Watch: Babar Azam trolled by spectators at SCG, told to 'go back to Pakistan' during 2nd T20 against Australia

Pakistan batting star Babar Azam was subjected to incessant trolling from spectators present at the Sydney Cricket Ground during the second T20I against Australia on Saturday. In a clip that has gone viral on social media, Pakistan fans were seen heckling Babar, who was stationed along the square boundary by skipper Mohammad Rizwan, asking the former captain “go back to Pakistan” and asking him to “have some shame” for his poor form with the bat.

“Have some shame, you have no place in T20s, go back to Pakistan,” the Pakistani supporters were heard saying in the clip that has since gone viral X and other social medial platforms. Babar responded to the jeers with a few stern looks, which only served to further embolden some of the more vocal members of the crowd.

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Pakistani fans at SCG to Babar Azam:

Have some shame, you have no place in T20s, go back to Pakistan.

(Babar hears, gets angry and stares at them)

Fans: Oh you got angry? Come on, stare once again...just drop catches and then clap for others.

Ngl the Punjabi is epic 🤣 pic.twitter.com/Afe9ASiV0N

— Johns (@JohnyBravo183) November 17, 2024

Later that evening, Babar would be dismissed for a run-a-ball 3 off seamer Xavier Bartlett’s bowling as the visitors were bowled out for 134 after being set 148 to win by the Josh Inglis-led Aussies, conceding an unassailable 0-2 lead in the three-match series in the process.

With the T20I series against Australia gone, Pakistan will be hoping to collect a consolation win in Hobart before flying back home.

It was the second consecutive time that the top-order batter was dismissed for 3, with Babar having not gone past the 40 mark once in the ongoing tour of Australia, in which his highest score so far is his knock of 37 in the first ODI in Melbourne.

It has been far from ideal a year for Babar, who had returned to white-ball captaincy in March only to resign for the second time in less than a year followng Pakistan’s humiliating first-round exit in the T20 World Cup in the US and the Caribbean.

Babar had also been dropped from the Test side along with several other seniors midway during the series against England at home after Ben Stokes’ ‘Bazballers’ posted 823 in the first Test in Multan and won the match by an innings and 47 runs.