"Your Father Will Get Cancer": Pakistan Star Calls Out Babar Azam's "Uneducated" Fans In Stunning Revelation
Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Azam Khan criticised a section of his nation's fanbase, revealing abusive messages he had received from star batter Babar Azam's fans.
Pakistan cricketer Azam Khan has called out the fans in his country, particularly those of the team's star batter Babar Azam. In a recent podcast, Azam revealed that he often received vitriol from Babar's fans, who left abusive messages beneath his Instagram posts. Recalling an incident, Azam shared that a fan of Babar's had once nastily targetted his family in a hate message on social media. Azam clarified that he had no problem with Babar himself, but brandished his fanbase as "toxic" and "uneducated".
Son of former Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Moin Khan, Azam revealed exactly the type of messages he would receive.
"Our social media is really nasty," Azam Khan said, speaking on the Backward Point Cricket Podcast.
"One of Babar's fans, I was batting with him (Babar) in Ireland, he was at 75 or something. We needed 40 runs. Somebody commented on my Instagram picture that, 'if you stop Babar's century, your mother will die and your father will get cancer', Something like that," Azam revealed.
"Our cricketers have uneducated fanbases. Nothing wrong with Babar and his game, but his fanbase is very toxic. When you see those things, why would you even say that?" he added.
'Humaray cricketers ki jahil fan base hai' - Azam Khan talking about Babar Azam fan base in Pakistan and how toxic they are on social media : @point_backward https://t.co/QdSo8DD33h
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Azam Khan, 28, has played 14 T20Is for Pakistan, scoring 88 runs. After coming into prominence in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) as a powerhitter and wicket-keeper, Azam was selected for the senior national side in 2021.
He featured in Pakistan's T20 World Cup 2024, playing in their super over defeat to co-hosts USA. That game proved to be his last for Pakistan in international cricket.
Meanwhile, Babar Azam is now Pakistan's Test captain. Having quit as all-format captain in 2023, he was brought back as skipper for the T20 World Cup in 2024. In July 2026, he was reinstated as Test captain, replacing Shan Masood.
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