Twitter erupted after Pakistan’s prolific batsman Babar Azam played a shocking shot that led to his early exit in the first Test match against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane on Thursday.

The Men in Green went wicket-less in the first session before losing the plot in the 70’s. Babar had been in stellar form in the lead up to the international encounter and a lot was expected from the right-handed batsman.

Babar however played an uncharacteristically bad shot, reaching to a wide delivery and edging the ball to first slip, which led to his departure after scoring one run with Pakistan in trouble at 78 runs for the loss of four wickets.

People on Twitter started to question Babar’s ability in the Test format after the uncharacteristic departure.

Widely considered as one of the fastest rising stars in the game, Babar’s comparisons with India’s captain Virat Kohli stem up every time a record is broken or when, like in this case, Babar has a brain implosion.

Twitter was filled with comments about the star batsman’s brain fade when the lights were squarely on him to deliver in a crunch situation.