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Babar Azam is a Pakistani cricketer and white ball captain of the Pakistan national cricket team.[1] As of 13 February 2024[update], he has played 52 Tests, 117 One Day Internationals (ODIs), and 109 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for Pakistan.[2] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in an innings) on 1 occasion, scoring 9 centuries in Tests, 19 in ODIs, and 3 in T20Is.[2] In 2022, Babar Azam became the Pakistan batter with the most runs — 2,598 — in all formats of the game in a calendar year.[3]
Babar has been praised by former English captains Former England captains Michael Vaughan and Nasser Hussain also praised him. Vaughan, who led England to a memorable Ashes win over Australia in 2005, said he admires the way Babar plays.
"On a positive note … @babarazam258 is certainly one of the best Test players in the World … love the way he plays …," he said in a tweet.|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/697138-babar-praised-by-former-english-captains |publisher=The News International |access-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717165317/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/697138-babar-praised-by-former-english-captains |archive-date=17 July 2022 |date=7 August 2020}}</ref> He has been named in the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year on three occasions, captaining it in 2021 and in 2022.[4] In 2021 he also captained the ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year.[5] He was also captain of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament.[6]
Azam made his Test debut in October 2016,[2] and scored his first century two years later when he made 127* against Australia at Dubai.[7] His highest Test score of 196 came against Australia in March 2022;[8] his innings included the highest-ever score by a captain in the fourth innings of a match and the second-longest innings by a batter in the fourth innings of a Test.[a][10][11] Azam has scored Test centuries against five different opponents at five grounds, including three at grounds outside Pakistan.[12]
Azam made his ODI debut in May 2015[2] and scored his first century in the format a year later in 2016, making 120 against the West Indies.[13] This was followed by scores of 123 and 117, making him the third Pakistani batsman and eighth batsman overall to score three consecutive ODI hundreds.[14] In 2022, he scored three consecutive ODI hundreds again, with two centuries against Australia and one against the West Indies, making him the first batsman to do this on two occasions.[15] His highest ODI score of 158 was made against England in July 2021.[16] His ODI centuries, which were scored at thirteen venues, have come against seven different opponents.[17] He became the fastest batsman to complete 5,000 one-day international runs during the fourth match against New Zealand in Karachi.[18] In August 2023, he became the batsman to have scored the most runs after the first 100 ODI innings.[19]
He made his T20I debut in September 2016 and has scored three centuries in the format,[20] with the first one coming against South Africa at Centurion.[21] His second century was made against England at Karachi in September 2022, making him the only Pakistani to score more than one T20I century.[22] His third century came on 15 April 2023 against New Zealand where he scored 101* on 58 balls, becoming the first player to score three T20I centuries as captain.[23]
- ^ "Babar Azam named Pakistan Test captain, replacing Azhar Ali". ACB. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Babar Azam". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Babar Azam becomes highest scoring pakistan batter in all formats of a calendar year". Dawn. December 26, 2022.
- ^ "ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year revealed". ICC. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year revealed". ICC. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "T20 World Cup: Babar Azam named captain in 'Team of Tournament'; no Indians". Indian Express. 15 November 2021. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Rasool, Danyal. "Australia declare at 418 after Haris marathon, Babar ton". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Babar Azam / Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Pakistan's remarkable fourth innings by numbers". The Cricketer. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Pakistan vs Australia: Babar Azam's record-breaking Test heroics". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Trio of records Babar Azam broke during his marathon 196 against Australia". Dawn. 16 March 2022. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Babar Azam / Test matches / Grounds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Pakistan v West Indies: Babar Azam hits maiden ton in convincing win". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Babar Azam becomes third Pakistan batsman to score three consecutive ODI centuries". Indian Express. 5 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Babar makes history with three ODI tons in a row – again". Cricket.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Babar Azam / One-Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Babar Azam / One-Day Internationals / Grounds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Babar Azam becomes fastest to score 5,000 ODI runs". DAWN. 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Babar Azam breaks another world record". Samaa. 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Babar Azam / Twenty20 Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "South Africa v Pakistan: Babar Azam hits first international Twenty20 century in thumping win". BBC Sport. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "PAK vs ENG: Babar Azam becomes first Pakistani batter to score two T20I centuries". Geo Super. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ "Babar Azam makes history with third T20I century". MM News. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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