India, March 12 -- Former Pakistan captain and batting star Babar Azam has opted out of the National T20 Championship to focus on correcting the "flaws in his technique" ahead of the Pakistan Super League starting March 26.

Dropped from the away one-day series against Bangladesh after a forgettable T20 World Cup, Babar's name was included in the Lahore Whites squad for the National T20 Championship currently underway in Peshawar. But it has emerged that he will not take part in the domestic competition and is instead working with some coaches on his batting.

There is no word on who these coaches are but a source close to the Pakistan Cricket Board said Babar and the team management had decided he should work on his "batting technique fl...