Cricket Live: Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan made an audacious prediction about Azam ahead of the much-anticipated World Cup.
Imran Khan, the legendary Pakistan captain, has once again sparked similarities between top India batter Virat Kohli and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam. Since his international debut, Pakistan fans and previous cricketers have often stated that Babar is capable of matching Kohli’s level.
Imran Khan, the captain of the 1992 World Cup-winning team, recently stated that Babar may easily overtake Kohli. Notably, Kohli has scored 25,385 runs in 498 international matches, including 75 tonnes. Babar, who is six years younger than Kohli, on the other hand, has amassed 12,270 runs in 251 games, including 30 hundred.
“I haven’t watched much cricket recently, but I believe Virat Kohli and Babar Azam are in the same league. Babar Azam is capable of easily outperforming Virat Kohli. From what I’ve seen, he’s that good,” Khan was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Babar just beat Kohli to become the quickest player in ODI history to achieve 5,000 runs. He reached the milestone in just 97 innings, trailing only the former India skipper, who took 114 innings. Babar left behind Hashim Amla (101) and Vivian Richards (114) after accomplishing the feat.
The Pakistan skipper also tied another Kohli record by being the fastest hitter to achieve 3,000 runs in T20Is, doing so in 81 innings.
Babar has had a successful career.
While Babar is behind Kohli in ODIs and Tests, he trails him by only 523 runs in T20Is (4,008) to become the batsman with the most runs in T20Is. In 2022, the Pakistan skipper also shattered Kohli’s record for the most days spent as the number one T20I hitter (1013), setting a new mark of 1155 days.
Babar has had a successful career, winning the coveted ODI Cricketer of the Year and Cricketer of the Year honours in 2022. It would be fascinating to see whether he can maintain his form in the future series.
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