Babar Azam will captain Pakistan for the third straight T20 World Cup.
The premier Pakistan star has often been mocked for his English speaking on social media, but this time, De Villiers decided to shut the troll. He invited Babar to his YouTube channel for a chat as a fan left a comment on the video.
"ABD hardly controls his laughing. Babar Azam speaking in English," a fan wrote in the comment session of De Villiers video featuring the Pakistan captain.
However, AB de Villiers shut down the troll with an apt reply: "His English is infinitely better than my Urdu. And his batting is excellent, which is what matters more, I believe."
Babar Azam shared details of the struggles he and his family faced when he began his journey in professional cricket.
"My family played a big role because, when I started out, we did not have a lot of money. We were not like a rich family. When I started, I played state cricket and played tennis ball cricket, and tape-ball cricket every Saturday night. We used to be 2 teams and play together. After some time, I told my father I wanted to start professional cricket, so he said ok, let us do it. So it was very difficult when I began my professional cricket journey," Babar said.
Babar asserted that he doesn't think much about the future takes one day at a time and enjoys his game.
"I am just taking one day at a time, I am not thinking where I am going, or which age I would stop myself. Right now, I am just playing my own game and I enjoy my every single time. I just love to play cricket," he added.
Babar will captain Pakistan for the third straight T20 World Cup after 2021 and 2022 and said that pressure will be high on him to take his team over the line after missing out on a coveted trophy in the last two editions.
"We are going for the World Cup and the hope is very high. The confidence is very high and we have a good team, we have good players. Good batters and senior players have stepped up and this helps a lot. We are very excited about World Cup," he said.