Happy Birthday Pakistan Captain Baba Azam, his full name is Mohammad Babar Azam. Babar was born on 15 October 1994, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. babar Azam his 29th today.
The Top 3 Rankings Across All Formats:-
Azam is a Pakistani international cricketer and the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all formats. Regarded as one of the finest batsmen in contemporary world cricket, he is the only batsman in the world to break into the top 3 rankings across all formats.
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He is ranked as the No. 1 batsman in ODIs and No. 3 batsman in Tests and T20Is. A right-handed top-order batsman, he captains Central Punjab in domestic cricket and Karachi Kings in the PSL. With 34 wins, he is Pakistan’s most successful T20I captain.
Pakistan Super League:-
Babar represented Islamabad United in the inaugural season of the Pakistan Super League. He moved to Karachi Kings before the 2017 PSL Players Draft.
He did well in the 2017 season, scoring 291 runs at an average of 32.33 runs per innings and finishing the tournament as the second-leading run-scorer behind his cousin Kamran Akmal.
In the 2021 season, he scored 554 runs at an average of 69.25, breaking his own record for most runs in a single PSL edition.
However, this record was broken by Fakhar Zaman in the next season. In December 2021, he was named as the captain of Karachi Kings following the players’ draft for the 2022 Pakistan Super League.
Domestic and Franchise Cricket:-
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and National T20 Cup
Babar initially played domestic cricket as a rising player for the Zarai Tarkiati Bank Limited cricket team and the Islamabad Leopards.
For the next few years, he played first-class cricket for the State Bank of Pakistan cricket team and the Sui Southern Gas Company cricket team respectively in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.
He was retained by Central Punjab as both player and captain of the team for the 2020-21 domestic season. On 12 October 2020, during the match against Balochistan, he became the fastest batsman in terms of innings (27) to score 1,000 runs in the history of the National T20 Cup.
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In October 2021, in the 2021–22 National T20 Cup, he became the fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 7,000 runs in T20 cricket (187).
