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Babar Azam was back in Pakistan’s T20I team, but in his first match for the Men in Green after more than 10 months, he failed to even open his account. The right-handed batter from Punjab, who is Pakistan’s highest run getter in the 20-over format of the game, faced two balls on Tuesday (October 28), in the first Pakistan-South Africa T20I match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, and scored zero runs. He was caught by Reeza Hendricks inside the 30-yard circle on the third ball of the sixth over of Pakistan’s innings bowled by Corbin Bosch. Fans had high expectations from Babar in the match where the hosts were asked to chase down the target of 195 runs, but he failed, and as a result of his flop show, Pakistan suffered a defeat by 55 runs. The clip of Babar’s reaction after getting out is now going viral on the internet. Here’s a look: and here we go, there is his contribution with the bat too 0(2) in his “comeback” 🤡pic.twitter.com/30CWmaYo51 https://t.co/f0c5JMvDEL — Kh4N PCT (@Kh4N_PCT) October 28, 2025 For Pakistan, opener Saim Ayub, who scored four ducks in the Asia Cup last month, scored 37 runs from 28 balls. He hammered one four and four sixes during his stay at the crease and added 31 runs in 4.5 overs for the first wicket with Sahibzada Farhan, who made 24 runs from 19 balls. Apart from the two openers, all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz added 36 runs to Pakistan’s total, but other batters failed to make any significant contribution. Bosch, who was banned by the Pakistan Super League (PSL) earlier this year after he left Peshawar Zalmi to join the Mumbai Indians as a replacement player in IPL 2025, picked up four wickets for 14 runs in four overs, and three Pakistani batters were sent back to the pavilion by George Linde, who also made 36 runs from 22 balls in the first half of the game after coming out to bat at No. 7 for the Donovan Ferreira-led side. For South Africa, opener Reeza Hendricks scored 60 runs from 40 balls, and Tony de Zorzi made 33 runs from just 16 balls in his first T20I match for the South African team.
