Babar Azam
Pakistan·Batter·Age 32
Right-hand bat · Right-arm offbreak
Career
Babar Azam is the most orthodox top-order batter of the current generation, built on a still head, a high elbow and a cover drive that is among the most admired strokes in the modern game. He reached the number one ranking in all three international formats.
He captained Pakistan across formats through a period of frequent administrative upheaval, and his consistency in One Day Internationals in particular — where he reached 5,000 runs faster than any batter before him — has been the constant in an inconsistent side.
Highlights
- Reached the world number one ranking in all three international formats
- Fastest batter to 5,000 One Day International runs
- Captained Pakistan to the 2022 T20 World Cup final
- Widely regarded for the most orthodox cover drive in the modern game
Overview
What the figures show
Babar Azam is listed as a batter from Pakistan. The competitions covered on this site hold no completed matches under this name.
International
Career record
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 63 | 116 | 4,562 | 196 | 42.64 | 55.0 | 9 | 32 |
| ODI | 137 | 134 | 6,328 | 158 | 53.63 | 87.2 | 20 | 34 |
| T20I | 142 | 134 | 4,545 | 122 | 39.18 | 128.3 | 3 | 38 |
Questions
About Babar Azam
What is Babar Azam's playing style?
Babar Azam is a right-hand bat who bowls right-arm offbreak, listed as a batter.
What is Babar Azam known for?
An exceptionally orthodox technique and consistency across formats. He has held the number one ICC batting ranking in Tests, ODIs and T20 internationals.
How fast did Babar Azam reach 5,000 ODI runs?
In fewer innings than any batter before him, breaking a record that had stood since the era of Hashim Amla and Viv Richards.
Has Babar Azam played in the IPL?
No. Pakistani players have not featured in the IPL since the 2008 season, so he has played his franchise cricket in the Pakistan Super League and county cricket.
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Players alongside Babar Azam
Team-mates from this player's IPL seasons first, then others from the same country.
How this page was worked out
Where these figures come from
Sources for this profile
- International figures computed from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data, used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License 1.0.
- Date of birth, playing style and photograph come from a third-party player feed, matched by name.
How the numbers are derived
- A wide is not a ball faced; a no ball is.
- Byes and leg byes are not charged to the bowler; wides and no balls are.
- Six kinds of dismissal are credited to a bowler. A run out is not one of them.
- An average is runs over dismissals, and is left blank rather than shown as infinite.
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What this page does not cover
- Only the competitions named above. A record elsewhere in this player’s career is not counted here and is not implied by these totals.
- Ball-by-ball coverage of Test cricket begins in 2001 and of ODIs in 2002.
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