Babar, Rizwan in category A; PCB announces across the board hike for centrally-contracted players
Cricket | July 02, 2021 13:42 ISTSeniors like Wahab Riaz and Shoaib Malik still remain out of the list like last year.
Seniors like Wahab Riaz and Shoaib Malik still remain out of the list like last year.
Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja talked about comparisons between Kohli and Babar Azam, saying that the latter is a 'stylish' batsman but needs to prove himself in the Test format.
Babar, back in April, ended Kohli's long reign at the top of the ICC ODI Rankings as he became the top-ranked batter. He became only the fourth from his country to attain the position.
There has been speculation that Amir may shift to England and eye an Indian Premier League (IPL) contract as a British citizen.
Eight Test captains have won their first four games in charge of their side and Babar is only the second to achieve the feat this century
Babar said in a virtual press conference that the debate over whether he was a captain with authority should end now.
India recorded over 3.53 lakh cases on Monday, the highest across the world since the pandemic began last year.
Babar scored 52 runs off 46 balls, laced with five boundaries, en route to his feat, while stitching a 124-run stand alongside Mohammad Rizwa
Babar needs only 60 more runs to break India skipper Virat Kohli's record of fastest to 2,000 T20I runs.
Babar, who led Pakistan to their first-ever T20 series win in South Africa and also captained his side to a 2-1 victory in the ODI series, on Friday said he was satisfied with the performances of his players.
Babar and Rizwan's partnership of 197 from 107 balls ripped the game away from the hosts as Pakistan gained an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series.
Babar marked the day he unseated Virat Kohli to become the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world with another brilliant limited-overs innings, albeit in the shortest format this time.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam became the new no.1 batsman in the latest ICC ODI rankings released on Wednesday.
The Pakistan captain hit 103 off 104 balls and his team was cruising at 186-1 at SuperSport Park after South Africa scored 273-6 in its 50 overs.
Malan, who was under pressure owing to his tally of 79 runs in the first four games with no half-century scores, scored an impressive half-century as a better strike rate to get to the milestone.
A complaint was filed in the Cyber Crime Cell and an enquiry revealed that one of the numbers used to send the threatening messages belonged to Babar Azam.
Razzaq said that Kohli is a good player and has a good record against Pakistan.
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Already captain of Pakistan's T20 and ODI teams, Babar was appointed as skipper of the test side in November and was supposed to make his test captaincy debut in New Zealand.
Babar raised his 16th test half-century and was unbeaten on 77 with a dozen boundaries while left-handed Alam continued his rich batting form to be 42 off 138 balls.
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