Mohammad Babar Azam
FULL NAME: Mohammad Babar Azam
BORN: October 15, 1994, Lahore, Punjab
AGE: 25 Years, 2 Months, 28 Days
TEAMS PLAYED: Pakistan, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited, Balochistan,
Islamabad Leopards, Islamabad, Lahore Blues, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Whites,
Pakistan A, Punjab Pakistan, State Bank of Pakistan, Sui Southern Gas Corporation,
Pakistan Under-19, Somerset, Sylhet Thunder, Rangpur Rangers, Guyana Amazon Warriors,
Faisalabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan Under-23, Federal United, Islamabad United,
PSL Karachi Kings Team, Pakistanis, Dublin Chiefs, Central Punjab,
NATIONAL SIDE: Pakistan
BATTING STYLE: Right-Handed
BOWLING: Off break
At the point when Babar Azam indented up his fifth ODI ton against West Indies in his 25th innings in mid-2017, he turned into the second snappiest after Quinton De Kock to score five ODI tons. His total of 1306 pursues 25 thumps counted the most elevated, beating Jonathan Trott’s numbers. Life, in reality, has been on quick tracks for Babar Azam. His three back to back ODI tons against the West Indies in 2016 in the UAE was an antecedent to one radiant profession that gazes at us.
Pakistan’s quest for a reliable number 3 in the shorter configurations has been an everlasting one. Their batting stocks at the worldwide level, particularly in the shorter configurations have looked as exposed as Old Mother Hubbard’s cabinet. The appearance of Babar onto the huge scene anyway can’t actually be named as luck.
As far back as he was drafted into the Pakistan under-19 group for the 2010 World Cup as a multi-year-old, it appeared as though another crude ability has been released. Notwithstanding, some cleaning brought about another under-19 World Cup battle in 2012. This time he was the captain. Pakistan was taken out by inevitable victors India, however, Babar had heaped the rushes to be the top run-getter for his group.
The voyage post that was through the household framework and comes his opportunity in 2016, Babar got it with hands as large as arms against the West Indies in the UAE. A Test debut against the Caribbean group additionally worked out positively and the fantasy had a progression. In any case, blemishes were torn open on the fun tracks of Australia in late 2016 and mid-2017 in the whites. In any case, given the way that he needs to emulate Virat Kohli’s accomplishments and venerates ABD, Babar would cut an exit plan.
Babar Azam is the cousin of Akmal (Kamran, Umar, and Adnan) siblings and is regularly meant as a capable opening batsman. He was the main run-scorer in the tri-arrangement that included Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Under-19 out of 2009. His consistency at the Under-19 level pushed the selectors to offer him an opportunity to play for his national side.
He was named in the Pakistan squad for Zimbabwe arrangement at home where he got an incredible opportunity to make an introduction on his home soil. He scored a familiar fifty in his presentation and has indicated looks at incredible stroke-making capacity. Babar at that point held his spot for the Sri Lanka visit in July where he could play just 2 ODIs of the five-coordinate arrangement (as of August 2015).
Batting and fielding averages
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
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Tests | 25 | 47 | 7 | 1707 | 127* | 42.67 | 3058 | 55.82 | 4 | 13 | 198 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
ODIs | 74 | 72 | 10 | 3359 | 125* | 54.17 | 3857 | 87.08 | 11 | 15 | 289 | 31 | 36 | 0 |
T20Is | 36 | 36 | 8 | 1405 | 97* | 50.17 | 1102 | 127.49 | 0 | 12 | 139 | 20 | 15 | 0 |
First-class | 60 | 99 | 11 | 3662 | 266 | 41.61 | 6398 | 57.23 | 7 | 25 | 461 | 21 | 41 | 0 |
List A | 138 | 135 | 17 | 6275 | 142* | 53.17 | 7364 | 85.21 | 21 | 33 | 580 | 45 | 63 | 0 |
T20s | 130 | 127 | 22 | 4450 | 102* | 42.38 | 3554 | 125.21 | 3 | 34 | 440 | 83 | 56 | 0 |
Bowling averages
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
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Tests | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
ODIs | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
T20Is | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
First-class | 60 | 19 | 720 | 423 | 5 | 1/13 | 1/17 | 84.60 | 3.52 | 144.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
List A | 138 | 29 | 633 | 555 | 12 | 2/20 | 2/20 | 46.25 | 5.26 | 52.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20s | 130 | 5 | 78 | 85 | 4 | 2/20 | 2/20 | 21.25 | 6.53 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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69 | Central PNJB | v Northern | Karachi | 27 Dec 2019 | FC |
60, 100* | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 19 Dec 2019 | Test # 2375 |
102* | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Rawalpindi | 11 Dec 2019 | Test # 2373 |
97, 8 | Pakistan | v Australia | Adelaide | 29 Nov 2019 | Test # 2372 |
1, 104 | Pakistan | v Australia | Brisbane | 21 Nov 2019 | Test # 2368 |
63 | Pakistanis | v CA XI | Perth | 15 Nov 2019 | Other |
157 | Pakistanis | v Australia A | Perth | 11 Nov 2019 | FC |
6 | Pakistan | v Australia | Perth | 8 Nov 2019 | T20I # 1009 |
50 | Pakistan | v Australia | Canberra | 5 Nov 2019 | T20I # 1002 |
59* | Pakistan | v Australia | Sydney | 3 Nov 2019 | T20I # 999 |