Pakistan star batter Babar Azam was dismissed for a two-ball duck within the first T20I in opposition to South Africa in Rawalpindi, marking a disappointing return to the format after his final look in December 2024.

New Delhi: Pakistan batter Babar Azam was out for a two ball duck within the opening T20I conflict in opposition to South Africa in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. Making his return to T20Is after final that includes in December 2024, Babar did not ship as he fell to Corbin Bosch. Within the sixth over of Pakistan’s innings, he mistimed a shot off a fast size supply, providing a easy catch to Reeza Hendricks at cowl. His innings lasted simply two balls, and followers on social media had been fast to troll the star batter for his disappointing efficiency.

Babar’s wicket shocked the gang on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, whereas social media buzzed with reactions as followers expressed their disappointment.

Unreal Downfall of Babar Azam. Now he cannot rating even in opposition to B or C Groups pic.twitter.com/hbs5DiUG6O

— Aryan Goel (@Aryan42832Goel) October 28, 2025

Farzi King , Ling Babar Azam goes for a 🦆 #BabarAzam𓃵 #PAKvSA pic.twitter.com/38ABBjjqHP

— Neelotpal Srivastav (@NS_Neelotpal) October 28, 2025

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Babar additionally dropped an easy catch at long-on

Earlier within the match, Babar additionally dropped an easy catch at long-on, which turned out to be expensive for Pakistan. The second got here within the seventeenth over of South Africa’s innings when George Linde hit a supply from Shaheen Afridi straight in direction of him. Though Babar was nicely positioned, the ball slipped via his arms after bouncing off them.

Cannot bat cannot subject ,burden on Pakistan crew Babar azam pic.twitter.com/bJfPXfCSa6

— Huzaifa khan (@HuzaifaKhan021) October 28, 2025

Linde went on to play a quickfire knock of 36 runs off 22 balls, serving to South Africa attain a complete of 194/9 of their 20 overs.

Pakistan enjoying XI: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Salman Agha (c), Usman Khan (wk), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed

South Africa enjoying XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Matthew Breetzke, Donovan Ferreira (c), George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi