Full name Muhammad Babar Azam

Born October 15, 1994

Height 5 feet 11 in (1.80 m)

Nationality Pakistan

ROL Top Order Batsman, Right Hand Far Break Bowler, Right Hand Batsman

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Muhammad Babar Azam is a Pakistani cricketer who is currently listed as the top batsman in the T20 International. He is the captain and vice-captain of Pakistan's T20 team in ODIs.

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Babar Azam was born on October 15, 1994 in Lahore, Punjab. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler. He plays in his team as the opening batsman, which is his main role.

Babar Azam Over the years

YearAgeAieveievement2010February Class Class Launch Tazar Tarakheti Bank Limited for the first time for 201218 Appointed as the captain of Pakistan team in U19 World Cup 201521, One Day International match during One Day / Night Test Match 2017, 21 Innings 201723 ۔ Upper arm, and had to take a break from cricket. 925 Pakistan cricket team appointed as T20 captain

#Record

Babar Azam has made a huge impact in cricket with his performance and he currently holds several records, such as:

He is the second fastest Pakistani batsman to reach 1000 runs in ODI cricket (21 innings).

He is also the fastest Pakistani batsman to reach 2000 runs in ODI cricket (45 innings). He shared the record with Zaheer Abbas and Kevin Pietersen.

Babar Azam is also the fastest Asian batsman to reach 3000 runs in ODI cricket (68 innings).

He also holds the record for most runs in the first 25 innings (1306 runs) of his career.

Babar Azam is the only cricketer to score 5 consecutive centuries in the same country.

Babar is the fastest batsman to score 7 ODI centuries (33 innings).

He is also the fastest batsman to reach 1000 runs in T20 Internationals (26 innings).

Babar Azam has also scored the most runs for Pakistan in one World Cup (474 ​​runs in 2019 World Cup).

He has been the Test ODI scorer for Pakistan in 2016, 2017 and 2019.

Babar Azam has also been a Test scorer for Pakistan in 2018 and 2019.

Awards and commendation awards

As far as Pakistani cricket is concerned, Babar Azam has been an exceptional player in the recent past. He was named in the 2017 ICC World XI and has been named PCB Player of the Year twice in a row. In 2017, Babar was awarded by the PCB for his performance in ODIs, while in 2018, he received the same award for his outstanding performance in T20 Internationals.

Career

Babar Azam's career has been bright and he has played for different teams both in Pakistan and abroad. He started playing professional cricket at the young age of 13 from his school days.

Domestic career

Babar Azam started playing for Zara Taraqiyati Bank Limited in 2010ii, which was the beginning of his first class career. He started his first class on December 10, 2010 against National Bank Limited in the 2010 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. He scored 54 off 114 balls but the match ended in a draw.

He scored a half-century in his List A debut at the Royal Bank of Multan in the Scotland Cup in Multan, which proved crucial for his team's victory. However, he played his first T20 match on December 1, 2012 in the Faisal Bank T20 Cup in Lahore against the Hyderabad Hawks for the Lahore Eagles.

ODI career

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Babar made his international debut in the one-day international format of cricket on May 31, 2015 in Lahore against a relatively weak Zimbabwean squad. He scored 54 runs on his first wicket but the match did not end in a draw. However, he maintained consistency in matches and became a reliable batsman for the Pakistan cricket team in limited overs cricket.

In just 21 innings, he crossed the 1,000-run mark and became the fastest Pakistani batsman to cross 2,000 and 3,000 runs. In his first international tournament, the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, he scored 46 runs which helped Pakistan lift the trophy.

Test career

Babar Azam made his Test debut against the West Indies in Dubai on October 13, 2016. He scored 69 in the first innings and 21 in the second innings when his team won by 56 runs. With this debut, he became one of the few players to make his debut in a one-day / night Test match.

He has been a great actor in the recent past and has scored 397 runs in the last 5 innings. He has been the highest scorer for Pakistan in the longest format of the game in 2019. Three of his four Test centuries in 2019 came at important stages in the respective matches.



T20I career

With some exceptional batting skills in ODIs, he had the opportunity to play in the lone T20 match against England on 7 September 2016. Babar scored an unbeaten 15 in the match and Pakistan won the match by 9 wickets till the small target.

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However, Babar proved to be a consistent batsman in the shortest format of the game, batting and scoring back-to-back runs. So far, he has scored 12 half-centuries to his name with a top score of 97 and his batting average is above 50 which makes him one of the best batsmen in the T20.

#Captaincy

Babar Azam has recently taken over the captaincy of the Pakistan T20I team and led the team in a match which did not have good results. However, he has led the U19 team in 21 matches and has won 13 of them. He has also led Central Punjab's home team in the National T20 Championship on two occasions in the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

Family

Babar Azam is the son of Azam Siddique. He is from a family of cricketers and is a cousin of Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal and Adnan Akmal. He has a brother named Sapphire the Great.