90 Facts About Babar Azam

Mohammad Babar Azam, is a Pakistani international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all formats.

Babar Azam is ranked 1st in ODIs, 5th in Tests and 3rd in T20Is.

Babar Azam was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.

Babar Azam was born on 15 October 1994 into a Punjabi Muslim family.

Babar Azam had been a ball boy at Gaddafi Stadium before joining a cricket academy and starting his domestic cricket career there.

Babar Azam was present during the home series Pakistan played between 2006 and 2008.

Babar Azam sought guidance from Rana Sadiq, his first coach, who taught him the fundamentals of batting.

In May 2015, Babar Azam was included in the Pakistani ODI squad for home series against Zimbabwe.

Babar Azam was not selected to play in the Test series.

Babar Azam was included in the squad for the away ODI series against Zimbabwe in September 2015.

Babar Azam was retained in the ODI squad for the home series against England.

Babar Azam had scores of 4,22 and 51 in next three matches respectively.

Babar Azam finished the series with 139 runs at an average of 46.33.

Babar Azam was the leading run scorer in the ODI series with 145 runs in 2 innings at an average of 72.50.

Babar Azam scored an unbeaten 15 runs off 11 balls.

Babar Azam contributed in his side's victory by scoring 29 runs.

Babar Azam was selected in the home series against the West Indies in 2016.

Babar Azam broke the record for scoring the most runs in a three match ODI series.

Babar Azam became the only batsman to score 350+ runs in a three match ODI series.

Babar Azam made his Test debut for Pakistan against the West Indies in Dubai on 13 October 2016 and scored 69 runs in his first innings.

On 19 January 2017, in the third ODI against Australia, Babar Azam became then joint-fastest player to score 1,000 runs in ODIs and then fastest for Pakistan in his 21st innings before his national record and world record was eclipsed by his compatriot Fakhar Zaman.

Babar Azam scored a century in the fifth ODI, which was only the second century ever scored by a Pakistani batsman in Australia after Zaheer Abbas in 1981.

Babar Azam entered the top 10 batsmen's ranking in ODIs for the first time ever.

Meanwhile, Babar Azam broke the record of scoring the most runs after the first 25 ODI innings in this match.

Babar Azam was the top runs-getter in the series, scoring 179.

Babar Azam had scores of 45 and 48 in the next two fixtures.

Babar Azam had scores of 30 and 69 in next two innings while chasing.

Babar Azam was the leading runs-scorer for Pakistan in 2016 in ODIs and T20Is with 872 and 352 runs respectively.

Babar Azam was listed in 2017's ICC World ODI XI for the first time ever.

Babar Azam had scores of 41,50* and 18 in these T20Is.

Babar Azam finished the series as leading run-getter with 165 runs at an average of 82.50 and a strike rare of 148.64, and won the man of the series.

Babar Azam performed well and managed to score 184 runs at an average of 184 in 4 innings including 76 balls 106 runs in the final odi of the series.

In November 2018, in the second Test against New Zealand, Babar Azam scored his first century in Test cricket.

On 26 June 2019, in the match against New Zealand, Babar Azam became the fastest batsman for Pakistan, in terms of innings, to score 3,000 runs in ODIs.

Babar Azam scored his 11th ton in the second ODI and became the fastest Pakistani player to reach 1,000 ODI runs in terms of innings in a calendar year beating the previous record of Javed Miandad.

Babar Azam missed out on his second consecutive century when he was dismissed on 97 in the second Test match.

Babar Azam scored 210 runs with an average of 52.50.

In January 2020, Bangladesh toured Pakistan for a three-match T20I series, with Babar Azam captaining Pakistan for the first time at home.

Babar Azam finished the series with 195 runs at an average of 48.75 in five innings with two half-centuries.

Babar Azam finished the series with 77 runs in two innings.

Babar Azam captained the team for the first time in ODIs in Pakistan's home series against Zimbabwe.

Babar Azam scored 221 runs including a century score of 125 runs in the 3rd and final ODI and was named as Man of the series.

On 10 November 2020, Babar Azam was appointed captain of Pakistan's Test side, ahead of their tour to New Zealand.

Babar Azam suffered a thumb injury while practicing and was ruled out of the Test series and later from the T20I series as well.

Babar Azam achieved this feat while batting in the first Test of New Zealand tour of Pakistan at National Stadium, Karachi.

Babar Azam achieved the feat of highest run scorer in Test cricket for the year 2022 in the same match, going past England's Joe Root.

On 14 April 2021, Babar Azam scored his maiden T20I century, in a winning cause against South Africa in the Centurion Stadium.

On 25 April 2021, in the third T20I against Zimbabwe, Babar Azam became the fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 2,000 runs in T20Is, doing so in his 52nd innings.

In September 2021, Babar Azam was named as the captain of Pakistan's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Babar Azam led Pakistan to the semi-finals, where they lost to Australia, ending their campaign.

Babar Azam was named man of the match for second consecutive time in the series and man of the series for his 276 runs with an average of 138.00.

On 14 April 2023, in the first T20I against New Zealand, Babar Azam played in his 100th T20I match, becoming the third Pakistani player to so.

Babar Azam led his team to a 38-run victory over New Zealand in the second T20I, becoming the joint player to secure most wins in T20Is as captain.

Babar Azam initially played domestic cricket for the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricket team and for Islamabad Leopards as an emerging player.

Babar Azam's team went on to win the trophy after defeating Northern in the final.

Babar Azam represented Islamabad United in the inaugural season of the Pakistan Super League.

Babar Azam performed well in the 2017 season, scoring 291 runs at a batting average of 32.33 runs per innings and finishing the tournament as the second leading runs-scorer behind his cousin Kamran Akmal.

Babar Azam was retained by the Kings for the 2018 season and was the third-highest run-scorer with five half-centuries.

Babar Azam was again retained ahead of the 2019 Pakistan Super League.

Babar Azam was leading runs scorer in Pakistan Super League 2020.

Babar Azam scored 473 runs with an average of 59.12.

Babar Azam won man of the match award in Qualifier and Final.

Babar Azam was Player of the tournament in 2020 season.

In 2017, Babar Azam played for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League and Sylhet Sixers in the BPL.

Babar Azam was the competition's highest run-scorer with 578 runs in 13 matches including four half-centuries and one century and recorded a batting average of 52.54 runs per innings.

Babar Azam ended the season with 218 runs in 7 matches with an average of 36.33, finishing as team's second highest runs-getter.

Babar Azam is the third-fastest Pakistani batsman to reach 1000 runs in ODI cricket.

Babar Azam is the joint fastest Pakistani batsman to reach 2000 runs in ODI cricket, along with Zaheer Abbas.

Babar Azam is the second fastest Asian batsman to reach 3000 runs in ODI cricket.

Babar Azam has set a new record by becoming the fastest player to score 5000 runs in ODI cricket.

Babar Azam holds the record to score the most runs in the first 25 innings of his career.

Babar Azam is the only cricketer to score 5 consecutive centuries in a single country.

Babar Azam is the fastest batsman to score 7,13,14,15,16,17 and 18 ODI centuries.

Babar Azam is the only batsman in history to score 3 consecutive centuries twice.

Babar Azam is the fastest captain to reach 1000 ODI runs in 13 innings.

Babar Azam has the highest number of runs with 303 runs in the 2021 T20 World Cup.

Babar Azam is the fastest batsman, in terms of time taken, to reach 1000 runs in T20Is.

Babar Azam has scored the most runs for Pakistan in a single World Cup.

Babar Azam has been the top ODI scorer for Pakistan in 2016,2017,2019,2021 and 2022.

Babar Azam has been the top Test scorer for Pakistan in 2018,2019 and 2022.

Babar Azam has the highest Test score for a captain and for Pakistan in the fourth innings of a Test match.

Babar Azam is the first Pakistani captain to beat India in a World Cup match.

Babar Azam is the first Pakistani to win the ICC ODI cricketer of the year, a feat he has achieved twice.

Babar Azam has the highest individual score for a Pakistani captain in ODIs with his 158 against England in 2021.

Babar Azam is the fastest batsman to reach 2000 and 2500 T20I runs.

Babar Azam is one of 3 Pakistani batsman to score a century in all formats and has the highest T20I score as well as the most centuries in the format for Pakistan.

Babar Azam is the first Pakistani Capitan and fifth overall to complete 1000 runs across all formats.

Babar Azam was the first Pakistani and fourth captain to score a century in every format.

Babar Azam has the record for the second-most minutes batted in the fourth innings of a match.

Babar Azam has the joint most international centuries by a Pakistani capitan.