🤗!
— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) April 6, 2023
King for a reason!
— sehrish.qureshi (@Isehrishqureshi) April 6, 2023
Massive respect for @babarazam258 & best wishes for Kane Williamson.
Great Batter, Great Human being.
— Zeeshan Qayyum (@XeeshanQayyum) April 7, 2023
— Taimoor Zaman (@taimoorze) April 6, 2023
Get well soon Kane Williamson❤️ pic.twitter.com/CoXQa0onwP
— Ehtisham Siddique (@iMShami_) April 6, 2023
i love your heart and kindness💗my captain
— pctstan12 || barbie azam (@pctstan12) April 6, 2023
Iykyk😭 pic.twitter.com/FZCdd8Vrvo
— Halal Zeshu (@Zeshu_tweets) April 6, 2023
India injuries league 🥶 Get well soon Kane ♥️
— Akhtar Jamal (@AkhtarActivist) April 6, 2023
A great gesture from King of Cricket❤👑🔥
— Iftikhar Niazi (@IftikharNiazi20) April 6, 2023
Aaa waiting for this ❤️😭...
— Huma (@humaxadbor) April 6, 2023
Kaptaan...
Babar you beautiful Human being ❤️
— Daneen Sher Khan (@cricket_talks56) April 6, 2023
Talking about cricket, Babar Azam will be in action with the national side of Pakistan in the upcoming five-match home T20I series against New Zealand followed by an ODI series with the same number of matches. Both teams will play the first of the five-match at the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore on Friday, the 14th of April.
Here’s a look at the squad of Pakistan T20I and ODI series against New Zealand:
T20I:
Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Ihsanullah, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood and Zaman Khan.
ODI:
Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haris Sohail, Ihsanullah, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood and Usama Mir. Reserves: Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed and Tayyab Tahir.
Apart from this, Babar Azam was recently in action as captain with Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League 2023. Although his team couldn’t perform up to the expectations of the fans and could win only five matches out of the total of 10 matches they played so far.