Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam has only managed to score 11 runs in 2 matches in Big Bash League for Sydney Sixers.
Updated: December 17, 2025 4:07 PM IST
Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s horror run continued in the Big Bash League (BBL) 2025-26 season after his second successive low score for the Sydney Sixers. After scoring just 2 in the BBL opener on Sunday, Babar was dismissed for 9 against the Adelaide Strikers in Sixers’ second game of the season.
Babar was sent packing by England left-arm pacer Luke Wood, who will turning out for Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 season. In the IPL 2026 player auction which took place in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, Wood was snapped up by GT for Rs 75 lakh.
Celebrating his sign up for a new team, Wood claimed 3/26 in 4 overs to restrict the Sixers to 159 for 9 in 20 overs at the Sydney Cricket Ground. One of those three scalps was Babar, who was sent packing for 9 off 10 balls. Babar’s attempted pull shot off Luke Wood was caught by Matthew Short.
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Luke Wood gets the BIG wicket of Babar Azam!
The No.2 pick in the #BBL15 Draft has his first breakthrough for the Adelaide Strikers. pic.twitter.com/9eAmehbj38
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 17, 2025
Babar Azam is making his debut in the BBL in Australia this season and is one of the Marquee signings of Sydney Sixers. However, he has only managed 11 runs in 2 matches so far after scoring 2 vs Perth Scorchers in the last match.
The Pakistan star batter has scored 11538 runs in T20 cricket in his career including record 4429 runs in T20I cricket. He has 11 hundreds and 95 fifties to his name in 329 T20 matches.
Babar’s other teammates haven’t done much better either in the BBL 2025-26 season. Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi was taken off after just 2.3 over while giving away 43 runs in his first match for Brisbane Heat while Pakistan wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan had also managed single figure score.
Meanwhile, Wood, who played a couple of matches for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 season, will be returning to the Indian Premier League after missing out this year. The 30-year-old pacer from Lancashire has claimed 210 wickets in 200 T20 matches till date at an average of 25.9.
Apart from Babar, Wood dismissed Australian all-rounder Jack Edwards for 32 off 21 balls and Ben Dwarshuis for 14. Edwards was signed up by Kavya Maran’s Sunrises Hyderabad for Rs 3 crore at the IPL 2026 player auction while Dwarshuis was acquired for Rs 4.4 crore by Preity Zinta’s Punjab Kings.
Australian wicketkeeper Josh Phillipe top-scored with 46 off 28 balls with 1 six and 8 fours to give some respectability to the total. Babar Azam’s Pakistan teammate Hasan Ali went wicketless for Adelaide Strikes conceding 36 runs in 4 overs.
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