WATCH | 'I Want To Marry Him': Ramiz Raja's Bizarre Comment On Babar Azam During LPL Match Goes Viral

LPL 2023: While talking about Babar Azam's consistency, commentator Ramiz Raja said that he loves the batter and wants to marry him.

Ramiz Raja, the former Pakistan cricketer and ex-chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) shared how much he enjoys watching Babar Azam bat. However, it his bizarre comment while showering praise on the Pakistan skipper that has put him in the spotlight. Raja was in the commentary box during the Lanka Premier League (LPL) match on Monday (August 7) which was where he slammed a hundred. It was while the broadcasters on air were talking about Babar's almost unreal consistency across formats that Raja made an odd comment suggesting that he would want to marry the 28-year-old.

The video of the incident from the Colombo Strikers vs Galle Titans LPL 2023 fixture has gone viral on social media. Playing for Colombo Strikers, Babar smashed 104 off 59 deliveries as he helped his team chase down their target of 189 with 7 wickets in hand and a ball to spare.

"Fifty in security, class, and quality, calmness. He is your guy in such a situation, in the back deep in the innings. I just absolutely love him - wanna marry him," Raja can be heard saying in the viral clip. 

Check out the video here:

Talking about LPL 2023, after the win Colombo Strikers have 4 points from as many matches having won two games and lost their remaining two. As things stand, they find themselves at the third position in the five-team table which is currently being led by Dambulla Aura who have 3 victories from 5 matches.

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Galle Titans, who are placed second, also have 2 wins and 2 defeats from 4 matches but have a better net run rate of +0.230 than Colombo Strikers' -0.020. Babar has been in great form in the tournament and is the leading run-getter in the competition so far with 211 runs from 4 innings at an average 52.75 and a strike rate of 147.55.

Earlier, Babar's father had revealed that he chose to feature in LPL rather than play in Global T20 Canada as he wanted to give himself the best preparation to perform in Asia Cup 2023 which will be played across Pakistan and Sri Lanka.