Karachi, March 11 Former Pakistan captain and batting star Babar Azam has decided not to participate in the National T20 Championship to focus on correcting "flaws in his technique" ahead of the Pakistan Super League, which starts on March 26.
Babar, who was dropped from the away one-day series against Bangladesh after a disappointing T20 World Cup, was included in the Lahore Whites squad for the National T20 Championship currently underway in Peshawar.
However, it has emerged that he will not take part in the domestic competition and is instead working with some coaches on his batting.
While the names of these coaches are not yet known, a source close to the Pakistan Cricket Board said that Babar and the team management had decided that he should focus on improving his "batting technique" instead of playing in the national event.
Babar will appear in PSL 11 for Peshawar Zalmi and open the batting for them.
The batter, who was once ranked number one in the ICC charts in all formats, has struggled to regain his form since 2024 and was dropped from the final Super Eight match against Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup that India won.
He has not played any domestic competition since 2020, aside from the PSL.
Babar had also skipped two first-class matches in the premier red-ball domestic competition late last year, despite struggling for form even then.