Babar Azam: Pakistan defeated Netherlands by 9 runs in the last match of the three-match ODI series to clean the hosts. In this close match, Pakistan’s batsmen had put the team in trouble, but the bowlers made a great comeback in the match and won the team.
Naseem Shah was the hero of Pakistan’s victory :-
The hero of Pakistan’s victory was Naseem Shah, who took 5 wickets for 33 runs in the quota of 10 overs. On the other hand, apart from the captain Babar Azam, no batsman could even cross the 30-run mark when it comes to Pakistan’s batting.
Babar played a slow innings of 91 runs in 125 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes. The entire team of Pakistan was bundled out for 206 runs.
Since 2017, Babar Azam has done this in his name 4 times :-
A shameful record has been registered with this slow innings in the name of Babar Azam. The Pakistan captain has become the batsman to score 90+ most times in ODIs since 2017 with a strike rate of less than 80.
His strikerate in the last ODI against Netherlands was 72.80. West Indies’ Shay Hope is at number two and New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is at number three in this list. You will be surprised to know that Virat Kohli has never done this in his entire ODI career.
Batsmen who have scored 90+ scores most times with strike rate less than 80 in ODIs since 2017 :-
- 4 times – Babar Azam
- 3 times – Shai Hope
- 2nd time – Kane Williamson
- 2nd time – Kyle Coetzer
Babar Azam has scored 837 runs in last 10 innings :-
Babar Azam has scored 837 runs in the last 10 innings in ODI cricket and during this he has scored more than 50 runs 9 times. Although he is still far behind the record of Virat Kohli.
Kohli has scored more than 800 runs 5 times in 10 consecutive innings of ODI cricket. At the same time, in 2018, he was also successful in crossing the 900 mark. The list also features Australian opener David Warner, who scored 857 runs in 10 consecutive innings.
Most runs by a player in 10 consecutive ODI innings :-
- Virat Kohli – 995
- Virat Kohli – 896
- Virat Kohli – 889
- Virat Kohli – 860
- David Warner – 857
- Virat Kohli – 850
- Babar Azam – 837
