WATCH: Babar Azam gets pissed off as crowd chants ‘Zimbabar’

Former Pakistan Cricket team captain Babar Azam was angry at the crowd which chanted ‘Zimbabar’ during the match between Peshawar Zalmi and Multan Sultans in the PSL 2024. While Peshawar won the match and became the first team to beat Sultans in the ongoing season, it did not go well for Azam who was trolled by the fans in his own country. The video of the same has gone viral on X.

In the viral video, the Pakistan batter was seen reacting to the chants of the fans calling him ‘Zimbabar’. Babar did not look happy with it and gave it back to the crowd with his angry gestures. Babar signalled to throw a bottle at the fans who called him with the derogatory term. He also called one of the fans and chanted it in front of him.

Watch the video of the incident here –

The fans are having a field day on social media sharing the video. While some of the fans claimed that Babar deserved respect in his own country, others felt that the fans were only right in terming the star batter as ‘Zimbabar’. There is a reason behind fans calling the star batter to be ‘Zimbabar’ over the years. Pakistan plays Zimbabwe a lot in recent times.

Reason behind calling Babar Azam ‘Zimbabar’ 

Whenever Pakistan plays Zimbabwe, the star batter seems to come out on top against the African team. There is also a popular belief that Azam fails against the top teams in the world like India, Australia, England, New Zealand, and South Africa. Hence, some of the fans call him to be ‘Zimbabar’ indicating that the star batter does not perform against the top teams and performs only against Zimbabwe.

Babar scored 31(27) in the game against Multan Sultans the last night. It was not the most impactful knock of the match. However, it helped Peshawar to consolidate after losing the early wicket. Zalmi ended up winning the game, thanks to a brilliant bowling performance and a handy contribution from some of the batters like Rovman Powell, Haseebullah Khan, Luke Wood, and so on.