'Stop comparing Babar Azam to Virat Kohli': Ex-Pakistan cricketer lambasts current skipper for poor leadership

On the back of a superb performance on debut from Rehan Ahmed and Harry Brook's third consecutive century, England on December 20 (Tuesday) trounced Pakistan by eight wickets in the third and final Test match in Karachi. As a result, the Three Lions completed a historic whitewash of Pakistan in the Men in Green's den. For the first time in history, Pakistan suffered a whitewash in a Test series at home. Needing 55 runs on the penultimate day of the Karachi Test, in-form Ben Duckett (82 not out off 78 balls) and captain Ben Stokes (35 not out off 43 balls) finished the match in the opening hour.

Captain Babar Azam, who has been relentlessly criticised for his leadership throughout the England series, once again came under attack, this time from former spinner Danish Kaneria. The former leg-spinner didn't mince his word while lambasting Babar and went as far as saying that Babar is 'a big zero as captain'.

"People should stop comparing Babar Azam to Virat Kohli. The likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are very big players. Pakistan have nobody in their team who can be compared to them. If you make them talk, they will be a king. When you ask them to produce results, they'll be zero," Kaneria said on his Youtube channel after the play ended on Day 3.

"Babar Azam is a big zero as captain. He doesn't deserve to lead the team. He is not capable of leading the team, especially when it comes to Test cricket. He had a good chance of learning captaincy by looking at Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum during the series. Or, he could have kept his ego aside and asked Sarfaraz Ahmed how to captain," he added.

England completed its second successive win inside four days following its thrilling 26-run victory at Multan last week. England won the first Test by 74 runs in dimming light on the last day on a flat wicket in Rawalpindi.