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Babar Azam
File:Babarct17.pngBabar Azam after winning Champions Trophy 2017
Personal information
Full nameMohammad Babar Azam
Born (1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 (age 30)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
NicknameChota cheeeku,Kohli,p4pkao sanata
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleTop order batsman
RelationsKamran Akmal (cousin)
Adnan Akmal (cousin)
Umar Akmal (cousin)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 222)13 October 2016 v West Indies
Last Test6 October 2017 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 203)31 May 2015 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI19 January 2018 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.56 (previously was 31)
T20I debut (cap 70)7 September 2016 v England
Last T20I28 January 2018 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.56
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–presentZarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd
2012–2015Islamabad Leopards
2016Islamabad United (squad no. 31)
2016Rangpur Riders
2017–PresentKarachi Kings (squad no. 56)
2017–PresentGuyana Amazon Warriors (squad no. 56)
2017–PresentSylhet Sixers (squad no. 56)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 11 41 17 103
Runs scored 475 1,789 577 4,628
Batting average 23.75 55.11 48.08 51.42
100s/50s 0/4 7/7 0/3 17/24
Top score 90* 125* 86 142*
Balls bowled – – – 633
Wickets – – – 12
Bowling average – – – 46.25
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – n/a
Best bowling – – – 2/20
Catches/stumpings 9/– 22/– 8/– 47/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2018

Mohammad Babar Azam (Template:Lang-ur; born 15 October 1994) is an international Pakistani cricketer who plays in all three formats for Pakistan. He 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.He is now regarded best batsman in the world. He holds the record for scoring the most runs after first 18 and 25 ODI Innings respectively by any batsman in the world. He also holds the record of most runs after first 33 ODI innings and fastest to 7 centuries in ODIs which he achieved in his 33rd one day international match against Sri Lanka in 2017. He also holds the record of fastest century in T10 format (26 balls). He is currently ranked 4th in ODI and 3rd in T20I batsmen rankings as of 21st March 2018.

International career

Early career

In May 2015, Azam 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. His impressive debut earned him a place in both Test and ODI squads selected for an away series against 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.

Azam 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, Azam 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, Azam 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 72.50.

In the five-match ODI series against England in July, he batted in five games and only scored 122 runs. Besides the England series, Pakistan played two match ODI series against Ireland. Azam scored 29 runs in the first match with the 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 an unbeaten 15 runs off 11 balls. Pakistan won the match and series.

Rise in shorter formats and breaking records

Azam was selected in the home series against the West Indies. In the first match of the ODI series he scored his maiden century, scoring 120 off 131 balls and winning his first man of the match award. In the second ODI he continued his excellent form, scoring another century, this time much quicker than the previous one, scoring 123 off 126 balls. His century enabled Pakistan to put a total over 330. Pakistan won the match and Babar got his second Man of the Match award. In the third and final ODI of the series Azam ended up scoring third consecutive century (117 from 106) and became the third batsman for Pakistan to score hundreds in three successive ODI innings. He also broke the record for scoring the most runs (360) in a three match ODI series. He became the only batsman to score 350+ runs in a three match ODI series.

File:Babarazamcentury.png
Babar Azam after scoring his first ODI century against West Indies at Sharjah in 2016

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. He finished the ODI series as the leading run-scorer for Pakistan with 282 runs in 5 innings, including a century in 5th ODI.

Sarfaraz Ahmed replaced Azhar Ali as Pakistan's ODI team captain against the West Indies after Azhar Ali stepped down from the captaincy after a humiliating defeat against Australia. Azam was appointed vice-captain of the team on the back of his consistent performances in ODI format. He scored an unbeaten 125 in the 2nd ODI of the three–match ODI series at Providence Stadium, Guyana. Batting first, Pakistan was struggling at one stage and were 183 for 5. Azam along with Imad Wasim put on an unbeaten 99 runs partnership which helped Pakistan post a competitive total of 282 on the board. Meanwhile, Azam also broke the record of scoring the most runs after the first 25 ODI innings in this match. In the end Pakistan won the match easily. Azam for his match winning knock won the Man of the Match award. He had scores of 13 and 16 in first and third match of the series respectively. Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1.

In the Champions Trophy 2017, Azam scored a crucial 46 off 52 balls in the final match against India. Pakistan won the final match by 180 runs and lifted the Champions Trophy. It was first international tournament for Azam.

After a successful Champions trophy tour, ICC sent the World XI team in Pakistan where they played three T20I matches. Azam was the top run getter in the series, scoring 179. In the first T20I played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, he scored 86 playing only 52 balls in the first T20 in the series, and won the his first Man of the match award in T20I. Pakistan won the match by 20 runs. He had scores of 45 and 48 in the next two fixtures.

After a poor test series against Sri Lanka Azam came back strongly in the ODI series scoring consecutive centuries in first two ODIs of the five match series. In the second ODI he became the fastest batsman to score a 7th ODI century and the first batsman in ODI history to score five consecutive centuries in one country. He had scores of 30 and 69 (not out) in next two innings while chasing. He finished the series as the leading runs-scorer with 303 runs at an impressive average of 101. Pakistan whitewashed Sri Lanka (5-0).

He was the leading runs-scorer for Pakistan in 2017 in ODIs and T20Is with 872 and 352 runs respectively.

Pakistan's first assignment in 2018 was tour to New Zealand. Babar was an automatic selection in the odi team. However he could score only 0, 10, 8, 3, 10 across 5 innings, scoring only 31 runs at an average of 6.2 as Pakistan were whitewashed 5-0. But performed well in the T20I series as Pakistan went on to win the series 2-1. Babar was the leading run scorer with 109 runs. He had scores of 41, 50* and 18 in these T20Is. He became the no.1 T20I batsmen, the second to reach the feat after Misbah-ul-Haq.

PSL career

Babar's record in T20 matches
  Matches Inn. Runs Avg. 100s 50s HS
T20Is 17 17 577 48.08 0 3 86
PSL 22 21 645 33.94 0 5 66
other leagues (combined) 41 39 1104 36.80 0 8 77*

Azam was bought by Islamabad United in the first edition of Pakistan Super League for US$ 25,000. During a group stage match he suffered a small injury which prevented him in taking any further part in the tournament. Before the 2017 PSL draft he moved to Karachi Kings from Islamabad United; he was bought for US$ 50,000. He performed well in the 2nd season, scoring 291 runs with an average of 32.33 and finishing the tournament as the second leading runs-scorer behind his cousin Kamran Akmal. He was retained by the Kings for the 3rd season in the 2018 PSL draft in the Diamond category, earning between US$70,000 to US$85,000.

Records and achievements

Milestones
  • Fastest player to score a T10 century i.e. in 26 balls.
  • Fastest Pakistani and joint fastest in the world to 1,000 ODIs runs.
  • Fastest Pakistani and second fastest batsman in the world to reach 5th and 6th ODI hundreds.
  • Fastest batsman in the world to reach 7th ODI hundred (33 innings).
  • Second youngest cricketer to score three consecutive ODI hundreds.
  • First batsman in ODI history to score 5 consecutive centuries in one country.
  • Most runs (886) in first 18 ODIs innings by any batsman in the world.
  • Most runs (1306) in first 25 ODIs innings by any batsman in the world.
  • Most runs (1659) in first 33 ODIs innings by any batsman in the world.
  • Most runs (432) in first 11 T20I innings by any batsman in the world.
Most runs in a calendar year / series
  • Most ODI runs in 2016 by a Pakistani cricketer.
  • Most ODI runs in 2017 by a Pakistani cricketer.
  • Second most T20I runs in 2017 by any batsman and most by Pakistani cricketer.
  • Most runs (360) scored in a three-match ODI series.
  • Most runs in an ODI series against WI by a Pakistani cricketer.
  • Most runs in a T20I series against WI by a Pakistani cricketer.
  • Most runs (179) in a 3 match T20I series by a Pakistani cricketer and second most in the world.
  • Most runs (179) scored by a Pakistani cricketer in a T20I bilateral series (3 matches).

Statistics

Batting

ODI cricket
Against opposition
Opposition Matches Innings Runs Not out Average 100 50 Best
 Australia 5 5 282 0 56.40 1 1 100
 England 10 10 299 2 37.37 0 2 62*
 India 2 2 54 0 27.00 0 0

46

 Ireland 1 1 29 0 29.00 0 0 29
 New Zealand 7 7 176 0 25.14 0 2 83
 South Africa 1 1 31 1 – 0 0

31*

 Sri Lanka 8 7 350 1 58.33 2 1 103
 West Indies 6 6 514 1 102.80 4 0 125*
 Zimbabwe 1 1 54 0 54.00 0 1 54
TOTAL 41 40 1,789 5 51.11 7 7 125*

ODI cricket

By year
Year Matches Innings Runs Average 100 50 Best
2015 8 8 230 38.33 0 3 62*
2016 11 11 656 59.63 3 2 123
2017 18 17 872 67.07 4 2 125*
2018 5 5 31 6.20 – – 10
By venue
Venue Matches Innings Runs Average 100 50 Best
Home 1 1 54 54.00 0 1 54
Away 24 24 838 38.09 2 3 125*
Neutral 16 15 897 74.75 5 3 123

Ref:

T20I cricket

By year
Year Matches Innings Runs Average 100 50 Best
2016 4 4 116 116.00 0 1 55*
2017 10 10 352 39.11 0 1 86
2018 3 3 109 54.10 0 1 50*
By venue
Venue Matches Innings Runs Average 100 50 Best
Home 4 4 213 71.00 0 1 86
Away 8 8 261 43.50 0 1 50*
Neutral 5 5 103 34.33 0 1 55*

Ref:

Award

  • PCB's ODI Player of the year – 2017.

International centuries

One Day International centuries

ODI centuries of Babar Azam
No. Runs Match Against City/country Venue Date Result
1 120 16  West Indies United Arab Emirates Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Sharjah Cricket Stadium 30 September 2016 Won
2 123 17  West Indies United Arab Emirates Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Sharjah Cricket Stadium 2 October 2016 Won
3 117 18  West Indies United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium 5 October 2016 Won
4 100 23  Australia Australia Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 26 January 2017 Lost
5 125* 25  West Indies Guyana Providence, Guyana Providence Stadium 9 April 2017 Won
6 103 32  Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai International Cricket Stadium 13 October 2017 Won
7 101 33  Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium 16 October 2017 Won

International awards

One-Day International cricket

Man of the Match awards

No. Opponent Venue Date Match performance Result
1 West Indies Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 30 September 2016 120 (131 balls, 8x4, 3x6)  Pakistan won by 111 runs (D/L).
2 West Indies Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 2 October 2016 123 (126 balls, 9x4, 1x6)  Pakistan won by 59 runs.
3 West Indies Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 5 October 2016 117 (106 balls, 8x4, 1x6)  Pakistan won by 136 runs.
4 West Indies Providence Stadium, Guyana 9 April 2017 125* (132 balls, 7x4, 3x6); 2 Ct.  Pakistan won by 74 runs.
5 Sri Lanka Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 20 October 2017 69* (101 balls, 5x4); 2 Ct.  Pakistan won by 7 wickets.

Player of the Series awards

No. Series Season Series performance Result
1 Pakistan v West Indies in UAE 2016/17 360 runs including 3 centuries. Avg: 120.00, SR: 99.23  Pakistan won the series 3–0.

Twenty20 International cricket

Man of the Match Awards

No. Series Date Against Venue Match performance Result
1 2017 Independence Cup 12 September 2017 World XI Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 86 (52 balls, 10x4, 2x6)  Pakistan won by 20 runs.

Player of the Series awards

No. Series Season Series performance Result
1 2017 Independence Cup 2017/18 179 runs including two fifties. Avg: 59.66, SR: 147.93  Pakistan won the series 2–1.

External links

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External links

Pakistan squads
Pakistan squad – 2017 ICC Champions Trophy – Champions (1st title)
Pakistan
Haris Sohail was not initially in the squad, but was named as replacement for Umar Akmal.
Rumman Raees was not initially in the squad, but was named as replacement for injured Wahab Riaz.
Current squads
Karachi Kings – current squad
Guyana Amazon Warriors – current squad
Sylhet Strikers – current squad
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