{"id":8855,"date":"2026-04-26T11:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/heated-exchange-babar-azam-vs-umpire-steals-the-show-in-psl-watch-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:05:19","slug":"heated-exchange-babar-azam-vs-umpire-steals-the-show-in-psl-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/heated-exchange-babar-azam-vs-umpire-steals-the-show-in-psl-watch-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Heated exchange! Babar Azam vs umpire steals the show in PSL &#8211; Watch | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\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-130526797,imgsize-616321,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130526797.jpg\" alt=\"Heated exchange! Babar Azam vs umpire steals the show in PSL - Watch\" title=\"Babar Azam with heated exchange with Umpire (Screengrab)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Babar Azam with heated exchange with Umpire (Screengrab)\">Babar Azam with heated exchange with Umpire (Screengrab)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><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> was seen engaged in a heated discussion with the umpire during PSL match between Peshawar Zalami and Lahore Qalandars after repeated ball changes early in the innings.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The first incident occurred on the 11th ball, when Mohammad Basit bowled a back-of-a-length delivery to Mohammad Naeem, who cleared his front leg and swiped it over square leg for a boundary.<!-- --> The ball sailed beyond the ropes and could not be retrieved, forcing the fourth umpire to bring out a replacement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Just five deliveries later, on the 16th ball, Khurram Shahzad bowled another short-of-length delivery that Naeem dispatched over deep mid-wicket for a six. Once again, the ball was lost outside the boundary, prompting another replacement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Following these back-to-back incidents, Babar appeared visibly frustrated and was seen in an animated exchange with the umpire, questioning the need for yet another ball change so early in the match. <!-- -->The unusual sequence of events, two balls lost within the first three overs, sparked confusion and clearly did not sit well with the Peshawar Zalami skipper. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>In the 38th match of the Pakistan Super League 2026, Lahore Qalandars pulled off a thrilling six-wicket victory over Peshawar Zalmi at the Gaddafi Stadium. Zalmi posted a formidable 199\/4, powered by half-centuries from Michael Bracewell and Babar Azam. In response, Lahore chased down the target in 19.3 overs, led by a crucial knock from Fakhar Zaman, with strong support from the middle order. The high-scoring contest saw nearly 400 runs scored, but Lahore held their nerve in the final overs to seal an important win and keep their playoff hopes alive.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/psl-babar-azam-in-heated-exchange-with-umpire-after-2-balls-lost-in-first-3-overs\/articleshow\/130526745.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Babar Azam with heated exchange with Umpire (Screengrab) Babar Azam was seen engaged in a heated discussion with the umpire during PSL match between Peshawar Zalami and Lahore Qalandars after repeated ball changes early in the innings.The first incident occurred on the 11th ball, when Mohammad Basit bowled a back-of-a-length delivery to Mohammad Naeem, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8855","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\/8855","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=8855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}