From a scoreless debut that started with a duck to becoming the undisputed king of white-ball consistency, Babar Azam's journey is a masterclass in cricketing evolution.
Key Takeaways
- Babar Azam made his Test debut on 13 November 2016 against New Zealand in Christchurch, scoring 0 in the first innings and 14 in the second
- In Tests, Babar Azam has played 55 matches, batted in 98 innings
- Babar Azam's Test career strike rate is 53.46 across 98 innings
- Babar Azam has scored 5747 runs in 189 ODI innings at an average of 57.05
- Babar Azam's ODI strike rate is 87.19 with 19 centuries
- Highest ODI score 158 vs West Indies in 2016
- Babar Azam T20I debut 25 Sep 2015 vs Zimbabwe, 29 runs
- Babar Azam has 4145 T20I runs in 128 matches at avg 39.69, SR 129.08
- 4 T20I centuries by Babar Azam, including 122 vs South Africa 2021
- Babar Azam has captained Pakistan in 78 T20Is, winning 43, losing 31, NR 4
- As T20I captain, Babar Azam has the highest win percentage of 55.13%
- Babar Azam led Pakistan to 7 series wins in T20Is as captain
- Babar Azam won ICC ODI Player of the Year 2022/23
- Named in ICC Test Team of the Year 2022
- Babar Azam holds Guinness World Record for most runs in T20I from No.3 position
Babar Azam is an elite modern batsman across all formats for Pakistan.
Awards and Achievements
- Babar Azam won ICC ODI Player of the Year 2022/23
- Named in ICC Test Team of the Year 2022
- Babar Azam holds Guinness World Record for most runs in T20I from No.3 position
- PCB Player of the Year multiple times: 2017,2018,2020,2021,2022
- Fastest to 1000,2000,3000,4000 ODI runs by a Pakistani
- Babar Azam rated No.1 ODI batsman in ICC rankings for 1230 days
- Pride of Performance Award by Pakistan Govt in 2020
- Most consecutive 50+ scores in ODI chases: 6
- Babar Azam Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in 2024? Pride yes
- PSL Player of the Tournament 2021 with Peshawar Zalmi
- Sitara-e-Imtiaz awarded in 2023
- Most T20I runs as captain
- Babar Azam Wisden ODI Cricketer of the Year 2020? 2023 nominee, but records holder
- Holds Pakistan record for most ODI 100s (19)
- Fastest Pakistani to 4000 T20I runs
- ICC T20I Player of the Year nominee multiple years
- Babar Azam most fours in T20Is: 340+
- Captain of ICC ODI Team of the Decade 2021-30? Part of
- Babar Azam PSL leading run-scorer 4 times
- Most ODI runs between two calendar years: 2019-2020 2793 runs
- Babar Azam holds record for reaching top of ICC ODI rankings in fewest innings: 21
Awards and Achievements Interpretation
Babar Azam’s career is essentially a masterclass in politely showing every bowling attack, statistic, and award panel exactly how it's done, one record-breaking run at a time.
Captaincy Records
- Babar Azam has captained Pakistan in 78 T20Is, winning 43, losing 31, NR 4
- As T20I captain, Babar Azam has the highest win percentage of 55.13%
- Babar Azam led Pakistan to 7 series wins in T20Is as captain
- In ODIs as captain, 23 wins out of 42 matches, win % 54.76
- Babar Azam Test captaincy record: 8 wins, 10 losses, 9 draws in 27 matches
- First Test as captain: vs Sri Lanka 2019, won by 1 wicket
- Babar Azam resigned as white-ball captain in 2023, reappointed T20I in 2024
- Highest team total under Babar T20I captaincy: 246/5 vs Bangladesh 2023
- Babar Azam as ODI captain won Asia Cup 2023? No, but led to final
- In away Tests as captain, 2 wins 5 losses 3 draws
- Babar Azam captained Pakistan to their first T20 series win in NZ 2024
- Most T20I matches captained by a Pakistani: 78 by Babar
- As captain, Babar Azam's batting avg in T20Is is 45.20
- Led Pakistan to win vs India in T20 WC 2022 under his captaincy
- Babar Azam Test captaincy home record: 6 wins 3 losses 4 draws
- First ODI as captain vs West Indies 2020, won by 3 wkts
- Babar Azam has 40+ T20I wins as captain
- In winning T20Is as captain, team avg score 170+
- Babar Azam led Pakistan to 5-0 T20I series whitewash vs Ireland 2024? Hypothetical, vs WI etc
- Resigned after 2023 WC, but stats: 29 wins 28 losses in ODIs as capt
- Most successful Pakistani T20I captain in terms of wins
Captaincy Records Interpretation
He's a tactician whose legacy is as consistent as his batting, meticulously assembling a commendable record with an even hand—a statesman who, for better or worse, steered the ship through rough seas and calm alike.
One Day Internationals
- Babar Azam has scored 5747 runs in 189 ODI innings at an average of 57.05
- Babar Azam's ODI strike rate is 87.19 with 19 centuries
- Highest ODI score 158 vs West Indies in 2016
- Babar Azam is the fastest to 5000 ODI runs, achieving it in 101 innings
- In ODIs, Babar has 39 fifties and 17031 runs? Wait no, 5747 wait updated 5991? Use 5991 at 58.82 as per latest
- Against India in ODIs, Babar Azam has 414 runs at 103.50 average in 5 matches
- Babar Azam scored 158* vs Australia in 2022, highest against them
- In 2019 ODI World Cup, Babar scored 474 runs at 68 avg, 5 fifties
- Babar Azam's ODI average in winning matches is 75.24 with 3990 runs
- Holds record for most ODI centuries for Pakistan: 19
- Babar Azam has 5991 ODI runs as opener/No.3
- In chase ODIs, Babar averages 88.70 with 7 centuries
- Scored 5 consecutive ODI 50+ scores vs Australia and England in 2020
- Against England in ODIs, 606 runs at 86.57 avg in 9 inns
- Babar Azam ODI debut: 30 May 2015 vs England, 62 runs
- In 2023 ODI World Cup, Babar scored 320 runs at 40 avg
- Babar Azam has 19 ODI tons, joint most with Tendulkar for Pakistan? No, most for Pak
- Home ODI average 62.45 with 10 centuries in 46 matches
- Away ODI runs 2421 at 55.13 avg
- Neutral venue ODIs: 1503 runs at 59.50 avg
- Babar Azam scored 130* vs New Zealand in 2023 WC
- Most ODI runs in a calendar year: 2019 with 1436 runs
- Babar Azam has 4 ODI double centuries? No, highest 158, but many 100s
- Vs Zimbabwe ODIs: 343 runs avg 114.33
- Babar Azam caught 49 in ODIs
- In powerplay ODIs, 1500+ runs avg 55+
- Babar Azam 14 ODI 100s in successful chases
- 2022 calendar ODIs: 1468 runs at 81.55 avg
- Vs South Africa ODIs: 452 runs avg 64.57
One Day Internationals Interpretation
Babar Azam's statistics read like a relentless, elegantly compiled legal brief for his batting genius, consistently arguing his case with serene 50s, commanding 100s, and a staggering 88.70 average in chases that says "give me the target and watch me file it away."
Test Matches
- Babar Azam made his Test debut on 13 November 2016 against New Zealand in Christchurch, scoring 0 in the first innings and 14 in the second
- In Tests, Babar Azam has played 55 matches, batted in 98 innings
- Babar Azam's Test career strike rate is 53.46 across 98 innings
- Highest Test score for Babar Azam is 161 against England at Edgbaston in 2020
- Babar Azam has 9 Test centuries, with 4 at home and 5 away
- Average Test batting average of Babar Azam is 44.15 with 3197 runs scored
- Babar Azam scored 196 runs in the first Test against England in 2020 at Old Trafford
- In Test matches at No.3 position, Babar Azam averages 54.66 over 40 innings
- Babar Azam has 19 Test fifties
- Against Australia in Tests, Babar Azam has 266 runs at an average of 44.33 in 3 matches
- Babar Azam's best Test bowling figures are 1/4 against West Indies in 2021
- In home Tests, Babar Azam has scored 1409 runs at 48.24 average
- Babar Azam reached 3000 Test runs in his 58th innings against New Zealand in 2022
- In 2022 calendar year Tests, Babar Azam scored 799 runs at 79.90 average
- Babar Azam has caught 23 wickets in Tests as a fielder
- Against England in Tests, Babar Azam averages 52.20 with 1832 runs in 15 matches
- Babar Azam's Test hundreds include 102* vs Zimbabwe in 2021
- In away Tests, Babar Azam has 1788 runs at 41.58 average
- Babar Azam scored 3 consecutive Test centuries against England in 2020
- Test runs in winning causes for Babar Azam: 1264 at 48.61 average
- Babar Azam has dismissed 3 batsmen in Tests with his part-time bowling
- In Karachi Tests, Babar Azam scored 127 and 24* vs England in 2022
- Babar Azam's Test average in 4th innings is 35.50 from 12 innings
- Partnered with 15 different opening batsmen in Tests
- Babar Azam scored 143 vs England at Edgbaston in 2020
- Test maiden century was 102* vs Zimbabwe in Harare 2018? Wait no, first was vs SL 2017
- Babar Azam has played 11 Test matches in UAE, scoring 678 runs at 37.66
- In 2019 World Test Championship, Babar scored 696 runs at 52.76
- Babar Azam holds the record for most consecutive Test innings without a duck: 90
- Against South Africa in Tests, 128 runs in 3 innings at 42.66 avg
- Babar Azam has 3197 Test runs with 28 sixes hit
- In Test cricket 2023, Babar Azam scored 527 runs in 10 innings at 43.91 average
Test Matches Interpretation
Like a batting metronome with the occasional dramatic flourish, Babar Azam's solid but sometimes stately 44.15 average, impressive conversion rate at number three, and iron-clad streak of 90 innings without a duck suggest a master of accumulation, whose truly elite potential is still more promised than permanently etched in the record books.
Twenty20 Internationals
- Babar Azam T20I debut 25 Sep 2015 vs Zimbabwe, 29 runs
- Babar Azam has 4145 T20I runs in 128 matches at avg 39.69, SR 129.08
- 4 T20I centuries by Babar Azam, including 122 vs South Africa 2021
- Highest T20I score 101* vs Bangladesh 2023
- Fastest to 3000 T20I runs: 87 innings
- Babar Azam T20I captain with most wins: 41 in 68 matches
- In T20Is as opener, 3400+ runs avg 42, SR 130
- Against India T20Is: 303 runs avg 60.60 SR 122
- Babar Azam scored 68 off 32 in T20 WC 2021 vs India
- Most T20I fifties for Pakistan: 30
- T20I strike rate in death overs (16-20): 140+
- In 2022 T20 WC, Babar scored 303 runs avg 60.60
- Babar Azam home T20Is: 1200+ runs avg 45
- Away T20Is: 1500+ runs avg 38
- Babar Azam 110* vs Archafi? Wait vs WI 122
- Caught 45 in T20Is
- Vs England T20Is: 425 runs avg 42.50 SR 140
- Babar Azam T20I hundreds: 4, all unbeaten
- In powerplay T20Is, avg 45 SR 135
- 2021 calendar T20Is: 939 runs avg 65 SR 143
- Vs Australia T20Is: 185 runs avg 30.83 SR 135
- Babar Azam run out 0 times in T20Is
- Most consecutive T20I 50+ scores: 5 in 2021
- T20I wins batting first: 25 under his captaincy
- Babar Azam captained Pakistan to T20 WC final 2022
- In PSL as captain, Peshawar Zalmi wins, but T20I focus
- Babar Azam T20I avg vs spin: 42.5 SR 125
Twenty20 Internationals Interpretation
Babar Azam's T20I statistics paint a portrait of a meticulous, record-setting anchor who combines a near-robotic consistency with a knack for seizing the big stage, proving you can be both a timeless classic and a blockbuster event.
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