Full name Mohammad Babar Azam Date joined May 31, 2015 Role Cricketer | Name Babar Azam Batting style Right-handed | |
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2010– Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd FC debut 10 December 2010 Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd v National Bank of Pakistan LA debut 10 February 2010 Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd v Pakistan Customs Similar People Mark Craig, Hammad Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Sikandar Raza, Azhar Ali | ||
Bowling style Right-arm off break | ||
Babar Azam century sets up Pakistan for opening ODI win vs Sri Lanka
Mohammad Babar Azam (born 15 October 1994) is an international Pakistani cricketer who plays in all three formats for Pakistan. Babar is also vice captain of Pakistan ODI team. Azam captained the Pakistan Under-19 cricket team at the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He plays for Karachi Kings in Pakistan Super League. Azam jointly holds the record for the fastest batsman to reach 1000 ODI runs. Azam currently ranked 5th in ICC ODI Ranking for batsmen and 6th in ICC T20I batsmen ranking. He currently holds the record of scoring most runs after first 18 and 25 ODI Innings respectively by any batsman in the world.
Contents
- Babar Azam century sets up Pakistan for opening ODI win vs Sri Lanka
- Babar azam inspiring life story biography early life u19 pakistan cricket team
- International career
- Records and achievements
- Batting
- Award
- References
Babar azam inspiring life story biography early life u19 pakistan cricket team
International career
In May 2015, Babar was included in the Pakistani ODI squad for home series against Zimbabwe. He made his ODI debut in the third ODI on 31 May and scored an impressive fifty scoring 54 runs off 60 balls. Due to his impressive debut he was included in both Test and ODI squad for tour of Sri Lanka. He couldn't get a chance in Test series. During the ODI series he could only score 37 runs in two matches that he played.
Babar was included in the squad for the away ODI series against Zimbabwe in September 2015 but was not given a chance to play in the series. Pakistan won the series 2-1.
In October, He was dropped from the Test squad without playing a Test. He was retained in the ODI squad for the home series against England. In the first ODI of the four match series he scored 62 not out with a strike rate of 100 which helped Pakistan win the match. He had scores of 4, 22 and 51 in next three matches respectively. He finished the series with 139 runs at an average of 46.33.
In January 2016, Pakistan toured New Zealand. In the first ODI match, he scored 62 runs off 76 balls. Pakistan lost the match by 70 runs. The second ODI match was abandoned due to heavy rain. In the third ODI, he scored a brilliant 83 off just 77 balls. Despite Pakistan losing the match and the series babar was much praised by cricket experts. He was the leading run scorer in the ODI series with 145 runs in 2 innings at an average of 72.45.
In the five-match ODI series against England in July, he batted in five games and could only score 122 runs. Besides England series, Pakistan played two match ODI series against Ireland, Babar scored 29 runs in 1st match with other ODI abandoned due to rain. Pakistan won the series 1-0.
He made his Twenty20 International debut for Pakistan against England on 7 September. He scored unbeaten 15 runs off 11 balls. Pakistan won the match and series.
On 5 October 2016 he became the third batsman for Pakistan to score hundreds in three successive ODI innings and made most runs (360) in 3 match ODI series. He is also the only batsman to have scored 350+ runs in a 3 match ODI series.
He made his Test debut for Pakistan against the West Indies in Dubai on 13 October 2016 and scored 69 runs in his first innings. He was the first player to score a fifty on his Test debut through a day/night Test.
On 19 January 2017, in the third ODI against Australia, Azam became the joint-fastest player to score 1,000 runs in ODIs and the fastest for Pakistan in his 21st innings. and also finished the ODI series as the leading run-scorer for Pakistan with 282 runs in 5 innings.
Records and achievements
Batting
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