Babar Azam's Profile

Babar Azam born on 15 oct 1994 in Lahore, Pakistan. He is 27 years old now. In May 2015, Babar was related with the Pakistani ODI bunch for the home series against Zimbabwe. He made his ODI debut in the third ODI on 31 May and scored a stunning fifty scoring 54 runs off 60 balls. His incredible presentation obtained him a spot in both Test and ODI teams decided for an away series against Sri Lanka. He was not picked to play in the Test series. During the ODI series, he just scored 37 runs in the two matches that he played. Babar was associated with the group for the away ODI series against Zimbabwe in September 2015. 

He was held in the ODI team for the home series against England. In the vital ODI of the four-match series, he scored 62 not out with a striking speed of 100 which helped Pakistan with winning the match. He had scores of 4, 22, and 51 in the next three matches respectively. He finished the series with 139 runs at a typical of 46.33.

In January 2016, Pakistan visited New Zealand. In the major ODI match, Babar scored 62 runs on 76 balls. Pakistan lost the match by 70 runs. He was the principal shown up delayed in the ODI series with 145 runs in 2 innings at an ordinary of 72.50.

Against England in July, that was the 5th ODI match series, he batted in five games and just scored 122 runs. He made his 20th International show for Pakistan against England on 7 September. He scored 15 runs on 11 balls Pakistan overwhelmed the game and series.

Other than the England series, Pakistan played two-match ODI series against Ireland. In the principle ODI of the series, Pakistan beat Ireland by 255 runs and made a record of their most noteworthy accomplishment to the extent of runs in an ODI. Babar contributed to his side's victory by scoring 29 runs.[15] With the second and last ODI abandoned in view of the storm, Pakistan won the series 1–0.

Babar Azam's Career

In the year of 2015, Babar was associated with the Pakistani ODI group for the home series against Zimbabwe. He made his ODI debut in the third ODI on 31 May and scored a noteworthy fifty scoring 54 runs off 60 balls. His amazing presentation procured him a spot in both Test and ODI crews chose for an away series against Sri Lanka. He was not chosen to play in the Test series. During the ODI series, he just scored 37 runs in the two matches that he played. Babar was remembered for the crew for the away ODI series against Zimbabwe in September 2015. 

He was held in the ODI crew for the home series against England. In the primary ODI of the four-match series, he scored 62 not out with a striking pace of 100 which assisted Pakistan with winning the match.[14] He had scores of 4, 22, and 51 in the next three matches respectively. He completed the series with 139 runs at a normal of 46.33.

In January 2016, Pakistan visited New Zealand. In the key ODI match, Babar scored 62 runs off 76 balls. Pakistan lost the match by 70 runs.] He was the main arrived behind schedule in the ODI series with 145 runs in 2 innings at a normal of 72.50. 

ICC RANKING

1. Babar Azam is on no 1 in ODI Ranking.
2. Babar Azam is on no 2 in T20I Format.

Batsman Babar Azam has become the captain of Pakistan's ODI and T20 groups. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday named Babar Azam as the country's new ODI chief, supplanting the previous officeholder Sarafarz Ahmed. He will currently lead Pakistan's restricted overs side in the 2020-21 season 

Babar Azam Appointed Pakistan Team New Captain 

The Pakistan Cricket Board has chosen Azam as chief in two classifications. Azar Ali will be a comparative Test skipper. The board has likewise chosen the skippers by declaring the names of 18 players on focal agreements for 2020-21. 

Prior, chief Sarfaraz Ahmed was taken out and Azam was given the lead. Alongside chiefs Azam and Ali, Shahin Shah Afridi is in Category A. 

Misba-ul-Haq, who is additionally the lead trainer and boss selector of the Pakistan group, said he was content with the determination of the new chief. 

The lead trainer, Misbah-ul-Haq, shared; "I need to praise Azhar Ali and Babar Azam for getting captaincy expansions," adding that this was totally the right choice as they likewise required sureness and lucidity on their future jobs. 

He said that he was certain that they would begin planning ahead and begin arranging so they could construct sides that can perform at the normal levels. 

The vulnerability about captaincy was hazy so far since Sarfraz Ahmad was sacked last year.

Babar's Azam's Records

• 4^th Most runs in an series by a captain (626)

One-Day Internationals

• 4^th Highest career batting average (56.92)

One-Day Internationals

• 2^nd Hundreds inconsecutive innings (3)

One-Day Internationals

•  2^nd Fastest to 2000 runs (45)

One-Day Internationals

•  2^nd Most player-of-the-series awards (5)

Twenty20 Internationals

• 4^th Most runs in an innings by a captain (122)

Twenty20 Internationals

• 2^nd Highest career batting average (48.18)

Twenty20 Internationals

• 3^rd The fifties in consecutive innings (3)

Twenty20 Internationals

• 8^th Most innings before first duck (36)

Twenty20 Internationals

• 2^nd Most fours in an innings (15)

Twenty20 Internationals

• 1^ST Fastest to 2000 runs (52)

Twenty20 Internationals

•  6^th Hundreds in consecutive innings (3)

Combined Test, ODI, and T20I records

KARACHI: Pakistan's cricket captain Babar Azam on Tuesday accomplished one more achievement of his vocation by scoring 158 runs in the third ODI against England at Edgbaston, Birmingham. 

Babar crushed four shots over the fence for the greatest and stroked 14 limits in his 139-balls innings that likewise brought his fourteenth ODI hundred – in his 81st innings — to make him speediest to arrive at the achievement of 14 ODI hundreds of years. 

South Africa's Hashim Amla finished 14 ODI hundreds of years in 84 innings while Australia's David Warner took 98 innings to reach there.

This was additionally Babar's third ODI hundred on the English soil, making him the primary Pakistani to do as such. Saeed Anwar, Fakhar Zaman, and Imam ul Haq had scored two ODI hundreds each. Babar was at that point the main Pakistani to score 1000 sudden spikes in demand for English soil. 

The individual score of 158 was likewise huge on numerous records. 

The score was the most noteworthy ever by a Pakistani capt in an ODI outperforming Shoaib Malik's 125* against India in Karachi in 2008. This was likewise the most noteworthy by any Pakistani player on English soil, beating the past best by Imam ul Haq who had scored an individual inning of 151. 

Babar's 158 is moreover the most significant individual score by a captain in a match of any two-sided ODI series being played on English soil, beating 154 against Bangladesh by Andrew Strauss in 2010. Just two commanders have scored more in an innings in England before Babar Azam – Kapil Dev 175* in 1983 and GM Turner 171*in 1975, both during World Cup occasions. 

This is additionally the most noteworthy score by any Asian batsman at Birmingham's Edgbaston Cricket ground. Babar's normal on this ground, 149.00, is the awesome any batsman who has batted somewhere around multiple times on this setting. 

Babar today likewise equaled Azhar Ali by scoring third ODI century as Pakistan's chief. Mutually, the most ODI hundreds by a Pakistani commander. 

Babar might have added another plume to his cap had he scored another 15 runs, that would have made him mutually the quickest to 4,000 ODI runs, together with Hashim Amla. 

During the innings, Babar and Rizwan added 179 runs for the third wicket's association. This was Pakistan's best ODI association against England, for any wicket, and at any setting.