India, Feb. 21 -- Pakistan batter Babar Azam continues to face flak for his slow knock in the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 opener against New Zealand. Several fans and pundits have called out Babar Azam for batting with a strike rate of 71.11 when Pakistan were chasing 321 in Karachi. Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has now called out the right-hander, asking where the "intent" was.

Speaking on his YouTube channel 'Ash Ki Baat', Ashwin said Babar has all the talent in the world, but he still cannot understand the right-hander's thought process behind playing such a knock when the likes of Salman Ali Afgha and Khushdil Shah went hell for leather.

Babar Azam opened the batting for Pakistan, scoring 64 runs off 90 balls. Howeve...