In the first match of the Asia Cup 2023 tournament, the Pak team made a great start with a big win. In this match played against Nepal, the Pakistan team registered a historic victory and defeated the Nepal team by a huge margin of 238 runs. Pakistani players looked very happy after this victory. Before the Indo-Pak match to be played on 2 September, the victory of Pakistan would have given a lot of confidence to the players of the team. Along with this, the way Pakistan performed tremendously with batting and bowling in the first match, through this, the Pakistan team indirectly warned all the teams participating in Asia that this title will not be possible for any team in Pakistan. Winning is not going to be easy.
In this match, Babar Azam scored an innings of 151 runs in 131 balls for the Pakistan team. During this, Babar hit 14 fours and 4 sixes. Babar was also chosen man of the match due to this brilliant innings. After this victory, where Pakistani fans once again started comparing Virat-Babar, Babar praised Virat for showing patience.
Actually, Virat had given a statement about Babar before this match, after which Babar Azam reacts on Virat Kohli’s statement said, “It feels very good when someone passes comments like that about you. Virat Kohli’s comments about me were pleasant, that was a very proud moment for me and it felt very good. Some things and some praises give you confidence
Virat Kohli said about Babar Azam in a video, “I saw a lot of respect from him from Day 1. That hasn’t changed. Regardless of the fact that he is probably the batsman in the world across all formats. He has been consistent. I have enjoyed watching him play. He is coming into his own. I haven’t seen his attitude change towards me. These kind of characters go a long way and they inspire people,”
