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.
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Earlier in the match, India won the toss and opted to bowl first.
Asia Cup 2022, IND vs PAK: Pakistan, the third ranked T20I team takes on Team India who are currently the top ranked T20I team. The marquee-clash will be played in the Dubai International Stadium
Asia Cup 2022, IND vs PAK: Rohit Sharma-led team India all ready to set Babar Azam-led team team Pakistan in Asia Cup which will be played at the Dubai International Stadium on August 28, 2022
Babar also shared his opinion on the India-Pakistan match.
Babar also shared his opinion on the India-Pakistan match.
Asia Cup 2022, Virat Kohli vs Babar Azam: Every cricketer has a purple patch, where he butchers the bowling attacks and makes runs like there's no tomorrow. But, the true measure of a cricketer is how long he keeps going.
Asia Cup 2022: As India faces Pakistan on 28th August 2022, here is a small comparison between two best batsmen of our times, Virat Kohli and Babar Azam.
India is set to face Pakistan in their first match of the Asia Cup on the 28th of August and the focus will be on Kohli's performance. As he will come into the match with a fresh mind having taken a break for the away series against the West Indies.
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As of now, the men in green are all geared up to take on the Dutch challenge and will be led by their captain of three formats Babar Azam.
The Pakistan players were seriously unhappy with a particular clause in their contracts which was around their participation in overseas T20 leagues.
I would say Babar Azam has an opportunity. He's been consistent in all three formats and it shows in his rankings: Jayawardene
Babar is presently top-ranked in both ODIs and T20Is and remains the only batter in the top 10 of all three lists.
The second test, scheduled to start next Sunday, was switched from Colombo to Galle because Cricket Sri Lanka decided not to take any chances with potential political protests in the capital.
Babar equaled Pakistan's great Inzamam ul Haq's record of most centuries as Pakistan captain which is 9 each.
Babar became the fastest Asian cricketer to complete 10000 runs in international cricket and left behind Virat Kohli in the process.
Babar Azam, on July 15, took to Twitter after Virat failed in the second ODI vs England and wrote, "This too shall pass. Stay strong."
The Australian tour pumped in an estimated USD 2 million to Sri Lanka Cricket. This resulted in the tourism industry benefitting with hundreds of Australian fans turning up for the matches that ended in a 1-1 draw.
Kohli, who is lately struggling to score runs, is yet to hit a hundred in close to three years.
The Pakistan batsman is equally good in all the three formats of the game and this is what puts him in a special place alongside Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, and Steve Smith.
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