Birth Of Babar Azam:

Babar Azam took place on October 15, 1994, in Lahore, a city in Pakistan. Babar Azam is the most famous and best captain of Pakistan. He is a Pakistani international cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all formats.

Pakistan’s national cricket team captain Babar Azam is currently one of the best batsmen in the world in all formats. As of July 2022, Azam is the ICC’s number-one batsman in ODIs and T20Is.

With 42 victories, they are jointly the most successful T20I captains of all time. (Imam Ul Haq)

He is Pakistan’s highest T20I batsman and his maiden T20I century of 122, which he scored against South Africa, is the current highest individual score by a Pakistani in the format.

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Career Of Babar Azam:

In May 2015, Babar was included in the Pakistan ODI squad for the home series against Zimbabwe. He made his ODI debut in the third ODI on 31 May and scored an impressive fifty with 54 off 60 balls. (Armeena Khanan)

His impressive debut earned him a place in both the Test and ODI squads selected for the away series against Sri Lanka.

He was not selected to play in the Test series. During the ODI series, he scored only 37 runs in the two matches he played.

In the first ODI of the four-match series, he scored 62 not out at a strike rate of 100, which helped Pakistan win the match. In the next three matches, he scored 4, 22 and 51 respectively. (Mehak Malik)

What is the height of Baba Azam?

His height is 5 feet 10 inches.

What is the weight of Babar Azam?

Babar’s weight is 65 kg.

Home Series Of Babar Azam:

In the first match of the ODI series, he scored his first international century, scoring 120 runs off 131 balls and earning his first Man of the Match award. (News)

How many runs did he score in 126 balls in the second ODI?

Cricket World Cup 2019:

In April 2019, he was included in Pakistan’s squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. The International Cricket Council (ICC) named him one of the five exciting talents to debut in the Cricket World Cup.

In the 5-match ODI series, he finished as the joint-highest run-scorer, scoring 277 runs including a century and two half-centuries, and World Cup runs under his belt.

We’re going with On 26 June 2019, in a match against New Zealand, Azam became the fastest batsman for Pakistan to reach 3000 runs in ODIs (68), in terms of innings. (Muneeb Butt)

Azam was the highest run-scorer in the series, scoring 179 runs.

In the first T20I played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, he scored 86 runs off just 52 balls, winning his first man of the match award in a T20I to help Pakistan win the match by 20 runs. His scores were 45 and 48 in the next two matches.

Test performance and leadership roles

He scored his 11th century in the second ODI and became the fastest Pakistani to reach 1000 ODI runs in terms of innings in a calendar year, breaking Javed Miandad’s previous record.

After the first ODI ended, Pakistan won the remaining two matches to clinch the series 2-0.

He scored his 11th century in the second ODI and became the fastest Pakistani player to reach 1000 ODI runs in terms of innings in a calendar year, breaking Javed Miandad’s previous record.

In the first Test of the series, he scored his second Test century against a strong bowling line-up.

This marked the return of Test cricket to Pakistan after an absence of a decade, with the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium hosting the first Test match. (Ayman Khan)

Babar, batting in his first Test innings on home soil, scored an unbeaten quick-fire century on Day 5 of a rain-affected match that resulted in a draw.

In the second Test played at the National Stadium Karachi, he scored 60 and 100 not out respectively, ending the series with 262 at an average of exactly 262. Pakistan won this match by 263 runs and won the series 1-0. (Maya Ali)

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

In the first match of the Test series, he scored a fluent 143, beating his previous career best of 127. He made his Twenty20 International debut for Pakistan on 7 September against England. Pakistan won the match and the series.

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and National T20 Cup:

Babar initially played domestic cricket as a budding player for the Agricultural Development Bank Limited cricket team and Islamabad Leopards. For the next few years, he played first-class cricket for the State Bank of Pakistan cricket team and the Sui Southern Gas Company cricket team respectively in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

His team won the trophy by defeating Northern in the final. (Minal Khan)

Pakistani Super League:

He moved to Karachi Kings before the 2017 PSL Players Draft. He performed well in the 2017 season, scoring 291 runs at a batting average of 32.33 runs per inning and finishing the tournament as the second-highest run-scorer behind his cousin Kamran Akmal.

ODI Batsman:

In April 2021, playing in the first ODI against South Africa, Babar scored his 13th ODI century in his 76th innings, making him the fastest to reach the mark of Hashim Amla. He surpassed the record that took 83 innings to achieve this record. (Sajal Ali)

Awards:

• He was included in the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year 2017
• PCB’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: 2017

2018:

• PCB’s T20I Cricketer of the Year: 2017

2019:

• He was included in the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year 2019.

2020:

• ARY Newsperson of the Year 2020 (Aina Asif)

2021:

• Winner of the ICC Player of the Month for April 2021
• PCB’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: 2021

Babar Azam received awards in 2022:

• Nominated as ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy): 2022
• Nominated as ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2022
• Winner of the ICC Player of the Month for March 2022

Apart from these, he received many awards in 2022. (Syed Imran Abbasi Naqvi)

2023:

• On 23 March 2023, he was awarded the Sitara Imtiaz, Pakistan’s third highest civilian honor. At the age of 28, he became the youngest cricketer to be awarded the Satara Imtiaz.

Sibling:

Babar Azam has two brothers, one named Sefir Azam and the other named Faisal Azam.

How old is Babar Azam?

He is 30 years old and with his current age and intact fitness, he is well-equipped to excel in all three formats of cricket. (Mariyam Nafees)

Social Media Handles:

Instagram: @babarazam

Facebook: MBabarAzamPakistaan/

Twitter: @babarazam258

Parents:

Babar Azam’s father’s name is Babar Siddique. His father repaired watches. (Danish Taimoor)

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