Babar Azam gives Virat Kohli an encouraging pat on the head
It’s been nearly three years since Virat Kohli scored an international hundred, and the former India captain is feeling the heat.
So the last thing he needs is his rivals offering faux concern via condescending messages of support.
But that’s what he got from Pakistan star and Upshot favourite Babar Azam, who tweeted a picture of the pair with the caption, “This too shall pass. Stay strong”.
You could say Babar was being sincere, but the subtext was very much “you are struggling and I am not”. And he just happened to choose a photo taken during Pakistan’s thrashing of India at last year’s World T20.
Given Kohli has 70 international hundreds to Babar’s 27, it’s a bit like the promising kid on the grad scheme coming to you with “some feedback on your management style”.
Is there a word for this kind of jibe-packaged-as-kindness? If not, we’re calling it a Babar.
