Babar Azam is a right-handed top order batter is Pakistani international cricketer. He represents Pakistan in all formats of the game. Babar Azam is also a former captain of the Pakistan cricket team. Recently he Is the captain of Peshawar Zalmi in PSL. He is the joint most winning T20 captain of all time with 42 wins.

Bio:

Born:  October 15 1994, (age 29 years), Lahore

Siblings: Safeer Azam, Faisal Azam

Parents: Azam Siddique

Batting: Right-Handed

Bowling: Right arm off break

Height: 5 Ft 11 in (180) cm

International Stats:

Competition      Test      ODI      T20I       FC

Matches              52          117       104      85

Runs scored       3,898    5,729   3,485     5,784

Batting average   45.85    56.72   41.48    45.18

100s/50s             9/26     19/32   3/30      12/38

Top score            196    158        122      266

Early Career:

Babar Azam known for his consistency and discipline in the batting unit of Pakistan. Babar laid claim spot in the Pakistan batting line up with excellent performance of making three back-to-back ODI hundreds against the West Indies in UAE back in year 2016. He played a strong inning of 90 runs in the third test. He was 22 years old at that time. Babar made his way through age group cricket. He started from under 15 world championship in2008 and he led the team in two under 19 world cups in 2010, 2012 where he leads the team with top run scorer.

Baber Azam had a great path way of lead scoring in the domestic cricket as he selected for national team for the home series against Zimbabwe in 2005. It’s a rare debut because of Pakistan isolated as international cricket venue due to the security concerns. His three centuries against the West Indies allowed him to lead Pakistan in tests. As he proved himself by his skills, he does not miss that opportunity to cement his position in the team as the carrier of Younas khan would down. Over the years he became Pakistan best better and among the best batters in the world. He became very famous cricketer in the world.

Famous win against India:

He was the second fastest to 1000 T20 runs and second quickest 2000 ODI runs. He has more ODI hundreds then all but two Pakistani players also he scores a world cup hundred against New Zealand was one of the great ODI performances for Pakistan. He also played a greatest inning against India in t20 world cup as Pakistan beat India first time in the world cup game.

In the beginning, 27 years old was not successful in test cricket as white ball cricket. Babar improves year-by-year from the start. He became a best test batsman of Pakistan. As he becomes a best, he becomes a major part of the team, the responsibilities increased & Pakistan Cricket Board make him the captain of T20 and ODI in 2019 before eventually captaining the test side in 2021. Captaincy creates little impact on his personal performance. While he is not quite a good deep thinker of the game on the field. He is very good learner on the job but he does not handle the pressure of the big responsibility and as a result, he left captaincy.

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