{"id":6724,"date":"2026-04-21T23:30:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/no-top-teams-in-psl-basit-ali-drops-reality-check-after-babar-azams-heroics-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:00:50","slug":"no-top-teams-in-psl-basit-ali-drops-reality-check-after-babar-azams-heroics-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/no-top-teams-in-psl-basit-ali-drops-reality-check-after-babar-azams-heroics-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No top teams in PSL&#8217;: Basit Ali drops reality check after Babar Azam&#8217;s heroics | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130417777,imgsize-50996,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/basit-ali-and-babar-azam.jpg\" alt=\"'No top teams in PSL': Basit Ali drops reality check after Babar Azam's heroics\" title=\"Basit Ali and Babar Azam\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: A stunning century from <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/babar-azam\/59429\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Babar Azam<\/a> powered Peshawar Zalmi to a massive 118-run win, grabbing attention across the cricket world. While the knock earned widespread praise from former Pakistan stars Basit Ali and Kamran Akmal, both were quick to caution against reading too much into it when it comes to Babar\u2019s international form.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Basit was particularly impressed with the quality of Babar\u2019s innings, calling it one of the finest seen in the PSL. A big factor behind Babar\u2019s success, according to the experts, has been his partnership with Kusal Mendis, who scored 83 off 44 in the match. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Ashok Sharma story: Inside the village and house which shaped India&#8217;s new pace sensation<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Kamran explained, \u201cWhen Mendis scored his hundred, Babar gave him big support. This time Babar scored the hundred and Mendis gave him big support,\u201d adding, \u201cThis combination is suiting Peshawar Zalmi very well.\u201d <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Basit agreed, noting how this partnership has allowed Babar to play more freely: \u201cIn the last two or three years, there was no batter alongside him\u2026 Mendis has made a big difference.\u201d <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Despite the praise, both analysts rejected the idea that this innings answers questions about Babar\u2019s international performances. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Basit stated clearly, \u201cThere is a world of difference between international cricket and PSL.\u201d <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>He added, \u201cIf Babar shows even fifty percent of this standard in international cricket, we will praise him\u2026 You cannot mix PSL with that. This is not top bowling. These are not top teams.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Kamran echoed the sentiment, adding, \u201cIn the Pakistan team, there is no batting lineup like this. Sometimes they send him at four, sometimes at three; it hurts him and it hurts the team.\u201d <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/no-top-teams-in-psl-basit-ali-drops-reality-check-after-babar-azams-heroics\/articleshow\/130416421.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: A stunning century from Babar Azam powered Peshawar Zalmi to a massive 118-run win, grabbing attention across the cricket world. While the knock earned widespread praise from former Pakistan stars Basit Ali and Kamran Akmal, both were quick to caution against reading too much into it when it comes to Babar\u2019s international form.Basit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}