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    "editor1": "<p>Pakistan&#39;s wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has lashed out at those criticising Babar Azam, saying it&#39;s a great tragedy that instead of motivating the premier batsman, people were finding faults in the performance of country&#39;s number one batsman.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>On the recent tour of England, Azam was not at his usual best as he could manage 69 runs in three rain-marred Tests and 56 runs in the two completed T20I matches. While Pakistan lost the three-match series 0-1, they were able to draw the three-match T20I series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;An even greater tragedy is that people have started to criticise our number one batsman, Babar Azam, saying that he isn&#39;t scoring runs at a fast-enough rate or isn&#39;t winning enough games,&quot; Akmal said in an interview to Pakpassion.net.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;What is becoming of us? If we wish to improve things then instead of looking down on a player like Babar, we should spend our energy motivating him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;But once again, I feel that the team management needs to make sure that all players in the squad are looked after and given confidence instead of preferring to concentrate and spend energies on a select few who are their favourites,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Azam, who leads Pakistan in the limited-overs cricket, is currently ranked fifth in Tests, third in ODIs and second in T20Is.<\/p>\r\n",
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