Born in Lahore Babar Azam is the first cousin of Akmal brothers. He is considered as the next big thing in or Pakistan cricket because of discipline and control temperament. He is the fastest to score 1000 runs in T20I cricket that show how good he is for the shorter format of the game. After scoring runs in domestic cricket Babar got the national team call-up in 2015 against Zimbabwe but his career got new heights when he scores back to back three centuries against West Indies in ODI series which led to his Test cricket debut. He is often compared to Indian `Run Machine` Virat Kohli but Babar regards him as a senior cricketer always.
Pakistan have announced a 15-member squad for the T20I series against Bangladesh. Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf will miss the series, owing to their respective injuries, while Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi have been dropped once again.
Faf du Plessis scored a century for Texas Super Kings in MLC, joining Babar Azam and Michael Klinger with seven T20 tons as captain. Babar has seven in 144 matches, Faf in 202, and Klinger in 120. Virat Kohli follows closely with five in 193 games.
Big Bash League (BBL) franchise Sydney Sixers recently came forward and announced the signing of star Pakistan batter Babar Azam as their pre-draft signing for the upcoming BBL season. Babar will be joining the likes of Steve Smith, Sean Abbott and many more stars in the side.
Pakistan have announced a 16-member squad for the three-match T20I series against Bangladesh. This is the first series for Mike Hesson as the head coach of the team. Earlier, it was a five-match T20I series, but with PSL being rescheduled, this series had to be curtailed.
Star Pakistan cricketers Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shaheen Shah Afridi's Instagram accounts have been banned India after the Pahalgam terror attacks that took 26 innocent lives recently.
With the Pakistan Super League running parallel with the IPL, the likes of Babar Azam, James Vince, Virat Kohli and David Warner acquiring the spots from the second to the fifth on the ladder, the competition for who will eventually have the most has been intense.
Pakistan's tour of New Zealand is set to conclude on Saturday (April 5) with the third and final ODI at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. New Zealand have already won the series and Pakistan will be hoping to end the series on a high. Here's the pitch report:
Pakistan's tour of New Zealand went from bad to worse today at the Seddon Park in Hamilton as they lost the second ODI and thereby conceded the series as well. They failed to chase the target of 293 runs and were bundled out for just 208 runs in the 42nd over.
Babar Azam has now equalled Younis Khan's record of scoring 55 half-centuries In ODI cricket. They currently stand joint-fifth for Pakistan players with the most number of 50+ scores in the format.
After a one-sided T20I series, New Zealand and Pakistan will lock horns in the first of three-match ODI series on March 29 (Saturday). The match will be played at the McLean Park in Napier. Here's the pitch report of the venue:
The recently concluded T20I series between the two teams was one-sided. New Zealand won against an inexperienced Pakistan team 4-1. Interestingly, even the Kiwis were not at full strength and the same is the case with them in ODIs. But for Pakistan, their key players are back in ODIs series.
Hasan Nawaz slammed a blistering century in the third T20I against New Zealand. He helped Pakistan chase down a huge total of 205. Nawaz has shattered a historic record of Babar Azam during his ballistic knock against the Kiwis.
Star India batter Virat Kohli needs three more centuries to break Babar Azam's record of 11 centuries in T20 cricket. Chris Gayle is on the top of the list with 22 tons to his name in the format.
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Virat Kohli recently smashed his 51st century in ODI cricket, against Pakistan in Dubai in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy. On that note, let us have a look at the current players with the most centuries in ODI format.
Hardik Pandya provided the much-needed breakthrough for India when Pakistan were off to a strong start in the Champions Trophy 2025 clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Hardik gave a cold send-off to Babar Azam after getting his wicket in the ninth over of the first innings.
Babar Azam's innings was one of the driving forces behind the result which saw Pakistan fall 60 runs short of the target against New Zealand in the Champions Trophy opener in Karachi. Babar achieved a huge milestone in international cricket with the half-century but wasn't his more adored knock.