World Class Batsman Babar Azam Biography

World Class Batsman Babar Azam Biography

Babar Azam is a right-handed top-order batsman. He secured a permanent spot in Pakistan’s batting lineup after a remarkable performance in 2016. He made three ODI hundred against West Indies in the UAE. Not only that, he achieved all of this when he was just 22 years old.

Full Name	Muhammad Babar Azam
Born	October 15, 1994, Lahore, Punjab
Age	29 years old
Batting Style	Right-hand bat
Bowling Style	Right arm off-break
Playing Role	Batter

Babar Azam Biography

World Class Batsman Babar Azam Biography

Babar Azam was born in Lahore, Pakistan. Babar Azam is the first cousin of the Akmal brothers. He started his cricket journey, in the under-15 world championship held in 2008. He played in two under-19 world cups in 2010 and 2012. Not only that, he emerged as the top run-scorer for Pakistan.

His hat-trick of ODI centuries against West Indies earned him a Test debut in the Test series that followed. Providing Babar Azam with the opportunity to secure his spot as the careers of Younis khan and Misba UL Haq wound down.

Babar Azam Pakistani Cricket player

He would take this chance. After some years, Babar Azam emerged as Pakistan’s finest batsman. The most renowned cricket in the nation, and one of the top batsmen in the world. He is already regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to have played for Pakistan.

He was the second-fastest player to reach 2000 ODI runs and 1000 T20i runs. Not only that, he has scored more one-day International (ODI) Centuries than all but two Pakistani batsmen. Cricket fans regard his century against New Zealand in the World Cup as one of the best performances by a Pakistani batsman in ODI cricket. He had no success in test cricket for the first few years. He has shown improvement year-on-year. At the start of 2018, experts ranked him among the best test batsmen.

Many Pakistanis have seen a decline in their performance over time, but Babar Azam is an exception. Babar Azam has been given more responsibility and has been appointed as the T20i and ODI captain in 2019, and the test captain since 2021. His forms seem to be unaffected. This is a great relief for Pakistan.

Babar Azam Career

Batting & Fielding

FORMAT	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	52	94	9	3898	196	45.85	7105	54.86	9	26	453	23	41
ODIs	117	114	13	5729	158	56.72	6455	88.75	19	32	520	60	50
T20Is	109	103	14	3698	122	41.55	2864	129.12	3	33	395	59	44
FC	89	149	14	5950	266	44.07	10685	55.68	12	38	727	35	63
List A	181	177	20	8645	158	55.06	9962	86.77	29	50	811	74	77
T20s	280	270	42	9994	122	43.83	7758	128.82	10	83	1049	185	128

Bowling