Babar Azam having a heated exchange with the umpire (Screengrab) Babar Azam was seen engaged in a heated discussion with the umpire during the PSL match between Peshawar Zalami and Lahore Qalandars after repeated ball changes at the start of the innings.The first incident came on the 11th ball when Mohammad Basit bowled a back-of-a-long to Mohammad Naeem, who cleared his front foot and drove it over square leg for a boundary. The ball sailed over the ropes and could not be retrieved, forcing the fourth umpire to bring on a substitute.Just five deliveries later, on the 16th ball, Khurram Shahzad bowled another short delivery that Naeem dispatched over deep mid-wicket for a six. The ball was again lost out of bounds, prompting another substitution.
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