A unique stat suggests that the outcome of India vs Pakistan clash at ICC events since 2017 is dictated by who out of Virat Kohli and Babar Azam scores more runs.

Shubman Gill scored just 7 runs in the first match and added 34 in the second game against West Indies but maintains a 60-plus average in ODIS.

Pakistan has raced to the top position on the points table of the ongoing World Test Championship 2023-25 after securing a clean sweep against Sri Lanka.

Pakistan sealed the two-match Test series by 2-0 and remain at the top of the World Test Championship (WTC) Points Table with 100 Percentage points in the ongoing cycle.

Pakistan are already leading the series 1-0 and going by the play on Day 1, they have a great chance to make it 2-0. Their batters have employed an interesting approach going against the bowling right from the word go.

Babar Azam came out to bat at four but Prabath Jayasuriya got the better of him on 13. His wicket left Pakistan in trouble 73/4 in the first innings in response to Sri Lanka's 312.

Pakistan will begin their World Test Championship 2023-25 campaign against Sri Lanka with a two-match away series. After a disappointing showing in WTC 23, Babar Azam and Co. will be eager to begin the new cycle on a winning note.

Virat Kohli had scored 542 runs in 10 consecutive T20I innings, the most by any Indian cricketer while Pakistan's Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan also recorded 500-plus runs in 10 consecutive T20I innings.

"We are going to play World Cup and not just going to play against India only," Babar added.

Zimbabwe have ridden on the batting heroics of Sikandar Raza and Sean Williams in the ongoing World Cup qualifiers as they are still unbeaten and look on course to seal their spot in the main tournament.

Pakistan won the five-match ODI series against New Zealand by 4-1 but even then lost their number 1 ODI ranking.

Babar Azam made his ODI debut for Pakistan in the year 2015. After this, he won many matches for the team with his impressive batting.

The average 1st innings total in ODIs matches at this venue is 235. It decreases to 203 runs in the 2nd innings.

BCCI recently announced central contracts for the 2022-23 season and Virat Kohli is in A+ category earning INR 7 crore per year.

Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh has reacted to Babar Azam's viral video of picking BBL over IPL as his preferred T20 League

Babar Azam picks his preferred league between IPL and BBL. Azam leads Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League.

Reigning superstars from international cricket have registered their names for The Hundred draft. The league run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is a 100-ball cricket tournament that involves both the men's and women's teams

Shahid Afridi is not impressed with Babar Azam and his style of batting when it comes to the shortest format of the game. The former Pakistan skipper and selector while speaking to a local channel revealed his impression of the Pakistan skipper

After a period of struggle, Virat Kohli regained his form in white ball cricket with a remarkable performance. In September 2022, he scored an unbeaten 122 against Afghanistan, and since then, he has recorded three ODI hundreds.

PSL 8: Karachi Kings are all set to take on Peshawar Zalmi in the second match of the 2023 edition of the Pakistan Super League. The match will be played in National Stadium, Karachi. The upcoming match will witness heavyweights Mohammad Amir and Babar Azam clash with each other.