WATCH: Fans in Karachi go wild while cheering for Babar Azam during National Stadium inauguration

The Pakistan ODI Tri-Series will now be moving to Karachi and right now the face of Pakistan cricket is Babar Azam. The top-order batter has gone on to score a lot of runs in all three formats of the game and is still one of the top-ranked batters in the ICC rankings as well. 

Babar Azam might have not had a great start to the Tri-Series but will still be backed by the fans in the ongoing game. Which will be a do-or-die for the team that suffered a disappointing loss against New Zealand at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The ceremonial inauguration of the National Stadium was enough to give us an example of how much the crowd loves the 33-year-old cricketer. 

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At the inauguration, there were thousands of fans in Karachi cheering for Babar at the venue. The chants echoed all over the ground where Babar while speaking on the mic was waiting for the cheers to subside before getting some words in. In the end, Babar Azam expressed his gratitude and urged all the fans to cheer for the team in the upcoming Champions Trophy which will be hosted by the nation as well. These were incredible scenes to witness where the people got free entry into the venue. 

Watch the video below: 

Speaking of the match so far it is South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma who won the toss and chose to bat and they are currently on a score of 86/1 after 13 overs as of writing. Bavuma is batting on 43 with Matthew Breetzke on 14. Pakistan are struggling to take wickets in the middle right now and will hope they break this partnership as soon as possible. 

Pakistan playing XI: Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed.