Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Azam Khan was subjected to brutal trolling for his poor showing on the T20I tour of England.

The Three Lions won the four-match series 2-0 at home as two games were abandoned due to rain. While Azam scored 11 off 10 balls in the second T20I at Edgbaston, he bagged a five-ball duck in the final game of the series. His keeping was also not up to the mark as he dropped a few sitters behind the stumps.

Besides his on-field performance, Azam also faced social media backlash for his fitness and heavyset body. Words like gainda, aloo, sifarshi, parchi, mota, nepotism and baby elephant have been used to describe the cricketer, who is the son of renowned Pakistan wicketkeeper Moin Khan.

Amid the intense body-shaming, former Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif has come out in support of Azam Khan.

"He is under immense pressure. He is being body shamed, is being trolled. Azam is an exceptional batsman in T20s. He is a clean hitter, plays spinners well, and has worked on his game against the pacers. But I will not rate him as a keeper. It has nothing to do with his fitness, but because he doesn’t have that experience. He is still very new and raw to international level," Latif told The Indian Express.

"I will not blame the player. Mohammad Haris is fit, more agile and in good form. If you wanted a third ‘keeper, he should have been the ideal choice. I will not comment on Azam’s physique, I can comment on his batting, his form, his keeping, his selection.

"We live in a racist society. If someone’s skin colour is black, we call them kaalu. If someone is fair, we call them gora. If someone is tall he is a lambu, if someone is skinny he is a patlu. I feel bad for the kid, he is only 25. He doesn’t deserve to be trolled like this," he added.

Azam Khan will look to make amends and prove his critics wrong in the ongoing T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA.

The Men in Green, led by Babar Azam, are due to open their campaign against hosts USA in Dallas on June 6.