Mohammad Rizwan: Mohammad Rizwan was publicly insulted in BBL, the captain called him out in the middle of the innings.

The troubles of Mohammad Rizwan, who is out of Pakistan’s T20 team, are not showing any signs of diminishing. Even before the T20 World Cup 2026, the story of his exit from this format was considered almost certain, but now his performance in foreign leagues seems to be making the situation worse.

Rizwan, playing in the Big Bash League for the first time, has completely failed to prove himself again. Due to his consistently slow batting and poor strike rate, he has now been publicly insulted in a way that he might have never imagined.

Slow batting sank the matter

In the current season of Big Bash League, Melbourne Renegades included Mohammad Rizwan in their team with great expectations. But the same slow batting in every match broke the patience of the team management. Rizwan has not been able to score even a single half-century so far and his batting has been constantly criticized.

The captain called Mohammad Rizwan out in the middle of the innings.

In the match against Sydney Thunder, Melbourne Renegades batted first and scored 83 runs in 9 overs. After this, Rizwan (Mohammad Rizwan), who came at number four, remained at the crease till the 18th over. He scored only 26 runs in 23 balls. To score fast runs in the last two overs, captain Will Sutherland took a big decision and signaled him to return to the pavilion.

Embarrassing record for the first time in Big Bash history

As soon as the 18th over was over, the captain got up from the dugout and asked Rizwan (Mohammad Rizwan) to come out. Initially Rizwan did not understand anything, but after receiving repeated hints he realized that he was being retired. In this way he became the first foreign player to be retired in the history of Big Bash League. With this, he also became the first Pakistani batsman to face such a situation in T20 cricket.

Poor strike rate and only six

Rizwan’s performance throughout the tournament has been very disappointing. In 8 innings, only 167 runs have come from his bat and not a single half-century has come. His strike rate was only around 101, which is less than many bowlers. The surprising thing was that the only six hit in this match was the first sixer that came after 8 innings and more than 150 balls.