"The way Babar has been batting the last two years, for him to have a tournament like that is a concern,” Jayawardena told host Sanjana Ganesan on The ICC Review. “But I think he is still a quality player.
"Probably the occasion being, you know, part of an Asia Cup, and not that often that India-Pakistan play each other as well. So maybe the whole pressure got to him a little bit, I would say. But he is still a quality player.
"Pakistan did miss him with the bat because Rizwan and him at the top are a very, very consistent opening pair. The success of Pakistan over the last two years has been on that foundation, where all the big-hitters come in the middle and they (Babar and Rizwan) give that platform and they take it on.
"That’s something that they missed, but all good players go through some lean patch. I’m sure he will go back and go through his processes and come back stronger
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